Talking Constitutions – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

Talking Constitutions

ILCR, University of St Andrews

Government

Frequency: 1 episode/110d. Total Eps: 20

Cut through the political noise and join our experts in debating how and why constitutions matter in the world today, from the challenges of everyday life to the big questions of global politics. Hosted by the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research, University of St Andrews.

Read moreCollapse

Site

RSS

Apple

Data updated on 16/07/2026

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
12/09/2026
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
16/07/2026
#78
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
27/03/2026
#76
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
16/01/2026
#98
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
15/01/2026
#73
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
20/11/2025
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
09/10/2025
#81
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
20/01/2025
#93
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
19/01/2025
#62
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Government
18/11/2024
#86

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/member/aidan-oneill/
2 shares
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/political-advice-9781838601201/
1 share

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 42%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

AI and the Judiciary

Episode 20

Thursday, April 16, 2026 • Duration 39:13

This episode explores AI in relation to the judiciary and its wider effect on aspects of law. Discussants are Lady Drummond, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland; Ridley Thomas, of Luminance, a company developing and providing specialist Legal-Grade AI; and Dr Lizzie Tiarks, lecturer at the University of Newcastle.

Read moreCollapse

The Office of Lord Advocate

Episode 19

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 • Duration 36:18

In this special episode of Talking Constitutions, Professor Jim Gallagher discusses with John Hudson the past, present, and future of the office of Lord Advocate, and gives his views on desirable reform.

Read moreCollapse

Adversarial politics

Episode 18

Monday, October 23, 2023 • Duration 42:42

This episode explores the adversarial nature of contemporary politics, considering its causes, its bad effects, and also what its benefits may be.

Discussants are Wendy Chamberlain, MP for N.E. Fife and the Liberal Democrats’ Chief Whip and Spokesperson for Work and Pensions; Stephen Gethins, formerly an MP at Westminster and the Scottish National Party’s Front Bench Spokesman for International Affairs and Europe; currently acting Vice-Principal (International Affairs) at the University of St Andrews; and Daniel Greenberg, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (since 1 January 2023).

Read moreCollapse

Talking Watergate

Episode 17

Monday, May 30, 2022 • Duration 41:28

In this special episode of Talking Constitutions, recorded to mark the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in on 17 June 1972, Professor Colin Kidd (University of St Andrews and All Souls College Oxford) tells John Hudson about the events, the politics, and the constitutional significance of the Watergate scandal.

Read moreCollapse

Historical Constitutions

Episode 16

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 • Duration 01:00:10

The subject of this episode is ‘Historical Constitutions’. Discussants are Jill Harries (Professor Emerita of Ancient History, University of St Andrews), Colin Kidd (Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews) and Harshan Kumarasingham (Senior Lecturer in British Politics, University of Edinburgh and co-convenor of Arthur Berriedale Keith Forum on Commonwealth Constitutionalism). The episode is chaired by John Hudson (Professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews).

Read moreCollapse

Current Debates on the UK Constitution

Episode 15

Sunday, April 24, 2022 • Duration 35:46

The subject of this episode is ‘Current debates on the UK constitution’. Discussants are Stephen Gethins (Professor from Practice, University of St Andrews, and formerly the Scottish National Party’s Front Bench Spokesman for International Affairs and Europe), Nicola McEwen (Professor of Territorial Politics at the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh, and Senior Research Fellow with the ESRC initiative, UK in a Changing Europe), and Catherine Stihler (Chief Executive Officer of Creative Commons and formerly a Labour Member of the European Parliament). The episode is chaired by John Hudson (Professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews).

Read moreCollapse

Space, Law and Constitutions

Episode 14

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 • Duration 59:06

The subject of this episode is ‘Space, law and constitutions’, considering the laws and institutions that shape a wide variety of activities beyond the earth.

Discussants are Timiebi Aganaba (science advisory board member of the SETI institute and Assistant Professor of Space and Society in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, where she is also on the Law School Faculty), Adam Bower (Senior Lecturer in the International Relations at the University of St Andrews), and Michael Byers (Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia). The episode is chaired by John Hudson (Professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews).

[Note: This episode was recorded on 15 February 2022, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.]

Read moreCollapse

Old Authorities and Contemporary Constitutions

Season 1 · Episode 13

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 • Duration 47:37

The subject of this episode is ‘Old Authorities and Contemporary Constitutions’, considering how and why certain works and specific figures from the past carry authority in contemporary constitutional arrangements and arguments.

Discussants are Jim Gallagher (former Civil Servant who headed the Scottish Justice Department and was the UK government’s most senior adviser on devolution and other constitutional issues), Janet McLean (Professor of Law at The University of Auckland and Special Advisor to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee of the House of Representatives, New Zealand) and Aidan O'Neill (QC (Scot.), QC (E&W), BL (Ireland). The episode is chaired by John Hudson (Professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews).

Read moreCollapse

Exporting Constitutions

Season 1 · Episode 12

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 • Duration 34:33

The subject of this episode is ‘Exporting Constitutions’, considering how constitutions and constitutional ideas have been transported or transferred from their place of origin to a new one.

Discussants are Harshan Kumarasingham (Senior Lecturer in British Politics, University of Edinburgh and co-convenor of Arthur Berriedale Keith Forum on Commonwealth Constitutionalism.), Anthony Lang (Professor of International Political Theory, University of St Andrews and one of the founding editors of the scholarly journal, Global Constitutionalism) and Nicola McEwen (Professor of Territorial Politics; Co-Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh; and Senior Research Fellow with the ESRC initiaitive, UK in a Changing Europe). The episode is chaired by John Hudson (Professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews).

Read moreCollapse

Justiciability

Season 1 · Episode 11

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 • Duration 32:34

The subject of this episode is ‘Justiciability’, exploring the relevant - judge-made - ‘rules’ with reference to recent, high-profile, litigation. Drawing on the direct experience of both discussants, the episode challenges the idea that there is a clear concept of justiciability currently in operation at either the national (UK) or international level.

Discussants are Aidan O’Neill QC (Scot.), QC (E&W), BL (Ireland) and Lorna Drummond QC (Sheriff in Tayside, Central and Fife, sitting at Dundee Sheriff Court, Sheriff of the Sheriff Appeal Court, and Temporary High Court Judge and Justice of the Court of Appeal of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha). The episode is chaired by John Hudson (Professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews).

Read moreCollapse

Talking Constitutions – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Talking Constitutions – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other2

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other2

Apple Podcasts

Spotify