Don Staniford is a prominent campaigner who targets Scotland's farmed salmon industry. But companies like Mowi claim his activism risks the safety of staff and legal action has been taken to stop him entering fish farms.
Scottish babies and toddlers are being put at risk due to unsafe sleeping conditions and a lack of basic necessities in homeless accommodation, it is claimed.
Four Scottish council pension funds are invested in an oil facility targeted by Iranian drones.
This week Karin Goodwin, co-editor of The Ferret, joins Ali to talk misinformation, sewage and how you can tell if you’re speaking to an expert.
Ali spoke to Professor Thora Tenbrink, a real expert on linguistics and communication, who explained how to spot the subtle signs that someone doesn’t know what they’re talking about, no matter how confidently they say it.
Listen to episode 37 of The FFS Show podcast here.
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