Felicity Ward, Mark Nelson, Kathleen Hughes and James Gardner

About this episode

Des and the teams break down the week's significant news events.

Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the latest events in the Middle East, new ferry contracts for Ferguson Marine, the use of AI in customer service, research into ‘baby brain’, an exciting new reality show and more. Lead Writer: Gregor Paton Additional material: Stephen Holford, Chris Stanners, Uttom Chowdhury & Steve Trott, James Docherty, Gordon Watson, Nathan Cowley, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Lucienne Cummings, Robbie Taylor-Hunt, Claire Cox, Rachel Powell Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: David Flynn Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production

People in this episode

Host: Des

Guests: Felicity Ward, Mark Nelson, Kathleen Hughes, James Gardner

Topics covered

• Middle East events
• ferry contracts
• AI in customer service
• baby brain research
• reality shows

Keywords

• Middle East
• ferry contracts
• AI
• customer service
• baby brain
• reality show

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio Scotland, Ferguson Marine, Eco-Audio

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