The main characters of A Scottish Podcast originally appeared in a self-contained short audio drama called Why Kat & Doug Don’t Get Along.

It was created as a University project back in 2013.

In 2016, Lee and Doug returned in episode 1 of this series, which was, at that time, purely intended to be “a wee side project”.

The Why Kat & Doug Don’t Get Along story has always served as the prequel. However, as the podcast started to develop, we began to realise that it didn’t fully capture the spirit of the main series.

There’s no real ‘hook’ there, and the acting and production – though we were proud of it at the time – falls way short of the standards we’re capable of today.

With that in mind, we’ve gone and created a brand new prequel. One that we feel gives a much better intro to everything the show is about.

Fancy a listen? Here it is…

This probably wont download automatically in your podcast app – even if you’re subscribed to the show!

That’s because we replaced the file on the original prequel episode from July 2016, to maintain the show’s chronological order for new listeners.

So in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever it is you listen, just go into the episode list, scroll down to the episode titled “The Prequel”, and download that.

And you can still download Why Kat & Doug Don’t Get Along from our Extras page. It just won’t feature in the main feed listings anymore.