In this month’s podcast we hear from Dr Sangeetha Sornalingam, who Dr Simon Glew interviews about her journal article “hirsutism”. We have a follow-up interview between Dr John Gillies, Chair of RCGP Scotland and Dr Hannah McCarthy. This time they discuss his career, RCGP Scotland, leadership, training across the United Kingdom, the e-portfolio, what Dr Gillies believes makes a good GP and international health. Finally, Dr Mahomed Saleh interviews Dr Ben Riley, co-author of the RCGP social media Highway Code and lead clinician for the RCGP curriculum about the use and interpretation of the code. News and views is brought to us by Dr Clare Etherington Websites:  “The Challenges of generalism.” John Gillies http://ino.sagepub.com/content/6/11/725.full “Distilling the essence of general practice: a learning journey in progress.” John Gillies et al. http://bjgp.org/content/59/562/e167.full?sid=2db1b0de-5b9a-46b0-bb40-fb024696ac67 Lessons from Endeavours. 04/03/14 19:00 hours, Edinburgh. http://www.rcgp.org.uk/courses-and-events/scotland/south-east-scotland-faculty/lessons-from-endeavours.aspx