A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Today we have a bit of a mixed bag for you. We talk about 3 of Scotland's weirdest natural landmarks: The Fortingall Yew, The Meikleour Beech Hedges & The Devil's Point (AKA The Devils Penis). Also, is Pontius Pilate Scottish? We crack the case. Get on your mackintosh and walking boots because we are going on a tour of Scotland's nutty nature. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: this...
Mar 01, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 22
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! It's part 2 of our story on the founder of The Pinkerton National Detective Agency: Allan Pinkerton. This week we tell you about Pinkerton's involvement in the Underground Railroad, his epic and deadly rivalry with the outlaw Jesse James and chat a bit about the Pinkerton Agency in pop culture and what they're getting up to these days. Put on you Stetson, saddle up and come riding into the Wild West with the TDN Lads. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Tw...
Feb 22, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 21
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we're talking about the complicated, but fascinating story of the founder of The Pinkerton National Detective Agency and a man who had a significant impact on American law enforcement: Allan Pinkerton. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he moved to America as a humble barrel maker, but quickly became embroiled in the dramas of the Wild West, the Civil War, the outlaw Jesse James and a failed assassination attempt on Abe Lincoln. Imagine yourself in a smoky of...
Feb 15, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 20
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This we Rory, Jonny and Chris join David Lawrence on his Scrum of The Earth podcast where we talk to him about Scotland's incredible start to this year's Guinness 6 Nations rugby tournament. Is this Scotland's year? Do we have what it takes to win the Grand Slam? Have we finally metaphorically shaken off the yolk of historical oppressions from our neighbours to the south? Am I over emphasizing the importance of this win? Find out the answers to all these questi...
Feb 08, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 19
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Happy Burns Night everyone! This episode was recorded live over Zoom in front of a plethora of adoring, screaming and fanatical readers. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend and join in on the shenanigans. Hopefully we can do this again sometime soon at a time that is more inclusive of our international listeners. As the great man himself says "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley", so please forgive the few audio issues we have througho...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 18
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! It's part two of our exploration into Scottish Culture Shocks. We start off in the toilet and it's all down the pipe from there. Food, drinking, sports and animals; we issue many warnings about what you're going to see when you make it over to our beautiful but silly land. Remember to join our online Burns Night Live event: Tuesday 25th of January 8.30pm Eastern Time on Zoom. Meeting ID: 798 1490 7502 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/79814907502 Slái...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 17
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Accents Bawbag (insults in general) Choochter (actually spelled teuchter) Deep Fried Edinburgh Trams Firearms (or lack thereof) Greggs Healthcare (Free) Islands Burns Night Live event: Tuesday 25th of January 8.30pm Eastern Time on Zoom (dial in details TBD) Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/ Google ...
Jan 18, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 16
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Part 2 of the Robert Louis Stevenson bonanza! In this ep Rory talks too much about the cultural phenomenon that is RLS's novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Chris educates us on more on the fascinating life of Stevenson, also, Jonny is there. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/ Google Voice...
Jan 11, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 15
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Its the first ep of 2022 and we are kicking off the new year by talking about the literary genius that is Robert Louis Stevenson! In the first part of 2 we chat about his childhood, his family and some of the first few pieces he published. Get into your reading nook, pull a blanket over yourself and listen to the latest episode of Thistle Do Nicely. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: th...
Jan 04, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 14
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Happy New Year everyone! It's Hogmanay this Friday, so that means booze, food, booze, first footing, more booze and lighting some giant balls on fire! This week we discuss some of our favourite stories from Scotland this year, we have another iteration of Quizzle Do Nicely & we announce the winners of our grand t-shirt giveaway! Pop a bottle or two, grab some mince pies, head over to a friends house and enjoy this weeks episode of Thistle Do Nicely. Sláinte...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 13
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! It's Christmas time and the Thistle Do Nicely Clan have gathered together to watch the brand new Netflix festive movie A Castle For Christmas. This nonsensical noël nightmare is set in our beloved home country and stars Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes. We breakdown the crazy plot, the wild accents and the baffling relationship between our 2 lead characters. So get the Christmas jumpers on, slip into your Rudolph slippers, crack open the tin of shortbread and coor...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 12
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This is part 2 of our 2 part series on this uber-talented icon Annie Lennox! This week we discuss her solo career in the 90s and beyond, her activism and charity work and her reuniting with Dave Shepherd. her solo career is incredible and we just touch on some of the excellent tunes she has graced us with. Also, Rory learns about Goldie Hawn. Sláinte P.S. There is not long left to win a very very limited edition t-shirt from the Thistle Do Nicely Clan. Call in ...
Dec 14, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 11
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we talk about the mighty voiced, ethereal beauty and global super-star Annie Lennox. In part 1 of our 2 part series on this uber-talented icon, we discuss where she came from, how she met her band mates and her career as one half of the 80's pop pioneers Eurythmics. Come on the journey with us as we remember and appreciate just how many great songs Annie has to her name and just how influential she has been and continues to be. Honestly, why are you e...
Dec 07, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 10
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! America has the Bald Eagle, Brazil has the Jaguar, Russia has the Brown Bear and Scotland has the Unicorn. That's right, ever since the 1300s Scotland has been obsessed by the big horned horse and this week we tell you why it's not as bonkers as it first seems. Also, you can phone us and leave a voicemail for your favourite amateur nonsense talkers. Just call in to 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763) and give us your thoughts (charges may apply). Pull on your favourite...
Nov 30, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 9
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we delve into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and William MacArthur in December 1900 from a lighthouse off the North East coast of Scotland. The three men vanished from the isle of Eilean Mòr with little no evidence of what happened to them. We breakdown the facts from the fiction and get into the theories of what really happened. Was it aliens, sea monsters, cannibals, ghosts, pirates or pirate ghosts?? Also...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 8
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we breakdown the most important news stories to have hit Scotland recently. Arguably one of the most important and unfortunately useless things to happen in Scotland this year is the gathering of world leaders to discuss climate changes at the COP26 in Glasgow. We discuss Joe Biden and Boris Johnson falling asleep during talks, activists fighting with projectionists, Nicola Sturgeon becoming a selfie fiend and Alexandia Orcazio-Cortez's heroic and epi...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we finish off our discussion on King James the VI of Scotland AKA King James I of Great Britain. We delve more into his involvement in the publishing of the King James Bible and we look at the more salacious side of his life and some of the reasons he may not have been that interested in Queen Anne. We also take a wee moment to discuss his representation in modern pop culture (spoiler alert, it's hardly anything). Why not run yourself a hot bath, pour...
Nov 09, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 6
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week it's a Chris researched show.....wait, where are you going? No, no, come back! This one is really good, I swear. This one is all about King James, the world renowned basketball player and the first monarch to unite Britain. King James the VI of Scotland, son of Mary Queen of Scots (MQoS) and real bastard to witches and Catholics, made the trip Down South later in life and rebranded himself King James I of Great Britain only to almost be blown up by th...
Nov 02, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 5
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Spooky Season continues with our 2nd annual collaborative Halloween episode with Owen Innes from the Scottish History Podcast! Once again, the 4 of us gather round the camp fire dressed in out costumes, eating too many sweets while we tell each other most spooky stories! This we exclusively talk about Scottish Witches, some of the wilder stories about them and look into where the witch hunt mania came from. You'll hear all about King James VI/I and his obsessio...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 4
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! It's spooky season and ahead of our upcoming annual Halloween crossover event with Owen from the Scottish History Podcast Jonny and Rory sit down to discuss some of the the creepier stories that are whispered over whisky glasses around scotland. We discuss the terrible tale of the Overtoun Bridge - AKA Dog Suicide Bridge, a place of true unexplained phenomenon. Also, Jonny and Rory become the Scottish Mulder and Scully when they investigate the multiple UFO sig...
Oct 19, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 3
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! We return with part 2 of our exploration of the greatest city in Scotland and our hometown: Glasgow! We talk about some of the famous and talented people who have lived there, where to go when you visit and give you all a brief education on the unique vernacular of the Weegies. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website & sources: https://www.thistledoni...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 2
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! We are back babeeeeee!! Very exciting to be telling stories about our beloved homeland again. It has been a long and lonely hiatus between seasons but finally we have returned to fill your ear holes with delicious no nonsense Scottish waffles. For the season premier we are going back to our home town of Glasgow. We talk lovningly (mostly) about where Glasgow came from, it's pretty dumb motto, and it's rejuvenation to the 1990 European City of Culture. Also - Jo...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 1
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Well, we've got a wee bonus ep for you all during the break. Chris and Rory join David Lawrence on his great rugby podcast Scrum of the Earth to talk about about the joys and heartache of the most recent British and Irish Lions rugby tour of South Africa. We discuss the performances of the Scotland players and how important this tour was to us, but how weird it was as well. Check out Scrum of the Earth on all your usual podcasting apps to hear more about rugby ...
Aug 13, 2021•37 min
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! It's week 2 of the Birth Diversity Extravaganza! More chat with the mums, more music from Jonny and the first ever annual Nicelies Award Show. This is our season finale, after this we are taking a short hiatus, so try not to cry too much, we'll be back real soon. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/ SO...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 53
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! Well, this week we are celebrating our one year birthday/anniversary with our Birth Diversity Extravaganza! We have interviews, speculation, predictions, chats with the mums and plenty of rummaging in the sporran. Tune in and get involved and don't forget to come back next week for even more nonsense! Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website & sources:...
Jul 27, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 52
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we talk about the wildly popular and beloved Scottish comic strips The Broons and Oor Wullie. We have been reading about the antics of Oor Wullie and The Broons family for generations in Scotland and you'd be hard pressed to meet someone from home who does have a special place in their heart for Dudley D Watkins & Robert Duncan Low's comic creations. The 85 year old DC Thompson creations originated in the East of Scotland city of Dundee and have b...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 51
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we talk about the amazing, but tragic story of the Scottish band Frightened Rabbit. We take a look at where and how the band started, the music and albums along the way, as well as the tragic death of the much loved and hugely talented Scott Hutchison. As we mention at the start of the show Scott seemed to be a lovely, affable and funny man and we chose to look at the positivity that he brought into the world in a way that we hope represents his appro...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 50
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we talk about one of Scotland's most charming and likable exports ever to grace American late night tvs. He's tall, funny and more than a little bit cheesy. We take you through the life and achievements, as well as some of the stumbles along the way, of Glasgow born and America adopted Craig Ferguson. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website &...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 49
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week we take you through the amazing and macabre tale of Margaret Dickson. The less you know going in the better. Sláinte CONTACT: Instagram: thistledopod Twitter: @thistledopod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod Email: thistledonicelypod@gmail.com website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/ SOURCES: https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/half-hangit-maggie-scots-woman-who-survived-hanging-622567 https://www.undiscover...
Jun 29, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 48
A Scottish Podcast About Scotland! This week is karaoke week on the Thistle Do Nicely pod, as we take you on a tour of some of the most famous and patriotic songs about the homeland. After a quick rummage in the sporran we take a look at our official unofficial National Anthems, the emotionally tumultuous Caledonia and the anthemic Loch Lomond. If you want to listen along to all the songs we talk about (plus a few other bangers), check out the below Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/pla...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 47
