63 Percent Scottish: A Scotland Appreciation Podcast

Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to grow up in the Outer Hebrides? Would you feel Scottish? Would you speak Gaelic? How often would you visit places like Inverness, Glasgow or Edinburgh? How, in general, is life different from any other part of Scotland?
Coinneach MacLeod is known around the world as the Hebridean Baker. A "food influencer" with substantial Instagram and TikTok audiences, he's also a best-selling author with two cookbooks in bookstores now and a third on the way. We cover:

• The Isle of Lewis
• Connections to the rest of Scotland, including historical tradition
• The Outer Hebridean worldview
• the Gaelic language
• What people don't know about the Isle of Lewis and the Hebrides

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We asked Nicki Scott from Historic Environment Scotland five questions and challenged her to answer each in one minute or less. Here are the questions:

1. What is one place every visitor to Scotland should check out?
2. What is your favourite uniquely Scottish word or phrase?
3. Who is one person from Scotland’s past or present that you’d like to have a beer, whisky, Irn Bru or coffee with?
4. What is one popular misconception of Scotland that you’d like to dispel?
5. Is there anything you’d like to know about Canada?

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Is Scotland a whisky nation? Is that like asking whether the sky is blue? Of course, whisky is one of Scotland's national drinks (hello Irn-Bru!) and top exports. It's packed with historical importance, too. But, do modern Scots drink it? How do they drink it? When do they drink it? If I want to celebrate my Scottish heritage do I... need to become a whisky aficianado?
Rosaline Erskine is the Food and Drink Editor at The Scotsman and the host of Scran, a podcast all about Scottish food and drink. She's also a big fan of whisky. That makes her the perfect person to ask about whisky culture in modern Scotland. We cover:

• The source of her own love of whisky
• The difference between single cask, single malt and blended whiskies
• Where and when Scots drink whisky
• How prevalent whisky consumption is in Scotland
• How you're supposed to drink whisky
• Where you can learn more about whisky

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We asked Rosalind Erskine, the Food and Drink Editor at The Scotsman, five questions and challenged her to answer each in one minute or less. Here are the questions:

1. In the battle between whisky and Irn-Bru, which is Scotland’s *real* national drink?
2. Scotland has five whisky regions – if you could only choose one region to drink from for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
3. What is your favourite whisky-based drink for the deepest darkest part of winter?
4. The names of whisky distilleries are notoriously difficult for Canadians and Americans to say – are there any that you have trouble with?
5. In your opinion, what is THE whisky that every aspiring whisky connoisseur needs to have in their collection?

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How many words do the Scottish have for "drunk?" What exactly is a Kerbie Legend? What other cultural references or in-jokes should non-Scots know? We asked the man, the myth, the legend: Garry Stevenson.
Garry is the creator behind all of your favourite content on Being Scottish, the social media-based celebration of, well, being Scottish. We cover:

• The origin story for Being Scottish
• His aversion to stereotypes when sharing new content
• The definitions of numerous VERY SCOTTISH WORDS
• Explanations for a few Scottish jokes that most non-Scots wouldn't get.

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