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The Wild Swimming Podcast for anyone who loves to swim in the great outdoors: dippers, swimblers, serious swimmers and athletes alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Scottishist is here to examine our national cultural icons and find out why they just seem to be the most Scottish things you can think of. Like why whisky or haggis? What is tweed? Why do we go nuts for Hogmanay? Is our national animal really a mythical creature? What's the story with the Forth bridge? What is a kelpie or a ceilidh for that matter? Why tartan, shortbread and bagpipes? Together we are going to get right down to the nuts and bolts of the facts, fictions and feelings we have for the Scottishist stuff and what they really says about Scottishness today. Hosted on Acast. ...