Thistle Do Nicely

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 coorie in with us in front of the fire.

Sláinte

P.S.
Only a few more days to win a very very limited edition t-shirt from the Thistle Do Nicely Clan. Call in to 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763) and leave us a voice mail or email in an audio recording of yourself. It can be any old nonsense about Scottishness, the show, or why Scotland is the way it is. Get you entries in by Christmas day this year and our favourite 3 will win a t-shirt! Winners will be announced on the Hogmanay episode.

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/
Google Voicemail: 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763)

SOURCES:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13070602/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://allycarter.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Shields

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 to 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763) and leave us a voice mail or email in an audio recording of yourself. It can be any old nonsense about Scottishness, the show, or why Scotland is the way it is. Get you entries in by Christmas day this year and our favourite 3 will win a t-shirt!

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/
Google Voicemail: 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763)

SOURCES:


https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/annie-lennox-737.php

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/13/dave-stewart-interview-annie-lennox-eurythmics-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384626/How-pops-toxic-love-affair-cast-shadow-SIX-marriages-Have-Eurythmics-Annie-Lennox-Dave-Stewart-finally-got-systems.html

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2778321/eurythmics-in-dundee-rowdy-barracuda-gig-annie-lennox-will-never-forget/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Lennox#2010%E2%80%932013:_Island_Records_and_A_Christmas_Cornucopia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_(Annie_Lennox_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tourists

https://www.eightieskids.com/20-sweet-facts-about-pop-icons-eurythmics6

https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/david-bowie/annie-lennox-prank-call-request/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SQ6KR1otfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhh3Jow7Gvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULtvUIyexcg

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 even listening to this episode? Go and put on some of Annies bangers and dance the night away

Sláinte

P.S.
Remember! If you want to win a very very limited edition t-shirt from the Thistle Do Nicely Clan then call in to 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763) and leave us a voice mail or email in an audio recording of yourself. It can be any old nonsense about Scottishness, the show, or why Scotland is the way it is. Get you entries in by Christmas day this year and our favourite 3 will win a t-shirt!

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/
Google Voicemail: 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763)

SOURCES:


https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/annie-lennox-737.php

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/13/dave-stewart-interview-annie-lennox-eurythmics-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384626/How-pops-toxic-love-affair-cast-shadow-SIX-marriages-Have-Eurythmics-Annie-Lennox-Dave-Stewart-finally-got-systems.html

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2778321/eurythmics-in-dundee-rowdy-barracuda-gig-annie-lennox-will-never-forget/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Lennox#2010%E2%80%932013:_Island_Records_and_A_Christmas_Cornucopia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_(Annie_Lennox_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tourists

https://www.eightieskids.com/20-sweet-facts-about-pop-icons-eurythmics6

https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/david-bowie/annie-lennox-prank-call-request/

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 unicorn hoodie and get a cup of rainbows and sunshine, it's Thistle Do Nicely story time

Sláinte


CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/
Google Voicemail: 4844 TDN POD (484 483-6763)

SOURCES:


https://www.visitscotland.com/about/uniquely-scottish/national-animal-unicorn
https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/national-unicorn-day-why-is-the-unicorn-scotlands-national-animal-3194179
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/UNICORN.htm#.YaV7_dDMI2w
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/the-unicorn-scotlands-national-animal
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190408-what-unicorns-mean-to-scottish-identity
https://www.rabbies.com/en/blog/unicorn-everything-you-need-know-about-scotlands-national-animal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_animals

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, Gerard Butler gets a mention again.....as always 

Batten down the hatches, pull on your favourite woolen jumper and tune in!

Sláinte


CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/


SOURCES:


https://husheduphistory.com/post/157493944058/lights-out-the-enigma-at-eilean-mor
https://explorersweb.com/2021/10/11/exploration-mysteries-eilean-mor-disappearances/
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/tag/James+Ducat+eilean+mor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Al3jl0KxqM
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4131496/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4
https://www.sundaypost.com/news/scottish-news/has-mystery-of-flannan-isles-finally-been-solved/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70180/115-year-old-mystery-flannan-lighthouses-missing-keepers
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-flannan-isle-mystery-the-three-lighthouse-keepers-who-vanished

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 epic struggle to hunt down the ever elusive can of Irn Bru.

We also talk wee drunk men, the problems with Scottish accents in a professional setting, the joys of Scottish words and then Chris gives us all a "sexy" story.

Also, this episodes marks the emergence of Malcolm the Climate Change Denying Manatee!

The climate is buggered and our leaders have failed to do anything about it, so  why not let the Thistle Do Nicely lads talk nonsense in your ear holes before the apocalypse comes. 

Sláinte


CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/


SOURCES:


https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/drunk-scots-man-flew-rage-25423586
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/scots-actor-richard-madden-three-25429206
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/ten-beautiful-scottish-words-meaning-22558908
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-mp-resorts-sign-language-13436854
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/woman-who-breastfeeds-boyfriend-before-25271970
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ufo-spotted-above-glasgow-couple-25386352
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cop26-mascot-crowned-king-rats-25311039

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 yourself a glass of wine and get some alone time as you tune into the sexy Thistle Do Nightly....(not really, we're just morons).

Sláinte

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/


SOURCES:

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesvi.html
https://www.royal.uk/james-vi-and-i-r-1567-1625
https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotland
https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/james-i-vi-and-his-male-favourites/
http://rictornorton.co.uk/jamesi.htm

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 the pesky domestic terrorist Guy Fawkes.

Chris takes us on the majestic journey of one of Scotland's most interesting monarchs; telling us all about the trials and tribulations of the "author of the Bible" who may or may not have been raised by manatees.

Get comfy in your favourite throne and enjoy. 

Sláinte

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/


SOURCES:

TBD

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 obsession with accusing women of witchcraft; Janet Douglas & the Pollock Park Witches; The Pittenweem Witch Trials; Scotland's Last Witch and much more!

Sit back, have a drink from what we have bubbling in the cauldron and enjoy this week's ep.


Sláinte

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/


SOURCES:

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/pollok-witches-trials-hysteria-1677-17156251
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittenweem_witches
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-Pittenweem-Witch-Trials/
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/10/royal-obsession-black-magic-started-europes-most-brutal-witch#:~:text=In%20the%201590s%2C%20King%20James,torture%20and%20death%20of%20thousands.&text=Burning%20witches%20alive%20was%20common,before%20their%20bodies%20were%20burned.
https://www.philippagregory.com/news/james-vi-and-witchcraft
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Helen-Duncan-Scotlands-last-witch/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Weir
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/major-thomas-weir-edinburgh-man-who-admitted-witchcraft-1482195

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 sightings in the small village of Bonnybridge. Is there something in the skies at night, or is there just too much beer in their bellies? Either way, we want to believe. 

Sláinte

CONTACT:

Instagram: thistledopod
Twitter: @thistledopod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thistledopod
Email: [email protected]
website & sources: https://www.thistledonicelypod.com/


SOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/world/europe/scotland-overtoun-bridge-dog-suicide.html

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/dog-suicide-bridge.htm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/overtoun-bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_House

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12666222.father-who-threw-devil-baby-from-bridge-sent-to-carstairs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Falkirk_Triangle&redirect=no

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2072479_2072478_2072500,00.html

https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/supernatural-scotland/bonnybridge-ufo/

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/five-creepiest-ufo-sightings-scotland-has-ever-seen-636824

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18562347.bonnybridge-roswell-ufo-hotspot-perhaps-falkirk-triangle-actually-window-another-dimension-/