How to Make a Scottish Tartan (Without Going to Scotland!)

About this episode

The episode explores various aspects of Scottish culture, including tartan making and the preservation of the Scots language.

What unique title do you earn if you climb Scotland’s tallest mountains? How is the Scots language being preserved? What’s the deep, dark secret behind bagpipes? And most important, do you support Will and Mango’s plan to register an official Part-Time Genius tartan with the Scottish government? Today we’ve got 9 kilt-tilting facts about Scotland! Got a question or idea for the show? Call our hotline at (302) 405-5925 or email  higeniuses@gmail.com . Follow us on Instagram  @parttimegenius and Bluesky @parttimegenius.bsky.social ! Photo by K. Mitch Hodge via Unsplash. Thanks, K. Mitch! Learn more about your ad choices at  https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Will, Mango

Topics covered

• Scottish culture
• tartan making
• Scots language
• bagpipes
• mountain climbing
• Scottish traditions

Keywords

• Scottish tartan
• Scotland
• bagpipes
• Scots language
• kilt
• mountains
• cultural traditions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scottish government

Places: Scotland, Scotland’s tallest mountains

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