ScotsInUs Podcast from The American Scottish Foundation

Tune in for our newest #ScotsinUS Spotlight, where we take a look back at the Scottish North American Community Conference in 2021 and look forward to what is to come in 2022. Join The American-Scottish Foundation® president, Camilla Hellman, in conversation with Siobhan Mackenzie as she talks about sustainable fashion, her upcoming designs for the Commonwealth Games, and more. Also featured are p...

Join us for our newest episode of Sounds From Scotland. In our May program, we will see Part 2 of a 2-part series as the American Scottish Foundation takes a look back at their community programming at The Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park as part of NYC Tartan Week.    Presented by The American-Scottish Foundation®, hosted by Camilla G Hellman, President.   Featuring performances by...

Tune in for our newest #ScotsinUS Spotlight: Functional Modern Art with Author Interiors . Join American Scottish Foundation's president, Camilla Hellman, in conversation with owner Jane Adams, who shows us some beautiful art pieces from the artisan companies at Author. These modern art furniture pieces were recently featured at the London Art Fair as Author Interiors was named a Furniture Partner...

Join us for our newest episode of Sounds From Scotland. In our April program, we will see Part 1 of a 2-part series as the American Scottish Foundation takes a look back at their community programming at The Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park as part of NYC Tartan Week.    Presented by The American-Scottish Foundation®, hosted by Camilla G Hellman, President.   Featuring performan...

Join us as we spotlight Paisley Museum Redesigned: Vision and Impact. Paisley is the largest town in Scotland and in the midst of a 300 million ten year regeneration project, the center piece of which is a $60 million dollar capital improvement of the Paisley Museum. Featuring: Camilla Hellman "In Conversation" with Alasdair Morrison, Head of Economy and Development, Renfrew Community Council and...

Join us for the new episode of the ScotsinUs Podcast from the The American-Scottish Foundation® featuring Kenneth C. Donnelly, Chairman of the American-Scottish Foundation joins Camilla G. Hellman, MBE, President of the American-Scottish Foundation to discuss the history of National Tartan Day and its origins. John King Bellassai, Chairman of the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations and Vice...

Join the ASF for another #ScotsinUS spotlight: Reopening of the The Burrell Collection! We will give an inside look into the newly reopened #Glasgow art collection.   All our podcasts are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Facebook and Youtube on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scotsinus-podcast-from-the-american-scottish-foundation/...

Join us for a look back on a winter with the ASF and what we’re looking forward to in the spring to come.    We will be taken back into the wonderful winter the The American-Scottish Foundation® has experienced with Burns Night, Bringing the Bards Home and Sir Walter Scott's 250th Anniversary plans, and what we look forward to with #TartanWeek to come.    All our podcasts are a...

Join us on this episode of the #ScotsinUS Podcast for updates on #Abbotsford 2022.   Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Holyrood Distillery and Abbotsford, The Home of Sir Walter Scott, to discuss Abbotsford in 2022 and Sir Walter Scott’s 250th Anniversary.     All our episodes are available on Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Anchor and Facebook.    Featuring...

This week's episode of #ScotsinUS is the first part in our series entitled Scotland's Young Distilleries. Part 1 highlights small and large distilleries in Scotland making waves in the whisky industry. Join us as we interview Bonhams, Lindors Abbey Distillery, Isle of Harris Distillery, and Arbikie Highland Estate Distillery. Featuring: Martin Green, Andrew McKenzie Smith, Simon Erlanger, and Alex...

Join Camilla G Hellman on this #ScotsinUS Spotlight featuring Kids Operating Room - a #Scottish organization that dedicates their cause to install fully-equipped operating rooms for children in countries where the resources are not available.    #ScotsInUS is released the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm on your favorite podcast platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor) and on...

Join Camilla G Hellman is in conversation with Scottish tour guide specialist, Joe Harrower, Armadale, and Mary’s Meanders Tours to learn about the changing landscape of Scottish tourism in the upcoming year, how they handle tourism with eco-responsibility, as well as their favorite places one might visit in Scotland.   #ScotsInUS is released the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm on yo...

Join ASF’s Camilla Hellman in conversation with John Kinnear as they discuss the great Scots who Built New York, The Modernists, which focuses on the 1880’s and onwards when #Carnegie’s steel made tall buildings possible, and glass became a greater used material in architecture. Builders became engineers and construction became more efficient and economical.    Since 2019, we have been r...

Join ASF’s Camilla Hellman in conversation with our friends at Scottish Creations , ScotlandShop.com , The Scottish Grocer , Author Interiors , and Old and Rare Whisky , delving into the perfect Scottish gifts for friends and family as we move toward the holiday season. Each guest will share their gift ideas perfect for friends and families - Scottish Creations’ unique products, Scotland Shop’s ta...

Join us for the #ScotsInUS Podcast as The American-Scottish Foundation® hosts American Patrons of the National Library and Galleries of Scotland for a conversation on the important Scottish manuscripts which the National Library of Scotland, together with the National Trust for Scotland and the Abbotsford Trust, intend to acquire for the nation. Joined by the National Library of Scotland and The N...

Join us for the #ScotsInUS Podcast as we are joined in conversation with Alan Beck, Senior Vice President of the Robert Burns World Federation Ltd. . as we learn about the origins of the RBWF. Camilla G. Hellman, MBE President of the The American-Scottish Foundation® and Alan Beck announce an exciting new partnership between the RBWF and The American-Scottish Foundation®. We have some wonderful mu...

We spotlight the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. First we are joined by Daniel Abercrombie, Program and Events Manager of the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Associate Director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. We hear about this year's program and the overall mission of the festival. Then we speak with author and historian Robert Gary Dodds on his forthcoming non...

We learn a bit about Jacobite history from Sir Jamie, the 21st Lord  Sempill and the founder of Clan Chief Tours. Then we hear from Charles  Graham Campbell of Bonhams Scotland, who tells us about the 2021  Scottish Sale. Finally, we hear from Paul Macdonald of Macdonald  Armouries, who tells us about his historical sword replicas.

We are in conversation: with Malcolm Campbell, aka Malcolm the Weaver,  Managing Director, Cloth of Kings. We journey to the islands of Harris and Lewis, to the weavers cottage to  learn of the history and to understand the production of Harris Tweed,  the cloth that Chanel, Vivian Westwood, top designers the world over,  love. We hear of the limitations on production, the over...

Today on a special segment of #ScotsInUS Podcast, we are joined in  conversation by Tamara Zimet, Deputy Programme Director of the Edinburgh  International Book Festival.   Tamara shares some of the history of the Edinburgh International Book  Festival, considered the largest literary festival in the world. She  goes on to address the 2020 virtual festival, their new home...

We check in with the leading organizers of this year's Edinburgh Festivals and hear from them how it's going so far. We speak with Francesca Hegyi, Executive Director of Edinburgh International Festival ; Paul Connolly of Spontaneous Potter  Anthony Alderson, Chief Executive of the Pleasance Theatre and Vice-Chairman of Edinburgh Festival Fringe ; and Sorcha Carey, Director of Edinburgh Art F...

In conversation with Giles Ingram - Chief Executive, Abbotsford Trust, who speaks of Sir Walter Scott, the  father of historical novel - and plans for the year of celebration ahead  - beginning with ScottFest 2021 the weekend of August 14; and Dr. Bruce McLean, National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Curator, discusses the importance of Sir Walter Scott and shares rarely seen works fro...

Join us for the new edition of the #ScotsInUs Podcast from The American-Scottish Foundation® as we spotlight the upcoming Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe - two of Scotland's premiere cultural events.  Camilla G. Hellman, MBE, President of the ASF is joined in conversation by:  Anthony Alderson, Artistic Director of the Pleasance Theatre Trust  Francesc...

On today's episode of #ScotsInUS Podcast, we speak with Nicole Scholet of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society as we remember the 217th Anniversary of his death on July 12, 1804 and celebrate Hamilton's Legacy today. John Kinnear joins us to speak of Hamilton's contribution to the lighthouses he pioneered to protect the US coast line. Listen on Spotify, Anchor. FM, or Apple Podcasts or watch t...

Join us for the new edition of the #ScotsInUs Podcast from The American-Scottish Foundation as we spotlight the upcoming Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe - two of Scotland's premiere cultural events. We'll be joined in conversation with: Francesca Hegyi, Executive Director of the Edinburgh International Festival Lyndsey Jackson, Deputy CEO of the Edinburgh Fringe Fest...