Thread by @garwboy

Happy #StDavidsDay everyone

In the spirit of the occasion, please check out the trailer for my new podcast, Smart Welsh People, via @SmartWelshPod and @cosmicshambles

https://twitter.com/SmartWelshPod/status/1234035668826951680

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Basically, as an increasingly prominent neurobod and science pundit, I finally snapped at the endless mainstream portrayals of Welsh people solely as a nation of parochial, naive, clueless types, if not worse

That's not my experience of us, by any means

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Perhaps the worst part of it is that, for various reasons, these unflattering Welsh stereotypes have been largely internalised. We reinforce them more often than not via our own outputs. That's something we should work on, I reckon

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Plus with the whole post-Brexit fallout raising many questions of national identity and our place in the UK and rest of the World, the issues of what it means to be Welsh and how we're perceived are more relevant than ever. @SmartWelshPod looks into these too

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But basically, @SmartWelshPod is my attempt, however futile it may be, to combat these annoying Welsh stereotypes, by finding Welsh people from all walks of life with interesting, informative and entertaining things to say, and putting the spotlight on them for a change

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Full episodes coming later this month, but for now, spend a few minutes of your #StDavidsDay heading to @cosmicshambles and checking out the @SmartWelshPod trailer

cosmicshambles.com/smartwelshpeop…

Diolch!

For regular followers;

Yes, Pickle does feature in several episodes. No, it was never my intention, he just decides he's going to 'be involved'

On the other hand, several guests thus far have only agreed to take part if they can meet him

https://twitter.com/garwboy/status/1234041887352332288