Andrew: On today’s episode, I will be interviewing the newest member of the Culips family, Morag. Morag will be helping co-host with me, and I couldn’t be happier about this, and I can’t wait to introduce her to you. So that’s what we’ll be doing today.
Before we start, I’ll tell you a little story about the problems I had recording this episode. It really turned out to be quite the ordeal. Morag and I recorded this interview, actually, several weeks ago. But then when I tried to edit that episode, I realized that I made a mistake—and this is actually quite a rookie mistake.
I forgot to hit the record button. And so I ended up with blank audio files, and that was disappointing. So what you’ll hear today is the make-up interview that Morag and I rescheduled. But, while we were recording this interview today, suddenly my microphone died and I had to switch microphones half-way through the interview.
So you’ll notice a change in the quality of the audio when this happens. And I apologize for that. It’s less than perfect sounding. But I think you’ll be able to hear and understand me OK. So, please, let it slide just this once.
OK, so now it’s time for the interview. Here it is: Introducing the new Culips co-host, Morag.
Hi Morag, how are you?
Morag: I’m doing pretty well, Andrew. And how about you?
Andrew: I am good. I am super excited to have you on Culips.
Morag: Oh, thanks so much. I’m excited to be here.
Andrew: Yeah. And the reason that I’m talking to you today is because you are the newest member of the Culips team. You are going to help me co-host some episodes in the future. So this is very exciting for me.
Morag: And for me, too. I’m really excited to start out and get to know all you guys.
Andrew: Awesome, awesome. OK, so, since you are new, I am going to interview you today, if that’s OK, so that our listeners can get to know you a little bit.
Morag: Absolutely.
Andrew: Very good, OK. So I have a lot of questions for you. I’m a very curious person.
Morag: Well, that sounds like fun. I’ve never been interviewed before.
Andrew: There’s a first time for everything.
Morag: Yes.
Andrew: OK, so Question One: Your name is very interesting to me. I’ve never met anybody with the name Morag before. So could you tell me a little bit about your name?
Morag: I definitely can. It’s quite normal to not have met a Morag before. It’s a Scottish name. So it’s not actually English language at all. It’s Scottish Gaelic. And I have it because my mother is Scottish.
Andrew: OK, I was thinking it might be Scottish. Interesting.
Morag: Apparently, it used to have an H on the end. So… used to be even more confusing.
Andrew: I was curious about that, because it looks like a word that would have an H on the end. I just thought that in my head, and I was almost going to ask you that question. And do other family members, like, I don’t know if you have a brother or sister, do they also have interesting Gaelic names?
Morag: I actually think that I’m one of the only ones on the actual Scottish side of the family with a Gaelic name. Well, I guess there’s my mom, Fiona, but that’s not actually… that’s not Gaelic. That was made up in the 19th century in a romance novel, so.
Andrew: Funnily enough, my mom is also named Fiona.
Morag: Really?
Andrew: Yeah.
Morag: That’s quite odd.
Andrew: Yeah, the Scottish connection. But that’s interesting. I didn’t know that that’s where that name came from.
Morag: Yeah, no, it sounds like it could be Gaelic, but it is not.
Andrew: Yeah, interesting. I’ll have to tell that to my mom. I’ll see if she knows.
Do people call your mom Fi?
Morag: Yeah, her family does. My grandmother definitely calls her Fi.
Andrew: That’s my mom’s nickname too.
Morag: Yeah, very, very Scottish.
Andrew: Cool, OK. So we know your mom is from Scotland, but where are you from originally?
Morag: I am originally from the West Coast of Canada, on Vancouver Island, little place called Victoria.
Andrew: Victoria, yeah. I like Victoria.
