• Ep 104 - Special Toaster Drawer - Organizing with Cherry Gin Collins
    Jul 14 2022

    What do cantaloupes, toasters and band shirts have in common? Find out in this week's episode on organizing.


    We have a special guest, Christie from This is Home helping us with tips and tricks for all your organizational needs!

    See her site here: https://thisishomeinteriors.ca/

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Ep 103 - We Are a Hot Poker Up the.... Affairs with Pina Coladas
    Jul 7 2022

    Today we discuss something apparently one in five of us has done, had an Affair.


    We learn about Amy Winehouse, 14th century love squares and why people cheat.


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    Sources:

    Stuff you Missed in History Class - Sir Roger Mortimer: Who was the Greatest Traitor

    Noble Blood Podcast - Ep 38 - Piers Gaveston, the King's Favourite

    ​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England

    https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/lgbtq-history/piers-gaveston-hugh-despenser-and-the-downfall-of-edward-ii/#:~:text=In%201300%2C%20when%20Edward%20was,Gaveston%20was%20banished%20to%20France.


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Premium Episode - Summer Movie Series - Camp Nowhere
    Jul 5 2022

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    We're starting a new series, this time on summer movies! All the nostalgia, all the shenanigans and lots and lots of sun!


    This month we've rewatched a film from our childhoods, Camp Nowhere (1994). See Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Jackson and Andrew Keegan create their own summer camp!


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    9 mins
  • Ep 102 - Spruce Lee, Willis and Springsteen - Berry Picking with Okanagan Cider
    Jun 30 2022

    Nothing like fresh picked fruit! Except us talking about it...?


    We learn about Banana Republics, Peaches and reeping what we sow.


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    Sources:

    Drunk History - S03x03 New Orleans

    https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2018/10/sam-the-banana-man/

    https://history.wsu.edu/rci/sample-research-project/

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/banana-wars

    https://iu.pressbooks.pub/perspectives2/chapter/ubiquitous-banana-dictatorship-in-guatemala/


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Ep 101 - Big Taste, Slap in the Face - Wine Tasting with Wine
    Jun 23 2022

    We taste wine today, as EVERYONE is doing it. We talk about the experience of going wine touring, how we are influenced in not just choosing the wine but what you're tasting.


    We also discuss tests, Sandra Oh and Merlot.


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    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZjUS5IYy0A

    https://vinepair.com/articles/history-court-master-sommeliers/

    https://vinepair.com/articles/brahm-callahan-master-sommelier/

    https://www.letitwine.com/en/article/history-of-the-word-sommelier/


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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Ep 100 - Our 100th Episode!
    Jun 16 2022

    We have reached our 100th episode, so we are discussing centennials.


    We learn all about two dinners, elevator guvnor's, alien bugs and things with holes.


    We're also now available in vision! See us here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC--0556tA7kmdTQLSO5TBzQ


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    Sources:

    https://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/05/10/centennial-exhibition-history/

    https://americasbesthistory.com/wfphiladelphia1876.html

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Exposition

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25483/party-its-1876-12-items-centennial-exposition

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Statue_of_Liberty_Arm%2C_1876%2C_Phildadelphis_Centennial_Exposition_BW.jpg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXmTvBxGA4


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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Ep 99 - Delmontes - Celebrity Trials with Mega Pints of Rum and Coke
    Jun 9 2022

    We're back after our little break and apparently we could NOT stop talking. So warning this is a long one. Also TRIGGER WARNING for DV and SV.


    Brittany takes us into her new obsession the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. Turns out celebrity trials have fascinated for a long time.


    We also discuss laundry basket escapes, if the glove doesn't fit and NASCAR


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    Sources:


    https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/inside-the-trial-of-actress-mary-astor-hollywoods-juiciest-sex-scandal

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/mary-astor-divorce-trial-1936

    https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=60000&year=1936

    You Must Remember This Podcast - Mary Astor

    The Purple Diaries By Joseph Egan

    https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/prohibition-potpourri/nascar-and-prohibition/

    https://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Fleets_Rumrunners.php


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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Premium Episode - Spam Festival with Lychee Martini
    Apr 27 2022

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    For the final holiday we are exploring in this series, Brittany tells us all about Spam Festival in Hawaii. We also learn the complex but tastiness of the lychee and devolve into discussions over Oprah.


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    6 mins