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OLÉ! This week Kate discusses the tumultuous and complicated relationship between Spain, fascism, tourism and Flamenco. Started by the Roma people in Spain, Flamenco has not had the easiest road of being recognized as a true Spanish art form. Then get your overripe tomatoes ready, as Catherine tells Kate all about the festival of the throwing of tomatoes, La Tomatina. Can you get the jamón??? 

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Flamenco Sources:

History of Flamenco

Flamenco wiki 

Mini topic sources:

La Tomatina Wiki

La Tomatina Tours

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - Camille 2000 (1969) directed by Radley Metzger

Catherine's Recommendation - My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

Come with us to the Emerald Isle of Ireland as Catherine tells Kate about a pirate queen who kicked her husband out of the house, chatted in Latin with Queen Elizabeth I, pillaged towns and ships, and fended off privateers while out at sea less than an hour after giving birth. Then Kate tells Cat about an Irish tradition called keening - a powerful cry sung at funerals and protests, and shares a darling Irish word. Now we're craving a Guinness.

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Grania Sources:

Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen

Grace O'Malley wiki

Gráinne Mhaol, pirate queen of Connacht: behind the legend

Pirate Queen with Irish Luck

Mini topic sources:

Keening Tradition

Keening wiki

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - The Great Pottery Throw Down

Catherine's Recommendation - Belle de Jour (1967) directed by Luis Buñuel

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone and happy 2021!

We are thrilled to introduce our first guest - our favorite French friend Emile Bertherat! We caught up with Emile on how France handled 2020, and he taught us about renowned French novelist Romain Gary who lived an incredibly colorful life (to say the least!). Here's to a new year and to many more episodes with Emile!

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Romain Gary Sources:

6 Things You May Not Know About Romain Gary

Literature: the day Romain Gary said no to Goncourt

Romain Gary and Emile Ajar: much more than a hoax

The Gary-Ajar sham

Emile's Recommendation - Swimming Pool (2003)

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

Called an incestuous murderesse, Lucrezia Borgia has been the center of many infamous stories and rumors swirling around the Borgia family. Kate tells Catherine all about if the rumors are true. Then Catherine regales Kate of the history of the Aperitivo in Italy - swoon! 

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Lucrezia Sources:

Long Reads

Lucrezia Borgia wiki

Mini topic sources:

The Old History of Aperitivo

Aperitivo in Italy

Marcus Gavius Apicius wiki

Everything You Need to Know About the Aperol Spritz

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - Bioderma Sensibio Mask

Catherine's Recommendation - Revisiting (podcast)

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

WARNING: this episode discusses themes of murder and death

Come with us to blustery, beautiful Scotland! Catherine tells Kate about the heavenly isle of Iona and the mysterious circumstances surrounding a young occultist's death in the early 20th century. Then, Kate regales Catherine about the Massacre of Glencoe, and why the Campbell clan is forever cursed because of their dastardly deeds to the MacDonald clan. The gals wrap things up with a few Scottish stories of their own.

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Netta Sources:

The Mysterious Case of Netta Fornario on the Island of Iona

The Very Strange Death of Netta Fornario

Fairy Versus Faerie

Mini topic sources:

The Curse of the Campbells

Massacre at Glen Coe

Massacre at Glencoe Wiki

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - Killing Eve (BBC/HULU)

Catherine's Recommendation - IG comedian @LukeMillingtonDrake

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone & na zdorovie!

We're cheer-sing to your health this episode with Russian Vodka! Kate tells Catherine all about the history of the importance of vodka to Russia and even how it had a hand in deciding Russia's official religion. Catherine then tells Kate the story about how the Matryoshka nesting dolls came to be! Da darling! 

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Vodka Sources:

Russian Vodka: A History

Vodka History

Facts & Details

Prohibition

Mini topic sources:

The History of the Russian Nesting Doll

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - The Undoing (HBO)

Catherine's Recommendation - "Cléo de 5 à 7" (1962) directed by Agnès Varda

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

Sign us up for dishing the sordid details of a steamy affair. Throw in a King, Queen and a revolutionary doctor? Yum. Cat tells Kate all about Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark and her lover Johann. Kate then informs Cat about the creepy, non-Disney version of The Little Mermaid. How morbid!

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Queen Caroline Mathilde Sources:

Rebecca Starr Brown - "Scandal, Divorce & Exile: The Legacy of Caroline Matilda"

Noble Blood Podcast - Queen Caroline Matilda's Personal Doctor

Mini topic sources:

Little Mermaid Statue Wiki

Little Mermaid Fairy Tale

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)

Catherine's Recommendation - The Great (Hulu)

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

Kate tells Cat all about the 'King of Kink', Helmut Newton and his rise to becoming a provocateur photographer of the ages! Cat then tells Kate about the roaring queer nightclub scene of Berlin pre-Nazi Germany. 

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Helmut Newton Sources:

American Suburb X

The Art Story

Helmut Newton Wiki

Mini topic sources:

LGBT Culture in Berlin wiki

"A Peek Inside Berlin's Queer Club Scene Before Hitler Destroyed It"

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - Conversations With Friends (book) by Sally Rooney

Catherine's Recommendation - Swedish artist Karl-Joel Larsson

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

WARNING: this episode discusses themes of murder and abuse

Signore e signori...join us as we venture to Sicily and discuss Cosa Nostra aka "Our Thing" aka the Mafia. Then Kate informs Cat about the wild Sicilian flag and reminds us all about the story of Medusa.

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Cosa Nostra Sources:

Sicilian Mafia

Mini topic sources:

Medusa

Recommendations:

Kate's Recommendation - My Brilliant Friend Series by Elena Ferrante

Catherine's Recommendation - I am Love. Luca Guadagnino, 2009

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!

Coucou everyone!

Kate tells Cat about the only indigenous peoples of Europe - the Sami. Cat dishes the details of artist Edvard Munch's tumultuous love life, and surprises Kate with a fun little social experiment.

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Sami People Sources:

Sami

Sami Wikipedia

Sami handicrafts – Duodji

Frozen II and the Sami

Mini topic sources:

Edvard Munch and Tulla Larsen

Edvard Munch's Female Influencers

Cover art and logo by Kate Walker

Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre

Theme song by Lumehill

Thank you all - ciao!