Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break Podcast

Juanita's Daily Brew: Vote for me for TOP HOST www.tophost.org/2026/juanita-menard

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Top Host is a national hosting competition operated by Colossal Management, LLC, with a fundraising campaign supporting the Ryan Seacrest Foundation.

PUBLIC VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 5 AT 10 AM PDT!

And the Grand Prize includes:

$25,000

A guest appearance on On Air with Ryan Seacrest

A six-episode podcast produced by iHeartRadio

For this small-town Saskatchewan girl who has spent years behind the microphone, telling stories, entertaining audiences and connecting with people — this is a pretty exciting opportunity.

I’ve built Juanita’s Daily Brew from the ground up, and now I get to take a shot at something BIG.

If you’ve listened to my show, followed along, laughed with me, or simply enjoy having me in your ears during your day…

I’d LOVE to have you in my corner!

Voting begins October 5.

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WHY DO I WANT TO WIN?

Honestly? Because I’m not finished.

I already have a podcast — Juanita’s Daily Brew — and I love being a podcaster. I built this from the ground up because I still have stories to tell, conversations to have, and a whole lot to say.

Winning Top Host would give me the incredible opportunity to create six episodes with iHeartRadio.

But it’s about so much more than six episodes.

I want to learn from the best. I want to learn from people who are at the top of this business, improve my craft, and take everything I learn back into my own podcast.

And honestly… meeting Ryan Seacrest?

Come on.

For someone who has spent years behind a microphone, meeting a broadcasting legend like Ryan Seacrest would be pretty darn incredible.

I want to continue on as a podcaster. I want to keep growing Juanita’s Daily Brew, make it bigger and better, and see just how far I can take it.

I’m 56. I’m not starting over.

I’m building on everything I’ve already learned.

And if I get the opportunity to learn from the best, create six episodes with iHeartRadio, meet Ryan Seacrest, and put my voice in front of a much bigger audience?

Heck yes. I’m going for it!

So if you’re willing to help me get there, I’d be incredibly grateful for your FREE DAILY VOTE.

Take your coffee break. Stress less. And vote for Juanita.

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Thank you for cheering me on. It means more than you know.

Love, Juanita

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Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

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Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E8 — ANTIQUE KEYS — Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 — TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

SEGMENT 2 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

SEGMENT 3 —WELLNESS BLEND

SEGMENT 3B — THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

SEGMENT 4 — THE LAST SIP

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH SOURCES

KEYS, LOCKS & TECHNOLOGY

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Roman-period keys and Roman bronze ring keys
• Science Museum Group Collection — ancient, medieval and early modern keys
• Lock Museum of America — medieval warded locks and skeleton keys
• British Museum — Romano-British finger-ring key
• Science Museum Group — medieval and early modern key collections

DARK CURIOSITY

• St. John’s College, Cambridge — Mary Cavillon: Homemaker, Housebreaker
• The Spectator, 1893 — historical reporting on burglary investigations involving skeleton keys and burglary tools

MUSIC & SCREEN

• Big Bill Broonzy
• The Blues Brothers
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Bruno Mars
• Disney
• Warner Bros.
• Paramount Pictures
• Universal Pictures
• New Line Cinema
• Hallmark
• IMDb

PRODUCTION NOTE

Historical statements concerning keys, Roman key rings, warded locks, skeleton keys and the Mary Cavillon burglary are based on museum collections and historical documentation.

The symbolic interpretation of the key as a metaphor for access, trust, privacy, home and possibility is Juanita’s storytelling layer.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

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Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E7 — LIBRARIES & OLD BOOKS — Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 — TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

SEGMENT 2 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

SEGMENT 3 —WELLNESS BLEND

SEGMENT 3B — THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

SEGMENT 4 — THE LAST SIP

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH SOURCES

LIBRARIES, BOOKS & RARE COLLECTIONS

• The Royal Danish Library — Annual Report 2004 / The Great Book Theft
• The Royal Danish Library — How to Find Books
• The Royal Danish Library — Rare Book Collections
• Library of Congress — historical resources concerning books, manuscripts and libraries
• Encyclopaedia Britannica — history of books, manuscripts and libraries
• Smithsonian Libraries and Archives — history and cultural significance of books and collections
• British Library — historical books, manuscripts, collecting and preservation

DARK CURIOSITY

• The Royal Danish Library — documentation of the Great Book Theft, investigation, recovery of stolen works and convictions
• Christie’s / Royal Danish Library historical documentation — discovery of a stolen book submitted for auction in 2003

MUSIC & SCREEN

• The Beatles
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Peter Gabriel
• The Killers
• Enya
• Disney
• Warner Bros.
• Universal Pictures
• New Line Cinema
• Hallmark
• IMDb
• Apple TV / television programme records

The Great Book Theft details in Segment 2 are specifically grounded in the Royal Danish Library's documentation, including the 1971 start date, 1973 suspicion, 1975 confirmation, the 2003 auction-house discovery, and the 2004 convictions. The Royal Danish Library also confirms that its rare-book collections include early printed books, rare first editions, unique bindings and books associated with notable former owners, which supports the provenance thread in the episode.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

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Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E6 — APPLE CRATES, WOODEN BOXES & BUSHEL BASKETS

— Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 — TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

SEGMENT 2 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

SEGMENT 3 —WELLNESS BLEND

SEGMENT 3B — THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

SEGMENT 4 — THE LAST SIP

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH NOTES

APPLES & CANADIAN AGRICULTURE

• Government of Canada, Department of Agriculture — The Packing of Apples in Barrels and Boxes, A. McNeill, 1907. The publication addressed commercial apple packing and storage in Canada.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada — historical agricultural publications and Canadian fruit production.
• Library and Archives Canada — agricultural and transportation collections.

APPLE BOXES & FILM

• Studio Binder — “What is an Apple Box in Film — Film Set Essentials.” The source explains the relationship between shipping crates and film-production apple boxes and documents their use for raising actors, supporting equipment, creating levels and providing seating.
• Tools for Film — Apple Box glossary and film-production terminology.
• Filmmakers Academy — film grip equipment and apple-box standards.

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
• Government of Canada historical agricultural publications.
• Canadian Encyclopedia — Canadian agriculture and food history.
• Library and Archives Canada — Canadian farming and transportation collections.

FILM & TELEVISION

• The Apple Dumpling Gang — 1975.
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — 2013.
• Heartland — Canadian television series.
• Little House on the Prairie — television series.
• Yellowstone — television series.

HALLMARK

• Autumn in the Vineyard — Hallmark.
• Love, Fall & Order — Hallmark.

FOOD

PRODUCTION NOTE

The episode distinguishes between historical agricultural crates and baskets and the later film-industry apple box, which is a standardized production tool whose name is associated with the earlier wooden fruit-crate form. Studio Binder documents the film industry's early twentieth-century adoption and modern uses.

The 1907 Canadian government publication is particularly useful historical evidence that apple packing and the choice between barrels and boxes were already matters of organized commercial agricultural practice in Canada.

Food is the passport.

History is the road.

People are the destination.

Coffee is the companion.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

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Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E5 —LANTERNS Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 — TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

SEGMENT 2 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

SEGMENT 3 —WELLNESS BLEND

SEGMENT 3B — THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

SEGMENT 4 — THE LAST SIP

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH NOTES

LANTERN & LIGHTING HISTORY

• Smithsonian National Museum of American History — history of artificial lighting and the extension of the working/social day.
• Smithsonian Institution — historic oil lamps and lighting technology.
• Ingenium — Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation — Canadian railway lantern collections.
• Ingenium — Canadian railway-station signal lantern, circa 1902–1915.
• Ingenium — historic Canadian railway lighting and oil lamps.

SASKATCHEWAN — THE ST. LOUIS LIGHT

• Canada's History — “The St. Louis Light.” The Saskatchewan ghost-light legend, its association with the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, reports dating to at least the 1920s, and both paranormal and skeptical explanations.
• Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids — Saskatchewan ghost stories, including the St. Louis Light/ghost train.

JACK-O’-LANTERNS & FOLKLORE

• National Geographic — history of jack-o'-lanterns, Irish and Scottish traditions, turnip lanterns, Stingy Jack, will-o'-the-wisp and the transition to pumpkins in North America.
• Smithsonian Magazine — Halloween and jack-o'-lantern history.
• Library of Congress — Halloween traditions and American cultural history.

FILM & TELEVISION

• Tangled — Disney, 2010.
• Sleepy Hollow — 1999.
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone — 2001.
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy — 2001–2003.
• Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Canadian television series.
• The X-Files.
• The Twilight Zone.
• Scooby-Doo.

MUSIC

• Birds of Tokyo — “Lanterns.”
• Bill Withers — “Ain't No Sunshine.”
• The Doors — “Light My Fire.”
• Jennifer Lawrence — “The Hanging Tree.”
• Neil Young — “Harvest Moon.”

HALLMARK

• Hallmark Channel — Fall Into Love seasonal programming.

PRODUCTION NOTE

The St. Louis Light is presented as folklore, not established evidence of a supernatural phenomenon. Historical accounts include both the ghost-train explanation and skeptical possibilities such as distant headlights and atmospheric effects.

Likewise, historical explanations of will-o'-the-wisp and the Stingy Jack story are distinguished from one another: natural phenomena have been proposed as explanations for some mysterious lights, while the Jack story belongs to folklore.

The mental-health section focuses on grounding, orientation, sensory awareness and social connection. The lantern is not presented as a treatment for mental-health conditions.

Food is the passport.

History is the road.

People are the destination.

Coffee is the companion.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E4 CAMP FIRES - Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 —

TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

SEGMENT 2 —

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

SEGMENT 3 —

WELLNESS BLEND

SEGMENT 3B —

THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

SEGMENT 4 —

THE LAST SIP

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH NOTES

FIRE & HUMAN HISTORY

• Parks Canada — Fire Management History.
• Parks Canada — Indigenous Fire Stewardship.
• Smithsonian Institution — Human Origins and early fire research.
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica — fire and human history.
• National Geographic — human evolution and fire.

FIRE SCIENCE

• U.S. National Park Service — Fire Science / Fire Triangle.
• U.S. Forest Service — fire behaviour and combustion.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology — combustion research.
• Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
• Government of Canada fire-safety resources.

CANADIAN & SASKATCHEWAN FIRE

• Government of Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.
• Saskatchewan wildfire and fire-ban resources.
• Parks Canada — Canadian fire-management history.
• Saskatchewan environmental and wildfire resources.

Saskatchewan fire restrictions can vary by location and authority. Current restrictions should always be checked before recording or publishing a seasonal fire-safety reference.

INDIGENOUS FIRE CONTEXT

• Parks Canada — Indigenous Fire Stewardship.
• Parks Canada — fire management history.
• Indigenous-led cultural burning and land-stewardship resources.

Note: Indigenous relationships with fire are diverse and Nation-specific. This episode does not present one generalized “Indigenous campfire tradition.” Parks Canada specifically notes that cultural burning practices and purposes differ between Indigenous Nations.

STORYTELLING & ORAL TRADITION

• UNESCO — Intangible Cultural Heritage.
• Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
• Library of Congress.
• British Library.
• Folklore and oral-history scholarship.

MUSIC

• Bruce Springsteen — “Fire.”
• Johnny Cash — “Ring of Fire.”
• James Taylor — “Fire and Rain.”
• Eagles — “Witchy Woman.”
• The Animals — “House of the Rising Sun.”
• Neil Young — “Harvest Moon.”
• Corey Kent — “Wannabe” — 2026. Contemporary coverage describes the song as a “cowboy campfire ballad.”

FILM

• Stand by Me — 1986.
• The Blair Witch Project — 1999.
• Friday the 13th — 1980.
• The Parent Trap — 1998.

TELEVISION

• Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Canadian anthology series.
• The X-Files.
• Supernatural.
• The Twilight Zone.

HALLMARK

• Campfire Kiss — starring Danica McKellar and Paul Greene.

FOOD

• Fire Masters — Canadian open-flame cooking competition hosted by Dylan Benoit.
• Campfire cooking: hot dogs, sausages, corn, potatoes, foil-pack meals, beans, popcorn and s'mores.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E3 — FRONT PORCHES - Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 —

TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

SEGMENT 2 —

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

SEGMENT 3 —

WELLNESS BLEND

SEGMENT 3B —

THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

SEGMENT 4 —

THE LAST SIP

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH NOTES

Canadian Architecture & History

• Parks Canada — federal heritage records for historic Quebec houses and verandahs.
• Parks Canada — Architecture of Canada, including Quebec cottage architecture and bell-cast roofs/verandahs.
• City of Toronto — Cabbagetown Southwest Heritage Conservation District research and building typologies.
• Parks Canada — Claverleigh National Historic Site, rural Ontario Gothic Revival architecture and transitional porch/verandah spaces.
• Parks Canada — Château Laurier, Canadian railway hotel architecture and tourism.
• Parks Canada — Fairmont Empress National Historic Site, railway tourism and Canadian Château-style architecture.
• Parks Canada — Banff Springs Hotel National Historic Site and the development of Canadian railway tourism.

Music

• Noah Kahan — “Porch Light” — 2026. Universal Music Canada confirms its March 13, 2026 release and its inclusion on The Great Divide.
• Hayden Haddock — “Front Porch in the Rain.”
• Nic D — “If Heaven Had a Front Porch.”
• Tracy Lawrence — “If the World Had a Front Porch.”
• Robert Earl Keen / Lyle Lovett — “The Front Porch Song.”
• Lonestar — “My Front Porch Looking In.”

Film

• To Kill a Mockingbird — 1962.
• Forrest Gump — 1994.
• The Notebook — 2004.
• Steel Magnolias — 1989.

Television

• Sullivan's Crossing — Canadian drama series.
• The Waltons.
• The Wonder Years.

Disney

• The Princess and the Frog — 2009.

Hallmark

• Home Is Where the Heart Is — Episode 6, “Porch Swing Living.” Hallmark identifies the front porch as the starting point for the family's multigenerational-home transformation.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

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Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E2 Coffee Mugs - Your Coffee Break Podcast

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SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 —

TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

 

SEGMENT 2 —

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

 

SEGMENT 3 —

 WELLNESS BLEND

 

SEGMENT 3B —

THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

 

SEGMENT 4 —

THE LAST SIP

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH NOTES

Coffee, Vessels & Material Culture

• Smithsonian Institution — coffee history and brewing research.
• Smithsonian Magazine — coffee-related material culture and collecting.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica — ceramics, pottery and vessels.
• Victoria and Albert Museum — ceramics and domestic objects.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — ceramics and historical tableware.
• Canadian Encyclopedia — Canadian domestic and material culture.

Music

• Ella Fitzgerald — Black Coffee
• Bob Dylan — One More Cup of Coffee
• Frank Sinatra — The Coffee Song
• Squeeze — Black Coffee in Bed
• Sylvan Esso — Coffee
• Kate Bush — Coffee Homeground

Film

• Coffee and Cigarettes — Jim Jarmusch, 2003/2004.
• You've Got Mail — Nora Ephron, 1998.
• Groundhog Day — Harold Ramis, 1993.

Television

• Friends
• Gilmore Girls
• Twin Peaks

Disney

• Beauty and the Beast — Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1991.

Hallmark

• Love Struck Café — starring Sarah Jane Morris and Andrew Walker.
• Cooking with Love — starring Ali Liebert and Brett Dalton.
• Hallmark Fall Into Love 2026 schedule and programming. 

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

 

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juanita's Daily Brew: S3E1 Autumn Leaves - Your Coffee Break Podcast

SEASON 3 — THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES BEHIND ORDINARY THINGS

SEGMENT 1 —

TODAY’S JOURNEY IN A COFFEE CUP

 

SEGMENT 2 —

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY

 

SEGMENT 3 —

 WELLNESS BLEND

 

SEGMENT 3B —

THE SOUNDTRACK & SCREEN

 

SEGMENT 4 —

THE LAST SIP

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH NOTES

BOTANY, AUTUMN COLOUR & LEAF SCIENCE

• United States Forest Service — research and educational material on fall colour, leaf pigments and seasonal change.
• National Park Service — seasonal leaf colour, forest ecology and autumn processes.
• U.S. National Arboretum — fall colour science and tree physiology.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — plant biology, photosynthesis and pigments.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica — photosynthesis, chlorophyll, deciduous trees and autumn leaf change.
• Canadian Encyclopedia — Canadian forests, trees and maple symbolism.
• Natural Resources Canada — Canadian forests, tree species and seasonal ecology.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada — Canadian soils, vegetation and ecological processes.

CANADIAN & SASKATCHEWAN CONTEXT

• Government of Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan forests, provincial vegetation and natural environments.
• Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management materials.
• Saskatchewan Archives — Prairie landscape and historical photographs.
• Western Development Museum — Saskatchewan rural and agricultural history.
• Canadian Encyclopedia — Saskatchewan landscapes and Canadian natural heritage.
• Natural Resources Canada — Canadian tree species and forest ecosystems.

MAPLE LEAF & CANADIAN SYMBOLISM

• Government of Canada — history of the Canadian flag and maple leaf.
• Canadian Heritage — national symbols of Canada.
• Library and Archives Canada — historical Canadian maple-leaf imagery and national symbolism.

PSYCHOLOGY, MEMORY & SEASONAL EXPERIENCE

• Research literature concerning autobiographical memory and sensory cues.
• Research concerning environmental psychology and seasonal experience.
• Research concerning nostalgia, memory and emotionally significant places.
• Research concerning nature exposure and psychological wellbeing.

MUSIC

• Nat King Cole — “Autumn Leaves”
• Earth, Wind & Fire — “September”
• Green Day — “Wake Me Up When September Ends”

FILM & TELEVISION

• When Harry Met Sally... — 1989, directed by Rob Reiner; Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby.
• Dead Poets Society — 1989, directed by Peter Weir; Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen. 

Contact: speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia | [email protected]

Legal: This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

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S3 TRAILER

Something extraordinary is coming to Juanita’s Daily Brew...

Season 3 takes you on a mysterious journey into The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things.

Discover hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, music, movies, television, psychology, pop culture, and stories hiding in plain sight.

From autumn leaves and antique keys to black cats, pumpkins, ghost stories, and the unexpected secrets behind familiar things, every 12–15 minute episode invites you to look at the ordinary in a completely different way.

Hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

☕ Season 3 begins September 21st.

🎃 New episodes Monday through Friday, with a special Halloween episode on October 31st.

Pour the coffee. Turn down the lights.

The extraordinary is hiding in plain sight. Follow Juanita’s Daily Brew so your next coffee break is always ready.

CONTACT

[email protected]

speakpipe.com/coffeeswirlmedia

LEGAL:

• This podcast is prerecorded and produced for informational and entertainment purposes only. Opinions expressed are personal and not professional advice. Listener discretion is advised. All music used in this podcast is properly licensed by Coffee Swirl Media™. Recorded and produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Juanita’s Daily Brew — Your Coffee Break PodcastWelcome to Juanita’s Daily Brew, a daily coffee-break podcast hosted by broadcaster and storyteller Juanita from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.The show evolves with every season.Season 1 explores the calendar through stories, celebrations, traditions, food, entertainment, and history.Season 2 puts food at the centre, exploring the fascinating history and stories behind favourite foods, drinks, desserts, ingredients, comfort foods, music, movies, television, nostalgia, and culture.Season 3 — The Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Things takes the journey somewhere new, uncovering hidden history, strange facts, folklore, mysteries, traditions, psychology, pop culture, music, movies, and television behind the familiar things we often take for granted.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.