A wild, sweet baby boy appears! It’s comedian Matty Vu, put him in your loot bag

for a +45 to Endearment! We discuss creative crises, getting bumped by celebrity

comics, and all our local faves. THEN we gush about all the goofy stuff we’re

obsessed with, do bits from other podcasts (again), and maybe, finally, hopefully

get Hamilton out of our collective system.

Do you think that voice is noice? Well, then we have a treat for you in

the form of our beautifully dressed guest (not that you’d know), Alannah Turner!

She’s in grad school to become a speech language pathologist, and she looooves

your larynx. We talk vocal structure, how to warm up and take care of the voice,

and a bunch of totally unrelated stuff like Tinder dealbreakers, beard huffing,

and the curious appeal of grey sweatpants.

We head for the ‘burbinest burbs to hole up overnight in the Parental Palace,

casa John y Brenda, while they’re out of town being the snowbirds that they are.

We’re the youngest people in this fancy adult-oriented gated community! Like so

many guestless episodes, this one progressively devolves into wine-soaked babbling

about such engrossing topics as bathroom habits, malapropisms, love notes, and whether

or not St. Nicholas was a Klingon. If you listen all the way to the end, you will get

a musical surprise.

Heyyy it rained 54 days out of the last 59 and we’re so mad at Margaret Atwood,

but it’s nice to get the gals together to have an HQ kvetch. Climb into the

handbasket with us and Helena, where we talk about curating our own self image

(barf!), professional wrestling (body shaming Sheamus), heavy metal, and Star Trek.

Gird your loins, because here comes comedian Gavin Clarkson to oust

the overrated wordsmith Robert Service as the Yukon’s Favourite Son.

We learn that the Gold Rush never fully ended, as our guest is also

a frickin’ mining engineer! (or, for the layman–a Gold Scientist) Gavin

shows the Supermoon who’s boss, we all do dreadful accent work, and we

share in some much needed belly laughs in these trying times.

Our omnidirectional microphone gets put to the test today with a first for

us–TWO GUESTS. Public health pros Abby and Chelsea are in Vancouver at the

same time, a rarity for these globetrotters who are often oceans away working

on various international health initiatives. They discuss the zen of long-haul

budget travel, relatable advice on hole avoidance, and the tasty Canadian treats

they miss the most when they’re far from home.

We’ve got back to back returning guests, and this week we’re bringing you a

wonderful spooky gab session with the incomparable Lauren Martin. If you’re

similarly not quite ready to give up the halloween spirit, hang out with us

as we talk about the horror/arousal relationship and read each other’s tarot

cards!

We have our first follow up guest! That’s right, it’s ALLISON 2 –

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO – BACK IN THE SHACK colon BITCHES BEWARE. But it’s

almost like a whole new Allison, because this time she has bangs, and

we think you can really hear the difference. We make our cursory nods

towards the spookiness of the season (Horror films! Ghost stories! Ouija!

Bruce Campbell!), discuss the finer points of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy,

and perform metatextual analysis of Hanson’s Mmmbop (kind of).

Thunderstorm of the decade? More like… uh… Blunderstorm! We had a lot of setbacks for the recording of

this episode–we were sick, our planned guest had to cancel, and we were slapped with a three day weather

and wind warning that was projected to cut Vancouver power off. But we are very stubborn and committed to

our podcasting routine, so we dang well persevered to bring you another ep that represents the core values

of the show--just the two of us grousing and giggling.

This week, we’re talkin’ better community through large amounts of food with photographer, home chef,

and all-around babe Jen Clark! For a number of years, she’s been running an intensely competitive

(yet loving and nurturing) monthly vegan cookoff in Vancouver, which has imbued her and her friends with

some next-level skills—even her mom admits that the student has become the master. You’re gonna want to have

snacks for this one, because you’re gonna get mighty hungry!