Rachel and Erin are definitely living up to our tipsy title in our first Parisienne podcast. We talk a lot about Montmarte, Catholic mass at Notre Dam, the Musee D'Orsay and more as we getting to know Paris.

Rachel and Erin are in Europe! This is the first in out travel series, which will be more informal and random than our usual episodes. Tine in to see what we're up to, where we go and what adventures we have. In this episode- Jetlag, the British Museum, Hyde Park, V&A Museum and Cousin Charlotte.

Rachel, Louise and Erin discuss the bloody end of the Romanov dynasty and why it happened. Nicholas and Alexandra and their five children, were a rich, religious, and strange family. They were also reclusive and had mysterious friends and in the end, were just not very good rulers.

Erin and Adam discuss the chilly adventures or three more arctic explorers. Will they find the north pole? Will they live? What could go wrong?

Rachel and Erin watched The Crown on Netflix and in this podcast talk about episodes 1-5.  

Erin and Adam discuss the adventures of some white old dudes who try and sail ships through lots of ice- what could go wrong? In part one they cover the expeditions of John Franklin and Charles Francis Hall.

Rachel and Erin discuss two very different artists from the 19th century who struggled with mental illness, spent time in asylums and continued painting during that time- Vincent van Gogh and Richard Dadd.

Rachel and Laura discuss the focus of Laura's PHD research, Anglo-Saxon cemeteries and deviant burials. They dig into engendered burials, death rites in various cultures, excavations, vikings and vampires and what the term "deviant" really means.  

Rachel and Erin discuss some well know cases of art vandalism from religious protest to passionate outbursts to people who are just clumsy. There are many reasons that art gets wrecked or destroyed, sometimes it can be saved, sometimes it can't.

*Random Bonus Episode* Rachel and Erin watched W.E. and The Kings Speech and then talked about them! Both of these films relate to our first episode "The Abdication Crisis" so if you didn't enjoy that or haven't seen these films of hate British period drama... probably skip this one.