Rachel and Erin discuss collections and the Museum of Vancouver's "All Together Now, Vancouver Collectors and their Worlds" exhibition. Why do people collect? What's the difference between collecting and hoarding? How has collecting changed as lifestyles have? How are contemporary artists merging archives and fine art? These are just some of the questions we discuss in this episode while we sip riesling and gewurztraminer. 

In this episode Rachel and Michael discuss the life, trail and death of Socrates. Although he is now considered one the the first philosophers, being brilliant didn't stop Socrates from being generally dirty, weird and pissing a lot of people off.

Ok I'll admit that the title is a little sensational, but it is true that a priory was shut down near Oxford in the 16th century due to mismanagement and nuns behaving badly. Rachel and Charlotte take a break from s'mores and campfires to to discuss the findings of the recent excavation of Littlemore priory.

In this episode Rachel and Erin delve into some Vancouver BC local history with a look at an unsolved murder from the 1920s. This case is filled with police corruption, kidnapping, media frenzy, drug trade rumours, rampant racism and more.

In this episode Rachel and Marie Claire discuss the brilliant and troubled Baroque painter Caravaggio. The passionate artist spent his last few years on the run from the law, wanted for murder. His work went on to inspire countless others. After we recorded Marie Claire dumped a glass of wine on my computer by accident, don't worry girl, it's all fine lol. 

Rachel and Christine drink a lot of red wine and talk about some of the darker and creepier European fairytales that exist. Some you will have heard and some you may not have.

In the 1930s Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England for American divorcee Wallis Simpson. This left his younger brother George VI aka Bertie to step in and save the day just in time for WW2. This is the second part of a two part episode. If you haven't listened to part one, you should probably go and do that. This was our first ever podcast episode so be gentle with us. lol. Erin and I got so into this topic that it ended up becoming a two part episode. Apparently we can drink wine and talk about British royalty forever, but we already knew that.

In the 1930s Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England for American divorcee Wallis Simpson and it really pissed everyone off. This is the first part of a two part episode. This is our first ever podcast episode so be gentle with us. lol. Erin and I got so into this topic that it ended up becoming a two part episode. Apparently we can drink wine and talk about British royalty forever, but we already knew that.