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Maybe you think you know Vancouver pretty well, maybe you’d like to get to know the city better, maybe you have never been to Vancouver, or maybe you’d just like to hear a couple guys who wrote the best-selling ”111 Places in Vancouver That You Must Not Miss” guidebook tell a few yarns about the city they love. Join producer Mike Finnegan as he tries to keep chatty, and sometimes witty, authors Dave Doroghy and Graeme Menzies on track as they discuss interesting and often unknown facts and stories about their favorite places in Vancouver.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
If you're too busy running along the Stanley park seawall to stop and read the Harry Jerome statue plaque, this episode delivers the details on the once-time fastest man in the world (and a bit about the artist who created it).
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Vancouver's oldest independent, family-owned, record store is fodder for discussion about vinyl records of old and fresh artists of today.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Dave divvies up details on the person behind the place called Jack Poole Plaza - photogenic legacy of the 2010 Olympics and popular mountain-view meeting place in downtown Vancouver.
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Dave and Graeme invite you to turn on, tune in, and drop in to the Naam Restaurant - the groovy gasto-epicentre of Kitsilano's hippie heritage.
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Graeme dons his arctic furs to gush about Canada's Arctic Tallship and the other ancient wooden beauties afloat at Vancouver's Heritage Harbour.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Dave reels Graeme and Mike into a big whopper of a sturgeon story, and explains where and how to see them for yourself. Grame and Mike are left with an urgin’ for sturgeon.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Nukes, Whales, Hippies, and a bad Nixon impersonation - what more could you ask for?
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
A Baroness, a cat named Mr Got To Go, and a bowl of fruit are all a part of this peachy story about Vancouver's ivy-clad secret gem: The Sylvia Hotel.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
PNE insider Roxann Bury-Howard joins Mike, Dave, and Graeme to give the inside story on Canada's oldest roller coaster - the wooden wonder that has thrilled and mezmorized all kinds of passengers including monks, pipe bands, brides, movie stars, teens and old-timers for over 60 years.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter, never saw Vancouver's Coal Harbour but she was discovered at Vancouver's chicken coop. Graeme and Dave dazzle Mike with this unbelievable tale.