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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 Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
One two three four! Graeme gets to the heart of Vancouver's 1970s music-making scene. Dave says "turn me loose!". Discover the hidden-in-plain-sight music history within Vancouver's Mushroom Studios.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
If you're in the market for a wooden Mountie, an old-school stereo system, a stuffed gopher, or classic vinyl LP, this is the episode you've been waiting for! Dave, Graeme and Mike tell the back-story on four of their favourite cool, independent, very Vancouver shops.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Some people drive their cars into the ground, other people bury them. Dave takes the wheel in this story about one of Vancouver's classiest, biggest-finned, formerly four-wheeled wonders.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Graeme gets all wound up about railway tracks again. Dave sings To Sir With Love. Mike secretly wonders how it came to this.
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Rick Hansen is known as "the man in motion" and the granite Vancouver sculpture created in his honour has rolled around a bit too. Dave reveals the little-know travel history of this Rick Hansen tribute.
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
If you're a railway buff this episode will punch your ticket. Graeme and Dave all full steam ahead with the riches to rags to riches again story of the first transcontinental train into Vancouver. Mike keeps them both from going off the rails.
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Beef up your knowledge of Vancouver's burger history. Dave spills the beans on the first McDonalds outside the USA. Graeme asks "who cares!?".
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Easy to miss but well worth finding. Graeme and Dave brew up some banter on the historic and haunted Billy Bishop pub.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Dave and Graeme discuss the one-piece two-whiz wonder of Vancouver. Is this antique two-man urinal the only one left in Canada?
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Neon. Cars. Murder. All that and more in this rambling review of the story behind the Bowmac sign behind the ToyRUs sign on West Broadway.