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Happy Thanksgiving you turkeys!  Enjoy an interview with the gin-u-wine heirs to the Blackball Ferry legacy, brought to you by Friends Of The Boaty Show. Skip to that at around 26:00, or dig in for  your dose of BS silly with an epic Old Boat Ad and Steph's stories from the largest outdoor hot tub park in North America... Spa Nordique!  Boaty Show hats are now available at www.theboatyshow.com/merch. We love you and are thankful for you, thanks for listening!    Jeff: Hi. If you enjoy the Boaty Show, you may enjoy my new audiobook. It's about AI and how we can live with it. You Teach The Machines: AI on Your Terms. Out wherever you get your audiobooks. By me, Jeff Pennington. [Music] Jeff: Welcome back listeners. I'm Jeff Pennington. I'm joined by my co-host... Steph: Stephanie Weiss. Jeff: Sipping on her coffee. It is Sunday, still morning. We, uh, we both have fires going. Mine's downstairs, Steph's is right in front of her in her living room. We're remote, and it's been a minute. We're not gonna talk about that. We're just gonna jump right back in. Right? Steph: Yeah, let's jump right in. Jeff: Jump right in. Like it's summer and we're going swimming again. Steph: Exactly. Exactly. Jeff: We have, uh, we have a show today. We're gonna do a segment on the Puget Sound ferry system—the history of. And we're gonna do, uh... what do we got? We got a "Old Boat Ad" from Jay. He was touring down in, uh, Whatchamacallit, Florida? Sarasota. He sent a picture of an alligator, which I will contend is Boaty. Steph: You want my opinion on that? Jeff: I want your opinion on that. Steph: I mean, it does... it does get from one place to the other. I don't know if they do that without getting wet, but yeah. I admit, boat adjacent. If you've seen an alligator, you wish you were in a boat. I mean, I can think of many ways that alligator is Boaty. Yes. Jeff: That was... that was excellent commentary. Thank you very much. Steph: You're welcome. Jeff: Wait, when you were down there last winter for the fundraising visit and you found that waterfront, that waterfront bar that served like drinks in buckets or something? Were there any alligators around then? Steph: Yeah. Well, yes. We were told there were alligators around, but I didn't see an alligator. But I did see lots and lots of signs about the alligators. Remember the signs? Jeff: In particular that it was alligator mating season. Steph: That's what it was! Yes. "Do not approach the mating alligator" or something super weird like that. Like... yes. That's right. Jeff: And then we did a whole... we did a whole, I mean we might have had a series of bits on alligator mating. And why you weren't supposed to go in the water when they were mating? Was it because it was gross? Because it's like, you know, it's the water that they're mating in and what's all that about? Or because you don't want like the throes of alligator mating ecstasy to like, end up with you getting like, you know, I don't know. Maybe they like bite each other in the midst of all that and you don't want to get confused... like get a body part confused. Steph: Right. Is there more traditional aggression? Right. Are they more aggressive when they're mating? These are questions. And then we had—I think we ended up really wondering whether that was a deep water thing or just a shoreline thing. Like if you're out in the middle, do you have to worry about that? Remember? We had this... this was a whole conversation. Jeff: I think... but I do think that it's ridiculous because... because like, if you see alligators whether they're mating or not, could we all just assume you don't go in the water? I just seems unnecessary, but... Jeff: And we'll count that as the only answer worth taking away because I only recall the questions we had at the time. Uh, and I don't recall any resolution of any of this. So, um, interesting though that Jay... winter-ish, maybe mating season or not. It looked like the picture was a solo... solo alligator. It was just, just an alligator. Unless maybe it was an alligator couple and you couldn't see the other alligator because that alligator was underwater? Steph: Like... that just occurred to me when you said... great minds think alike. Jeff: Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. Steph: We should ask Jay. Jeff: We should ask Jay what was going on. Steph: Or not so great minds think alike. Jeff: All right. All right. So I think we should lead off with, uh, since we're talking about Jay and his trip through Florida—he played at least one show down there, I saw a picture of a backyard concert, looked lovely. Or an outdoor concert I shouldn't say, I don't know if it was backyard or not, looked lovely. And, uh, he sent a boat ad. And since this is his favorite segment, we're gonna do it. Steph: Mmm. Do it. [Music: Old Boat Ad Jingle] Jeff: It's... I can't... It's been so long that we've done this that when we were in the middle of doing it all the time, it seemed completely normal. And now when we're like... we're like four months away from doing it regularly or whatever, and it's like holy [bleep]. What the hell is this? That was a song about old boat ad copy from Jay and that was like... like, you know, I don't know, six months ago I was like, "Well yeah, of course Jay's gonna make a song saying 'Come on Jeff read those vintage boaty advertisements, give us some of them old boat ads.'" And that was like in the midst of it, it was like "Yeah fine." And now it's like, what the [bleep] is this? Oh my god! Steph: And people want... people are like, "Hey man when are you gonna start making that show again?" 'Cause they want this nonsense! Jeff: Oh god. That makes me so happy. It's good to be weird. Steph: It's good to be weird. Jeff: Okay. All that aside, notwithstanding. Let's do it. Okay. Jay found this ad in the wild. I don't know where it was. Um, I'm looking at the picture. It looks like it's in a frame. Maybe it was in like... I'm gonna say it was in a bathroom at a bar that he was at, or a restaurant perhaps, and it was above the urinal and he saw this. It was right in front of his face. "You can't blame a guy for boasting about his new Mercury. Not only pride of possession, but downright satisfaction comes with the ownership of a new Mercury Outboard Motor. When you put a Mercury on a boat, you are completely confident of quick, easy starting and effortless 'hold the course' steering. You know that there will be instant response to every touch of the throttle. Whether you want a burst of flashing speed or just a ripple of hushed power for the slowest possible trolling. The new Mercury with 'Full Jeweled Powerhead'—bears repeating—Full Jeweled, yes like bling bling jewels, Full Jeweled Powerhead gives you greater all-around mechanical efficiency and endurance never before known in an outboard motor. Yes, with your Mercury, you'll experience that pride of possession realized only by those who own the finest." Scrolling down through the ad... that was the main copy presented next to uh, a lovely couple in a, looks like a Penn Yan outboard skiff uh, with an outboard obviously on the back. Um, she of course is reclining. He of course is driving. Um, and he's holding his hand out like, "Ah! Oh my god this is great!" Like out to the side like, "Can you believe it?" "Of course, of course this is great." Um, he doesn't look so polished, he's kind of look got... he's got some bedhead and a t-shirt on. She looks put together. Um, so he must have a great personality. Steph: [Laughs] Jeff: So scrolling down there's like more details. Um, mostly for him because there's like cutaway diagrams and whatnot. So: "The Rocket. A six horsepower precision-built alternate firing twin with sparkling power that will plane a boat beautifully. Yet throttle down for... oh, yet throttle down to a hush for continuous trolling. Another exclusive Mercury first." This is more on the Full Jeweled Powerhead. "Mercury's Full Jeweled Powerhead. Mercury engineers have developed a method of using roller bearings on wrist pins, crank pins, and crank shaft. It results in reduction of mechanical friction, new power and smoothness, readier response to the throttle, many more months of service-free operation than any outboard with conventional plain bearings." "The Comet. A smooth running 3.2 horsepower single. The ideal family outboard. Just right for your car-top boat or the average rental boat. Mercury. Own a Mercury. Matchless and outboard excellence. Kiekhaefer Corporation, Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Outboard Motors. Portable Industrial Engines." There you go. Old Boat Ad. Steph: I have a lot of questions. And an observation. Jeff: Go. Steph: I love how the masthead of this ad if you will—I don't know if that's the right word for it—but it's a... it's a bubble, it's a like a word bubble coming from the guy in the boat, right? "You can't blame a guy for boasting about his new Mercury." I love like the... I love all of the like the um... how proud you should be. Like there's a lot of like, you know, you just... you're just going to boast and it's going to be like everyone's going to be impressed with you. There's going to be "Pride of Possession." Which I think is very interesting. And then what is going on with the jewels? I don't understand the jewels and why are we talking about jewels? There's no jewels in this. Jeff: There's roller bearings. Steph: What is that? And how is it like a jewel? Is it a ruby? Jeff: Well, my guess is given that this is setting the guy up to boast, if it was made out of ruby it would have said that, right? But I can say... Steph: I agree. Jeff: I can say that I don't know whether it's jeweled or made out of a jewel or not. But uh, different... there's different kinds of bearings. I know a little bit about bearings. Not a lot. Steph: Didn't we talk about bearings once before? Jeff: I'm sure we did. I'm sure we did. Steph: I like this sentence... I like this sentence a lot. "The Mercury engineers have developed a method of using roller bearings on wrist pins, crank pins, and crank shaft." What? Jeff: Uh, I don't know what a wrist pin is. I don't know what a crank... was it a wrist pin and a crank pin? Steph: Wrist pins and crank pins. Yeah. Things I didn't know about. But I love... I also love that they're getting into this level of detail right in the ad. This is the good old days. You know what I mean? Like this is... this is the least reductive ad I've ever seen. They're really... they're just... they hit you a little bit with the ego in the top and then they get right into the deep, deep details. I think this is lovely. It was... it was lovely to listen to. Jeff: So you got... I don't know what those pins are. The crank... I don't know. Let's not talk about why you've got bearings or what they're on, but ball bearings are balls. And... Steph: [Laughs silently] Jeff: ...you're laughing silently with our... Steph: Wrist bearings are wrists? Crank pins are cranks? I don't know. Jeff: No. We're not gonna talk about that stuff. We're just gonna talk about the bearings. So you got ball bearings which are spherical, okay? And then you've got roller bearings which are like a... in my mind it's a bearing that's made of a... it looks like a rolling pin, okay? And a ball bearing can... can bear weight while moving in all directions because it's a sphere. Steph: 360. Jeff: Yup. 360 times 360, right? In any direction. And then a roller bearing can bear... bear weight while moving just in like one direction back and forth. One plane I guess. And uh, I know roller bearings because there are conical roller bearings on boat trailers in the hubs of the boat trailer. Um, because the... and they're almost like a rolling pin shape except they're flared a little bit at, you know, toward one end so it's like a slight cone shape. And that's because the axle on your boat trailer has a slight taper to it. And so the wheel spinning on those bearings on that slightly tapered axle shaft has to be slightly... has to match that taper as it spins around and around and around. Um, now, that being said, going from, you know, roller bearings to "jeweled"? That's... that's what I'm talking about right there. Yup. Steph: Full Jeweled. Yeah. I mean I don't know. I guess... you know how I feel about this stuff. I kind of love things that I don't understand and there's a lot here I don't understand. And I think this is a lovely... so we've got two en... Is the Rocket one and the Comet is the other? They have space names. Amazing. Jeff: Yeah. And this was before... this might have been early space era. Yeah. Steph: Yeah. Early space race. Jeff: It look... I like that it's like, it's just a little boat. Nothing fancy. It's just a little tin can. Steph: Yeah. Rockin' out. Or having a great time. They're all proud... proud of themselves. Jeff: They mentioned "Car Top Boats" which was a... that was a big deal in the expansion of boating into the middle class. And... yeah. So Penn Yan, the boat manufacturer, my understanding is they hit it big for the first time with car-top boats. So Penn Yan Car Toppers, you'll still see those around sometimes. And that was like what pontoon boats and jet skis are doing... they did for boating then what pontoon boats and jet skis are doing now. Which is just making it way more accessible. Steph: I hear you. Jeff: Yeah. Steph: I hear you. "There it is. Just right for your car-top boat or the average rental boat." Got it. Yeah. Jeff: Yeah. Give me... give me more opportunity to get in the water without having to be a rich guy with my own dock or a yacht or anything like that. Steph: Mm-hm. Equal opportunity boating. Jeff: E... E... E-O-B. E-O-B-B. Equal Opportunity Boating Board. Okay. Enough of that. Steph: Yes. That's a... that's a worthy goal. Jeff: All right. We're gonna move on to our... our next topic. Which, you know what? Let's... let's step back. What have you been doing lately? Steph: Mmm. That's a great question. Um... Jeff: Have you gone anywhere? Have you gone anywhere fun? Steph: I did. I went to the... I went to the Spa Nordique in... in Chelsea, Quebec. Yes. I did do that. I was... show before the show we were chatting about this. Yes. I did go there with my friend Julie, my personal historian. And we had a wonderful time. Jeff: What is the Spa Nordique? Tell us... You walk up to the Spa Nordique. What's the experience? Steph: Okay. So real... so real quick. It's like... it's not like a spa like people usually think of a spa. It's a "thermal experience." It's got this whole Nordic vibe to it. Everything's made of wood. And it's a very large... it's many acres. And it has tons of different ways to get warm and cold in water. And also not in water. So, for example, there's like ten different outdoor hot tubs scattered all over the place. And there's like fifteen different kinds of saunas. There's like a earth sauna and a barrel sauna and a Russian sauna and a whatever. There's like... And then there's um, also like steam rooms. And there's cold plunges, which is not for me, but for other people. And there's places to eat and drink. And that's it. And you put on a robe, you leave your phone and all your [bleep] behind and you just wander around in this environment for the day. It's very affordable. Like sixty bucks for the whole day, like US. And it is very beautiful and it's very calming. And very relaxing. And it's delightful. And I would recommend it to everybody. So I've been there probably four or five times. And um, it's close, you know it's like two hours away from here. It's not far. And I think it's the largest spa in North America. But it's not like busy feeling. It's very calming and relaxing. Jeff: We're gonna... we're gonna back up to the very... one of the first two... two of the first words you said which was "thermal experience." Steph: Yeah. That's what they call it. Um... yeah, I don't know. I guess you're just getting in warm water. And then you're supposed to get in cold water cause it's good for you, but like I said, that's just not for me. But um... but you know like, it's like good for you. I don't know. You're supposed to like steam yourself and then get... We were... it was like snowing when we were there. There was actually a hail storm that happened. Like a full-on hail storm um, when we were sitting in one of the hot... my favorite hot tub which is like a hot spring kind of a thing. It's up at the top. And um, they totally just started hailing. And it looks like... like accumulating in our hair. It was very exciting. Jeff: Thankfully... thankfully accumulating in your hair and not like... they were baseball sized and like braining you and knocking you out. Steph: Right. No, they were not baseball sized. Which is good news. They were small and they were accumulating and it was very snow monkey. The whole experience is like just being a snow monkey for the day. That's it. That's how... Jeff: Can you make this up? Thermal experience. Be a snow mon... have a... have a thermal expe... we're gonna have to write an ad for this. Have a thermal experience as a... be a snow monkey for the day. Steph: I don't know why that's not their tagline. For... I don't know why not. It makes no sense. Jeff: So the other thing that grabbed me about... about this is you said you leave your phone behind. Which I think is probably healthy because that means that um, people aren't like nervous about somebody taking a picture of them when they, you know, take their robe off and get in the... in the tub or whatever. But also, dude, anything that people do where they leave their phones behind... those are becoming more and more valuable experiences as people just come to the conclusion that their phone makes them sick. And I had this experience recently... did... did an um... one of my book events at uh, the Poor Sethi headquarters in Brooklyn. In Gowanus. Uh, the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. And afterward, my... my daughter Mary Jane was there uh, and it was the first time she'd come to see one of these... these talks. The book talks. And uh, she brought a few of her friends who had moved to New York after graduating... they all graduated last spring. And they were so psyched. They're like, "Oh my god. Why does it feel so... so like novel to get together in person in a room and talk about something and talk to... with each other?" Because it was a... it ended up being a really interactive session. People were going back and forth to each other. And I started to fade a bit into the background which is what I go for with these... these events. They're kind of like group therapy community workshops about, you know, AI in your life. Not so much what AI is, but like how AI merges into your life. Anyway, at Spa Nordique, it's a thermal experience minus your phone. And you're there for the day or most of the day because you want to get... you want to get as much thermal experience as you can for your sixty dollars. So that's a day without your phone. That's freaking awesome. Steph: Yeah. And when I fir... when we first started going a few years ago, it was pretty much like "Don't bring your phone in here." Like it was like a kind of a rule. Now it's like um, you're allowed to bring your phone, but most people don't. So every now and then there'll be somebody with a phone. But the other funny thing is that... that you know, it's an adjustment going... like you said, you go for the whole day because it's... it's big, there's you know places to stop in and have a bite to eat or get a beverage or whatever. So you really do stay there for a while and you do really disengage from the sense of time. And it's funny how many times you're like, you know, think of things that normally you'd be looking up to your phone but you just don't do it cause you can't. But my... but one funny... one funny thing that happened when we got there was... um... when you first walk in on the left there's this very cool like... like experience. Like it's like a... like they do a Boreal Forest experience and they like um, they like wave branches around and like whatever. So that happens at certain times. So do we really want to do it? Because afterwards you were like rub salts all over your body and then there's like a flash dance bucket that you dump on yourself... you really... you have to be... obviously you need to get involved in something like that. So we were looking at the times. And then we were like... and like Julie and I together are like we're always like a little on the spazzy side anyway. Like it's always... things are always just awkward and weird and great. And like... so we were like, "Okay. So we can come back at one at eleven? Or maybe..." And then it's in like... it's like Canadian time so it's like 1300 and 1500 and we don't know what that means. It's complicated. So it's just... it was so hard. We were like talking about it and... and then this... and we were like, "How are we gonna come back? How are we gonna know when to come back because we don't have phones?" And then um, so then a nice young man who worked at the spa went by and we asked him... The other thing is just constant like language situation going on about wheth... you know we don't speak French. Everybody else does. So you know... and they're very sweet about it. But you know you always have to navigate the fact that you're speaking English. And so we in English ask this nice young man what time it is. And he paused. And I thought maybe it was just because he had to switch into English in his brain. I don't know why. But and he looked at us. And he was like, "Well, right now it's blah blah blah o'clock," and he like explained what time it was and um, the fact that it would be this time in an hour and a half we could come back and the thing would do it again. And then he kind of like looked at us and we were like, "Okay great thank you." And we left. But then later when we came back to actually do the experience, I... we were sitting in the sauna and I looked out and there is a clock so big. Like so big. It's hu... it's huge. It's like... it's like seven feet across. And it was right behind... right behind us when we had asked the guy what time it was! And we realized that like the long pause was like, "Should I just tell them that there's a clock right there? Or should I just be really nice about this and just answer the question and not point out the clock?" Like for sure he was like... are these people being... is this wrong? Are these people... Jeff: Are they... are they messing with me? Steph: ...messing with me? And and he's... he's Canadian but he's also French Canadian so like he he also like... because if you're not French Canadian and you're Canadian the stereotype is like you're just super nice and you're just gonna be super nice and... "Oh of course I'll just tell you what time it is." If you're French Canadian you might be like, "You freaking idiot. Like... I'm glad that you're up here... I'm glad that you're up here you know spending your money even though we can't freaking stand you because you're from America, but..." Steph: It was a lot... there were a lot... yes, there were a lot of components. I love the fact that I think a little bit he was just like, it seemed like if he was like, "Dude, literally a clock right there," then it just would have felt a little less polite. So he didn't say that. And then we had to discover the clock on our own. And um, it was amazing and hilarious. So that was, again back to the time thing. Jeff: I have more soapbox about about that. Um, I'll... I'll do it... I'll do it briefly and try not to go on um, and make it annoying. But uh, when you... you treat your watch as your... as your timepiece... I'm sorry. When you treat your phone as your timepiece, and then you don't have your phone, you end up lost. And you can't conceive that there might be a giant clock on the wall. Although maybe you can conceive of it and you just because you're having a nice day with some beverages and with Julie you don't con... conceive of it. But anyway, this is why I'm always on Instagram, I'm always posting uh, these Sheffield watches. Because if you put on a watch that's just a watch on your wrist and it's not an Apple Watch like all of a sudden you've got the ability to tell time without necessarily getting hit by a bunch of distractions which an Apple Watch is gonna do to you, which pulling... pulling out your phone is gonna do to you. And I'm... I'm huge on this for my kids. I'm like, "Hey like... if you're looking at your phone to tell the time you're like, I don't know, half the time you get pulled in because you see a notification. And now you're looking at your phone more. And now you're more te..." Oh wait, I said I wasn't gonna keep going on and get on my soapbox but... Steph: No, but I hear what you're saying. And at first I was kind of like... you know, I have a thing about Apple Watches because they were like they're meant to be like they don't want to make you... to help people avoid pulling out their phone all the time. But they actually just make people look super rude because you look like you're literally just like, "Um, I don't have ti... like every single time something goes off you're like, 'Uh, is this over? Is it time...?'" You know what I mean? So um, but I hadn't thought about that cause you're right. Whenever you look at your phone, of course there's gonna be notifications and all that's gonna pull you in. And that's... it's a very good point. So yes to watches. Agreed. Jeff: Yep. And I'm gonna I'm gonna bring this all home and make it all Boaty. Ready? All right. Spa Nordique is... Spa Nordique is Boaty because in Iceland outdoor hot spring fed pools and indoor became about because the rate of death by drowning amongst Icelandic fishermen was so high because it's the freaking North Sea. And the last thing you want to do there and there aren't any lakes, right? But the last thing you want to do there is learn how to swim in the ocean. But so that meant the entire population of Iceland whose entire existence was supported by fishing... nobody knew how to swim! And it became a... a public safety, public health, community health like anti-drowning initiative to start... to create public outdoor hot springs... public outdoor hot tubs so that people could learn to swim. Uh, and they sprang up all around the country and it became like part of the culture that you go there to learn to swim but then you also go there to hang out with each other. And um, that's all so that people in Iceland can go fishing, if they go in the drink uh, survive... have a great chance of survival. Boaty. Right? Um, also the... the watch thing. If you have to pull your phone out to tell what time it is while you're out in a boat, you might drop your phone on the deck. You might drop your phone in the drink or off the dock. You also might get distracted by your phone and you're... when you're driving a boat or you're out there in a boat, you probably shouldn't be distracted because A, that means it's taking away from the enjoyment and B, because you might run into something. So... Boaty. Boom. Done. Okay. Steph: So... so learn to swim in a hot spring and buy a watch. Boom. Jeff: And have thermal experiences. Steph: Oh. Jeff: Um... Missy just texted me and called. Um... they just got hit from behind on 76. They're all okay. The cops are there now. Uh oh. Steph: Whoa. Jeff: Hold on a sec. Let me... let me communicate. Steph: Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Jeff: Everybody's okay. They don't need me to call or come pick them up. All right. Good. Well how about that? Steph: Do we have to move on? Jeff: Yeah. Yeah. Steph: I have... I have a th... I have a... one of my... I'll just tell you and you can always like edit this out later if it's boring. But one of the things that's funny about it is when you're at the spa you can tell which are the hot pools and which are the cold pools because there's nobody in the cold ones, right? Um, but there was this one that Julie and I found and they had... they tell you like the temperatures and um, it was empty and we were walking around and it is... I think they said it was like 69 degrees or something like that? But there's nobody in it and it feels cold but then we realized, wait, that's like the river temperature. That's like the temperature of the river, right? In the summer. And then we got in this cold-ish thing and then it was... and that but we got used to it really quickly and it was really delightful and lovely. So we think of it as like that's like the river temperature pool and we... that's the only cold-ish pool that I get in. But it's very nice. Jeff: That... that's awesome because if the river temperature hits 69 degrees we're probably bitching about it cause it's too warm. Steph: Exactly. Exactly right. Jeff: That's awesome. All right. All right we're gonna move on. Uh, next segment. Um, we're gonna play an interview which was uh, listener submitted. So Rob uh, shared this. Some friends of his recorded an interview with the heirs, the descendants of the founder of the Black Ball Ferry Fleet in Puget Sound, Seattle. So we're gonna play that and then uh, I did a bunch of research on all this that we'll talk about after the interview. So here it is. [Interview Segment] I am standing here with the heirs of the Black Ball Line. Yeah. A couple of them. Was that heir or errors? Errors. Probably errors. Doug and Chris McMahon are standing here with you. Doug and Chris McMahon. And our great grandfather was Charles Peabody who came out west in 1885 and started the Alaska Steamship Company and then the Puget Sound Navigation. They were flying the Black Ball flag, which his family owned on the East Coast from 1803 forward. The Black Ball flag's been flying... Nice. ...and uh, his son... I have one on my travel trailer and every time I go camping we post our big full-size flag. Just... it still flies around the region. Yes. She's... she's still flying. And flies in Portland too. So... So and then the state bought it... the ferries in the 50s. And turns out they stopped making money. Started running in the red. Yeah. So. Yeah. So can you give me a brief history of why it's a Black Ball and with a white circle and red in the middle? Well so that's from the Coho. Right. And so the Coho was the last Black Ball ship that's flying. And so they licensed the flag but they added the white circle. And why did they choose that? Well because it was part of the whole ferry system. Okay. And when the Coho started, the Coho started right after... But the original Black Ball flag, which was a red flag with a black ball only, no white circle, was also researched as um, like some kind of a maritime victory award for ships. You know when they when they won a battle or did something good like cannon-neering or something, you know grenade throwing, they would be awarded the flags and they would fly the flag. So it's one of them. I don't recall exactly which one. And the original Black Ball ships that sailed from Brooklyn to uh, England and mainland Europe and back, um, had a Black Ball flag that was a swallowtail flag. So it wasn't a rectangle, it was swallowtail and a giant black ball on the main sail. And they were the first company... Rad. Like pirates. It does look like the hurricane warning flags too. People often catch us about that which is typically a square black in the center of the red. But in some regions it's a round circle just like Puget Sound Navigation's Black Ball flag. Just a couple specific places. They were the first shipping company to leave on a scheduled date. So they were... in the mid 1800s a ship would leave when it was full. Ass in seat. We're leaving at this time. That's right. And the Black Ball said "We're leaving on this date, empty or full." So they changed the industry then. Yeah. So when we were kids we used to get to ride in the wheelhouse every once in a while. Oh yeah. Or if we were with our Grandpa downtown and you'd see all these, you know, basically old men at the time in the 60s, right? On the... on the waterfront. He'd walk up to half of them because they all knew who each were. You know, they worked in shipping or the shipyards together. Yeah. Did he know Iver Haglund? Yes. They lived near one another up in West... up in West Seattle at Alki. Yeah so he absolutely knew Iver Haglund. We also have a relative who was a bank robber. So you know, they... they ran... Keep clam. Keep clam. One of his brothers... One of his brothers was a bank robber. Spent his lifetime in prison. Was on Alcatraz. That's awesome. Twice. So you know... Captains of Industry and... not. Yeah. Pioneers. Pioneers. Please introduce yourself again. My name's Doug McMahon. I'm from Portland, Oregon. And I'm Chris McMahon, Doug's brother. And where do you live? Uh, Des Moines, Washington. Right up here just across the way. Originally from Portland though. We're both from Portland. So nice to meet you. Thank you so much. [End of Interview Segment] Steph: Yeah. But that is... that is... that is very cool. And I think like the... the boat itself is really cool too, right? I remember we talked about the boat once a while ago. Jeff: Yeah. Well there's the... there's the Kalakala and then there's the Coho. The Kalakala is like this really wild uh, streamlined early streamlining Art Deco looking um... I don't know why I say Art Deco I don't really know what that means. Uh, ferry. And then um, and that's that thing's like I think it's just sitting there... maybe it already got broken up. Uh, but it was derelict for a long time. And then the Coho is still operating, which we'll get to. I'm gonna talk this through in a little bit. All right so. Steph: Okay. Jeff: Puget Sound Ferries. So Puget Sound is surrounds Seattle. It's like between Seattle and Victoria British Columbia and there's island after island after island. It's probably my second favorite watery place that I've been to um, after the St. Lawrence River because there's just so much going on. Um, I like islands and inlets and... Steph: It is beautiful. Jeff: Yep. So uh, this presented a big challenge for getting around back in the day. Uh, because if you wanted to get out to one of these islands cause there's timber out there or other resources or because you wanted to live out there, um, yeah you had to take a boat. And the shortest distance between two points on land on the quote mainland was sometimes a boat, not or by water, not necessarily over land. So uh, there were ferries that that got established. And the... there's like three big eras of ferries um, in in the Puget Sound. The first is the "Mosquito Fleet" era which was like 1850s to the 1920s. And it's when people really nailed down and commercialized the... the ferry as transportation infrastructure and the waterways are now how people get around, right? Um, and it helped develop the region. So um, like before the 1880s or so uh, it was all about steamboats. And the... the first steamships that got there cause you had to go basically either come from Asia or go around uh, the tip of South America back in the day before the Panama Canal to get to this place. So the Hudson Bay Company sent the SS Beaver in the 1830s which showed how uh, steam power... Steph: Beaver... Jeff: Yeah yeah... Steph: [Laughs] Thank god for the Canadians. All right. Jeff: The Hudson's Bay Company sent the SS Beaver like around the horn uh, even better... Steph: [Laughs] Jeff: In the 1830s. So uh, all of a sudden like you've got a steamboat that's like cruising around Puget Sound and it works out. Um, and the... the Americans, I think the Canadian... I don't know a lot about the Canadian history of the West Coast but the American history of the West Coast uh, was like, you know okay... 1849, 49ers... uh, the West like opened up in a... the West Coast opened up in a big way because of the Gold Rush. Um, but then timber became a huge deal. Probably more money made in timber than in uh, gold at that point. But the first American steamboat was the SS Fairy. Okay? Begins scheduled service in the 1850s and it linked uh, Olympia and Seattle. And roads were hammered. It was just mud, you know, nothing was paved. Uh, you definitely wanted to be on a... on a steamer. Maybe a sidewheeler like, you know, old-timey sidewheelers on the... on the Mississippi. Um, but it was really the only way that mail and your goods and s... goods and people got from town to town on the Puget Sound. So that was like early steamboats pre-1880s. And then in the 1880s uh, it really started to take off. So as the area developed, the... the something happened called the Mos... the Swarm, right? So the swarm of the Mosquito Fleet. Hundreds of small um, independent privately owned steamships pl... basically started creating a dense network and they were all competing with each other. Cause like all you needed was a boat with a steam engine and you could get going. Um, and there were some some famous boats during this time. Fleet... Mosquito Fleet boats. And this was not like, you know, so-and-so owned the Mosquito Fleet, it was just like "Hey there's a swarm of boats out there we're gonna call them and they're all small so we're gonna call them the Mosquito Fleet." Uh, and this is where the names get names get more lame. The SS Flyer, the SS Bailey Gatzert. Steph: Okay. I like SS Fairy. Direct. Jeff: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, and and then there's this huge opportunity and this dude named Charles Peabody who we heard about. We heard from his descendants uh, and we heard about the Black Ball uh, right? From his descendants just a minute ago. Charles Peabody. He shows up with this... this family history of the uh, Transatlantic Fleet where they innovated and um... this is something you're pretty psyched about which is like "Oh okay we're gonna have scheduled service instead of just waiting until we've got a full load and then we'll go. We're gonna leave at noon." Steph: Mm-hm. Yeah. Well I just think it's interesting like I... I remember we talked about this pr... I guess you said maybe with Rob a while ago. I find it fascinating the idea that you would get on a boat and then just wait for enough people to get on the boat to have to leave. That's... I could see how that would be disruptive to your day. Jeff: Yeah. Steph: Maybe hopefully those peop... they didn't have watches. But um, but they uh... but then yeah I guess I would appreciate the fact that you had some general idea of when it might leave. But I can see how the risk would be uh, you had to travel empty some so maybe you just had to... more reliable. It was a leap of faith, right? They were like, "If we make it more reliable then people will use it more." Right? Jeff: Yeah. And scheduled service for trains was probably a thing but, you know, when you've got this big boat you definitely don't want to... you don't want to go empty. And so I can see the commercial interest in like a full boat being there but also like then you're leaving out a lot of people who were like "I don't want to sit around and wait for this." Um, anyway. I don't know. Charles Peabody. Uh, so he... he's a descendant of the people that started the Black Ball Fleet way back in the early early 1800s. He shows up out there and starts buying up the swarm. Um, he creates the Puget Sound Navigation Company, PSNC, in 1898. And then just starts buying up competing Mosquito Fleet companies. Like he bought up the White Collar Line. Steph: Mmm. Jeff: Don't know why it's called White Collar Line. Um, going to guess it was fancy. Uh, and eventually becomes the... the biggest operator. Steph: You said fancy? Jeff: Fancy. Steph: Okay. Jeff: And then what Peabody did, based... based on this research is he figured out that the automobile was gonna be a threat, okay? To... to the ferry fleet because now you've got cars. People buy cars, they want the roads to get better so that they can drive their cars. The roads do get better so more people get cars to drive on those roads. So then he figures out that this is a threat and starts converting his ferries to carry cars. And the rest of the Mosquito Fleet, many of whom he'd bought up in the first place, but the rest of the Mosquito Fleet that hadn't been acquired by the Puget Sound Navigation Company... they're not... they're not as like strategic as he is. They don't start converting their boats to carry cars... he does. So they die off. No more. Right? So now he's got a monopoly. And uh, he officially at... at this point adopts the Black Ball Line as its name. Um, and the flag that we heard about, the red and black ball uh, flag in the in the late 20s. Um, coincidentally also around the time of Prohibition and tons and tons of smuggling of da booze from Canada into the US. I am not... I'm not accusing the Black Ball Line of being involved in smuggling um, but it was going on. And uh, there was succession also in the family. Alexander takes over um, from his dad uh, and uh, they really nail down... And then ah this is where... so then they launch the Kalakala. K-A-L-A-K-A-L-A. Kalakala in 1935. This is the streamlined Art Deco ferry that uh, that we we talked about last time and our friends Rob and Jen and Byron uh, actually went out and checked out um, while it was still floating. And it's just like really cool. Looks like um, you know uh, like early streamlined locomotives and trains. That kind of thing with like really neat windows and and that sort of thing. Um, but that becomes the international symbol of the fleet. Everybody's super psyched about it. Um, so that was like 20s, 30s. And then World War II hits. And um, labor organizing really took off around World War II. Uh, and the ferry workers started unionizing and uh, probably pushing back on on pay and working conditions and hours and stuff. And this monopoly uh, had, you know... being a monopoly is great unless there's a strike. And then your... you know your workers strike and your boats aren't running and people are like "Well [bleep], I gotta get around." So now maybe they figure out that they don't have to take the ferry. Take their car on the ferry, take their truck on the ferry and they um... they go elsewhere and that starts to... to put pressure on the ferry. But also like if you've got to raise wages, um, now your... your margins are lower. Blah blah blah. So um, ultimately uh, the... you know the... there was a... a wartime um, freeze in wages and operations but the... the unions um, really pushed for better wages which put a bunch of strain on the... on the company. And the... the only way that... that the Peabodys could make this all work was uh, with a big fare increase. So they um... pushed for a 30% fare increase to cover their costs. Um, and the... they had... it had gotten to the point where they were being regulated at this point because it was, you know, privately operated transportation infrastructure that everybody relied on. Um, so they were regulated and the state said "Nope." So like, you know, a public utility commission has to negotiate rate increases with their state regulator. So same thing happened here. Um, and Peabody says "Give us 30% more." State says "Nope." And Peabody says "All right, F you." They shut it all down. They shut it all down. And that stranded uh, like all the commuters. And people were super pissed at them for shutting it down. Um, which then turned it into a political moment. And uh, the... you know people, businesses said "Take over this... this as an essential utility." And that's when uh, Washington State purchased all this stuff from... all the ferries and the whole system from the uh, the Peabodys. From the Black Ball Line. And that created the Washington State Ferry System. And as you heard in the... in the um, interview, uh, was running... ended up running at a loss. I don't know if it still does, it may as... as a lot of public transit infrastructure does. Um, but the state bought out the Black Ball Line in... in 51. And um, they bought it out for 4.9 million dollars which in like "today dollars" is still not even that much I don't think for, you know, 16 ships, 20 terminals uh, which is what it was at the time. Um, but anyway they buy it out and start operating on... in June of 51. And uh, the state said "Hey we're just gonna do this until we build all the bridges everywhere." Uh, which didn't really happen. Um, and the Washington State Ferry uh, system just change... they basically uh, did away with the Black Ball livery. Which is like the Boaty way of saying how you paint [bleep]. Um, what colors. Um, so they went from orange to green. Uh, but the... the company, Captain Peabody, Alexander, um, and his family retained the route... the international route between... between Seattle and Victoria. And that is the MV Coho which still runs uh, and it's still the Black Ball Ferry Line. And it um... basically gives you a through line from like the original Transatlantic Fleet that did scheduled service for the first time ever um, and, you know... you're on board or not we're leaving at noon. Through line from like the early early 1800s all the way through to today. The Black Ball line has been continuously running or the Black Ball uh... the... Black Ball family or I'm sorry the Black Ball line has been continuously running cause the Coho is still going. Was launched in 59 but it uh... it's still the um... it's still a major private auto ferry line in the region. And international. So goes back and forth to Canada. Which is what you did when you went to the Hot Springs as well. Steph: Um, yeah. I love that. I love that it's still running. I didn't realize that. Jeff: Yeah. The Coho. I... I was out there for work years ago and I thought about taking um, taking the ferry up to Victoria. There's a high speed... and I don't think it's the Coho. There's a high speed ferry that runs also. Um, it may even go further than Victoria but uh, cause I was like "Oh man it'd be pretty cool to do a day trip to just like take the ferry from Seattle up through the Sound to, you know, wherever. Like get off get a... get some poutine and then come back." Although it's the West Coast I don't know if poutine... I don't know if poutine made it out there or maybe they call it something else. I love ferries. Steph: I do too. And I... I've actually been to that part of the world only one time, but I was... I went to a wedding on Vashon Island. And then um, so yeah I was to... completely taken with how watery and boaty it was and we totally took a ferry there and it was amazing and I loved it. And yes, I agree. Ferries are fun and um, that's some... that's some very cool history. I like it. Jeff: Yeah. Well we're gonna... we're gonna wrap up now. Um, because uh... I just got a call and a text from my wife and she... Steph: Yeah. Jeff: She and Mary Jane... so Missy and Mary Jane got rear-ended. I think Toby too. Got rear-ended on the highway. And uh, they don't need a ride but just in case they do I want to wrap it up. Everybody's okay. Nobody got hurt. Steph: Yeah. Sounds good. Good. Good. Jeff: Yeah. Um, but couple things. One, I am currently wearing a Boaty Show hat. And uh, the hot admin, the lovely Melissa, set up a freaking e-commerce website so that you listeners if you would like can buy a Boaty Show hat and we will ship it to you. We don't really make any money on this. It's... it's all uh, basically break-even. Um, but that can be found at thebodyshow.com/merch. M-E-R-C-H. Merch. Thebodyshow.com/merch. They're... I'm very excited because I've got a big head and we have an extra large hat. Which means that if you usually put like the... the little snappy back thing on like the last two nubbins, the snap back on the last two nubbins... on the XL Boaty Show hat you get... you get to at least on my head you get five nubbins. You can snap five hat nubbins. And it... and it doesn't look like you're cramming a tiny hat on top of your big head. So that's exciting. Uh, there's... there's Heather Grey, Dark Grey, and Navy Blue. And uh, would love it if you guys ordered some um, because uh... it's... it's a cool hat. It's got the boat tractor on it. Steph: Mm-hm. It's the holiday season. Time to go buy some merch for your friends and families. Everybody needs a Boaty Show hat. Jeff: Yeah. Also these were made by Bolt Printing who who we talked uh, about on the show once upon a time. Uh, they're really cool people and... Steph: You love them. Jeff: I do. I do. And they made a video of the hats getting made that I'll I'll try and repost. Um, and the other thing is that my book is out. So is the audiobook. So You Teach The Machines: AI on Your Terms is available on everywhere you get your audiobooks. Uh, Audible, Amazon, Apple, and then like 35 others. So if you don't mind listening to my voice, uh, I read the book and people are finding it really helpful. And uh, you can support the show and us doing this silly stuff by buying hats and checking out the book. We are gonna wrap it up. Steph: And next time we get to do Photo of the Week. Jeff: Oh yes! Yes. We're bringing back Photo of the Week next time. Um, there have been a bunch of submissions while we've been on our hiatus and uh, we can't wait. So like next week will probably mostly be Photo of the Week discussions. Jeff & Steph: [Singing together] Yo ho ho, that's it for the Boaty Show. Pack the cooler, grab the lines, let's go go go. Yo ho ho... Jeff: That's it for the Boaty Show. Boom we are out. Say bye-bye Stephanie. Steph: Bye-bye Stephanie.  

Whether you're planning a cruise stop, a weekend getaway, or a longer Vancouver Island itinerary, this guide answers the top questions travelers ask before visiting Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia, may be Canada's most charming capital — a place where British heritage meets Pacific Northwest beauty. In this episode of the Sunshine Travelers Podcast, we share how we explored Victoria in just a day and a half, from Butchart Gardens and the Malahat Skywalk to floatplanes, seafood, and strolling the vibrant Inner Harbour. Some links are affiliate links. See our disclosure. What You'll Discover in This Episode How to get to Victoria from Vancouver — flights, ferries, and floatplanes Where to stay in Victoria Do you need a car in Victoria? Our tips for driving, parking, and shuttles How many days to spend in Victoria The top things to do in Victoria Where to eat in Victoria Resources & Links Harbor View Hotels: Delta Hotels by Marriott Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort The Fairmont Empress Hotel & Q Bar Inn at Laurel Point Hotel Grand Pacific Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina by APA Victoria Regent Waterfront Hotel & Suites Other Points of Interest and Links Butchart Gardens Malahat Skywalk Harbour Air Seaplanes Tip: we rented the car from Budget through Expedia and picked up at the Victoria airport and dropped the car off at the Budget office downtown within walking distance from HarbourAir More Resources & Links Want curated travel deals every week? Subscribe to Travel Deal Insiders — the best travel deals sent straight to your inbox. Get Our Ultimate Packing Guide for Traveling Smart and Packing Light + Access to Exclusive Weekly Content here. Don't waste your precious vacation time with Jet Lag, get Flykitt and watch Jet Lag disappear! Protect your privacy, boost your security, and keep your browsing data safe with Express VPN. Plus, get 3 months free with a yearly plan. Follow Sunshine Travelers Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Read more about this and other travel destinations on our BLOG Follow our travels on TikTok @sunshinetravelerspodcast Follow us on X @sunshinetrvlrs Connect with us on LinkedIn @sunshinetravelerspodcast Get travel tips and follow our travels on Instagram: @sunshinetravelerspodcast Connect with us on Threads @sunshinetravelerspodcast Connect with us on Threads See our travel videos on YouTube @sunshinetravelerspodcast Save our travel ideas on Pinterest @sunshinetravelerspodcast Music: This Acoustic Happy Music by Dmitrii Kolesnikov from Pixabay

Hear about travel to Victoria, British Columbia, as Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler talks about his recent visit to the capital of British Columbia. Join Chris Christensen as he returns to one of the first cities he ever visited outside the U.S.—Victoria, British Columbia. In this solo episode, Chris recounts a week-long press trip to Vancouver Island's picturesque capital. From kayaking and whale watching to historic Chinatown, local farms, and world-renowned gardens, discover why Victoria is more than just a pretty harbor town. After arriving via Victoria International Airport, the trip kicks off with a walking tour of North America's second-oldest Chinatown, led by Discover the Past. Chris explores the cultural legacy of Chinese-Canadians, visits the rare Tam Kung Temple, and strolls Fan Tan Alley, learning about the community's resilience and spiritual heritage. ...  https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-auckland-new-zealand/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We recently headed out of the studio to visit Victoria, British Columbia, to check out the food and drink scene and report back on my findings. Listeners, this is a really exciting place, and we're excited to speak with Andrea Alridge, the chef at a terrific new restaurant, Janevca, and Lori Joyce, owner of truly unique ice cream shop, Better Acres Ice Cream. Victoria rests on the naturally stunning Vancouver Island and is located a short ferry ride from Vancouver and Seattle. We found amazing coffee, fine dining, a historic botanical garden, and fresh seafood around every corner. Throughout the episode, Aliza and Matt also catch up to talk about some of the highlights of the visit. We hope you enjoy our dive into Victoria.Save our Google Map of all the places mentioned in the episode. Visit Tourism Victoria for more information on places to eat and drink.Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Imagine taking a weekend getaway to another country without needing a car or getting on a plane! Kim recently took a trip to Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria is on the tip of Vancouver Island and is actually closer to the U.S. than Vancouver. You can take a high-speed ferry on the Victoria Clipper directly from Seattle. Another option is to take a seaplane from Kenmore Air or Harbour Air from Vancouver. There is also a car ferry from the Port Angeles area. You can listen to more about Kim's previous trip on Episode 139 about Victoria or read her tips for taking the Victoria Clipper. This trip was hosted by the Victoria Clipper. The high-speed ferry takes about 2.5 hours from Seattle. The ferry drops off in the main Victoria Harbor and you can walk to the Inn at Laurel Point. Kim has also stayed at the Coast Hotel during a previous stay, but that is slightly further away from the city center. The Fairmont Empress is great for a luxury stay or even just to book a high tea experience. Things to do on a weekend getaway: Butchart Gardens - which also offers high tea in the original family home. If you book a trip on the Victoria Clipper, they offer vacation packages that also include things like bus transfers to the Gardens. In the Harbour, Canada has done a place-making project to give more visibility to First Nations as it was historically a very important cultural site for many local First Nations people. There are three free daily shuttles to the Malahat Skywalk, which is owned by the Malahat Nation. You climb a ramp through an open, beehive-like structure and at the top, you can climb on a net and look out over the scenery and the water. There are also various sculptures made by locals. You can walk back down or take a slide for part of the descent. You can also go wine tasting in Victoria at Blue Grouse Estate Winery with a gorgeous tasting room, or the Venturi-Schultz Vineyard, where they also make estate balsamic vinegar and Enrico Winery. Local wines include Pinot Noir, sparkling wine, and white wines. Ritual Nordic Spa in downtown Victoria has a great Nordic spa experience with steam, a sauna, a cold plunge pool, salt room, showers, an infrared sauna, and a private patio for relaxation. Aura is the restaurant at the Inn at Laurel Point and is excellent (the coffee shop also has amazing croissants) Endive is a pescatarian restaurant with seasonal ingredients and many things are served family style.

Girls Gone Hallmark is your favorite Hallmark movie review podcast! Co-hosts, Megan and Wendy, are back this week with a review of "Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers" and you might be surprised at what they rated this new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie. Will this 1895 period mystery leave #sleuthers wanting more or will it be dead on arrival? Girls Gone Hallmark has new reviews Tuesday - Thursday, including a few fan-favorite requests and season 2 of "The Way Home." Feeling Generous? We Need Your 5-STAR Ratings and Reviews Spotify Podcast listeners: Spotify allows listeners to rate podcast episodes. Once you listen to a podcast for at least 30 seconds, you get the option to rate it between one and five stars. Return to the podcast's main page and tap the star icon. Then, tap submit. "Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers" Hallmark Trailer About "Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers" "Murder at the Breakers" is based on the "Gilded Newport Mysteries" by writer Alyssa Maxwell. There are 11 books in the series giving Hallmark viewers plenty of future story ideas. Read "Murder at the Breakers" from Alyssa Maxwell - Available on Amazon This movie was directed by Terry Ingram. Terry has 91 directing credits including "Retreat to You," "Making Waves," "The Wedding Cottage," and "The Wedding Veil: Inspiration" - all during 2023. Keri Ferencz wrote the script for "Murder at the Breakers." This is Keri's first Hallmark writing credit. She has five previous credits which include the series' "Hudson and Rex" and the "Frankie Drake Mysteries." Danny Griffin plays Detective Jesse Whyte. He's a Hallmark newbie with six previous acting credits including a movie called "Drugstore June" which will have a limited theatrical release starting in late February. Related: Girls Gone Hallmark reviews "The Wedding Cottage" Nathan Witte plays Derrick. Nathan has 70 acting credits and three upcoming projects this year. For Hallmark, Nathan has been seen in "My Best Friend's Bouquet," "Sealed with a Kiss: Wedding March 6," "A Christmas Treasure," "Romance to the Rescue," and "Cut, Color, Murder." Ali Skovbye plays Emma Vanderbilt-Cross. Ali is sister to "Ride" co-star Tierra Skovbye. She has 38 acting credits which include a role as Young Tully in "Firefly Lane" on Netflix. She was in two episodes of "Once Upon a Time" and seven episodes of "When Calls the Heart." Katherine Evans plays Adelaide. Katherine has 13 previous acting credits including "The Killing," "Nancy Drew" and "The Mysterious Benedict Society." This is her first Hallmark movie. Related: Learn more about Queen of Hallmark Lacey Chabert James Drew Dean plays Brady Cross. James has 19 acting credits which include "Date My Dad," "Fixer Upper Mysteries," When Calls the Heart" and "Marry Go Round." Aisling Goodman plays Grace Winslow. This is Aisling's first Hallmark credit but is also slated to appear in "Holidazed" coming to Hallmark this year, hopefully! Ava Telek plays Gertrude. She played oldest daughter Caitlin from "My Christmas Family Tree" in 2022. She has also appeared in "Once Upon a Time." Gillian Barber plays Nanny O'Neal. Gillian has 135 acting credits including "Chesapeake Shores," "Cedar Cove," "Under the Banner of Heaven," "Maid" and "The Man in the High Castle." The Hatley Castle in Victoria British Columbia was used for filming during October 2023. What's Coming to Girls Gone Hallmark in February?

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In this Halloween episode, we cover the murder of Francis Rattenbury.Francis Rattenbury is easily one of British Columbia's most famous architects but his story has a tragic ending. Francis arrived in Canada to much fanfare but left under a cloud of scandal. Years later he was murdered as she sat in his favourite drinking chair. Many people believe that his Ghost became restless and returned to the buildings he designed. So if you find yourself in Victoria British Columbia pay close attention to the BC Parliament building, you may see a thin man with a mustache in a black cloak and cane out for a spooky night stroll. --Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - https://soundcloud.com/user-135673977 // shorturl.at/mFPZ0Join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/tntcpodMerch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/true-north-true-crime?ref_id=24376Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tntcpod/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tntcpod Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest tonight is Ryan from Victoria British Columbia. He is here to share one of the weirdest Bigfoot encounter stories I have ever heard. This one takes some twtists and turns that I never would have expected to hear! Support Our SponsorsVisit 4 Patriots Use Promo Code SASQUATCH for 10% off your first purchase!Sasquatch Odyssey Is Sponsored By BetterHelpVisit HelloFresh Now For 50% Off Plus Free Shipping!Get Dave Here!Visit Hangar1 PublishingSasquatch Odyssey YouTube ChannelVisit Our WebsiteParanormal World Productions Merchandise Store Support The Showhttps://www.patreon.com/paranormalworldproductionsAll The Socials And Stuff/Contact Brianhttps://linktr.ee/ParanormalWorldProductionsbrian@paranormalworldproductions.com Send Brian A Voicemail Or Tell Your Storyhttps://www.speakpipe.com/SasquatchOdysseyPodcastFollow The Show On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sasquatchodyssey/Follow The Show On TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sasquatchodysseypodcast?_t=8XRHQxPMFYo&_r=1This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4839697/advertisement

Kaitie and Lake just returned from a 7 day cruise to Alaska aboard the Norwegian Bliss. This was a round trip sailing out of Seattle featuring stops in Sitka, Juneau (with a sailing up Endicott Arm toward Dawes Glacier), Icy Straight Point, Ketchikan, and Victoria British Columbia. During their sailing they sat down several times … Continue reading "375 Kaitie and Lake's Alaska Cruise on the Norwegian Bliss"

Steve and Ahnawake just returned from a 7 day cruise to Alaska aboard the Norwegian Bliss. This was a round trip cruise out of Seattle, featuring stops in Sitka, Juneau (with a sailing up Endicott Arm toward Dawes Glacier), Icy Straight Point, Ketchikan, and Victoria British Columbia. They sat down several times to discuss the … Continue reading "369 Snippets of a Cruise: Sailing to Alaska on the Norwegian Bliss"

In this episode Ben sits down with former Big Leaguer and current Victoria HabourCats head baseball Coach Todd Haney. We talk about his career in the bigs and what is it like to coach in Victoria British Columbia, Canada. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the team as they discuss the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff.  The twenty-six year-old vanished from Victoria, British Columbia, November 28, 2012.  Could Emma have suffered a mental breakdown?  Who was the unidentified man who walked into a Vancouver store over a year after Emma's disappearance and claimed Emma didn't want to be found?You can reach us on Instagram: smalltownmissingIf you have any information on this case, please call 1-800-222-TIPS.Sources:www.wikipedia.org- Disappearance of Emma Fillipofftimescolonist.com- “Fillipoff's file a rare puzzler; police seeing fewer missing persons cases” by DerekSpalding- February 17 th , 2013Vice.com- “A Young Woman Was Last Seen by Police, Then Never Again” by Tyler Hooper, published onNovember 27 th , 2017.Helpfindemmafillipoff.com- for timeline information and other sources

In our final Halloween-themed episode, we explore some haunting cases that originate from the city of Victoria British Columbia.Victoria has had a long connection to the world beyond the veil and in this episode, we will take a peek at four of those stories.Patreon: www.patreon.com/tntcpodMerch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/true-north-true-crime?ref_id=24376Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tntcpod/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tntcpod Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, Victoria Transported by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Port Angeles, we arrived to Inner Harbor within 90 minutes. While waiting in line at Customs, I called my sister, Deborah, who reminded me of her honeymoon road trip from San Diego to Victoria with film star, David Miller in 1975. "Pardon me if it slipped my mind, but you do realize that was almost fifty years ago," I said. Then, I asked her what we should do in Victoria. "Ride the ferries to the islands," she suggested. Then, all pumped up for the usual Canada wave through, we donned our masks as instructed and pulled up to the inspection kiosk. Why did Living in Beauty cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca?  The post Airstreaming to Alaska – Chapter 8: Victoria, British Columbia appeared first on Living In Beauty.

On this episode of The Secret Sits, we are going to discuss one of Canada's most famous unsolved murders.  Lindsay Buziak was an up-and-coming real estate agent in Victoria, British Columbia, until her mysterious murder.  Join us as we delve into this fascinating case.Here is a link to Lindsay's father's website dedicated to getting this case solved.Lindsay Buziak Murder | JUSTICE FOR LINDSAY BUZIAKAnyone with information on the case is asked to call Saanich police at 250-475-4321Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)We are looking for hometown True Crime stories for future episodes.  Please send your stories to us at: TheSecretSitsPodcast@gmail.comSupport the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheSecretSitsFollow us on our social media at:https://drum.io/thesecretsits#LindsayBuziak #Unsolved #Buziak #Canada #VictoriaBritishColumbia #JasonZailo #RealEstate #JeffBuziak #Mystery #Dateline #NBC #ReMax #ShirleyZailo #CrimeStoppers #TrueCrime #Podcast #TrueCrimePodcast #Follow #SubscribeShooting Straight Radio PodcastWelcome to 2nd Amendment University!! This podcast (formerly known as "Shooting...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

On this episode of The Secret Sits, we are going to discuss one of Canada's most famous unsolved murders.  Lindsay Buziak was an up-and-coming real estate agent in Victoria, British Columbia, until her mysterious murder.  Join us as we delve into this fascinating case.Here is a link to Lindsay's father's website dedicated to getting this case solved.Lindsay Buziak Murder | JUSTICE FOR LINDSAY BUZIAKAnyone with information on the case is asked to call Saanich police at 250-475-4321Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)We are looking for hometown True Crime stories for future episodes.  Please send your stories to us at: TheSecretSitsPodcast@gmail.comSupport the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheSecretSitsFollow us on our social media at:https://drum.io/thesecretsits#LindsayBuziak #Unsolved #Buziak #Canada #VictoriaBritishColumbia #JasonZailo #RealEstate #JeffBuziak #Mystery #Dateline #NBC #ReMax #ShirleyZailo #CrimeStoppers #TrueCrime #Podcast #TrueCrimePodcast #Follow #SubscribeShooting Straight Radio PodcastWelcome to 2nd Amendment University!! This podcast (formerly known as "Shooting...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Parenting is a challenging task, and this week we have Carmel Ecker with us to discuss ways to minimise drama in our relationships, change our mindset, and modelling self-care for our children. If you want to feel more empowered as a parent, this interview will be super useful and fun to listen to or watch!  Carmel Ecker is a single parent empowerment coach, she is also the Managing Director of eWomenNetwork, Victoria British Columbia chapter. You can find more information about her work and programs at https://speaknowcoaching.com/ Interview Highlights #1 - Introduction to Carmel Ecker; single parent empowerment coach and managing director of eWomenNetwork (00.03) #2 - An image makeover on the idea of what it is to be a single parent; limitations of negative stereotypes (02.42) #3 - Perspective; reframing your outlook before becoming a single parent, letting go of past expectations (06.57) #4 - Dealing with guilt as a single parent; the importance of self-care for single parents (11.56) #5 - Self-care cont. Modelling self-care to our children, demonstrating healthy behaviours (15.08) #6 - Five elements of Carmel's framework; mindset, creating a vision, motivation, creating habits, making a commitment (17.40) #7 - Emotional contagion; consciously changing your mood in order to affect others around you positively (22.40) #8 - How to minimise drama in interpersonal relationships; focusing on your own reactions, thoughts, feelings and positive decision-making (27.31) Video https://youtu.be/AFbL1vRH4x8 Transcript Sze Wing: 00:03 Hi, everyone. Today I have a lovely guest with me, and today we've got Carmel Ecker. She's all the way from British Colombia, in Canada. And she's joining us today for this podcast, and I'm really happy to have a chat with her. So little, short introduction; Carmel is a single parent empowerment coach. She's also the managing director for eWomenNetwork, Victoria, BC chapter. And that's basically how we met online. There's a lot of online meeting going on, since I'm based in Sydney, Australia. I'm really excited to interview her. And I'm certain that she's going to share a lot of information that's going to help a lot of single parents out there. I think one of the things I loved the most when I was looking up her work is that, you know, she talks about how to switch from a survival mode to be a thriving parent, which we all need; whether a single parent, double parent, or just a woman, you know, you want to you depart from that survival mode and really live a more thriving life. And it's not easy, but there's a lot of tools and guides out there. So hopefully today's podcast interview will shed some light on that. I also love the fact that the work she's doing is making people feel, you don't have to do it all alone. You have mentors, you have people who have been there. And I think that support network is amazing and it's really wonderful. So with a welcome to my podcast, Carmel. Carmel: 01:40 Hi. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. Sze Wing: 01:44 Yeah, me too. So I guess first of all, I'm not a single parent, but I have friends; I have heard a lot of stories. I know it's not easy, especially at the beginning you know, the change and everything. So I don't have firsthand experience, but I do friends and people that I know. So your work is about empowering and coaching single parent to change that, when we talk about the survival mode thing, and also to defy the stereotypes, you know, almost like having image make over to be more empowered, to be happy to be successful. So it sounds really amazing, but for some people, it sounds almost too good to be true. So tell us a bit about your discovery journey and also, how do you encourage people to take the step and to believe that's actually possible? Carmel: 02:42 Yeah. Wow. Okay. That's a big question. But really you know - and I love the word that you used there; image makeover beca...

SummerCrime Showcase | FEATURING Podcast by ProxyIt has been more than 9 years since anyone last saw Emma Fillipoff. She has been missing since November 28, 2012 from Victoria, BC.Anyone who sees Emma Fillipoff or has information about where she might be is encouraged to call the Victoria Police Department's non-emergency line at 250-995-7654, or call their local police.Tips can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. #podcastbyproxyListen to PBP on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher.. wherever you get podcasts! Find the Linktree in our bio for links to streaming platforms, join Patreon, social media and more

This episode is a MUST listen!I speak with Mr. John Charles Hillman, a man who I consider a true hero and inspiration!Mr. Hillman was born on 18 March 1919, in Newport Mon South Wales. At 103 years old, he is a veteran of World War II, having served as a Wireless Operator with the Royal Air Force from 1937 to 1949, earning medals of recognition for service in four wartime campaign areas, namely: France 1939/40; North Africa 1942/43; Italy 1943/44; and Burma 1944/46.In 2020, in Victoria British Columbia, while the world was wrestling with the ravages of COVID-19, Mr. Hillman was inspired by his comrade-in-arms of the UK, Captain Sir Thomas Moore (a fellow Burma Star holder), who was walking the length of his garden until he reached his 100th birthday to raise money for charity. This inspired Mr. Hillman to follow suit and walk 101 laps around the courtyard of Carlton House, the independent living residence where he resides, to raise $101,000 (CAD) for Save the Children Canada. That target was reached at about 35 laps, but Mr. Hillman continued walking until he completed his goal of 101 laps, and this resulted in a total donation count of $167,000.Come the following year, having marked his 102nd birthday, Mr. Hillman decided to repeat the appeal and increased his target to 102 laps and setting his donation target at $102,000. Due to the persistence of the pandemic, the prevalence of an oppressive heatwave, and his wife of more than 70 years falling seriously ill and passing away, those challenges caused John to fall short of his target, however $48,000 was still raised bringing an overall total of almost $215,000 to the fund in just over one year.Now, in 2022, Mr. Hillman has watched the conflict unfold in Ukraine, and has seen the dire situation faced by many families and children. He was pleased to learn that Save the Children Canada had been working in Ukraine and surrounding areas since 2014, and their established infrastructure allowed them to act quickly when the conflict escalated. Commencing on 2 May, Mr. Hillman began walking 10 laps per day to reach a minimum of 103 laps with a goal of raising $103,000. All funds will support Save the Children's humanitarian response in conflict zones including Ukraine, protecting children and families at greatest risk.Mr. Hillman said: "It is my considered opinion to be a very worthy cause as there are many thousands of children affected by this war and they need as much help as we can possibly afford to give them. I therefore humbly pass my appeal for your consideration."We encourage all listeners to donate to John's fundraiser, please visit his official fundraising page:https://bit.ly/johnhillman103Thank you Mr. Hillman for your kindness, for your service, and for your inspiration. It was an honor to meet you and to learn about your life of service to country and community. You are a true hero!Go Bold!

S4 E19: On Location Victoria British Columbia - Emily Carr, James Bay Inn and Beacon Hill Park (audio version) Tea Toast & Trivia Podcast hosted by Rebecca Budd On Location, James Bay Inn and Beacon Hill Part Victoria, British Columbia. Passages from Emily Carr's Autobiography “Growing Pains” Public Domain (Canada)Voice and photography by Rebecca Budd Music by #EpidemicSound 1) Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen “End of an Era” www.epidemicsound.com/track/dgEeXjlQge/ 2) Howard Harper-Barnes “A Leaf Falls” www.epidemicsound.com/track/vCliROg8VZ/ 3) Johannes Bornlof “I Will Love You To The End” www.epidemicsound.com/track/VAhZ2EgIiq/ 4) Howard Harper-Barnes “No One Else on Earth” www.epidemicsound.com/track/722bbcNU24/

S4 E19: On Location Victoria British Columbia - Emily Carr, James Bay Inn and Beacon Hill Park Tea Toast & Trivia Podcast hosted by Rebecca Budd On Location, James Bay Inn and Beacon Hill Part Victoria, British Columbia. Passages from Emily Carr's Autobiography “Growing Pains” Public Domain (Canada)Voice and photography by Rebecca Budd Music by #EpidemicSound 1) Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen “End of an Era” https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/dgEeXjlQge/ 2) Howard Harper-Barnes “A Leaf Falls” https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vCliROg8VZ/ 3) Johannes Bornlof “I Will Love You To The End” https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VAhZ2EgIiq/ 4) Howard Harper-Barnes “No One Else on Earth” https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/722bbcNU24/

With Dr. Nancy Shackelford, Restoration Futures Lab director, and assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Victoria British Columbia. “In this context, restoration has a lot of meanings. One of those meanings is yes, trying to support the plant species, but it’s also trying to rebuild and support those relationships with people and the practices and the traditions and the histories and the cultures that really existed with those ecosystems. And so in this context, restoration really has a very strong human-nature combination and combined values.” Dr. Nancy Shackelford

I was first introduced to Chris via TikTok when his post, and aesthetic caught my attention. As I peeled back the layers on his story, I discovered how much depth he has as a creative individual. From his editorial work, to his time acting Chris is truly a unicorn of a creative. Don't let me forget to mention that Chris is also in the midst of working on another physical publication which should come out this fall.Remember - Leave a 5 star review if you are a Apple Podcast Listener.(https://edwardjoiner.com)Chris's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcelduchump/?hl=enPublication Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casa.montego/?hl=enChris's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jerkslim?lang=en

POEMS FOR THE JOURNEY by Christina Watkins This collection of poems tells stories about a few people and events which have been formative in the poet’s life. Carefully selected and told from the poet’s heart, these poems invite readers to consider their own personal formative experiences with people, places and events. The photos on the pages immediately in front of each poem prompt readers’ own memories and imaginations. ‘Travelling with Sister Mary Luke Tobin,’ is set in the intimate space between two good friends driving a blue highway towards home in Denver, Colorado. The older woman, a nun, and younger woman, the writer, like to tell each other stories when they are together. What unfolds on the car ride towards home is a story that resonates with Peter’s betrayal of Jesus by Peter’s denying that he knows him. Silence is mentioned and also present all the way through the poem. ‘Like Light in Running water’ holds up to the light of understanding what the poet knows about her beloved grandfather’s story. ‘Waves,’ is a playful yet poignant sestina about the poet’s family who grew up on the shores of Lake Erie. The repetition and arrangement of the sestina’s selected 6 words at the ends of the lines move the poem along with the energy of growing up and losing beloved family in movement towards a place of wider new life. ‘Diamonds and Sutras’ is also a playful sestina about living one’s life. ‘The Way Things Are Is Large,’ is a villanelle which holds up the largeness of ‘The Story’ which seems to be the model or blueprint for all our lives. Christina Watkins: teacher, soul friend, pilgrim, poet, wife, mother and grandmother. I was born in London, in Southern Ontario, Canada. When I was a child, we spent our summers at a family cottage near our grandparents’ cottage on the shores of Lake Erie. Since I married my husband, who is a geologist, we have lived in Australia, Ottawa, Mexico, Northern Ontario, Northern Quebec, Vancouver, Toronto, Denver Colorado, Scottsdale Arizona, Vancouver (again) and now in Victoria British Columbia. I like to walk and hike and dance, listen to music and write poems, read, go to the movies and attend theatrical and musical productions. I love the experiences that come from meeting people, connecting with people and learning about their lives. I live with my husband in Victoria. One daughter, her husband and three sons live near us in Victoria. One son, another daughter, a grandson and agranddaughter live in the US. https://www.amazon.com/Poems-Journey-Christina-Watkins/dp/1648589650/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=poems+for+the+journey+matchstick+literary&qid=1614302887&s=books&sr=1-1 http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/chriswatkinsml.mp3 POEMS~POEMAS by Christina Watkins These are simple poems about significant feelings and the coming to new consciousness in a particular woman’s life. The poems invite the reader’s own reflections. The white sea of space around each poem suggests that something meaningful has been noticed and highlighted. The way the poems are presented, a photograph that takes up two pages followed by each poem, Spanish on the left hand page and English on the right, enhances the wide spiritual and reflective circle of the poems. The two languages together invite readers to learn some words from a second language. ‘The Ancients Say,’ speaks of separation and the feelings of the heart that yearn for a larger more lasting connection. ‘Close Together’ speaks of the mysterious union of opposites which love and trust engender. ‘This One,’ is a poem about the power of particular love which invites a person’s joyful expansive commitment into something bigger. https://www.amazon.com/Poems-Poemas-Christina-Watkins/dp/1637900015/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Poems-poemas+matchstick+literary&qid=1614302977&s=books&sr=1-2

Canadian triathlon legend Barrie Shepley joins Joel on Episode 2 of season 3 of the Real Coaching Podcast. Barrie and Joel talk about Joel's progression from athlete to coach, and lessons learned along the way. From Joel's start racing in the Kids of Steel series in Ontario Canada, to the move to Victoria British Columbia to start 'real coaching', the Beijing Olympics, and how to work with top athletes, coaching 'superstars'. Why Joel left Canada, the move from British Triathlon before London 2012 and starting the JFTcrew squad, and where the sport headed in the future.  The episode starts with a discussion on the coaching workflow, planning process with the view on the season plan. Common mistakes in coaching are discussed and short term vs long term coaching issues. Links:  Anti-Process 2020 ebook Joel's ebooks and webinars: ebook 3-pack Building the Elite Triathlete, Characteristics of the High Level athlete and How Champions Train Characteristics of Effective Coaching webinar + ebook Barrie Shepley LinkedIn Twitter Personal Best Barrie's online clinic with Joel's interview and many others

EPISODE 9: "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS!?" - "IT'S BLURRSDAY!"Sorry for the delay in the episode. Again, have been having some technical difficulties, I HATE TECHNOLOGY! BAHHHHH!Well, that aside, this is a difficult time for a lot of people out there, and we have not been spared by the hardships, and the effect on our mental health. In this time, I take a moment to say:WE LOVE YOU!! We are here for you. We know it's rough right now, but things will get better!We are right there with you, dealing with everything day by day! Keep yourself occupied, even if it's just finishing the entirety of your streaming services.Also, TUBI is free, and has ALOT of things to watch. :-) Covered in today's story is about the 'Bedroom Strangler / Balcony Killer', Russell Maurice Johnson, and his obsessive compulsive need to suddenly become 'Spiderman, kill a woman, then cleaned their entire apartment. Followed by the beautiful Craigdarroch Castle, in Victoria British Columbia, and some trip advisor reviews of some people's real life accounts of what they saw, or felt.Sorry for the quality of the episode, we had to film on two different days, and again, having technical difficulties, but we will work them out! Thank you for staying with us during these trying times.NEXT EPISODE: coming soon.. Subscribe to ourpodcast so you don't miss a single episode!If you would like to send us any personal stories, or topic suggestions send them to:withasideofbaconeh@gmail.com If you want to follow us for updates go to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @WASOBEHMUSIC: COMPOSED BY C.R. & SOUND BIBLE

We are talking about drifting! Featuring Mitch and Danny from the Husky Situations Drift Team, and a special co-host Samuele Nocentini. What it takes to go pro, and what you need to know getting started, along with some great stories from past adventures. Based out of Victoria British Columbia, these two suited up real estate agents by day are part of an aggressive drift team by night! And they don't mess around either. Taking the competition by storm, these guys know how to make an impression on the track, burning rubber side by side with a team of 5 cars all in a row! Grab some popcorn, buckle up, or get your self a beer, because this is going to be a crazy ride!Thanks for tuning in, please leave a comment. And don't forget to hit Subscribe!

In the provincial capital of Victoria, not too far away from friends of the podcast Swan's Brewpub and Spinnakers is another historic brewery. Open in 1996, Canoe Brewpub is located in a historic 100-year-old building close to the Victoria Waterfront by the Johnson Street Bridge. In recent years they've had some major renovations done to the space with some more on the way. I sat down to their Brewmaster Kyle York. Big thank to the BC Ale Trail for making this episode possible! Canoe Brewpub https://www.canoebrewpub.com/ Podcast created and hosted by: Aaron Johnson Recorded on location at Canoe Brewpub - Victoria, BC Editing & mixing by: Aaron Johnson Theme music by: A:M (Aaron Johnson & Danny Moffat) Support the show.

In this bonus episode, Dave and Ethan review the August 21, 2019 "Weird Al" Yankovic concert at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria British Columbia from the Strings Attached Tour.

Pallas K Augustine is an astrologer, thinker, teacher and scholar witch based in Victoria British Columbia. She joined TBA for a rollicking conversation based on finding spiritual nourishment in higher education, We also talked about finding the sacred sites in nature while growing up on the plains of North America. We threw in some Jupiter in Capricorn talk for good measure Find Pallas: http://nineofwands.com/ & www.Spicaschool.com Titter: @nineofwands and IG: @kastricks

Kim recently took a weekend getaway to Victoria, British Columbia on the Victoria Clipper ferry from Seattle. Find out where they stayed, what they did, and tips for taking the ferry. Wait until you hear about the orcas on the whale watch they went on! ON THE PODCAST 00:30 - Talking with Kim about Victoria 04:15 - Traveling on the Victoria Clipper 07:43 - Where to stay in Victoria 10:45 - Things to do in Victoria 28:10 - Where to eat in Victoria 33:10 - Final tips 35:16 - Shoutout! TIPS FOR VISITING VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA You can travel by ferry from Seattle to British Columbia on the Victoria Clipper. There are various levels of service. If you are in the higher class, you will actually exit last because they will let the travelers out from the bottom floor up. This also means that you will be the last to get in line for customs in you are in the higher classes. The upper levels of the Victoria Clipper feature front facing seats for everyone. So if you get motion sick that could be a definite plus. There is no Uber in Victoria, only taxi services. So keep that in mind if you are planning a budget for you trip to British Columbia. You should also keep in mind that the famous Butchart Gardens are not by the downtown area. So you will have to pay a lot for a taxi. There is also an option to book a tour charter that will take you to the gardens and they will let you know when you need to be back on the bus to go back. If you or your kids are adventurous at all you should look into going to Wild Play,which is an outdoor obstacle course with ziplines, log ladders, nets, rope swings, wobbly bridges and more. The higher you go the more challenging it gets! Going whale watching can be a fantastic experience, especially on a jet boat. Just be prepared to experience the full circle of life if you encounter any orcas (or killer whales.) There is a great museum right next to the Parliament building called the Royal BC Museum. They offer a very interactive experience, which is great with kids.  Don’t forget that you should dress in layers because this is a coastal area and it can get cold at night. You should also think about packing a waterproof jacket because even if it doesn’t call for rain, it could rain during the day and burn off later. MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST Inn at Laurel Point Wild Play Royal BC Museum Finn’s Seafood Chop Cocktails Earls Pagliaccis Floyd’s Diner FOLLOW US AND SPREAD THE WORD! If you liked this show, please be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, orGoogle Playand leave us a review! Have a question or comment? Send us an email or leave us a voicemail at +1.641.715.3900, ext. 926035#. You can also follow our travels on Stuffed Suitcaseand We3Travel, or follow the Vacation Mavens on Instagram, Facebookor Twitter. Thanks for listening!  

Part of the Park Podcast Project series recorded in various locations across North America. Participants were asked to choose a local park to record their podcast at 7:00 a.m. on May 26, 2019. Colleen Kerr recorded this installment at Rutledge Park in Victoria, British Columbia. Best listened to with a good pair of headphones in a nice, quiet space with your eyes closed. Enjoy!

Queen Victoria: born May 24th two hundred years ago stood 4 feet 11 inches, and she reigned over England and its empire for more than sixty years. There is Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe, Victoria Square in Athens, Greece. And the site of today’s Nasha Kasha episode: Victoria British Columbia.  Now meet Victoria of Victoria BC

In this episode we will discuss Trigeminal Neuralgia with Pamela from British Columbia, Canada.  This painful and rare condition has no cure but Pam gives us tips on dealing with severe facial pain. Transcript: s3e1 trigeminal neuralgia.mp3   Lita [00:00:07] Hello and welcome to another episode of podcastDX. The show that brings you interviews with people just like you whose lives were forever changed by a medical diagnosis. I'm Lita and one of our co-hosts. Ron is not with us today. Jean [00:00:22] And I'm Jean Marie. Lita [00:00:23] Collectively we are the hosts of podcastDX on today's show we are speaking with Pamela. Pamela is joining us once again from Victoria British Columbia in Canada. Jean [00:00:35] And we actually had the honor of speaking with Pamela last week regarding fibromyalgia this week. Pamela is here to tell us all about her experience with the trigeminal neuralgia. Lita [00:00:45] Well ok that's a mouth full. (Laughter) In case you missed last week's episode Pamela is happily married to her amazing husband Ray and they're the proud parents of two grown kids with three wonderful grandsons. Pamela worked for years whilst battling with pain from fibromyalgia and osteo arthritis while employed as an administrative specialist. She was also a certified event planner with her career behind her now and she is on long term disability. She is now a blogger. I've always wanted to blog. I'm not into blogging but maybe you can get me going on it (laughter) she really, I need to know. She writes about chronic pain chronic fatigue fibromyalgia an invisible illness in addition to blogging. Pamela is an active volunteer with the patient volunteer network or PVN in British Columbia. Outside of the PVN she has also done volunteer work for Island health as a patient advisor. She was on the advisory committee for opioid guidelines in Canada and volunteered this summer with the downtown Victoria Business Association Buskers Festival. Jean [00:01:56] Hello again Pamela and I, might I say that I'm just exhausted hearing about how much you do. Welcome back. Lita [00:02:03] Yes. Pamela [00:02:04] Thanks so much for having me back again. Lita [00:02:07] Pamela I was reading over the data sheets for the conditions that have placed you on the long term disability list. And I would venture to say that you have your plate full. We have.... Pamela [00:02:18] I do. Lita [00:02:19] ...(laughter). Jean [00:02:20] Yeah. Lita [00:02:21] ...Separated the two major conditions into the two separate episodes. We covered fibromyalgia last week and that leaves this week with trigeminal neuralgia. First to give our listeners an idea of exactly what we're talking about what is trigeminal neuralgia. Pamela [00:02:37] Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition it involves the areas inerverated by the 5th cranial nerve so the area of the body involved is the face it can cause severe pain even when doing simple things like brushing your teeth shaving putting on makeup touching your face eating drinking speaking or even when something as simple as a breeze whispers across the face. Jean [00:03:04] Oh Pamela you mentioned the fifth cranial nerve and what is that exactly. Pamela [00:03:12] OK so the fifth cranial nerve is one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head. Jean [00:03:17] OK. Pamela [00:03:17] So the classic type of trigeminal neuralgia disorder called Type 1 or TM1 causes extreme sporadic sudden burning or shock like pain which may last from a few seconds to as long as two minutes per episode. Lita [00:03:32] mm mm. Jean [00:03:33] oh God. Pamela [00:03:33] And episodes can often come in a series of attacks that lasts for several hours. Jean [00:03:38] ohh. Pamela [00:03:38] But I have something called atypical TM. Jean [00:03:41] ok. Pamela [00:03:41] Which is when the pain comes in a long lasting wave... Jean [00:03:44] ohhh. Pamela [00:03:45] ...Instead of a short burst. So for me no but for me it's like a hundred little cameras there hitting the same area of my face... Lita [00:03:52] Oh my gosh. Pamela [00:03:53] ...For hour after hour. Lita [00:03:54] oh my God. Pamela [00:03:55]  my episodes tend to last for eight to 12 hours at a time. Lita [00:04:00] Oh. Pamela [00:04:00] They start just under my right cheekbone and then it spreads first to my sinus cavity then down towards my jaw. And I often feel spasms in my esophagus as well. Jean [00:04:11] Oh my gosh. Lita [00:04:12] Wow. Pamela [00:04:14] Yeah. Lita [00:04:14] Wow. Pamela [00:04:15] Not fun. Lita & Jean [00:04:15] No. Jean [00:04:16] Wow. Lita [00:04:17] Wow. I mean my mouth hurts just. Pamela [00:04:20] yeah. Lita [00:04:20] Listening to you. Jean [00:04:21] That's that's awful. Pamela [00:04:22] Mmhmmm Lita [00:04:23] Pamela what causes Trigeminal neuralgia. Jean [00:04:25] And how can we avoid it. Lita [00:04:27] Yeah. Pamela [00:04:27] Well there's actually several possible causes for trigeminal neuralgia. So it sometimes begins as the result of the nerve sheath being too close to a blood vessel in the neck area where it exits the brain stem. Jean [00:04:42] ok. Pamela [00:04:42] In other cases it can be caused by things like multiple sclerosis. Lita [00:04:46] Which also takes away the sheath, right. Pamela [00:04:48] Yeah exactly. Another reason for this condition can be a tumor pressing on the nerve or it might be the result of the wearing down of the sheath of the covering on the nerve. It could be the result of physical damage to the trigeminal nerve perhaps from the sinus surgery or an oral surgery or stroke or other facial trauma. Jean [00:05:10] ok.   Pamela [00:05:10] In my case we suspect that the nerve is rubbing against something based on the MRI scan that I had done. Jean [00:05:17] OK. Lita [00:05:18] Wow can you tell us. I mean you know obviously the pain right. Is that what led you to to find out what this diagnosis would be. Pamela [00:05:27] Yeah. The reason I was sought treatment was because I was suddenly having these pain episodes in my face. And after the first one or two I realized they weren't just sinus infections because I wasn't showing any other symptoms that you would typically get with an infection. Lita [00:05:42] ok. Pamela [00:05:43] So I saw my doctor and I described the pain. And I was diagnosed TM based on the description. And then when I was first put on medication it stopped the episodes from happening and that's when we knew that we'd made the right diagnosis. Lita [00:05:56] OK. Is it just a nerve pain type of a medication then. Pamela [00:06:01] Yeah. That's what we started with. One of the first drugs that they prescribed to. Yes. Lita [00:06:06] OK. Well while reading about this week's topic I read that a person with trigeminal neuralgia might feel as if they had an abscess tooth or like you were saying a sinus infection. And since it can affect the jaw area it seems like that could make it a difficult condition to diagnose. I mean like is it a tooth is it. Jean [00:06:27] Sinuses. Lita [00:06:28] Sinuses. Is it Is it the gum you know. So was it it was not that difficult for you to get the diagnosis though huh. Pamela [00:06:36] No like I said just describing the pains my doctor and how it flared into my sinuses first and then into my jaw helped him to realize that it wasn't an abscess in the jaw area. Lita [00:06:48] Yeah actually you know what about a heart attack. Jean [00:06:50] Yeah I'm you know yeah. You could have jaw pain. Lita [00:06:52] You could have had jaw pain with a heart attack. Jean [00:06:53] Sure. Lita [00:06:54] There's a lot of things that. Jean [00:06:55] Yeah. Lita [00:06:56] They could have worried about. Jean [00:06:57] well, yeah. Lita [00:06:57] I'm glad the doctor thought about it right away. Jean [00:06:59] you've had, Yeah. You had someone that really... Pamela [00:07:01] Yeah. Jean [00:07:01] ...understood what it was. Lita [00:07:01] understood it right. Jean [00:07:02] Yeah. And I understand that there are several tests that can be done to help determine the extent of the terminal neuralgia. Can you tell us a little bit more about this testing. Pamela [00:07:11] Yeah. So in most cases the doctors start by asking questions about your symptoms and ask about your medical history. Then they usually perform a physical examination of the head in the neck areas including the ears the mouth the teeth and the temporal mandibular joint with the TMJ. Jean [00:07:31] Right. Pamela [00:07:31] And other disorders that may cause facial pain and mimic TM type pain. They'll ask questions about that. So these conditions need to be ruled out first before a definitive diagnosis was made. And then often what they'll do is they'll order a magnetic resonance imaging an MRI scan. Jean [00:07:53] Ok. Pamela [00:07:53] They do that to rule out the presence of a brain tumor or multiple sclerosis or other causes. Jean [00:08:00] ok. Pamela [00:08:00] And the scans can also determine whether or not a blood vessel is pressing on the nerves. And so that's what my doctor did was he ordered the MRI for me and that's where we could see how the nerve was being compressed. Lita [00:08:12] OK. Wow that's quite a few tests. I know that when we were talking last week you said that during a procedure. Jean [00:08:21] Something was leaning on a nerve. Lita [00:08:22] Something was leaning on a nerve. Now could that have caused this. Pamela [00:08:26] Yeah. Oh yeah. They they could see that the blood vessel is pressing against the nerve. Jean [00:08:34] OK. Lita [00:08:34] So it wasn't something that the doctor was leaning against. It's right now it's just a blood vessel. That’s pressing because I'm just saying like what made what made the blood vessel all of a sudden press against the nerve. Pamela [00:08:44] You see they're not really sure. Lita [00:08:46] OK . Pamela [00:08:47] They're not really sure what's what's causing it to do that. And actually until I undergo you know some type of surgery they wouldn't be able to say for certain until that happens. Lita [00:08:59] ok When I don't know if I asked when did this problem start compared to the fibromyalgia. Pamela [00:09:05] I've had the TM for probably about 14 years now. Jean [00:09:10] oh my gosh. Pamela [00:09:10] And I didn't realize that I had it in the beginning simply because I thought it was a sinus infection. Lita [00:09:18] OK. Pamela [00:09:19] When I first had it and the episodes were really infrequent in the beginning so I just brushed it off. So when I started having them on a much more frequent basis then I knew that there was a problem. And that's when I went to the doctor. Lita [00:09:33] got it. Pamela [00:09:33] So I would say 14 years in total. But you know on a more frequent basis probably over the last four years. Lita [00:09:41] OK. Jean [00:09:42] ok And  Pamela you said that some medica.. Medications have helped a bit. Are there any other treatments available for patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Pamela [00:09:50] Yeah. There are treatments for trigeminal neuralgia which can help to reduce pain and improve quality of life. So what they normally do is they start off with a medication called carbamazepine which is also known as Tegretol. That's the first drug of choice. And if that doesn't work or if it stops working as it did in my case the other drugs that they use are called lamatrine gabapentin and pregablin and then sometimes use Baclofen which is a muscle relaxant. And then I also took a drug called topiramate. Lita [00:10:26] topiramate. Pamela [00:10:26] which I don't take right now. Lita [00:10:28] Yeah. Pamela [00:10:28] Yeah. It's an anticonvulsant and that worked for me for a long time actually for almost two years. But it has stopped working and I am now at a point where I am having flare ups about once a week. Lita & Jean [00:10:44] ohh. Pamela [00:10:44] So yeah. And so at this point unfortunately I have no other drug options left. I even tried botox botox is often used as a last resort where they inject botox along the hairline not into the actual area where you have the infection but they do it along the hairline and that's done to try and paralyze the muscles that are flaring up from, from the nerve. But that was unsuccessful for me as well. So now the only option left for me is a surgical option. Jean [00:11:17] Oh wow that's Yeah. You can't go back to a medication like if you're on a medication for sometime and it stops working. Pamela [00:11:24] There's. Yeah. There is once medication stopped working that stops working and you can't go back to the old again. They just. They just don't work again. Jean [00:11:35] Okay. Okay. And Pamela I really think we should let our listeners know that this is a disorder which is considered to be one of the most painful human conditions. Lita [00:11:45] Yes. Jean [00:11:46] And just reading that statement makes me really cringe. In your opinion how bad would you say the pain is. Pamela [00:11:54] Well the nickname of this condition is the suicide disease. When I'm in a full TM flare up I'll be honest I want to claw my face off. The pain is a 15 out of 10. It is absolutely unrelenting. And that's the worst of it. If I knew I was going to get relief in just a short period of time it would be easier to bear. But when I get the telltale pulse under my cheekbone that a flare is coming up. I know that I'm in for 12 hours of agony. It's the most painful thing that I have ever experienced. Jean [00:12:30] I'm so sorry. Lita [00:12:31] Oh goodness gracious. Jean [00:12:33] Yeah that’s. Lita [00:12:33] Pam. And too bad they can't have like. I know that this... Pamela [00:12:37] There's. Lita [00:12:37] ...sounds bad, like put you to sleep. You know like put you in a semi coma. Knock you, you know go in for a shot. You know like you you go in for this. Jean [00:12:44] Imitrex. Lita [00:12:46] no not Imitrex to get the sleep that I went in for the shots. Jean [00:12:49] Oh yeah. Pamela [00:12:49] Yeah there's times that I've I've debated going into the emergency room to see if there's anything that they can do to help me. Jean [00:12:58] Right. Pamela [00:12:58] And I've gone once or twice and I've said to them I am in the middle of a TM flare up and I just want something to break the cycle of pain. Lita [00:13:07] yeah. Jean [00:13:07] Right Pamela [00:13:07] . And even when they've given me something it hasn't always worked. Lita [00:13:13] The Twilight that's what I'm thinking. Jean [00:13:15]  the twilight sleep yeah. Lita [00:13:16] The twilight You know like when they put you out temporarily while they're doing your procedure. Jean [00:13:21] right. Lita [00:13:21] I wonder if. Have you tried it would that break it. I know, you know they have that done the dentist's office. Pamela [00:13:26] No They won't actually do something like that. But that's what they'll do is they'll give me a shot. I'm allergic to morphine. Lita [00:13:33] Yes.so am I. Pamela [00:13:34] The best that they'll do is they'll give me a shot of fentanyl. Lita [00:13:36] . Right. Pamela [00:13:37] But even Fentanyl doesn't... Lita [00:13:38] doesn't touch. Pamela [00:13:40] ...touch the pain. Lita [00:13:40] Doesn't touch it. Pamela [00:13:41] No. Jean [00:13:41] Wow. Pamela [00:13:42] Well I know that I'm going to. And actually I have to be honest with you as we're talking I can feel a tiny pulse in my cheekbone that there's going to be flare ups coming up at some point. Jean [00:13:53] I'm so sorry. Pamela [00:13:53]  in probably the next few hours. (laughter) Lita [00:13:56] Oh man. Does meditation. Does that help. Pamela [00:14:00] Nothing. Jean [00:14:00] It sounds like it's like asking someone who is in labor. "Oh have you tried this medication". Lita [00:14:03] No no. I'm thinking before it happens. Pamela [00:14:04] No Lita [00:14:05] I'm just thinking. Jean [00:14:06] Oh. Lita [00:14:06] I'm thinking before it happens. Jean [00:14:06] ok ok.  Pamela [00:14:07] nope. Lita [00:14:07] yeah. I mean yeah I remember when I was first pregnant with this one over here. Right. Jean [00:14:12] Yeah. I don't remember. Lita [00:14:14] No she doesn't remember it but I remember this. And I do have Alzheimer's and I don't remember a lot of things but I remember that when I was in labor my husband at the time pulled out a deck of cards and said "Would you like to play cards." Jean [00:14:27] You know what's really funny. I remember when my sister was in labor and her husband pulled out a deck of cards. Lita [00:14:33] What is with these guys. Jean [00:14:34] I don't know but. Pamela [00:14:35] I don't even know. (laughter). Lita [00:14:36] Oh yeah. I mean who the heck wants to play cards when you're in that much pain. Pamela [00:14:42] It's not really a distraction is it. Lita [00:14:44] No it's not. I wanted to take that deck of cards and. Jean [00:14:48] OK. Lita [00:14:49] ok. Jean [00:14:49] and back to the show. Pamela [00:14:49] Put the cards there (laughter) Lita [00:14:55] (laughter) Well how has this particular disorder affected your family or friends or your interactions with them. Pamela [00:15:01] Well when I'm in the flare I can't do anything. I can't Talk. I can't be around anyone. Lita [00:15:06] sure. Pamela [00:15:06] Everyone. I mean I'm just writhing in pain. I don't want to be touched or talked to. So any contact with my husband is out and he's he's really good. He's really understanding about this. And you know he just makes himself scarce and I just go to the bedroom in the dark and just cry. Lita [00:15:23] So it's kind of like a migraine. Jean [00:15:24] It is yeah Lita [00:15:25] Yeah a little bit but then. Pamela [00:15:26] Yeah I just. Lita [00:15:27] But different Yeah. Pamela [00:15:28] I want to isolate myself. Lita [00:15:29] Right. Jean [00:15:29] Sure Pamela [00:15:30] I just want to isolate myself my attacks are becoming so more frequent that it really interferes with my life. Lita [00:15:36] Sure. Pamela [00:15:36] I mean you know I don't want to socialize I don't want to be around anyone. Lita [00:15:41] cause You don't know if it's going to happen when you're out. Pamela [00:15:42] I don't want to do anything.... Jean [00:15:43] Right. Pamela [00:15:44] Well and that's the other thing I never know when a flare is going to happen. I don't know if it's going to happen when I'm out and if I am out I just want to get home as quickly as possible so it's ruined a lot of plans.... Lita [00:15:56] Right. Right Pamela [00:15:57] ...as well. Jean [00:15:57] Sorry. Lita [00:15:58] Well I hope the. I hope the surgery option will work for you. Pamela [00:16:03] Well I'm crossing my fingers. I do have an appointment with the neurosurgeon in April so. Jean [00:16:09] oh ok good. Pamela [00:16:09] I think well we'll talk about that in a few months. Lita [00:16:11] Yes we will. Yes. We'll have to get you back out here in May. Jean [00:16:14]  right. Lita [00:16:14] We'll be praying for you in the meantime. Jean [00:16:16] Yes. Are there any specific support groups for patients with terminal neurologic it sounds like. Lita [00:16:22] They should. Jean [00:16:23] The only person that can truly understand this is someone else that has the same condition. Lita [00:16:27] Yes. Pamela [00:16:28] Yes there are support groups available and you can certainly look online to find one suitable for you. Jean [00:16:35] ok. Pamela [00:16:35] In the States there's the American Association of neuromuscular and electro diagnostic medicine which offers information and assistance. Lita [00:16:44] I'll put that on the web site. Pamela [00:16:44] And they can be found, yep, It'll be on the website. They can be found at AANEM dot org. Lita [00:16:50] OK. Jean [00:16:50] OK. Pamela [00:16:51] And in Canada there's the tri geminal neuralgia Association of Canada. They're known as TNAC and they can be found at T N A C dot org... Lita [00:17:02] OK I will put it on our website. Yeah I didn't know if I told you but.... Pamela [00:17:06] ... but those are. Lita [00:17:06]  yeah. We. We build web pages for you and for your particular diagnosis. on our Web site. Pamela [00:17:13] oh that's wonderful. Lita [00:17:13] So that'll be on there forever. Pamela [00:17:15] so people can find that information. Lita [00:17:16] Yeah. Pamela [00:17:16] That's great. Lita [00:17:17] We put links in resources so that people can have a one shop stop to find out more about it. Pamela [00:17:23] Yeah. That's wonderful because I mean people you know the support is just immense that you know you can connect with people who are going through the same thing and like you said nobody knows what it's like except somebody who experiences it . And so you know I think it's really important that people know that there are national associations available out there for us. Lita [00:17:46] That's good. And how about on Facebook. Are there those private groups. Pamela [00:17:50] I am not sure about Facebook, there's probably lots. Lita [00:17:54] ok. Pamela [00:17:54] Of private groups that you can look for on Facebook. Lita [00:17:56] OK. Because I know that I join a bunch of them just so that I can glean information so that I can have a little bit better idea when I'm talking to our guest and I can read all kinds of you know interactions between patients that have these different issues and you know I had this or yes we have that and oh my god do you remember when this oh yeah yeah. Jean [00:18:15] and have you tried this. Lita [00:18:17] Yes. And all kinds of handsome tips. I love those. Jean [00:18:20] right. Lita [00:18:20] Well yeah obviously we found out that this problem does not go away on its own and it can get worse over time. And you are looking for possible surgery as a cure in the future. Pamela [00:18:35] That's right. Lita [00:18:36] Have you have you been told to watch for any other symptoms or is it just an increase in the severity. Pamela [00:18:42] It's really just an increase in the severity and the frequency that I have the flare ups and stuff. Lita [00:18:48] OK. Pamela [00:18:49] Some people do achieve remission. Some people have flare ups that go away. Lita [00:18:54] Oh good. Pamela [00:18:55] And they achieve remission so that there is encouraging news. Some people like myself run out of options and need to look for treatments beyond medication. Lita [00:19:04] OK. Jean [00:19:05] OK. And as we had mentioned earlier that there may be surgical procedures to help alleviate some of the pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia. And like you said your schedule coming up. Lita [00:19:18] in April Right. Jean [00:19:18] And that's umm. Pamela [00:19:20] That's right. Pamela [00:19:20] So I have an appointment on April 30th to see a neurosurgeon and we're going to be talking about a brain surgery called Microvascular decompression. Lita & Jean [00:19:30] OK. Pamela [00:19:30] So what that means is the surgeon will make a circular incision behind my right ear and remove that part of my scalp and then using small tools. He'll find the trigeminal nerve and then place a small Teflon sponge between the nerve and whatever. Lita & Jean [00:19:46] Oh wow. Pamela [00:19:47] Is pressing which is probably another nerve or you know a tendon or whatever is in there but whatever's causing the irritation he'll place the Teflon sponge between the two. Jean [00:20:01] Ok. Pamela [00:20:01] And once that's done the bone that was cut away will be. Covered with a titanium plate instead. And then the muscles in the skin are all sewn up again and I'll spend one night in the ICU. And then one or two nights in the hospital and then home to recover. Lita [00:20:17] Ok Pamela [00:20:17] So there's an excellent success rate with this particular surgery. And the reason I've chosen this surgery is because it has the lowest rate of causing facial numbness as well. There are other surgeries including one called the sensory rhizotomy which is the irreversible cutting of the trigeminal nerve root at its connection to the brain stem. Jean [00:20:41] Ok. Pamela [00:20:41] There's Gamma Knife radio surgery which is a non-invasive outpatient procedure that uses highly focused radiation beams and it destroys some of the trigeminal nerve root fibres that produce pain and then there's peripheral peripheral neurectomy which is where a nerve branch is cut. Lita [00:20:59] Well you got to become a. Pamela [00:21:00] . Yeah right. Lita [00:21:01] You're becoming quite good with the medical terminology. Pamela [00:21:04] I really am I. Lita [00:21:05] (laughter) Pamela [00:21:06] But all three of those surgeries carries a side effect of facial numbness and some to a really high degree. And I don't want that as a side effect. Jean [00:21:16] Sure. Pamela [00:21:18] I researched all four of these different surgeries very carefully and that's just not a side effect that I'm willing to put up with. Lita [00:21:27] Sure sure. Jean [00:21:28] Sure. Yeah. Lita [00:21:29] Well we're not. When your husband wants to give you a kiss you'd like to know if he's close. Pamela [00:21:34] Well exactly. You know and it sounds kind of funny to say it but there's a lot to be said for that sensation of touch. Lita [00:21:42] Right. Jean [00:21:42] Of course Pamela [00:21:42] I'm not willing to give that up. Lita [00:21:44] Absolutely. Absolutely. Do you have any additional tips hints or helpful advice for listeners. Pamela [00:21:50] Well my main advice is just to see your doctor as soon as possible if you're experiencing any type of facial pain. The sooner you get it diagnose the better. And if it is trigeminal neuralgia there's help available. Find a good support group. Facebook has groups available to help. And most importantly just know that you're not alone. There are lots of other people out there who are suffering so you know don't feel that you're the only one that's out there. Jean [00:22:18] Well thank you Pamela. And how can our listeners learn more about you and trigeminal neuralgia. Pamela [00:22:26] I blog at Pamela Justin dot com and I have a few posts about my TM. So just do a search on my Web site to find them and hopefully you'll get some help from reading those posts. Lita [00:22:37] OK. And we'll put a link at our Web site so that they can find you. Well thank you Pamela... Pamela [00:22:42] absolutely. Lita [00:22:42] ...Once again for joining us. This has been wonderful. Pamela [00:22:44] Oh it was a delight to be here again. Thank you so much for having me. Lita [00:22:48] You're welcome. And we will be contacting you again in May to find out the rest of the story. Jean [00:22:53] Yeah see how everything in April went. Pamela [00:22:54]  Wonderful I'll certainly be happy to let you know what the surgeon has to say. Lita [00:22:59] Great. Jean [00:22:59] great. Lita [00:22:59] . And for our listeners if you have any questions or comments related to today's show you can contact us at podcast D X at yahoo dot com through our Web site podcast D X dot com on Facebook Twitter Pinterest or Instagram. Jean [00:23:15] And if you like today's episode tell a friend as always please keep in mind that this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regime never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking because of something you have heard on this podcast. Lita [00:23:41] Until next week.  

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Episode #20 Fun Things To Do in Victoria, British Columbia   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease! Why Victoria?   Do you love small towns that are walkable and easy to get around with a charming Main Street with more stories and tales than you can listen to in a week? Do you love boating, being near the water and harbors? How about museums which celebrate native culture, a town with inspiring stories from amazing people and the best "running of the goats"? All of this and more can be found in Victoria, British Columbia.   How to Get to Victoria   Have you been to SEA-TAC - the Seattle airport? Let me be the first to tell you its a zoo. Planning to fly into SEA TAC give yourself a good 2 hours between getting off the plane, renting your car and getting anywhere in Seattle. If you are within driving distance, I would suggest doing the drive. Beautiful scenery, great places to stop along the way - I've got to tell you I took the most stunning rest stop photos on this trip during a rainstorm - and then take your car on the ferry across from the US to Victoria. Ferry rides are so relaxing and fun. Families putting together puzzles, people playing games or just sitting back with food from the concession on the ferry or the lunch they've brought, and enjoying the scenery. My favorite activity to do on the ferry - sleep! I'm like a baby in a car when it comes to ferries.   And if you've never ridden a ferry, check out my Instagram pictures and here's a tip - make sure that as soon as you park and you are able to move, grab a seat by the window! This is prime real estate on a ferry and if you don't move fast, you will be resolved to sit in a seat away from a window without a table. While still a good view (and you can always go out on the deck during the ride, which is a real treat and gives you amazing photo ops) its definitely harder to sleep in a single seat than in a booth next to a window.   Victoria, the town with a history of history Have you seen the movie Inception - the movie with Leonardo Di Caprio plays Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable.  One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be a perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.   This is Victoria, except take out stealing out secrets and insert history. Starting over 4000 years ago with the nations of the First People, Canadians Native Americans, the Royal BC Museum contains an exquisite language exhibit featuring native speakers welcoming you to the museum in over 2 dozen languages! Being an anthropology major and having a keen interest in Native American culture, this exhibit alone held my attention for a good 2 hours. Walking in, there are posts with the native language scribed on the pole, then you push the button to learn how to say welcome in their language. Just in British Columbia's native peoples alone, you can say welcome so many different ways, from Hello and Good Morning to How are you and your family? The language symbols used by native peoples of Canada are extraordinary - I've not seen these in other cultures. Most of these languages have only been spoken - writing them down is a recent phenomenon. Although many First Peoples do not speak their native language, the First Peoples' Cultural Council now provides community-based immersion programs for the next generation to learn to speak their native language - which was, for many years, illegal to speak. In addition to language, the cultural council also supports aboriginal artists. Look for the link to this great organization in the show notes below!   As you continue to walk through the Royal BC Museum, the local history unfolds of the white settlers taking over the region, the industrial era and the types of issues the white settlers brought onto the natives of the area. To this day, only one Native tribe in British Columbia has the right to own the right to their land. Walk through totems of more recent eras, with the large, bold carved faces and bodies of the local natives standing tall and prominent on the main floor. The Natural History Gallery gives you a feel for walking back into pre-history with a selfie-spot in front of the megafauna wooly mammoth, hallways of local and current flora and fauna and the diverse deltas and forests which are a part of BC's coast and interior.   The Royal BC Museum is a must-see on your stop to Victoria!   Walking Tour anyone?   Speaking of history, the walking tour is amazing! So many different little cultural hubs in Victoria including a China Town, where of course, you can purchase bubble tea! Fan Tan Alley, part of China Town, with Canton Cafe, calling the bubble tea lover with their picture sign, a woman happily walks out of the restaurant with her cup full of bubble tea, being sipped down until it eventually is transformed into the look of bliss on her face. The China Town Arch, which by the old tradition, should only be walked around and not directly under, because it is bad luck (or so our tour guide tells us ). Walking along the Main Street of Fan Tan, there's a vendor selling fresh produce, including fresh lychee fruit - a real delight when sweetened well. I find out that the Chinese immigrants who first came to this town were not treated well and were not allowed in the public school system, so the immigrants created their own Chinese school. Towards the middle of china town, Victoria decided to build an office complex in the 1960's AKA bomb shelter - which is a stark cultural black hole in the middle of rows of beautiful antique buildings with Chinese art influences.   There's also Bastion Square where you can find buildings made with beams from the Union Iron Works in San Francisco California circa 1861, modern art in the square and many historical buildings which now house offices, stores and apartments - each of them with their own unique story to tell.   Market Square in Victoria holds true to its name with a local outdoor market, an alleyway with history and unique feel when you walk between the red brick buildings, where you can almost hear the history if you can imagine the stories the brick and painted doorways tell when you walk by them. Their secrets are hidden under many layers of paint and story.   Downtown Victoria Trounce Alley - one of the main alleyways of downtown Victoria, is an interesting mix of modern and antique architecture, however, unlike the central bomb shelter of office buildings built in the '60s, these are tastefully created to blend in with the historical facades surrounding Victoria. Many upscale, gluten-free and fun eateries and shops abound in the downtown area. The Tobacconist, an original shop from the mid 1800s that has only known purveying of tobacco products since its inception, lies in the middle of Main Street in Downtown with a half-dome of hand-blown glass and metal welcoming you to the entrance to the store. There's Munro Books, where I picked up the Gluten is My by April Pevetaux, conversed with some locals, then moved on to Roger's Chocolates, established in 1885 and teeming with gluten-free truffles (of which I ate a FEW) chocolates and other delectable delights. Speaking of delightful, you must check out Chocolats Favoris, where the celiac-friendly ice cream shop will take your ice cream and dip it in one of three dips of your choice in the back separate from the gluten-infested dips in the front of the store! I must say this is NOT the choice of those who are faint-hearted when it comes to eating chocolate! My cup was SO full of delicious dark chocolate ice cream shell I wasn't able to finish the delectable fountain of goodness lying there, begging me to eat it - even when I saved the remainder in the hotel fridge overnight.     Jump out of Downtown into nature!   A short and beautiful drive from downtown, visit the Butchart Gardens. Started in the late 1800s by the wife of a prominent mining company, when the home they built was adjacent to the land they mined. Being that the land wasn't, let's say, easy on the eyes, the Jennie Buchart decided enough was enough and pulled workers from the mines to start to move dirt, plant and cultivate the area. The result is a magnificent garden, with over 100 years in bloom which include waterfalls, themed areas including a Japanese garden with a small creek meandering through the many plant residents and a rose garden. During holidays, the gardens put on holiday displays in different areas. One of my favorites in the garden was the cafe, with all of the gf choices labeled, including an incredible dessert, which I will talk about on the next episode: Gluten-Free Victoria with Ellen from the Celiac Scene. The gardens host a carousel, which, for $2 admission, you can be a kid again (I didn't bring any kids with me, I just love carousels, then stroll through the gardens and visit the dragon water fountain!   After the gardens, I headed over to Victoria Butterfly Gardens "a vibrant jungle experience" reads on their brochure. While I've been to a real jungle AKA rainforest, I can say that this is a sample of a jungle experience, but, an amazing butterfly experience to be had by all! There are a dozen species of butterflies, tropical birds and an insectarium where you can see bugs from the rainforest like the golden scarab beetle. They also have a small herbarium to check out poison dart frogs and the like.     Empress Hotel and the Running of the Goats Among the many historical buildings, the Empress Hotel is one of the most impressive. Recently having a multi-million dollar renovation, this hotel stands tall and proud facing the waterfront and beaming in the rays of the sun setting on the horizon. There is a history behind this building -  a mix of marriage, divorce, an affair with an 18-year-old chauffeur and a battle for inheritance. Typical typhoon story of the late 1800s. The Empress is still up and running today, if you are looking for a luxury stay in Victoria, this is the place you want to be.   speaking of the waterfront, I took strolls down here almost every night, the weather in Victoria picking up the Japanese current, is very mild. Only freezes twice a year and the high temp runs around 75-80. There are 1500 palm trees in Victoria, I didn't see any, but they are apparently there somewhere. The harbor is always teaming with artists, tours, activities and just as you start the climb to Main Street, you can visit the tourism center to book tours, get local information and maps to guide you through Victoria.   The location on the southern end of the Saanich Peninsula gives Victoria such an abundance of outdoor activities. One of my favorites was the walking path called the Harbour Walkway. From here, you can walk several miles around the harbor and take in the views, sit on a park bench and watch wildlife and the cruise ships docking in the harbor. For nature lovers and those who love to walk and enjoy the outdoors, Beacon Hill Park is the perfect spot to ride a bike, walk and especially enjoy the goats at the petting zoo.   Yes, petting zoo. I will totally own being the only person in the petting zoo sans small children. I can't help myself - I am a baby goat addict. When I found out there were baby goats nearby our hotel I was there. This is what I wanted to do for my birthday! Of course, being a baby goat addict, I had to be there as soon as the petting zoo opened. Then, I found everyone asking if we were in line. In what line? I watched as the sea of people who walked in after giving their donation parted like Moses himself had walked down the middle of the crowd. Then, they announced: The running of the goats was here!   Looking for a beautiful place to go, that's gluten-friendly and fun for all ages and interests, I would highly recommend Victoria. There's so much to see and do. After 7 days, I wasn't ready to leave for home and would have loved to spend another 2 weeks exploring the streets by foot.   Listener Shout-Out! Gluten-free blogger who navigates gluten-free travel like a boss! She has recently been in Thailand and tagged Travel Gluten Free in several of her photos! Carrie @forglutensake, thanks for tagging Travel Gluten Free on Instagram, this shout-out is for you!

How Scots emigrated to Vancouver Island and created a thriving Scottish Community that survives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Gary Bembridge of Tips for Travellers shares his observations, tips and advice on must-see and must-do sights and attractions for visitors to Victoria in British Columbia Canada.Subscribe free to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or TuneIn Radio.For more visit: http://www.tipsfortravellers.comThis show covers among other topics: Observations History General tips for visitors Best time to go Getting there and getting around Must-do things to see and do including: Whale Watching British Columbia Legislative Building Royal British Columbia Museum Beacon Hill Park Fisherman's Wharf Tours: walking, cycling hop-on hop-off bus Dining Cruise passenger tips For more on the region visit tipsfortravellers.com/british-columbia-spring-watch/

The Social Network Show welcomes Darren Laur on the April 18, 2014 episode. Darren Laur, a Staff Sergeant with the Victoria City Police Department in British Columbia, Canada and founder of Personal Protection Systems Inc. has been working for over 20 years to protect people online and off by teaching internet and social media safety, violence prevention, safety awareness and self protection. How does he succeed at this? Darren says that he gives an open and honest message to people and is available to help people as well as refer them to other resources. Listen to the show to hear what he says about safety and how even young people are acting as digital 1st responders. Hear how the police department has used Twitter to crowd source at an event to keep it safe. Hear the breaking news about the Amanda Todd case. Personal Protection Systems Inc. is a family run company dedicated to teaching pro-active internet and social media safety, violence prevention, safety awareness and self protection strategies to men, women, children, schools, businesses, corporations, law enforcement and government. Darren Laur lives in Victoria British Columbia, Canada.  In 1993, Darren and his wife Beth started their company, Personal Protection Systems Inc. and both have presented internationally to thousands of men, women and children as well as to schools, businesses, law enforcement agencies and Federal/Provincial Ministries. Both have written over 170 internationally published articles and four books on the topics of personal safety. One of the books, Total Awareness A Woman's Safety Book, won a major award. In May 2013, Darren, Beth and their son Brandon, also won the prestigious Social Media "Derek K Miller" Award, which recognized their unique work in the area of Internet and Social Media Safety both in Canada and the United States. To date, Darren and Beth have presented their Internet and Social Media Safety programs to over 200 schools, 160,000 junior and senior secondary students, and to thousands of teachers and parents throughout British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the United States. They have been featured on numerous radio and television broadcasts, publications and media articles as experts on the topics of personal safety, workplace violence prevention, child safety and social media/internet safety Darren, also know as "The White Hatter", has dedicated his live to public safety and is currently a serving Staff Sergeant with the Victoria City Police Department where he has over 28 years of law enforcement experience, with a strong interest and background in online and social media investigations. Darren is an internationally and court recognized safety expert and advocate, award winning published author and highly sought after international keynote speaker, in the area of personal safety and self protection both online and off. Recently, working with others in his police department, Darren helped launch the very successful use of social media (Twitter) for the purpose of crowd sourcing and police call response during the 2013 and 2013 Canada Day celebrations in Victoria; a first use of its kind in North American policing. Darren is also a certified Forensic Open Source/social Media Investigator, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro Linguistic Psychology (NLP) practitioner, and integrates these studies and disciplines into all programs and presentations. Darren and Beth are proud of the fact that their company also financially supports three not-for profit organizations in British Columbia that are dedicated to helping youth when it comes to bullying and suicide prevention: NEED2, Bullying Ends Here and Stop a Bully.                          

Published Nov 27, 2011 In this episode you are going to hear from Forensic Genealogist Leslie Lawson.   Genealogy News   Return of Who Do You think You Are? NBC has just announced that the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? will be returning to television screens here in the U.S on Friday, February 3 at 8pm.  Since this falls at the same time as the RootsTech conference I wouldn't be surprised if they plan a group screening for attendees.   RootsTech 2012 The winner of the free RootsTech 2012 registration is Carol Genung.   So I look forward to seeing Carol there and hopefully many of you listening – there's still plenty of time to register for the conference at rootstech.org.  And for those of you unable to attend I'll have videos that bring the experience to via your computer in the comfort of your own home.   New Records at FamilySearch They've added a wde range of new records from 20 countries, including  Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, England, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Philippines, and the U.S. The U.S. additions include records from California, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.   RootsMagic Update RootsMagic has released a minor update  (4.1.2.1) which fixes a few issues.  Read more at the   Google Milestones   Google Earth has now had more than 1 billion downloads!    Google celebrated it's 15th birthday in September 2011.   1000Memories Shoebox App 1000Mempories has launched a new free iPhone app called  "Shoebox" that they say is like putting a scanner in your pocket.    S   Watch a   Listen to Lisa's interview with Michael Katchn of 1000Memories in     MAILBOX   I had the pleasure of being invited up to Victoria British Columbia in October 2011 to give a full day seminar on using Google for Genealogy at the Victoria Genealogical Society. I had a marvelous time and I've had the pleasure of hearing from several who were in attendance that day including this email from Mike who wrote in to say.   “I couldn't make the seminar, sadly, but my better half -- Kate -- went and she came home brimming over with ideas, two books, a couple of DVDs and a ton of excitement!  We've been putting some of your ideas to great use, and having some walls get knocked down. Outstanding stuff!  I've also started listening to the GenealogyGems podcasts starting with #21, and in the first episode I already found some great hints on how to get US Naval records for my great-grandfather. Where have you been all my life?!  Thank you again for everything you do for the Genealogical community. You ARE one of the Genealogy Gems!! “     Feedback on Steve Luxenberg Interview A topic causing my mailbox to overflow was my interview with Steve Luxenberg and his wonderful book Annie's Ghost       Maureen posted on my Facebook Wall” “Genealogy Gems episodes 120 and 121 are, by far, two of the best family history research podcasts that I've ever heard. Steve Luxenberg author of Annie's Ghost was full of great research ideas. These podcasts are keepers!"   Brandt posted: "Thanks for the interviews with Steve Luxenberg and the recommendation for Annie's Ghosts. I LOVED the book, and the interviews added a lot to it. Hope he writes another one soon!"   Larraine posted: "Annie's Ghost by Steve Luxenberg is excellent. I can't put it down! It's thanks to you Lisa that I discovered the book after listening to your podcasts."   Julie M. emailed: “I just had to tell you how enjoyable your interview with Steve Luxenberg was! After the first part, I immediately ordered his book for Kindle (through your site, of course) and started it right away. It is compelling reading and I'm hooked on it.  What a great story told by a quality story-teller! I find it hard to put it down and look forward to getting back to it as quickly as possible. Perhaps you need to start a "good reads" section in your podcasts or newsletters. Hooked on your podcasts and trying to catch up on all of them.” I think that's an excellent idea! or leave a voice mail and tell me if you would be interested in a Genealogy Gems Book Club.    Find out more about the book at . Click on "Behind the Book," to view documents not part of the print edition.     More Terms of Endearment for Grandparents: And there's another topic that we've discussed here on the show that you've been continuing to write me about and that is terms of endearment for our Grandparents.   Sharon's cute quip: “When my son was born, my father would lean over him and put his hand on his belly and shake him a little bit saying "You little bum, you little bum!".  Well guess what my son started calling Grandpa from the moment he could form the word, "Bum!…As always Lisa, thanks for informative and entertaining podcasts!”   What Will Our Descendents Covet? In this next email, long time listener Pat poses an interesting question: What do you think our descendants will wish they had of ours 100 years in the future?   What comes to my mind I there is one thing that is becoming more rare today but has been around forever - our own handwriting. Everyone used to write letters and yet today we call, text and email. And yet handwriting is so personal. I think perhaps our descendants will be yearning for those rare handwriting examples.   I'd love to hear from the rest of you listening.    or leave a voicemail comment at 925-272-4021.   Laurie asks: “If I become a premium member, how do I listen on my iPod?  Is that only available on the computer?”   As a you can add our custom Premium Membership iTunes feed to your iTunes to subscribe to the premium podcasts. All the instructions are included in the show notes for the Welcome episode.  You can also download the mp3 files from the website and manually add them to your iPod if you wish.   Family Health History: Lisa wrote in recently with some questions around family health histories.  She writes: ”I was recently told that I have breast cancer and that got me thinking about what other medical issues I should be aware of...I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction to finding out my family medical history.”   Lisa I'm so sorry to hear about the diagnosis and I hope that it is early and very treatable.   I think Google Books would be a great place to start as they have all of the Ancestry magazines digitized and online. A quick search of medical history brought up several promising articles. here are some to get you started: Building a Tree of Prevention (article) article in Ancestry Magazine (section of article) has a health history focus I wish you a speedy recovery and I hope these resources are helpful to you. Take care!   Feedback from Kari on one of her favorite Genealogy Gems episodes: “I love your podcasts.  I have learned so many things from you and your guests.           was one of my favorites.  Your story about the barbie clothes and the sewing box brought back memories for me!   Kari asked about possible resources for creating a family calendar.  Lisa's suggestions:   Family Chartmasters (for more custom 1 sheet work) Click image below:   Costco (for more quick and traditional calendars)    (for good quality, fast service and variety of sizes)         Get your free audio book and over 40,000 audio book titles to choose from at Audible:     Audiobook tItles mentioned in this episode: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own by Henry Louis Gates   GEM: A Forensic Genealogist Interview with Forensic Genealogist Leslie Lawson.  Leslie specializes in missing heirs, and kinship determination. Visit Leslie's website:  Lawson Reserach Services, LLC at     GEM: Your Life in 5 Minutes with Sunny Morton Visit Sunny online at Get Sunny's book "Your Life & Times: A Guided Journal for Collecting Your Stories by clicking this link:    Lisa's “iPad for Genealogy” article will appear in Family Tree Magazine Jan 2012 issue and it starts mailing to subscribers 11/8

In this episode, we (Sarah Lynne Anderson and Mark Van Steenwyk) continue our interview Dakota scholar Waziyatawin. Be sure to check outpart one. In this part of the interview, we continue to grapple with how Christianity needs to come to terms with its imperial history. We need to repent with more than just words. Our ecclesial bodies (especially denominations with land holdings) may want to ask themselves “what does justice look like?”We know that, until this podcast, most of you have never heard of Waziyatawin…but this interview raises more questions (in a starkly eloquent way) than any interview with a high-profile Christian provocateur. Please take the time to listen–we promise that it will mess with your head in amazing ways.You might be interested in a series that has developed as a response to the challenges Waz issues to Christians in the interview: Christianity is Empire. That series will engage the imperial nature of historic Christianity and seek, we hope, to offer a chastened, faithful, alternative.Waziyatawin is a Wahpetunwan Dakota from the Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) in southwestern Minnesota.Waz currently holds the Indigenous Peoples Research Chair in the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria (British Columbia). Her interests include projects centering on Indigenous decolonization strategies such as truth-telling and reparative justice, Indigenous women and resistance, the recovery of Indigenous knowledge, and the development of liberation ideology in Indigenous communities.She is the author or editor of: Remember This!: Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives, Indigenizing the Academy: Transforming Scholarship and Empowering Communities, For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook,In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: The Dakota Commemorative Marches of the 21st Century, and What Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland.

In this episode, we (Sarah Lynne Anderson and Mark Van Steenwyk) interview Dakota scholar Waziyatawin. This is the first of a two part interview. For part two, go here.This is an intensely challenging two part interview (part two will air in two weeks); we discuss how Christianity is intrinsically unjust, how justice requires the entire dismantling of civilization, and how denominations, if they are sincere in their apologies to Indigenous peoples, should take the first step of handing over unused lands to the tribe upon whose land they occupy. You'll definitely want to forward that to your denominational headquarters. Waziyatawin is a Wahpetunwan Dakota from the Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) in southwestern Minnesota.Waz currently holds the Indigenous Peoples Research Chair in the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria (British Columbia). Her interests include projects centering on Indigenous decolonization strategies such as truth-telling and reparative justice, Indigenous women and resistance, the recovery of Indigenous knowledge, and the development of liberation ideology in Indigenous communities.She is the author or editor of: Remember This!: Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives, Indigenizing the Academy: Transforming Scholarship and Empowering Communities, For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook,In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: The Dakota Commemorative Marches of the 21st Century, and What Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland.