Life Pairings

What do cantaloupes, toasters and band shirts have in common? Find out in this week's episode on organizing.We have a special guest, Christie from This is Home helping us with tips and tricks for all your organizational needs!See her site here: https://thisishomeinteriors.ca/ Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsAnd you can watch this episode with your EYES, here on youtube: https://youtu.be/sLywgWqSoww

Today we discuss something apparently one in five of us has done, had an Affair.We learn about Amy Winehouse, 14th century love squares and why people cheat.Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsAnd you can watch this episode with your EYES, here on youtube: https://youtu.be/Xtd7ETsTuiESources:Stuff you Missed in History Class - Sir Roger Mortimer: Who was the Greatest TraitorNoble Blood Podcast - Ep 38 - Piers Gaveston, the King's Favourite​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_Englandhttps://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/lgbtq-history/piers-gaveston-hugh-despenser-and-the-downfall-of-edward-ii/#:~:text=In%201300%2C%20when%20Edward%20was,Gaveston%20was%20banished%20to%20France.

BONUS EPISODE - FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE ON PATREONIf you'd like to hear the full episode, please join our Patreon for as little of $2 USD/monthhttps://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsWe're starting a new series, this time on summer movies! All the nostalgia, all the shenanigans and lots and lots of sun!This month we've rewatched a film from our childhoods, Camp Nowhere (1994). See Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Jackson and Andrew Keegan create their own summer camp!

Nothing like fresh picked fruit! Except us talking about it...?We learn about Banana Republics, Peaches and reeping what we sow.Watch the video portion of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/3bOi3IAvR9AJoin our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsSources:Drunk History - S03x03 New Orleanshttps://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2018/10/sam-the-banana-man/https://history.wsu.edu/rci/sample-research-project/https://allthatsinteresting.com/banana-warshttps://iu.pressbooks.pub/perspectives2/chapter/ubiquitous-banana-dictatorship-in-guatemala/

We taste wine today, as EVERYONE is doing it. We talk about the experience of going wine touring, how we are influenced in not just choosing the wine but what you're tasting.We also discuss tests, Sandra Oh and Merlot.Watch the video portion of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/3bOi3IAvR9AJoin our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsSources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZjUS5IYy0Ahttps://vinepair.com/articles/history-court-master-sommeliers/https://vinepair.com/articles/brahm-callahan-master-sommelier/https://www.letitwine.com/en/article/history-of-the-word-sommelier/

We have reached our 100th episode, so we are discussing centennials.We learn all about two dinners, elevator guvnor's, alien bugs and things with holes.We're also now available in vision! See us here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC--0556tA7kmdTQLSO5TBzQJoin our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsSources:https://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/05/10/centennial-exhibition-history/https://americasbesthistory.com/wfphiladelphia1876.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Expositionhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25483/party-its-1876-12-items-centennial-expositionhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Statue_of_Liberty_Arm%2C_1876%2C_Phildadelphis_Centennial_Exposition_BW.jpghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXmTvBxGA4

We're back after our little break and apparently we could NOT stop talking. So warning this is a long one. Also TRIGGER WARNING for DV and SV.Brittany takes us into her new obsession the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. Turns out celebrity trials have fascinated for a long time.We also discuss laundry basket escapes, if the glove doesn't fit and NASCARJoin our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsSources: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/inside-the-trial-of-actress-mary-astor-hollywoods-juiciest-sex-scandalhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/mary-astor-divorce-trial-1936https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=60000&year=1936You Must Remember This Podcast - Mary AstorThe Purple Diaries By Joseph Eganhttps://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/prohibition-potpourri/nascar-and-prohibition/https://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Fleets_Rumrunners.php

BONUS EPISODE - FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE ON PATREONIf you'd like to hear the full episode, please join our Patreon for as little of $2 USD/monthhttps://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsFor the final holiday we are exploring in this series, Brittany tells us all about Spam Festival in Hawaii. We also learn the complex but tastiness of the lychee and devolve into discussions over Oprah.

Two former Catholic students and a public school girl walk into a bar...and we made this podcast. We talk "suffering" for Easter, walking in fancy hats and yelling about Mel Gibson.We also deep dive into Brittany's theatrical start, Lena's refusal to watch a film over two hours and Carla's deep protestant guilt. Also, The Slap, ferrets in hats and what is going on with Jim Caviezel.Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/lifepairingsAnd Merch! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lifeparingsSOURCES:https://www.bustle.com/p/the-weird-history-of-easter-traditions-50641https://www.mcny.org/story/easter-paradeSchmidt, Leigh Eric. “The Easter Parade: Piety, Fashion, and Display.” Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, vol. 4, no. 2, [University of California Press, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture], 1994, pp. 135–64, https://doi.org/10.2307/1123847https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2021/03/whats-deal-with-easter-and-fifth-avenue.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasted_Church_Vineyardshttps://www.okanaganwines.ca/winery/blasted-church-vineyards#:~:text=Blasted%20Church%20is%20a%20small,sacrificed%20in%20this%20risky%20endeavourhttps://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/business_news/article_4f843ef6-c5f5-11e9-80fe-33be154a1571.html