A 2020 induced "small batch" artisanal podcast by Claudia Makeyev and Colleen Marlow. Listen to our episodes below and check out the episode notes below.
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Episode 1: Welcome to the Bunker
Meet Claudia and Colleen,(CM)^2. Learn about who they are, the Bunker, and how they ended up there creating this podcast.
Episode fact checks and notes
If you do (against our advice) want to search geoduck here you go. Otherwise Claudia's representation is awesome.
Episode 2: Captain Bligh and the hands of time
(CM)^2 are back with more bunker adventures including an exciting description of some of their wall art and a compelling story of Claudia drinking whiskey in the Long Beach shipping channel.
Episode fact checks and notes
Captain Bligh was not in Two years before the mast. However there is a captain like him in that book.
The tribe in Irian jaya Claudia referred to is named the Asmat. She slipped up when pronouncing it.
Episode 3: Late night "Saved by the bell"
(CM)^2 discuss old tv shows, an idea for a new one, and their favorite movie quotes.
Episode fact checks and notes
Screech is not the related to any Beastie Boy, Claudia likes to spread a good harmless rumor once in a while.
Quote being butchered by Colleen from A few good men: "You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. "
detail of "serpent eyes"
Episode 4: Friday happy hour with the Ba-cats
Find out where the Hamptons are! Plus unexpected guests.
Episode fact checks and notes
The Bacats of compassion arriving on the scene (drawing by Claudia, color by Colleen)
Episode 5: Dreams, a car and a tortoise
Colleen has a "dream job", Claudia needs a new car and then they talk animal behavior and where they came from.
Episode fact checks and notes
The tortoise article that Colleen referenced was actually from the Independent.
The branch science that Colleen talked about is ethology, the study of animal behavior. To learn more from a popular science point of view check out Bernard Heinrich's books, for example.
Also technically you don't need a vagina to get pregnant but you do need eggs.
Redfoot the randy adolescent tortoise is coming for your shoes.
Episode 6: Gather round Bunker pond!
Join Claudia and Colleen and two special guests for a Friday at the Bunker Pond! And learn a thing or two about linoleum.
Episode fact checks and notes
Check out more about our awesome guests:
Look at Missy Reitner-Cameron's work and follow her here @missyreintercameron.
Watch Brian Robertson do some serious sanding and check out his company Green Goods.
Dick Caper, Local Hero
Succulents on the hill with bougainvillea at Claudia's place.
Episode 7: The prickly pear episode
Spend a warm afternoon with Claudia, Colleen and a bunch of chickens!!! Plus our new listener contributed theme song.
Episode fact checks and notes
More about the purple orb that Claudia talked about.
Length scale fact check: Diameter of human hair is about 80 to 180 microns or 0.18 mm which is incidentally about the lower limit of human eyesight.
Props to our theme song creator David Koteen.
Claudia's chickens (Episode 7 celebrities)
Succulents on the hill
Lucy eating an egg
Agave plant
Tarantula out by Claudia's
Lucy's young buddy Henry and one of Claudia's supersoakers
Episode 8: The Bunker barbershop
Grab your clippers and give yourself an undercut while you listen along as Colleen, Missy and Claudia do the same. And two new special guests!!! Friday Happy hour has never been so happy.
Episode fact checks and notes
Haircut Statistics: Colleen's haircut took three people (Gary, Missy and Terry) and ~19 minutes*, Missy's haircut took ~ 6 minutes* by Terry and Claudia's took ~ 5minutes* by Terry.
*several minutes of pure buzzing were edited out
Notes from the Terry and Gary Show: Here's what Terry looked like in the 90's.
Here's what Colleen's hair is like. Monchhichi!!!
Colleen post-cut.
Missy in the chair.
Claudia's braid and the woodpecker.
Terry, Missy, Claudia, Gary and Lucy outside Bunker barbershop.
Episode 9: The cow episode out at Bunker bluffs
Join Claudia, Colleen, Missy and city slicker Brian Robertson out at Bunker bluffs for the epic story of the prolapsed uterus. During intermission learn about the new lunch snack sweeping Colleen's kitchen. Then more cow stuff.
Episode fact checks and notes
Want to know what a come-a-long is?
After googling, Colleen was not the first person to invent a Crepadilla, in fact there is a facebook page on the food.
Brian's dog Bodi who spent the entire episode trying to get to an elusive creature under the shed. Great commitment Bodi Coyote!
Episode 10: Outer space
An afternoon with special guest Dr. Louise Edwards. Learn about Canada and outer space! Plus some Mars related sci-fi recommendations and reviews.
Episode fact checks and notes
Thanks to Dr. Louise Edwards for being our guest this episode. Louise is our first guest to have their own Wikipedia entry!!! and a Canadian stamp!!!
The tarantula hawk wasp is gnarly. It's sting is among the most painful out there.
Our Milky way will collide with the next nearest galaxy Andromeda, and according to this simulation things are gonna get real but like in a cool way. Grab your version of a cocktail and cheese and crackers and watch it here.
Lots of great Mars related Sci-fi recommendations: The author Robert Heinlein, Mission to Mars, the movie and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.