Podcast
Yukon, On the Marge
Hosted by Tim Green · EN
Chuck, Mara, their six-year-old daughter Alex, and their golden retriever Quark run the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast in Whitehorse. They take turns telling about the quirky situations and people they encounter. Is life in Yukon really that close to the frontier of eccentricity?
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Together, One Caribou Apart
Apr 17, 202000:07:57Tap to summarizeMr. MacPherson took some food to the people who were locked up. But he kept the best for himself.
Transcribe →Write Stuff
Apr 3, 202000:10:42Tap to summarizeIn some groups, the ability to laugh at oneself is the mark of an evolved sense of humour. Not all groups, clearly.
Transcribe →Corona
Mar 18, 202000:09:38Tap to summarizeWhat is the appropriate social protocol when facing a neighbour doing strange things? Should you ask about the eccentricity? Or should you pretend that everything is quite normal?
Transcribe →Lessons from St. Thomas
Mar 18, 202000:10:59Tap to summarizeAlex thought that Thomas had a job in a church, maybe as a working saint performing miracles or standing in an alcove with candles all around. He was actually a chartered accountant.
Transcribe →Audit
Feb 14, 202000:09:45Tap to summarizeWhat's a garbage audit? Is that even a thing?
Transcribe →Whatever it's Worth
Feb 7, 202000:15:32Tap to summarizeIt was late so Mara didn't try to explain that Air North treated just about everyone like royalty.
Transcribe →So Close and Yet so Far
Jan 3, 202000:15:32Tap to summarizeWhat is it about Yukon? People from Outside don't understand. Yukoners understand very well but they have a hard time explaining it.
Transcribe →Brisbane Bryan
Dec 27, 201900:10:55Tap to summarizeBrisbane Bryan built a blog. He made enough money off the online advertising to pay for his travels. But we didn't know any of this until after he so mysteriously disappeared.
Transcribe →Available Light
Dec 20, 201900:10:06Tap to summarizeThe forgotten flashlight should not really have been a problem. Except for maybe this particular night.
Transcribe →Playground
Dec 13, 201900:09:15Tap to summarizeActually, they HAD thought of the idea. But nobody had said it out loud. Why should kids have all the fun?
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