Lotusland 16. It's not just something that was slapped together in twenty minutes---it's something that was slapped together in TEN minutes! The 2010 Vancouver Olympics is nearly at an end, but we decided to go ahead with a mid-point report. Vancouver is in the thrall of the Games, and the experience has changed the day- and nightlife completely. People actually go hang out downtown after dark! Is this the "No Fun City" we've heard about? Hear all the explicit details. Well, at least some of them.

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After two-and-a-half years (find out why), it's back! Lotusland 15 bounds onto the Internet with more sulky Olympics bashing, general whining, and danceable musical numbers. It's just a few days before the 2010 Winter Olympics begin in Vancouver, and there's still no snow! The Winter Games are sweeping into town, leaving a massive pile of debris consisting mainly of the city and its civil rights. Sound like fun? Oh, you betcha! Strap yourself in...

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Episode 14 of Lotusland hits the 'net with a resounding thump, being as it's another packed podcast. What wonders do it hold? Doc gets a job, and immediately starts whining about it; Sue talks about how an AUSTRALIAN has been hired to create the 2010 Vancouver Olympics opening and closing ceremonies (she also morphs into Bruce Allen); we look at the genesis of Vancouver's landmark Lions Gate Bridge; and we let loose with a fine musical outing from Faber Drive. All in all, an episode you'll tell your grandchildren about. Most likely after dementia sets in. 

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It's the end of summer, and your podcast pals Doc and Sue wrap it up with a review of all the fun that happened during Vancouver's (semi) sunny season.That includes murders and fights, police shootings, sun all week but not on the weekend, and the giant trench going up Cambie Street. Tons of little items: we're the most liveable city in the world again; (possibly as a consequence) we also have the sixth most overpriced real estate in the world. AND the world's largest ball of tape! All this and much more. Come on in. Just stay out of the refrigerator. You'll spoil your dinner.

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We swore weād get a podcast up for July, and WE DID IT! With two hours to spare (Pacific Time)! In this Lotusland, Doc and Sue continue the saga of Vancouver, with a look at Simon Fraser, whose name is borne by the river that flows through the city and its environs; the tale of the Dunsmuirs, who invented the dysfunctional family way back in the nineteenth century; a look at Shaugnessy, one of the cityās first posh areas; our 2010 Winter Olympic news; and this monthās musical treat from 80ās Vancouver artists Strange Advance. Plus the usual string of non-sequiturs from our crack team of non-sequituries.

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The long-anticipated Lotusland 11 is here, podcast fans! Doc and Sue express outrage at the money-grabbing tactics of the Vancouver Olympic Committee, Caesar the psycho rooster gets his just desserts, and your hosts show naked people on the Internet (believe it or not! Is this a first?). Sue channels Lawrence Welk to sell a boat cruise, and the pair of them go hiking in Deep Cove. Well, around Deep Cove. If you went hiking in Deep Cove, you'd drown. That would just be stupid.

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Doc and Sue take on Canada's richest municipality, West Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, and a crass attempt by the Olympics Committee to trademark words you use every day! BONUS: Sue gets attacked by a rooster, and Doc scares the bejesus out of a line-jumper that the ATM.   

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Another jam-packed 'cast hits the 'net, as Doc and Sue visit the fishing and canning port of Steveston and pig out on fish and chips, look askance at the vile and disgusting (but strangely charming) Downtown East Side, and gasp in awe as Vancouver unveils its giant clock for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Also: Doc's fishmongering tip, Sue's Amazing Fact and a tune from Vancouver's Sarah McLachlan.

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To delight and baffle you once again, itās Lotusland 8! Doc and Sue dig into the history of Vancouverās Kitsilano neighborhood from its beginnings as a campsite for the locals (and one amusing squatter), to its 60s incarnation as a hippie enclave, man, and its present-day form as an infestation of yuppies. As part of our 2010 Olympics coverage, we investigate how they get the Olympic flame from place to place, and finally we cross Capilano Canyon on a wobbly suspension bridge (bring your GravolĀ). Also, a small series of almost unexplainable comedy bits that really donāt have anything to do with the show.

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It's a new year, and a new podcast! This time, Doc and Sue take you on a tour of Vancouver's Chinatown and some of its many attractions: the world's skinniest building (jealously eyed by certain types in Pennsylvania) and the beautiful Sun-Yat-Sen Garden. They then stuff their faces at the Ho Ho. Also, female ski jumpers demand equality at the Olympics and ferocious storms knock down huge swaths of Stanley Park. The two events are not related. We hope. 

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The Lotusland Manifesto, a sample of some of Vancouver's best places to stay, and a murder mystery from the 1930's well calculated to keep you in SUSPENSE! Sue is caught up in the Christmas spirit and narrowly avoids getting all gooey about it. Also, the lamest excuse ever for a paucity of Olympic news.

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Take a ride on Vancouver's Skytrain; hear Sue's cellphone freakout; marijuana sold in a retail store on a major street; visit the biggest public market in North America (and hear Doc get attacked by seagulls); godawful Olympic mascots old and new.

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We're back (somewhat belatedly, as Sue got laryngitis somehow)! This time, you'll: find out why Vancouver is called Lotusland; how to dress like a local and how no one really cares how you dress anyway; where to go drinking; (and incidentally, how the city was started by a man with a barrel of whiskey); how you can win a swell prize in our first-ever CONTEST; hear Sue's Beaver Tale; listen to us bitch about rain in horrible British accents (and, mysteriously, an Australian one); listen as we teach Gene Kelly a lesson; find out what kind of detritus lies beneath the 2010 Winter Olympic Village and much more. You'll gasp in awe to hear how much crap we can pack into a mere 30 minutes. 

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Doc and Sue take you into a wildlife habitat filled with grizzly bears and wolves---and LEAVE YOU THERE! No, no, just kidding...The question of what exactly the 2010 Olympics logo is sends Sue into fits of laughter; Sue visits BC's Gulf Islands; Doc answers the question "what do you call 32,000 crows?"; we find out why most of early Vancouver was built with wood and rocks; and we have Japanese restaurant dining tips! WARNING: MAY CONTAIN BAGPIPES!

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The story of Vancouver continues, as we delve into good and evil. Good: the story of Joe Fortes, the beloved lifeguard and guardian of English Bay. Evil: an elderly decorator who did something so horrible, she incurred the wrath of the whole city. Find out where the rich and famous shop, hear the latest Olympic news and some great musc! 

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Vancouver broadcasters Doc Harris and Susan Einarsson welcome you to Lotusland, an informative, humorous, and offbeat look at their city as it heads toward the 2010 Winter Olympics. Learn about the dreaded Sea-to-Sky Highway; hear a jazz performance in a club with clumsy kitchen staff; find out about a noon horn that'll knock your hat off; witness Captain George Vancouver meeting the natives and much much more.

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