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Mar 2025

58m 30s

The Dionne Quintuplets

Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne

About this episode

Continuing on our theme of "Canada". the girls discuss the Dionne Quintuplets, the 5 babies born in rural Ontario and became a depression-era sensation. This one is sad! Babies should not be a tourist attraction (hot take)

We also discuss Broadway, of course.

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Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne

Music by: Jacob Ollivier

Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle

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