Down the Rabbit Hole

In this episode, Sophia gives Kate a break from the dark and disturbing topics and chooses something different - something lighter, more fun, and more fashionable. Sophia talks about the fashion retail brand that became a household name, beloved by tweens everywhere, and how the family credited with its success also became the cause of its downfall.

In this episode, Kate asks Sophia a question that she has never really known the answer to - "How do banks fail?". Tune into the episode to see if Sophia answers correctly. Maybe she knows a thing or two about finance... And how about you, our listeners? Do you think you could venture a guess?

Sophia transports Kate to a story set in 70s, where an idyllic small town in Idaho is home to the Broberg family. That is, until the fateful day that changed the course of all their lives and began a heavily disturbing and hard to believe nightmare that lasted for years. The FBI gets involved, aliens, a Catholic school...how are all these things tied together? Join Kate and Sophia down this rabbit hole that becomes more and more unsettling the more you learn.

Kate likes nothing more than a salacious celebrity scandal followed by some piping hot tea, and the Lily Allen's latest album West End Girl provides nothing short of exactly that. Listen as Kate fills Sophia in on what led to Lily Allen and David Harbour's drama that fueled what Kate thinks is (arguably) the breakup album of the year.

To round out the year, per Kate's request, Sophia presents the mysterious connection between a young runaway, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, and the popular Gen Z artist, d4vd. Known for the macabre and film noir themes of his music videos, real life true crime suddenly puts everything the artist presents to the public under scrutiny. Are the internet sleuthing and conspiracies true? Dive down this rabbit hole with Kate and Sophia to come to your own conclusions.

Ozempic is all the rage these days, and the amount we've seen it in the news might make us think we know more about it than we do. This episode, Sophia and Kate have a special guest (again!). This time, it's Sophia's friend Nasseem, who works with patients at an obesity and diabetes management clinic. Nasseem takes us down a rabbit hole to educate our listeners and debunk myths around everything from weight loss drugs and bariatric (not geriatric!) surgeries, to the Biggest Loser.

Ancient China is rich with history that spans thousands of years and many dynasties. And so, what better topic is there for Sophia to pick....than eunuchs? Have you ever wondered what life was like for a Eunuch in Ancient China? Neither has Kate! It's not a topic that is grisly or morbid (at least for the most part). Oh boy does this deep dive have some surprising tidbits (not a euphemism for anything).

From the casual to the passionate, at some point, many people will have done a trail. In the beautiful British Columbia, there are trails galore. But how did these trails come to be? Inspired from her summer nature escapades, Kate gives us a rundown of exactly how these trails are made and we discover that sometimes trails are rarely a road less traveled.

Kate and Sophia bring you a special episode that features a very special guest - Corbin, aka. Kate's boyfriend. He is a big bike enthusiast and even bigger storyteller, so naturally, what better topic is there to discuss than what is arguably the most dramatic annual bike competition in the history of the world? Join us as we take you down a rabbit hole about the Tour de France!

In this episode, Sophia shares 5 harrowing stories of cavers and cave divers who went out of their depth, revealing the dangers of these activities and the consequences when the thrill of adventure takes a lethal turn.

What does "net zero" mean in the context of climate change, and how realistic is it to achieve? Join Kate as she takes Sophia through somewhat of a rough journey down this episode's rabbit hole - chatting on multiple meeting platforms of varying audio quality (sorry to our listeners) about just how screwed or hopeful we feel about the future of our planet.

With the conclave to elect the next Pope upon us, Sophia decides to take over the episode once more. Join Kate as Sophia explains how Vatican City came to be, how to climb the corporate Catholic ladder to become a Pope, and how the clandestine election known as the conclave functions. To end the episode, Sophia shares a short biography of the late Pope Francis and the impact he had on the world.

It's 10 days into the search. The missing soccer team members are found by two British cave divers. Trapped 4 km deep in a water-filled cave system, how will these 13 missing soccer team members make it out alive? Come jump down Part 2 of this rabbit hole with Kate and Sophia as they uncover the incredible circumstances that turned this Mission Impossible rescue into Mission Possible.

Sophia bombards Kate with a multi-episode rabbit hole of the 2018 Thai soccer team cave rescue. When 12 boys and their assistant coach go missing, the perilous effort to locate them in Thailand's 4th largest cave system begins. When even the Thai Navy SEALs struggle to navigate the flooded chambers of the Tham Luang cave system, how can two middle-aged British cave diving hobbyists help with the search?

Every young entrepreneur dreams of success and recognition, a coveted spot of 30 under 30, lauded for their achievements. So what do you do when one of the world's largest banks come to you with millions of dollars for your enormous customer base, but in reality you only have a fraction of that? Listen as Kate and Sophia chat about Charlie Javice and the story behind her company, Frank.

In Kate and Sophia's very first episode ever of Down the Rabbit Hole, Sophia covers the dramatic life of Julie d'Aubigny, the opera singer and fencer extraordinaire. Hear them casually chat about d'Aubigny's tumultuous love affairs, which led her down an intriguing path of being a fugitive, seductress and acclaimed opera singer