&nbsp; Listen and subscribe on iTunes&nbsp;or&nbsp;Google Play Music, and find out more at classylittlepodcast.com/subscribe. Find us on Snapchat | Twitter | Facebook For wine deals through our affiliate, wine.com, visit classylittlepodcast.com/wine. For extras, including bonus content, visit the show notes for this episode at classylittlepodcast.com/show-notes/43. Build your knowledge with this episode celebrating architecture in honor of Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday! Learn why blueprints used to be blue, why "Star-chitechs" are divas, and prepare to have some favorite sitcoms ruined by nitpicking the structural flaws of TV houses. This episode's wine: Blue Vin Riesling from Mosel, Germany This episode's cheese: Sartori MontAmore We start out the episode talking about aperitifs and their traits of stimulating the appetite. James realizes how Emily's mind for puns works. He also talks about Frank Lloyd Wright's legacy, including the gas station he designed. He may not have been the most modest architect, but he definitely left an impact on the landscape of modern architecture. Find out how origins of blueprints contributed to invisible ink during Wold War II and the Crayola-retired color Prussian Blue. James tells us about Star-citechs, and we make sure you'll always remember the name of the inventor of movable type, Gutenberg, which we learned in our episode, Cheers to Marijuana. Somehow, Emily finds a way to relate James' research to  The Breakfast Club. Some of the best architecture stories can be found in New York City, and Emily talks about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, including the three chief architects who worked on it. Find out why the Manhattan side of the bridge is built onto a sand bed instead of bedroom, and the recently-discovered Cold War-era bunker found in the masonry. And, before anyone takes this idea, this episode will be our evidence that we came up with the movie idea based on George C. Parker, who sold the bridge twice per week for 30 years. Find out about some of the biggest architecture failures, and never underestimate Emily's talent for fooling James into thinking she's listening to him when she's actually using the time to come up with a tortured pun. (Be sure to check out the 99% Invisible episode talking more about the Citigroup Building.) Get ready to have your childhood rerun memories ruined when Emily talks about architects in pop culture and how they might not have been that great at their careers, but they are great leading characters. Mike Brady, Elyse Keaton and even Art Vandelay find their way into our episode. James also asks an very important question regarding the bathroom habits of talking horses. If you have 20 minutes to spare to learn about&nbsp;the impossible architecture&nbsp;of Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" and Stanley Kubrick's genius direction, check out these YouTube videos! Video 1 and Video 2. Featured promos: The Ultra Podcast (iTunes/URL) Epic Film Guys (iTunes/URL)&nbsp; Find more great podcasts on Twitter by searching the hashtag #PodernFamily! Thanks to Lisa for featuring us as Lisa's Choice Podcast Award winner for the  Indie Podcast Category! And check out Emily on Podcasters' Roundtable talking about Work/Life/Podcasting Balance. Special thanks to our classy sponsors on Patreon: Greg from Debt Shepherd, PodUnderground &amp; Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online and the  Short Time Wrestling podcast. Find out how you can support the Classy Little Podcast by visiting classylittlepodcast.com/support. Special thanks to Adam Centamore for his book, "Tasting Wine &amp; Cheese: An Insider's Guide to Mastering the Principles of Pairing," which inspires us to try new wine and cheese pairings in every episode! Cheers!

Cheers to Architecture | Frank Lloyd Wright, The Brooklyn Bridge, Building FAILS (CLP-Ep. 43)

It's summer, and we don't know about you, but we feel there's nothing like a nice, cold ice cream on a hot summer day! We raise our glasses (and spoons) to this amazing treat. We even had to pause recording to eat the decadent delicacy! For wine deals through our affiliate, wine.com, visit classylittlepodcast.com/wine. Listen and subscribe on iTunes&nbsp;or&nbsp;Google Play Music, and find out more at classylittlepodcast.com/subscribe. Find us on Snapchat | Twitter | Facebook This episode's wine: Fleur de Nina Brut Rose This episode's cheese: Double Cream Brie This episode's ice cream: Graeter's Cheese Crown Ice Cream Think you know the history of ice cream? Think again! James and Emily even find out conflicting information about who invented ice cream! Emily tells James about Turkish ice cream and the street vendors who make a show out of selling it. Watch the video! James talks about the history of frozen desserts and how ice cream became increasingly popular. And, if you've ever wanted to know the history and the secrets of Carvel, look no further. Emily shares details about her five year working as an ice cream server, including how those delicious Crunchies are made. And, if you want to get the most cookie dough-to-ice cream ratio, James tells us how Ben &amp; Jerry's has the most cookie dough. And, speaking of Ben &amp; Jerry's, Emily quizzes James on Ben &amp; Jerry's flavors. Can you figure out which ones are actual flavors and which ones are just fun puns? For extras, including bonus content, visit the show notes for this episode at classylittlepodcast.com/show-notes/44. &nbsp; Find more great podcasts on Twitter by searching the hashtag #PodernFamily! Special thanks to our classy sponsors on Patreon: Greg from Debt Shepherd,&nbsp;Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online and the  Short Time Wrestling podcast &amp; Nick from the Epic Film Guys Podcast. Thanks to&nbsp;Nick from the Epic Film Guys Podcast&nbsp;and Greg from Debt Shepherd&nbsp;for our awesome promos in this episode! Find out how you can support the Classy Little Podcast by visiting classylittlepodcast.com/support. Special thanks to Adam Centamore for his book, "Tasting Wine &amp; Cheese: An Insider's Guide to Mastering the Principles of Pairing," which inspires us to try new wine and cheese pairings in every episode! Cheers!

Cheers to Ice Cream | History of Frozen Desserts, Carvel Secrets, Pun Quiz (CLP-Ep. 45)

We're celebrating P.T. Barnum's birthday this week in an episode featuring the history (and name) of the infamous circus theme music, a history&nbsp;of P.T. Barnum, the Hartford Circus Fire, stories of elephants in the circus, and circus lingo. For wine deals through our affiliate, wine.com, visit classylittlepodcast.com/wine. Listen and subscribe on iTunes&nbsp;or&nbsp;Google Play Music, and find out more at classylittlepodcast.com/subscribe. Find us on Snapchat | Twitter | Facebook This episode's wine:  Michael David Winery 2013 Freakshow Cabernet Sauvignon This episode's cheese: Jalapeño Havarti &amp;&nbsp;Basil and Herb Cheese If you've ever wondered about the name of the theme song most associated with circuses, you probably would never guess it's called Entry of the Gladiators or, even more grandiose, Thunder and Blazes! P.T. Barnum, as it turns out, was not only an incredibly devious businessman, but also astonishingly brilliant. Even though he never actually said, "There's a sucker born every minute," he might as well have. We went a little Connecticut-heavy in this episode. Emily talks about the Hartford Circus Fire, and if you follow us on Snapchat, you might have seen the pictures and videos taken from her field trip. We find out just how awesome elephants are, and how they apparently like to get a bit tipsy. And, if you ever hear "Stars and Stripes Forever," it means there's an emergency. Learn this and other circus lingo in this episode. Thanks to Bryon from Everyone Has a Podcast for sending us some audio feedback, breaking down Bedford's Law, which we talked about Cheers to Numbers! For extras, including bonus content, visit the show notes for this episode at classylittlepodcast.com/show-notes/47. Featured promos: The Countdown: Movie &amp; TV Reviews&nbsp;-- Thanks to Epic Film Guy Nick for doing this promo! Afterburn 739 Find more great podcasts on Twitter by searching the hashtag #PodernFamily! Special thanks to our classy sponsors on Patreon:  Greg from Debt Shepherd Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online and the Short Time Wrestling podcast Nick from the Epic Film Guys Jim from TheAverageGuy.TV  Find out how you can support the Classy Little Podcast by visiting classylittlepodcast.com/support. Special thanks to Adam Centamore for his book, "Tasting Wine &amp; Cheese: An Insider's Guide to Mastering the Principles of Pairing," which inspires us to try new wine and cheese pairings in every episode! Cheers!

Cheers to the Circus | P.T. Barnum, Drunk Elephants, Hartford Circus Fire (CLP - Ep. 47)

Hi everyone, This is Emily from the Classy Little Podcast. I wanted to apologize for ending the podcast so abruptly after a very long hiatus. Thank you to all our listeners and supporters -- it was really an amazing year of podcasting we’ll never forget. Anyway, you can still catch James on the Unskippable podcast with my husband Mark, where they review one new album every episode and make each other listen to an old favorite without skipping it. You can find information at UnskippablePod.com And you can find me on my new podcast called The Story Behind, which is similar to the Classy Little Podcast, as far as finding out information about a new topic every week, but it’s much more specific. The format is much shorter than Classy Little Podcast -- these are bites-sized episodes that can fill the 5-10 minutes here and there, or save them up and binge-listen as you please. There’s no wine and cheese, unfortunately -- but, then again, one of the reasons Classy Little Podcast is no more is that I haven’t been able to enjoy wine or certain cheeses for about four months now, and I have another five months to go with no wine. But, despite what other podcasters may say, babies aren’t podcast killers. But doing shorter episodes means I’ll have less editing and production work, as well as a chance to put out two episodes every week. So, I can leave you here with a final farewell from the Classy Little Podcast and you can skip ahead to your next podcast, or you can keep listening for the first episode of my new show,  The Story Behind The Theremin. If you like what you hear, please subscribe on  iTunes,  Google Play Music, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app. And find more information at TheStoryBehindPodcast.com.  Cheers!

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