Episode #26
Unexpected Underground
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Episode Guests:
Katie Graham – caver
Jean-Philippe Stienne – Nelson Museum & Art Gallery archivist and collections manager
Astrid Heyerdahl – former executive director of the Nelson Museum & Art Gallery
Joey “Shithead” Keithley, frontman of D.O.A
Episode Overview
There’s a lot going on beneath the surface in our corner of the world. The Basin is home to the deepest cave in Canada, named Bisaro Anima, located just outside of Fernie. In this episode, we meet the explorer who has pioneered its dark and dangerous depths. We also dip into an eerie, once-secret Cold War bunker in Nelson, and we make a Kootenay connection to one of punk music’s more legendary bands, D.O.A. Join us as we go super subterranean!
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