Famous with Cate and Liz

Famous Founders - The Founding Fathers

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cate and Liz wrap up their series on Famous Founders and the podcast with their last episode ever! Cate closes us out with a mashup of scandals involv...

Famous Founders - Ted Turner

24 Jan 2024

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This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Founders with Liz reporting on media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner who founded the the fir...

Famous Founders - Madam C. J. Walker

17 Jan 2024

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This week, Cate and Liz kick off a new series on Famous Founders. They begin with a duet episode on Madam C.J. Walker, the founder of hair products fo...

New Year, New Headlines!

10 Jan 2024

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Cate and Liz are back and reporting on two cases from the past that are making headlines again in the new year. Listen and learn the latest on Gypsy R...

Famous Medical Marvels

15 Nov 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz bring you a more uplifting medical episode. They report on famous medical marvels that have saved and improved countless lives...

Famous Surgical Mishaps - Celebrity Edition

08 Nov 2023

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This week Cate rounds out the series on Surgical Mishaps with a celebrity edition. Learn about some celebs who were victims of horrible medical accide...

Famous Surgical Mishaps - Vernon, FL aka "Nub City"

01 Nov 2023

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This week Cate and Liz continue their series on Famous Surgical Mishaps with a story more about intentional mishaps that resulted in surgeries. Liz co...

Famous Surgical Mishaps - David Reimer

25 Oct 2023

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This week Cate and Liz start a new series on Famous Surgical Mishaps by covering the life of David Reimer who was born a male and then raised as a fem...

Famous Animals

27 Sep 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz celebrate the animal kingdom! From the tragic tale of Shamus at Sea World to saluting ground breaking furry and feathered frie...

Famous Celebrity Divorces of 2023

20 Sep 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz ramble, rant and rave about some of the biggest celebrity divorces of 2023. In what is becoming almost a daily trend, the ladi...

Famous Royal Villains - Mash Up

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate and Liz conclude their series on Famous Royal Villains with a mashup! Listen as they explore some of the most ruthless leaders of anci...

Famous Royal Villains - Grigori Rasputin

30 Aug 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz treat your ear holes to another duet episode! The ladies continue their Famous Royal Villains series by telling you the twiste...

Famous Royal Villains - Marie Antoinette

23 Aug 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz kick off a new series on Famous Royal Villains! They start with the last Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and the role she p...

Famous Roommates

09 Aug 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz celebrate their origin by reporting on Famous Roommates. Hear about their time as college roommates and find out which celebri...

Famous Risk Takers - Robert Smalls

02 Aug 2023

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This week, the ladies conclude their series on Famous Risk Takers with Cate reporting on unsung Civil War hero Robert Smalls. After being born into sl...

Famous Risk Takers - Annie Oakley

26 Jul 2023

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This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Risk Takers with Liz reporting on legendary markswoman and star of Wild West traveling shows Ann...

Famous Risk Takers - Female Spies of WWII

19 Jul 2023

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This week Cate and Liz kick off a new series on Famous Risk Takers. Listen and learn about the incredibly heroic women of England's Special Operat...

Famous Accidents: Car Edition

05 Jul 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz treat your ear holes to a morbid mash up of car accidents that involved celebrities or claimed their lives. From an R & B ...

Famous Leading Men - Denzel Washington

28 Jun 2023

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This week the ladies wrap up their series on Famous Leading Men with Cate reporting on the one and only Denzel Hayes Washington. For being one of the ...

Famous Leading Men - Kevin Costner

21 Jun 2023

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This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Leading Men with Liz reporting on the one and only everyman Kevin Michael Costner. Listen and le...

Famous Leading Men - Richard Gere

14 Jun 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz start a new series on Famous Leading Men. They begin with a duet episode on Rom Com Royalty Richard Tiffany Gere (yes that rea...

Famous Weird News Mash Up

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cate and Liz are back! Before they get back to their regularly scheduled programming the ladies do episode nodding to their very first podcast, Evenin...

Famous Fashion Designers - Gloria Vanderbilt

10 May 2023

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This week, Cate wraps up our series on famous fashion designers sharing about the life of the iconic Gloria Vanderbilt. While fashion was only part of...

Famous Fashion Designers - 2023 Met Gala Recap

03 May 2023

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Cate and Liz dish on the 2023 Met Gala as part of their series of Famous Fashion Designers. Find who was there, who wasn't and how all the celebs ...

Famous Fashion Designers - Calvin Klein

26 Apr 2023

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This week, the ladies continue their series on famous fashion designers with Liz covering the iconic American brand and the man behind it - Calvin Kle...

Famous Fashion Designers - Coco Chanel

19 Apr 2023

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This week Cate and Liz kick off a new series on Famous Fashion Designers with legendary French couturier and Nazi agent Coco Chanel. Connect with Cate...

Famous Mysteries Mashup

22 Mar 2023

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This week Cate and Liz treat your ear holes to a mashup episode on Famous Mysteries! Learn about some of histories most puzzling mysteries including H...

The History of Reality TV

15 Mar 2023

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This week, the ladies wrap up their series on Famous Reality Stars with Cate reporting on the history of reality television. She dives into the first ...

Famous Reality Stars - Bethenny Frankel

08 Mar 2023

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This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Reality Stars with Liz covering Bethenny Frankel of Bravo's Real Housewives of New York (RHONY)....

Famous Reality Star - Anna Nicole Smith

01 Mar 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz start a new series on Famous Reality Stars with the one and only Anna Nicole Smith. Love her or hate her, Anna Nicole was a ra...

Famous Disasters - Mashup

22 Feb 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz are back after a break to round out their series on Famous Disasters. Cate provides one of her famous mashups with updates on ...

Famous Disasters - The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week the ladies continue their series on Famous Disasters with Liz covering the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Learn about the drunken captain at f...

Famous Disasters - The Great Smog of London 1952

18 Jan 2023

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This week, Cate and Liz begin a new series on Famous Disasters! They start with the Great Smog of London in 1952. When a rare weather pattern forced f...

Famous Firsts

11 Jan 2023

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For their first episode in the new year, Cate and Liz kick off 2023 sharing some famous firsts! Some are historic, some are dark, some are gross and s...

Famous Artists - The Guerrilla Girls & Climate Activists

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week art and activism collide as the ladies wrap up their series on Famous Artists with Cate reporting on the Guerrilla Girls and the recent atta...

Famous Artists - Andy Warhol

07 Dec 2022

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This week the ladies continue to celebrate famous artists with Liz covering the eccentric pop artist Andy Warhol. Known for his influence on pop cultu...

Famous Artists - Yayoi Kusuma

23 Nov 2022

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This week Cate and Liz kick off a new series on Famous Artists by covering one of the most popular visual artists alive today, Yayoi Kusama. This 93 y...

Famous Moral Panics - Mass Hysteria Mash Up

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ladies wrap up their series  on Famous Moral Panics on Cate doing a mash up on cases of mass hysteria. Highlights include a dancin...

Famous Moral Panics: The Red Scare

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ladies continue to induce panic as Liz covers The Red Scare. Highlights include McCarthyism, Herbert Hoover, Hollywood black lists and ...

Famous Moral Panics - The Satanic Panic

02 Nov 2022

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This week, Cate and Liz start a new series on Famous Moral Panics by examining the Satanic Panic that began in the 1980's and resulted in more than 12...

Famous True Spooky Stories

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Cate and Liz invite you to get spooked with them as they share the terrifying true stories of Giulia Tofana "The Queen of Poison" who helped...

Famous Activists - Celebrity Edition

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate and Liz wrap up their series on Famous Activists by reporting on famous celebrities who have used their voices and platforms to fight ...

Famous Activists - John Muir

12 Oct 2022

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This week the ladies keep celebrating activists with Cate reporting on the environmental advocate and "Father of the National Parks," John Muir. This ...

Famous Activists - Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta

05 Oct 2022

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This week, Cate and Liz continue their series on Famous Activists with Liz reporting on Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta, who were responsible for the ...

Famous Activists - Angela Davis

28 Sep 2022

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Cate and Liz are back with season 4! They kick things off with Famous Activists and what better woman to lead with than Angela Davis!  Connect wi...

Famous Hotels: The History of Hotels and Fun Facts

03 Aug 2022

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This week, the ladies wrap up their series on Famous Hotels with Cate reporting on the history of hotels and fun facts. From ancient inns to gathering...

Famous Hotels - The Villa Casa Casuarina (The Versace Mansion)

27 Jul 2022

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This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Hotels with Liz sharing about The Villa Casa Casuarina AKA The Versace Mansion in Miami Beach. L...

Famous Hotels: The Beverly Hilton

20 Jul 2022

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This week, Cate and Liz invite you to check-in for a new series - Famous Hotels. They start with the iconic Beverly Hilton, the site of the Golden Glo...

Famous Disappearances: Renee, Patricia and Ann (The Indiana Dunes Mystery)

13 Jul 2022

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This week, the ladies wrap up their series on Famous Disappearances starting with a rant about women's rights literally disappearing before our eyes. ...

Famous Disappearances: D.B. Cooper

06 Jul 2022

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This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Disappearances with Liz reporting on the unsolved mystery of the airline hijacker known as D.B. ...

Famous Disappearances - Patrick McDermott (Ex-boyfriend of Olivia Newton John)

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate and Liz kick off a new series on Famous Disappearances. They start with the a case that rocked the tabloid headlines. The disappearanc...

Famous Adventurers - Stede Bonnet

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week the ladies wrap up their series on Famous Adventurers with Cate reporting on Stede Bonnet, the gentleman pirate and inspiration for the HBO ...

Famous Adventurers - Nellie Bly

15 Jun 2022

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This week, Cate and Liz continue their series on Famous Adventurers with Nellie Bly. Learn how this bad ass women helped transform journalism and how ...

Famous Adventurers - The Galapagos Affair

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! This week, Cate and Liz recount the bizarre tale of The Galapagos Affair. This true story is full of an eccentric cast of real life charac...

Famous Lawsuits - Updates

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate and Liz wrap up their series on famous defamation lawsuits with updates from the trial that never ends, Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard and...

Famous Lawsuits - Blac Chyna v. The Kardashians

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ladies continue their series on Famous Lawsuits with Cate reporting on Black Chyna taking on The Kardahians. Was she able to get realit...

Famous Lawsuits - Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cate and Liz keep things current with this new series as they cover two celebrity defamation cases. Liz kicks things off getting you up to speed on ac...

Famous Fairy Tales - Mash Up

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ladies round out their series on Famous Fairy Tales with a mash-up episode by Cate covering the terrifying tales of The Red Shoes and T...

Famous Fairy Tales - Little Red Riding Hood

20 Apr 2022

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Your ears did not deceive you, Famous with Cate and Liz is back with new intro/outro music and another episode in their series on Famous Fairy Tales! ...

Famous Fairy Tales - Hansel and Gretel

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Once upon a time Cate and Liz began a new series all about Famous Fairy Tales.... but we're not talking about the Disney versions! We're getting dark ...

Famous Songs

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate and Liz treat you to a special one off episode all about famous songs! Explore the rumors and learn the true meanings behind some of m...

Famous Females: Mash-Up!

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate rounds out our series on Famous Females with a mash-up episode! Learn about the incredible Sojourner Truth, Annie Londonderry, and Wil...

Famous Females: Frances Glessner Lee

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liz continues the celebration of Famous Females with a woman you may not have heard of, but definitely should know. Listen up as she shares about Fran...

Famous Females: Queen Elizabeth II

16 Mar 2022

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Cate and Liz celebrate Women's History Month with a new series on Famous Females. They begin with by covering the longest reigning monarch ever, Queen...

Famous Phenomena: Mash Up

09 Mar 2022

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This week, Cate rounds out the series on Famous Phenomena with a Mash Up episode where she covers mysterious items falling from the sky and Foreign Ac...

Famous Phenomena: Crop Circles

02 Mar 2022

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The ladies continue their series on Famous Phenomena with Liz reporting on Crop Circles. Are they alien made, animal made, man made or a combination? ...

Famous Phenomena: Triangles

23 Feb 2022

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The ladies kick off their next series on famous phenomena where they explore the unexplained. This week, Cate and Liz start with a duet episode on fam...

Famous Affairs: Hollywood Co-Stars

16 Feb 2022

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The ladies wrap up their series on Famous Affairs with Cate reporting on Hollywood Co-stars who had extramarital relationships with each other. From t...

Famous Affairs: John Edwards

09 Feb 2022

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Next up in famous affairs, Liz covers presidential hopeful John Edwards affair with videographer Rielle Hunter and the subsequent downfall of his camp...

Famous Affairs - Arnold Schwarzenegger

02 Feb 2022

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Cate and Liz kick off Season 3 with Famous Affairs. They take you back to the golden age of celebrity gossip to discuss Hollywood legend and former Ca...

Famous Wrongful Convictions: John Richard & Joan Perry / James Pratt & John Smith

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cate and Liz wrap up their series on Famous Wrong convictions and season 2 with the historic cases of John Richard and Joan Perry and James Pratt and ...

Famous Wrongful Convictions: Anthony Broadwater and Alice Sebold

05 Jan 2022

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Next in their series on Famous Wrongful Convictions, Cate and Liz discuss the exoneration of Anthony Broadwater who was convicted of the 1981 rape of ...

Famous Wrongful Convictions: The Innocence Project

29 Dec 2021

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This week, Cate and Liz start a new series on Famous Wrongful Convictions. They begin by covering The Innocence Project and a few of the people they h...

Famous: Holiday Episode 2021

22 Dec 2021

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In this week's special episode, Cate and Liz get you in the holiday spirit! Cate shares about random holidays you need to know and questions who actua...

Famous Fake News: Jayson Blair

15 Dec 2021

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This week the ladies close out their series on Famous Fake News with Cate reporting on former New York Times journalist Jayson Blair who resigned in 2...

Famous Fake News: Michael Finkel

08 Dec 2021

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This week, Cate and Liz continue their series on Famous Fake News. Liz reports on a former New York Times journalist who was fired for creating a comp...

Famous Fake News: Janet Cooke

01 Dec 2021

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This week, Cate and Liz kick-off a new series on Famous Fake News where they cover infamous cases of members of the media who have fabricated stories....

Famous Nerds: Mash Up - Katherine Johnson and Alice Ball

24 Nov 2021

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To round out their series on Famous Nerds, Cate does a mash-up covering and mathemetician and one of NASA's Hidden Figures Katherine Johnson and Alice...

Famous Nerds: Hedy Lamarr

17 Nov 2021

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Next in their series on Famous Nerds, Liz tells us about Hollywood legend and the person to thank for your WiFi, the brainy bombshell Hedy Lamarr! Con...

Famous Nerds: Albert Einstein

10 Nov 2021

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At long last Cate and Liz are back! They kick off a new series on Famous Nerds with the one and only Albert Einstein. Learn about his personal life, h...

Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021 - Special Episode

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Leading up to Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 11th, Cate and Liz treat you to a special episode where they discuss the background of the day and th...

Famous Cults: The Branch Dividians and the Waco Siege

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Cate and Liz wrap up their series on Famous Cults with the Branch Dividians and the 1993 deadly siege outside Waco, Texas. Connect with Cat...

Famous Cults: Mash-up!

22 Sep 2021

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This week, Cate treats us to a Cults Mash-up or, as she has deemed it, a "Monster Mash" about some of the lesser-known bizarre, dark, and horrific cul...

Famous Cults: Scientology

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The time has come... for their next series, Cate and Liz cover Famous Cults! They start with the controversial "religion" of Scientology and its celeb...

Famous Frauds: Mash-up!

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The ladies wrap up their series on Famous Frauds with one of Cate's mash-ups! She covers famous con men and women throughout the ages including Victor...

Labor Day 2021 - Special Episode

06 Sep 2021

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Happy Labor Day! In this special episode, Cate and Liz cover the history of Labor Day, the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, and famous activis...

Famous Frauds: Frédéric Bourdin (The Chameleon)

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Next in their series on Famous Frauds, Liz shares about Frédéric Bourdin aka The Chameleon, and his impersonation of missing Texas teen Nicholas Bar...

Famous Frauds: TALHOTBLOND

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For their next series, Cate and Liz discuss Famous Frauds! They start with the twisted catfishing love triangle known as TALHOTBLOND. Connect with Cat...

Famous Feuds: Mash-up!

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The ladies wrap up their series on Famous Feuds with Cate doing a mash-up of feuds throughout history including Charles Darwin and Richard Owen, the G...

Famous Feuds: Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson

11 Aug 2021

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Next up in their series on Famous Feuds, Cate and Liz cover late-night legends Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers and their famous falling out after workin...

Famous Feuds: Bette Davis & Joan Crawford

04 Aug 2021

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For their next series, Cate and Liz cover Famous Feuds! They start with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, rivals of the silver screen who had a decades-l...

Famous Friendships: Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One loves baking and the other loves blunts, Cate wraps up the series on Famous Friendships reporting on Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg's love fest. Co...

Famous Friendships: Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Next in the series on Famous Friendships, Liz shares the history of Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King's friendship. Born in broadcasting and bicoastal, thi...

Famous Friendships: Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Famous with Cate and Liz is back with Season 2! The ladies kick things off with Famous Friendships. In this duet episode they discuss the friendship b...

Famous Secret Societies: Mash Up

19 May 2021

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The ladies round out their series on famous secret societies with Cate doing a mash up of elusive groups and meetings including The Knights Templar, T...

Famous Secret Societies: The Illuminati

12 May 2021

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Next in the series on Famous Secret Societies, Cate and Liz dive into The Illuminati! Does this elite group still exist today? Are they responsible fo...

Famous Secret Societies: Bohemian Grove

05 May 2021

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For their next series, Cate and Liz explore Famous Secret Societies! In their first duet episode, they cover Bohemian Grove the super exclusive glorif...

Famous Heists: Colonel Thomas Blood and the Attempted Theft of the Royal Jewels

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ladies end their series on Famous Heists with a telling of the 1600s attempted theft of the British Royal Jewels by Colonel Thomas Bloo...

Earth Day 2021 Special Episode - Famous Tree Huggers

22 Apr 2021

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Happy Earth Day! In this special episode, Cate and Liz tell you about the origin of Earth Day and the self-proclaimed founder's dark side. Plus, they ...

Famous Heists: John Wojtowicz and the 1972 "Dog Day Afternoon" Bank Robbery

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the Famous Heists series, the ladies cover the bizarre true story of John Wojtowicz and his 1972 robbery of a Brooklyn Chase Manhattan Ba...