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A bi-weekly discussion that critically (and sometimes flippantly) engages with the literature, culture, and people that helped inform Canada's unique history. Hosted by two English Literature graduate students Patrick & Mackenzy. Sometimes features interviews with writers and academics in Canada. Named on Feedspot's "20 Best Canada History Podcasts" (#4), "20 Best Cultural History Podcasts" (#2), and "30 Best History Podcasts For Students" (#6). Named best podcast of all time by their mothers!
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What this podcast is *not*: a rule guide on proper punctuation. We'll only conjure the ghost of grammar in order to put it to rest. What this podcast *is*: a journey through the weird behaviour of punctuation in the wild. Be prepared to amble on the placid path of the comma, get lost on the winding road of brackets, and arrive at the well-deserved rest of the full stop. Along the way, we'll explore the past & future of punctuation, why a comma sparked the Russian Revolution, how to earn mill ...
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’Have You Heard? Stories From My Archive’ ’Stranger To The Truth: The Lies and Cover-Ups of Jeremy Thorpe’. Three episodes in which writer and historian Rose Collis, using her own original archival material as a starting point. She explores and unravels how, throughout the 1960s and 70s, the political and social Establishment colluded with one of its most prominent and charismatic figures to protect his career and reputation - regardless of the damage and danger it presented to anyone else.
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In which Patrick talks with wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory about the beautiful - and surprisingly controversial - wild horses of the Chilcotin region. In this compelling book, McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot’in culture, a resilient part of th…
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In which we discuss the paintings and philosophy of the most famous group of painters in Canada's history -- with a short story by Margaret Atwood for good measure. Patrick also rants in the wake of Brian Mulroney's death, be warned... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historia…
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In which Pat and Mack discuss who was once one of the most influential and powerful women in Hollywood history - an actress from Toronto! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: hist…
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In which Patrick lectures by himself about a poet whose work, Acanthus & Wild Grape, actively tried to bring Canadian poetry into the realm of modern sensibilities. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.co…
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In which Pop Canada returns to discuss Brendan Fraser, who has become one of the most acclaimed actors of the 21st century - and played in Encino Man, the greatest movie of all time. Find the full episode (and more) on Patreon! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadian…
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In which Patrick talks alone in a microphone as Mack faces a cyclone! The show is going solo this week to talk a little about Japanese-Canadians and how Daphne Marlatt's Steveston interprets their history. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended readin…
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In which Patrick sits down with historian Dustin Galer to discuss his new book, Beryl, which explores the life and times of the famous Canadian disability activist. Find the book here or at your local bookstore. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommen…
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In which we unleash our anti-capitalist sides (again) to discuss how Marxism/communism was brought over into Canada, what it did and how it failed, as well as some lefty writers that sometimes are great and sometimes aren't. Read some commie poems here! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com…
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Patrick sits down with playwright Meg Braem to discuss her play Flight Risk, "an empathetic exploration of grief, friendship, and hope, [which] asks what we lose when we ignore the knowledge of our elderly, challenges the way that we think about aging and death, and inspires a brighter, more compassionate future." Meg Braem is an Alberta-based play…
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In which we discuss the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike in relation to Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion (1987). We get unhinged as we discuss strike tactics, modernism/postmodernism, and Christmas. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (…
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In which Patrick talks to Governor General's Award winner katherena vermette to discuss how she brought Métis history to life through her comic series A Girl Called Echo. Find the omnibus at your local bookstore or here. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the…
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In which we bring back Covid-19 pandemic memories by discussing the Spanish Flu in Canada with the help of Kevin Kerr's excellent 2002 play Unity (1918). Sorry for having posted so little in November - it was pure and simple a scheduling mistake. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypal…
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In which two tired & sick boys try to talk coherently about Timothy Findley's major literary achievement: a reckoning with the reality of World War One in his seminal 1977 work The Wars. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historia…
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There were some audio issues on Phil's end, but I think it's still listenable! Apologies. Patrick sits down with Phil Lind and Robert Brehl to discuss their new book Tales of an Unsung Sourdough: The Extraordinary Klondike Adventures of Johnny Lind. Phil Lind is a recipient of the Order of Canada, and the vice-chair of Rogers Communications Inc. Hi…
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In which we discuss Hugh McLennan's pivotal 1941 book Barometer Rising and how it informs our understanding of World War 1 as it was experienced in Canada.--- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) …
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In which we discuss and rank Canada's first wartime PM, Sir Robert Laird Borden! Find our ranking so far here. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Fac…
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Mack is away this week, so enjoy another interview! Patrick sits down with Winnipeg documentarian and writer, Robert Lower (After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies; Shameless Propaganda) to discuss his new book Unsettled: Lord Selkirk’s Scottish Colonists. Find the book here or at your local bookstore. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patre…
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In which Patrick has a long discussion with David Austin to discuss the re-release of Fear of a Black Nation. "Situating Canada within the Black radical tradition and its Caribbean radical counterpart, Fear of a Black Nation paints a history of Montreal and the Black activists who lived in, sojourned in, or visited the city and agitated for change.…
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In which we turn to a cornerstone of Quebec literature and talk about the pastoral! Written during the 1st World War, Maria Chapdelaine has become a must-read for Quebec literature students... but perhaps for the wrong reasons... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadi…
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In which we discuss a milestone in Canadian realism, Woodsmen of the West (1908). What does it tell us about the early logging industry, workers' rights, and masculinity? A lot actually! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historia…
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In which we discuss legendary long-distance Indigenous runner Tom Longboat and try to simultaneously imagine what kind of cultural items could be made about him and his life! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wo…
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In which Patrick sits down with Kristin Schwartz to discuss the new book she co-wrote: We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action. Kristin grew up with the Toronto chapter of ARA from 1992-2003, contributing to the long struggle against white supremacy. She went on to work in community radio and has produced several audio documentaries in…
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In which we talk about the idea of the Canadian "Wild West", a contender for the Billy the Kid title of Manitoba, and Dennis Cooley's Bloody Jack - all in one episode! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress…
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In which Patrick sits down with Ricardo Tranjan to talk about his new book, The Tenant Class. Ricardo is a political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Previously, Tranjan managed Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy and his current research is on the political economy of social policy in Canada. Ricar…
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WE'RE BACK! This time, our heroes talk about The Northwest Passage, another Rudy Wiebe novel (A Discovery of Strangers), and the meaning of the Canadian North. Your heroes haven't spoken face-to-face in a bit, so bear with the jokes please. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/hist…
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In which Patrick sits down with Jenny Kay Dupuis to talk about her new book, Heart Berry Bling. Jenny is an award-winning, best-selling author, educator, artist, and well-sought after public speaker who focuses on raising awareness about Indigenous realities through literature and art. Find Heart Berry Bling here or at your local bookstore! ---Supp…
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In which Patrick sits down with acclaimed prairie poet Dennis Cooley to talk about his new work, body works. Find the book here or at your local bookstore. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com…
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In which we discuss Canada's seventh prime minister and first French-Canadian PM! We look at some caricatures that were made of the man and some of the major decisions that came up during his career! ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading p…
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Note: Patrick had to record in his kitchen, so there's a slight echo, but everything is clear. In which we talk about how the average person in Canada would have seen the Boer War in South Africa (hint: big questions were asked about why). We talk about a Robert Service poem and Stephen Leacock's famous Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. ---Suppor…
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In which Patrick talks to Katherine Palmer Gordon to discuss her new release This Place Is Who We Are. We discuss the central theme of the book, how Indigenous communities in BC are reconnecting to their lands and waters, what it means to write about Indigenous peoples as a settler scholar, and much more! Katherine Palmer Gordon is the author of fi…
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In which our heroes discuss the famous Cree chief and Rudy Wiebe's 1973 novelization of his life. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook…
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The first of three episodes in which writer and historian Rose Collis, using her own original archival material as a starting point. She explores and unravels how, throughout the 1960s and 70s, the political and social Establishment colluded with Jeremy Thorpe, one of its most prominent and charismatic figures to protect his career and reputation -…
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In which, in honour of May being Asian Heritage Month, Patrick talks to Vancouver-based artist Henry Tsang about the anti-Asian riots that took place in British Columbia in 1907. Find out about Henry's work, how he adapted the event into virtual art, and edited a book around the event: White Riot. Find the book here: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/W…
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*SORRY FOR THE AUDIO, WE DID OUR BEST - IT WILL GET BETTER* In which Patrick presents the watershed Quebecois poet, Émile Nelligan, to his co-host who never even heard of him! In other news, we were featured on a list! https://blog.feedspot.com/history_podcasts_for_students/ ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (h…
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In which Patrick sits down with acclaimed literary scholar J. Edward Chamberlin (Officer of the Order of Canada and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto) to talk about his new book Storylines: How Words Shape Our World. For more information about the book go to: https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771623513 ---Support: Patreon (htt…
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In which our heroes discuss Jewish communities in Canada, and how they impacted late 19th/early 20th century life! ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gm…
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In which we are joined by long-time background guest and feminist extraordinaire, Camille Houle-Eichel, to talk about the early suffrage movements that emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries! We talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of those movements, stopping just short of the actual achievement of provincial or federal suffrage. ---Support:…
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Patrick is at a conference this week, so no new episode, but enjoy this preview of the latest episode of Pop Canada we recorded last week on the once-superstar singer, Portia White. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode! Please consider subscribing and help us reach our goal of 10 patrons! Find the full episode and more here: https://www…
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In which, using Lorena Gale's play Angélique, we talk about the life and times of Marie-Joseph Angélique - a New France slave who was accused of burning down almost 50 buildings in Montreal in 1734. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiaca…
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Punctuation has *everything* to do with love! Want to up your online dating game through emojis and exclamation marks? Asking yourself why you never get answers to your Tinder profile? And why do people who pepper their messages with emojis have more sex??? This episode is for you! Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Keep punctuation those cards and r…
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In which, in honour of Black History Month, Patrick talks to writer and researcher, Professor Carolyn Whitzman about her new book Clara at the Door with a Revolver. A social history of a famous Toronto trial of Clara Ford, a Black cross-dressing woman, the book illuminates an underdiscussed aspect of Canada's working-class history! Find the book he…
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A sample of the latest episode of Pop Canada, in which the boys talk about Pop Punk in Canada, how it emerged in the wider post-9/11 cultural sphere, and Simple Plan. Please consider subscribing and help us reach our goal of 10 patrons! Find the full episode and more here: https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana Other support: Paypal (https://www…
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In which our heroes talk about aspects of emerging French-Canadian nationalism in Canada in the late 19th century. We talk about the national anthem, Henri Bourassa, Gilbert Parker's novel The Seats of the Mighty, and more. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://w…
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Happy New Year!! We're back to talk about Confederation-era BC and a novel/travelogue called The Western Avernus, which likely influenced Conrad's Heart of Darkness! Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.pay…
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In which we give a peak behind the paywall curtain as we take a little break during the Holidays. This is the episode we recorded for last year's holiday season. If you want access to over 25 Patreon-exclusive episodes, sign up now. Happy holidays to all our listeners and see you in the New Year! --- Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to…
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In which Patrick sits with author Mary Graham about her new book, A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960! Find more about the work at: https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773853932/ --- Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historia…
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In which we talk about The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Métis) as a way to address the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/his…
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