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Curious Canadian History

Historian David Borys dives deep into the fascinating world of Canadian history in this bi-weekly podcast exploring everything from the wonderful to the weird to the downright dark. Get add free cont... Read more

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S3E19 Who Won the War of 1812?

S3E19 Who Won the War of 1812?

In the summer of 1812 Britain and the United States of America went to war…British North America became the battleground... Read more

27 May 2018

25mins

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*Special Episode* Canada 150

*Special Episode* Canada 150

The story of 150 Canadian years in less than 30 minutes. Buckle up! Get add free content at Patreon! Hosted on Acast. Se... Read more

1 Jul 2017

28mins

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S5E6 Optical Aleutians – The Liberation of Kiska Island

S5E6 Optical Aleutians – The Liberation of Kiska Island

Two almost totally uninhabited American islands off the coast of Alaska are occupied by the Japanese in 1942. In respons... Read more

10 Nov 2019

19mins

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S2E16 A Grim Day Indeed: The Halifax Explosion

S2E16 A Grim Day Indeed: The Halifax Explosion

In December of 1917 two ships collided in the Halifax harbour setting off the largest man-made non-nuclear explosion the... Read more

1 May 2017

13mins

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S4E9 ‘Kill the Indian, Save the Child’ – Residential Schools in Canada

S4E9 ‘Kill the Indian, Save the Child’ – Residential Schools in Canada

The residential school system was designed to eradicate Indigenous culture and replace it with an Anglo-European Christi... Read more

20 Jan 2019

16mins

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S5E8 Little Stalingrad – The Battle for Ortona, December 1943

S5E8 Little Stalingrad – The Battle for Ortona, December 1943

In December of 1943 Canadian soldiers became bogged down in a vicious street battle for the small town of Ortona on Ital... Read more

9 Dec 2019

26mins

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S5E5 A Murder in the Desert – The Canadian Airborne Regiment and the Somalia Scandal

S5E5 A Murder in the Desert – The Canadian Airborne Regiment and the Somalia Scandal

A deeply troubled regiment with deeply troubled soldiers leads to a deeply disturbing murder of a teenage boy in Somalia... Read more

28 Oct 2019

25mins

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S3E18 The Graveyard of the Pacific

S3E18 The Graveyard of the Pacific

Whale hunters, shipwrecks, ghost stories: this is the history of a stretch of ocean on the west coast of Vancouver Islan... Read more

13 May 2018

16mins

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S3E14 The 1701 Great Peace of Montreal

S3E14 The 1701 Great Peace of Montreal

In 1701 a collection of some of the most powerful Iroquois nations met in Montreal to agree to peace with the French aft... Read more

18 Mar 2018

13mins

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S5E12 Kicking in the Door – Canada Invades Nazi Germany

S5E12 Kicking in the Door – Canada Invades Nazi Germany

Starting in February 1945 First Canadian Army took part in a series of operations that would bust open the door to Nazi ... Read more

17 Feb 2020

29mins

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S3E20 Hockey, Canadian Identity and the Summit Series of 1972

S3E20 Hockey, Canadian Identity and the Summit Series of 1972

In 1972 the first ever “Team Canada” met the Soviet Union's “Red Army” hockey team in an 8 game series that was played o... Read more

11 Jun 2018

27mins

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S4E8 Montreal’s Poet Laureate: The Life and Music of Leonard Cohen

S4E8 Montreal’s Poet Laureate: The Life and Music of Leonard Cohen

Montreal-born Leonard Cohen's prolific career included iconic music, poetry and literature creating an enduring global l... Read more

6 Jan 2019

32mins

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S3E1 The Last of the Mohicans in Canadian History

S3E1 The Last of the Mohicans in Canadian History

The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 film that tells the story of the last of a proud Indigenous people as they struggle t... Read more

14 Sep 2017

16mins

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S5E3 The Buffalo Alliance – Poundmaker and Crowfoot

S5E3 The Buffalo Alliance – Poundmaker and Crowfoot

Two of the 19th century's most prominent leaders of the plains First Nations evolve from enemies into friends while face... Read more

30 Sep 2019

22mins

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S3E17 Camp X – Canada’s Secret WW2 Spy Camp

S3E17 Camp X – Canada’s Secret WW2 Spy Camp

During the Second World War Camp X in southern Ontario played a crucial role in the global shadow war that was being fou... Read more

29 Apr 2018

14mins

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S2E9 The October Crisis of 1970

S2E9 The October Crisis of 1970

In October of 1970 the Canadian government faces off against the FLQ, Canada's most notorious terrorist organization Get... Read more

22 Jan 2017

13mins

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S4E7 The Assassination of D’Arcy McGee

S4E7 The Assassination of D’Arcy McGee

An Irish Nationalist turned Canadian patriot turned Father of Confederation. Thomas D'Arcy McGee was all of that when he... Read more

9 Dec 2018

19mins

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S2E13 The Komagata Maru

S2E13 The Komagata Maru

In the summer of 1914 a ship packed full of immigrants from India was denied the right to dock in Vancouver setting off ... Read more

19 Mar 2017

13mins

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