104 - R.B. Bennett: Another Mama's Boy
In which we discuss the Prime Minister during the opening years of the Depression, and how he mostly struggled to keep things running... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana...
28 Okt 20241h 2min
103 - "The Regina Manifesto": Labour Unrest in the Depression
In which we discuss some of anti-capitalist responses to the Depression, like the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the On-To-Ottawa Trek. Discussed caricatures/images: On-To-O...
14 Okt 20241h 7min
102 - Ten Lost Years: The Great Depression
In which we channel our inner feelings and talk about The Great Depression, with the help of Jack Winter's play Ten Lost Years (1974). --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana);...
30 Sep 20241h 9min
When the Pine Needs Fall: Indigenous Resistance (with Ellen Gabriel & Sean Carleton)
Patrick sits down with activist Ellen Gabriel (Kanien'kehá:ka, Wakeniáhton) and historian Sean Carleton (University of Manitoba) to discuss their excellent new book When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigen...
16 Sep 20241h 9min
101 - The Mad Trapper of Rat River
In which we talk about a Looney Toons episode happening in the Arctic - and a bit on another Rudy Wiebe novel! *Sorry about Patrick's mic quality - he didn't notice it was recording on a different dev...
19 Aug 20241h 2min
100 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Part 1!
We somehow made a hundred of these bloody things! Why? Who knows? But, for the occasion, we started taking about WLMK, only the longest lasting PM ever. I think it's thanks to his dead mom's advice. F...
5 Aug 20241h 13min
99 - P.M. Arthur Meighen: Smart A**
In which we discuss one of the most forgotten Prime Ministers in Canada's history: Arthur Meighen. He was a great politician, but... nobody cared and his ideas were outdated. Find our ranking of the P...
22 Juli 20241h
98 - Modernism & The Montreal Group
In which we talk about modernism and its early days through a rag-tag group of McGill students who wanted to make poetry different. Many of them would go on to be quite famous in poetry and politics! ...
17 Juni 20241h 2min
