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  • 114 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Part 2 (ONE YEAR LATER!)
    2025/09/08

    After one year, we are hear to finish our exploration of the man who has widely been called the greatest PM of Canadian history. Of course we'll laugh at him!

    Cartoons referenced:

    • Cartoon 1

    • Cartoon 2

    • Cartoon 3

    • Cartoon 4

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    1 時間 24 分
  • Max Brault on an building an 'Accessible Canada'
    2025/08/11

    In which Patrick talks to Max Brault about The Race to the Starting Line, which details his public and private work as an accessibility activist, as well as his being one of the drivers of Canada's recent "Accessible Canada Act."

    You can find out more about Max and his book here!
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    1 時間 12 分
  • 113 - Superman!
    2025/07/28

    In which we talk about the creation of the Man of Steel and why he matters.
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    1 時間 10 分
  • 112 - Reading & Discussing Clarke's "Whylah Falls"
    2025/07/14

    In which Patrick reads from and raves about George Elliott Clarke's Whylah Falls while Mack is away.
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    Further Readings

    • Clarke, George Elliott. Whylah Falls, Polestar Press, 1990.
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    40 分
  • 111 - Howard O'Hagan's Tay John
    2025/06/30

    In which we discuss a largely forgotten early example of the Canadian modern/postmodern in Howard O'Hagan's 1939 novel, Tay John. Sorry for the delayed episode release, we all got caught up in other things....
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    Further Readings

    • O'Hagan, Howard. Tay Tohn, New Canadian Library, 1939.
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    55 分
  • Eve Lazarus on the Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
    2025/06/02

    A discussion with Eve Lazarus about her new book, Beneath Dark Waters!

    Find the book here or at your local bookstore.
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    47 分
  • 110 - Something Fascist This Way Comes
    2025/05/19

    In which we discuss how fascism has generally played out in Canada and why right wing movements today are different, all while Mack battles sleep live on the pod.
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    Further Readings

    • Allan, Ted. This Time A Better Earth, Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press, 2015 [1939].
    • Eco, Umberto. "Ur-Fascism," The New York Review of Books, 1995.
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    57 分
  • Tim Falconer on Viola MacMillan & the Windfall Scandal
    2025/05/06

    An interview with Tim Falconer about his new book, Windfall!

    Find the book here or at your local bookstore.
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    51 分