Dec 15, 2025
Giving you one last episode before the new year! Wherein we look back on the last year, both as a podcast and a country.
Nov 17, 2025
In which we talk about antisemitism in Canada, with a brief segue into Gwethalyn Graham's novel Earth & High Heaven (1944).
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Sources/Further Reading
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Abella, Irving. None is Too Many, 1970.
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Graham, Gwethalyn. Earth and High Heaven, 1944.
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Moss, John. A Reader's Guide to the Canadian Novel, McClelland and...
Oct 27, 2025
Oct 6, 2025
In which Patrick rides solo for a brief
overview of Norman Bethune's rock n' roll life.
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Further Readings
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Bock, Dennis. The Communist's Daughter, 2007.
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Tse-Tung, Mao. "In Memory of Norman Bethune." December 21,...
Sep 22, 2025
In which I talk to writer Christine Estima about her debut novel, Letters to Kafka. The novel conjures the voice of Milena Jesenská, the absent interlocutor to Franz Kafka's posthumously published Letters to Milena, in a vivid portrayal of a stifled intellectual whose spirit and ambition outpace the role of women in...