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A Cultural History of Canada

Apr 30, 2023

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.

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Apr 23, 2023

*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/ 

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Apr 9, 2023

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.

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