Curious Canadian History
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Conflict and Culture Podcast S1E3 - The Sacred Band of Thebes
The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite military unit of 300 highly trained heavy infantry soldiers (hoplites), famously composed of 150 pairs of male...
S11E2 Buying Bombs: Defence Procurement in Canada
What is it called when the Canadian Armed Forces go about purchasing something? It’s called procurement. While most Canadians probably understand that...
The Conflict and Culture Podcast - S1E2 Comic Books and the Second World War
Illustration has been an integral part of human history. Particularly before the advent of media such as photography, film, television, and now the In...
S11E1 Canadian Punk Rock Takes Over the World
After punk found commercial success in the ’90s, with bands like Green Day, the Offspring, and Blink-182, a new wave of punk bands emerged, each embod...
*Brand New Podcast* The Conflict and Culture Podcast Ep1 - The Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht
David Borys has started a brand new podcast and we here at CCH are bringing you its very first episode. The Conflict and Culture Podcast explores ever...
Season 11 Episode 1 coming September 23rd!!
While the summer may be coming to an end it's not all bad news because Curious Canadian History is coming back for Season 11! The first episode airs S...
S10E22 The Birth of the Canadian Flag
Surprise! We here at CCH decided to drop a special final episode for Season 10. The Canadian flag is iconic. In almost all parts of the globe people r...
S10E21 Unpacking the Baggage: The 2025 Federal Election
The 2025 Federal Election was one of the most dynamic and issue-filled elections to have occurred since the 1980s. Threats to Canadian sovereignty, an...
S10E20 The Trans-Canada Highway: A Nation Connected
The Trans-Canada highway is such a part of the everyday Canadian experience that we often take this lengthy route for granted. Across this country man...
S10E19 War Criminals in Canada: A Canadian Cover Up?
In 2024 Jared McBride, Professor at UCLA, conducted a research methodology class with his students. As Jared is an expert on war crimes they investiga...
S10E18 - Canada's Titanic: The Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
The St. Lawrence River can turn treacherous in a second. What was just a moment ago clear sailing can suddenly into dangerous fog and almost no visibi...
S10E17 The Frank Slide - A Town Buried Under Rock
The town of Frank, Alberta is tucked into the bosom of Turtle Mountain which sits in the beautiful Crows Pass of the majestic Rocky Mountains. In the...
S10E16 Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867
Today we are changing things up! Several months ago David published his newest book titled Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Sin...
S10E15 - The Beatles in Canada with Terry O'Reilly
The Beatles are one of the most influential bands in the history of popular music. When they arrived in North America in the early 1960s, they forever...
S10E14 A Border of Blood and Dirt: Part 2
While Canada is in the midst of immense economic uncertainty as a result of Donald Trump’s wildly unpredictable tariff threats, the border is continuo...
S10E13 - A Border of Blood and Dirt: Part 1
Since the election of Donald Trump, one of the most frequently discussed issues has been that of the Canadian-American border. President Trump has lab...
S10E12 Trump's Tariff War
You cannot turn on the news right now without hearing about President Donald Trump’s threat to apply a 25% tariff to Canadian goods. While his claim t...
S10E11 - Mackenzie King: The Spiritualist Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada's longest-serving Prime Minister, from 1922 to 1930 and from 1935 to 1948. Historians have ranked him as Canada...
S10E10 - Canadian History Ehx does Godspell
For today's episode we've done something a little different. Craig Baird is a friend and fellow podcaster over at the great Canadian history podcast C...
S10E9 - Jackie Robinson in Montreal
It is impossible to deny the legendary status that Jackie Robinson has had in the game of baseball. There have been movies, songs, poetry, books and e...
S10E8 - The Voyage of the Damned - The MS St. Louis, Canada and the Holocaust
On the 7th of June 1939 a ship sailed for Cuba, on board were 907 Jewish refugees fleeing the violent antisemitic state that had become Nazi Germany....
S10E7 - Canadian Time Machine Presents Lucy Maud Montgomery
November 30, 2024 marks 150 years since Lucy Maud Montgomery’s birth, and her legacy continues to endure. Best known for Anne of Green Gables, Montgom...
S10E6 - The Group of 7
The Group of 7 are some of the most iconic and well-known Canadian painters in the history of Canadian art. While forming on the heels of the First Wo...
S10E5 - Canadian Partisans in World War Two Yugoslavia
Across Axis occupied Europe a shadow war raged as numerous resistance groups in all occupied countries sought to dismantle or disrupt the Axis forces...
S10E4 - The Life and Times of Emily Carr
When one thinks of an iconic Canadian painter one does not have to go through many names before thinking of Emily Carr. And if one is looking for an i...
S10E3 CANCON and Canadian Music
All around the world today there are people who listen to music made by Canadians. Most of us are familiar with Drake and Justin Bieber but long befor...
**The New Book is Out**
Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867 is officially out! Check out this photograph-rich single volume history of Canada's...
S10E2 - Canadians in the Battle of Britain
For 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything it had at Great Britain in hopes of early victory in World...
Special Episode 3 - Punching Above Our Weight - Pre-purchase available now!!
Our very own David Borys has a new book coming out in September titled “Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867” published...
S10E1 - The Oak Ridge Experiment
Welcome back to Season 10!! In the first episode of the newest season we take you to Penetanguishene, Ontario along the shores of Georgian Bay where o...
Special Episode 2 - Punching Above Our Weight
**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW BOOK**
Our very own David Borys has a new book coming out in September titled “Punching Above Our Weight: T...
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - Punching Above Our Weight
**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW BOOK**
Our very own David Borys has a new book coming out in September titled “Punching Above Our Weight: T...
S9E21 - Prophet of Destruction - Agent A12, Winthrop Bell
Imagine you are a maritime Canadian finishing your PhD dissertation in Germany right when the First World War breaks out. As a subject of the British...
S9E20 - Boosters and Barkers: Financing the First World War
When the British government declared war on Germany in August of 1914, no one in Canada (who was automatically thrust into the conflict by Britain’s d...
S9E19 - Rum, Debt and Fur
Several episodes back, season 9 episode 15, we had on as a guest Alan Greer to talk about alcohol and its role in early colonial North America. One of...
S9E18 - Race and Racing: The Jerome Family
If you happened to grow up in North Vancouver, British Columbia (like I did) the name Harry Jerome was one seen everywhere. Harry Jerome was not just...
S9E17 - Lost in the Crowd: Acadians and the First World War
The First World War occupies a complicated space in our public memory. For many Canadians, places like Vimy Ridge or Passchendaele are certainly famil...
S9E16 - Sex in Canada: Getting Down in the Great White North
I’m sure all our listeners at some point in their lives have encountered an uncomfortable moment when discussing sex and sexuality, and in many places...
S9E15 - Alcohol in early North America
When one thinks of the pre-confederation development of North America one might think of war and empires, competing nations, economic trade, fur, colo...
S9E14 Hockey: The Game as We Know it Today
Hockey has had both an enduring but also a complicated relationship with ideas about what it means to be ‘Canadian’. While not every Canadian skates,...