A12 explores the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last year, the history behind the conflict, and how the city and its people have dealt with the aftermath.
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Observable Radio is a found footage anthology podcast of retro sci-fi and analog horror from Cameron Suey, Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. When he discovers something beneath the static of the worlds’s communication network, an unnamed Observer begins to catalog and record the strange signals that should not exist…
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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. Get add free content at Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Victoria Cross is the highest award for acts of bravery in wartime, follow the incredible stories of those that received them and the battles that forged their actions.
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Hey guys, Welcome to the #LearnGermanVocabularyA1ToB2 Podcast! I am your host Sumitha, a German language tutor. This podcast aims to help you improve your German language vocabulary and pronunciation. Reference materials: Netzwerk and Aspekte coursewares for Goethe and OSD exams. New episodes every Thursday. For A1/A2/B1 Level course/Workshop registrations, please fill out the form https://forms.gle/2u5gdvAZZqb2NJcw9 Email: learngermanvocabularypodcast@gmail.com
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S10E2 - Canadians in the Battle of Britain
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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 War II. The task of defending southern England from airborne attack fell to pilots in the Royal Air Force, supplemented in their darkest hour by more than 100 flyers from Canada. These Canadians, some…
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Special Episode 3 - Punching Above Our Weight - Pre-purchase available now!!
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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 by Dundurn Press. The book is an easy to read, single volume history of Canada at war since 1867. This photograph-rich volume covers nearly 150 years of the Canadian military, tracing its evolution fr…
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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 once existed the Oak Ridge ‘Criminal Insane Building.’ Oak Ridge has been deemed the ‘Alcatraz of Canada’ and ‘the most terrible institution of all.’ For decades it housed some of Canada’s most violent…
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Special Episode 2 - Punching Above Our Weight
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**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW BOOK** 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 by Dundurn Press. The book is an easy to read, single volume history of Canada at war since 1867. This photograph-rich volume covers nearly 150 years of the Canadia…
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The Observer misses an exit. The most mundane eyes will be unclouded. I choose to remain here. Deep in the dead channels. The thirteenth episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey. Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Written and Edited by Cameron Suey Produced by Cameron Suey, Phil van Hest, and Purpurina The Ensembl…
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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - Punching Above Our Weight
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**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW BOOK** 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 by Dundurn Press. The book is an easy to read, single volume history of Canada at war since 1867. This photograph-rich volume covers nearly 150 years of the Canadia…
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The Observer offers an apology. May the Bargain make a better world for us all. Is this how you want to die? A black hole in every sky. The twelfth episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey, Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Written and Edited by Cameron Suey Produced by Cameron Suey, Phil van Hest, and Purpurina …
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S9E21 - Prophet of Destruction - Agent A12, Winthrop Bell
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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 empire, your country (and empire) is automatically at war with Germany and thus you are now an enemy alien in that country. This is the situation that faced Winthrop Bell in 1914, and it began an incr…
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The Observer prepares to jump. Meteor showers are a completely normal phenomenon. Emotions are powerful. It’ll get stuck in your head. The eleventh episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey. Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Content Warnings: Explicitly Depicted Violence/Squelching Written by Purpurina & Cameron S…
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S9E20 - Boosters and Barkers: Financing the First World War
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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 declaration) ever could have predicted the incredible contribution the country would make in manpower, material and money. By the end of that war 650,000 Canadian soldiers were in unform and Canada had…
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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 the areas that was touched upon, that I thought would make an excellent future episode was alcohol’s role in the fur trade. As many are probably aware much of Canada’s early interactions between Firs…
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The Observer finds a new thread. You've had a part in this since the day you were born. Changes must come from within. Know that we will not shy away The tenth episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey. Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Content Warnings: Explicitly Depicted Violence/Squelching Written and Edited b…
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S9E18 - Race and Racing: The Jerome Family
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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 an Olympian, a world record holder, a Canadian athletic legend, a profoundly impacting community leader, but he was also Black in a time when the US was still embedded in the Jim Crow era and segregat…
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S9E17 - Lost in the Crowd: Acadians and the First World War
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The First World War occupies a complicated space in our public memory. For many Canadians, places like Vimy Ridge or Passchendaele are certainly familiar, Remembrance Day is generally well attended, issues like shell shock are broadly understood, and the traumatic events of the conscription crisis are often taught, though in very different ways whe…
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The Observer starts to add it up. Carving a path to a better, wetter future. Something really, really big outside... Saying I told you to a mass grave. The ninth episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey. Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Written by Cameron Suey & Purpurina Produced by Cameron Suey, Phil van Hest,…
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S9E16 - Sex in Canada: Getting Down in the Great White North
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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 and communities within Canada discussions of sex are still quite taboo. Today, we’re breaking that taboo and asking some real questions about sex in Canada. How has the subject of sex in Canada chang…
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Carrier Wave is a brand new behind the scenes podcast that discusses the origins and inspirations and production of Observable Radio. It's launching very soon and the first episode will cover the first three transmissions of Observable Radio. It will be available to every backer on the Patreon regardless of your level - but we wanted to share a few…
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When one thinks of the pre-confederation development of North America one might think of war and empires, competing nations, economic trade, fur, colonization, resistance and so many other themes and topics that have been enshrined in our understanding of early French and British North America. What’s interesting, is that present in almost all of t…
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The Observer makes a deliberate observation. If the Engine dies, we all die. Forging links for tomorrow's chains. Everybody wins here. The eight episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey. Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Written and Edited by Cameron Suey Produced by Cameron Suey, Phil van Hest, and Purpurina The…
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S9E14 Hockey: The Game as We Know it Today
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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, or plays the game, or even cares about the game, the sport itself occupies a serous place in the Canadian cultural psyche. While the game has often been seen as something to unify Canadians, or to exp…
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S9E13 - Of Fugitives and Orators: The Characters Behind the RCMP’s Complicated History - a special Canadian Time Machine episode
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In May 2023, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commemorated its 150th anniversary. The federal police force – which originally started out as the North-West Mounted Police – is almost as old as the Dominion of Canada itself. This episode examines the complex and painful history of an institution that has historically mistreated Indigenous pe…
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The Observer takes stock of his situation. Civilization is a conversation. The distance the bullet travels is immaterial. We have chemists already on it. The seventh episode of Observable Radio, a found footage anthology podcast from Cameron Suey. Phil van Hest, and Purpurina. Content Warnings Substance Induced Coercion Written by Cameron Suey & Pu…
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