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Episode 290: Prisoners of the Country
Spring 1915. The Canadian government grapples with the fact that over 100,000 residents in the country are foreign nationals, native to countries Ca…
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Episode 289: Baptism of Fire and Blood
Spring 1915. The Canadian Expeditionary Force prepares for its first battle outside the Belgian city of Ypres, where, unbeknownst to the Canadians, …
1 week ago
Episode 288: The Suicide of Civilization
Summer 1914. Canadians prepare for a war far from their shores, that will nevertheless change their lives forever.
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2 weeks ago
Episode 287: Q&A 2
1867-1914. How did we get here? Where are we going next?
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Episode 286: Home Rule
Summer 1914. Ireland teeters on the brink of civil war, re-opening old sectarian divisions in Canada.
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4 weeks ago
Episode 285: Komagata Maru
1914. A Sikh businessman charters a Japanese passenger liner to test Canada's anti-Asian immigration laws, while anxious British officials and Indian…
1 month ago
Episode 284: Continuous Voyages
1914. In India, the British government attempts to convince a growing independence movement that Indians enjoy all the benefits of subjecthood, inclu…
1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 283: A Lottery it May Be
Spring 1914. A disastrous seal hunt raises questions about the growing social and economic inequalities of an industrializing Newfoundland.
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Episode 282: Worried and Ill At Ease
1913. Over a decade of consistent economic growth comes to an end, souring relations between Ottawa and the provinces, and forcing the military occu…
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Episode 281: Nothing But the Ships
1912. Robert Borden finds that his broad coalition (which was so successful on the campaign trail) makes for an unruly government. Especially with …
2 months ago