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Memoir, Mystery, and Mortality: Claire Cameron’s Wildest Story Yet
Episode 98
Author Claire Cameron has written about bear attacks, wilderness trauma, and the raw edges of motherhood — but in her latest work, the story turned i…
9 months ago
This Biologist Helped Build Science North and Left a Legacy of Curiosity
Episode 97
What does it take to inspire a generation? In this episode of the Backroads Bill Podcast, we sit down with legendary science communicator Franco Mari…
9 months, 1 week ago
From Fighter Jet to Final Tribute: A Cold War Story Comes Full Circle
Episode 96
This week's episode revisits a previous podcast where Bill and Ben talked with Denny Treu who's father Gaylord crashed his fighter jet during a train…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
1,000 Miles. 10 Days. No Help: Inside the World’s Toughest Canoe Race
Episode 95
In this week's episode of the Backroads Bill Podcast, endurance paddlers Sean Lougheed and Lauren Anderson take us deep inside the preperation for th…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Next Great Resource War May Not be Over Oil — But Over Water
Episode 94
This week journalist and author Peter Annin joins Bill and Ben to explore the geopolitics, climate threats, and cross-border tensions surrounding the…
10 months ago
Modern Jobs, Real Purpose: Mining’s Pitch to the Next Generation
Episode 93
What if your career could offer purpose, adventure, six months off a year — and a six-figure salary?
In this episode of the Backroads Bill Podcast, mi…
10 months, 1 week ago
Planting Kindness: How Trees for Nipissing Is Growing a Greener North Bay
Episode 92
In this special Kindness Week episode of Backroads Bill, we sit down with Peggy Walsh Craig and Cindy Lalande from Trees for Nipissing, a grassroots …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Heritage in the Rocks: Keeping Cobalt’s Mining History Alive
Episode 91
In this episode of Backroads Bill, we speak with Maggie Wilson, president of the Cobalt Historical Society, about the incredible past and uncertain f…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How a Lost Silo and a 1950s Epidemic Sparked a Remarkable Canadian Novel
Episode 90
Author and journalist Christine Fischer Guy joins Backroads Bill to explore the real-life inspiration behind her haunting novel The Umbrella Mender, …
11 months ago
Nature Is Holy Too: A Theologian’s Call for Environmental Justice
Episode 89
This week Bill and Ben sit down with Stephen Scharper, University of Toronto professor, theologian, and author of The Green Bible, to explore the dee…
11 months, 1 week ago