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Meet historian Dr. Aileen Friesen (Part 1)

Season 2 Episode 55

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Today, we bring you part 1 of a 2-part series featuring an interview with Dr. Aileen Friesen. Aileen wears more hats than a Caps R Us…

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From Russia with Woe (Part 2)

Season 2 Episode 54

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During Stalin’s Reign of Terror the 1930s, Jacob Petrovich Janzen was one of many Mennonites swept up into forced labour camps called…

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From Russia with Woe (Part 1)

Season 2 Episode 53

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Today, we bring you ‘From Russia with Woe’, part one of a two part series. During Stalin’s Reign of Terror the 1930s, Jacob Petrovich…

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Trapped in Icy Waters

Season 2 Episode 52

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Today, guest host Sara Dyck brings you the chilly tale about a group of Mennonites whose ship became trapped in icy Lake Superior in …

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The Life and Adventures of Jacob Hoemsen (Part 2)

Season 2 Episode 51

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Today, we bring you Part 2 of the Life and Adventures of Jacob Hoemsen. 

In Part 2, we return to the story of Jacob Hoemsen, as he rej…

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The Life and Adventures of Jacob Hoemsen (Part 1)

Season 2 Episode 50

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Today, we bring you Part 1 of The Life and Adventures of Jacob Hoemsen. 

In Part 1, Jacob Hoemsen was raised as a pacifist, pursued ed…

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Anna Thiessen, Nurse and Midwife in Paraguay

Season 2 Episode 49

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Today, we bring listeners the story of Manitoba born and raised nurse and midwife, Anna Thiessen. For years, she was the only trained…

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REWIND: The Brommtopp

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In this REWIND episode, host Dan Dyck explores the Mennonite holiday tradition called brommtopp, named for the strange musical instru…

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First Christmas in Canada, 1926

Season 2 Episode 48

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Today, we have a nostalgic retelling in English of the story Christmas 1926 by beloved Low German story teller Gerhard Ens. Told thro…

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Festive Foods and Folkways from the Mennonite Tradition

Season 2 Episode 47

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In this episode, we bring you an episode with the excessively alliterative of Festive Foods and Folkways from the Mennonite Tradition…

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