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Back to SearchFrom 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…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
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 …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
5 months ago
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…
5 months, 1 week ago
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…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
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…
6 months, 1 week ago
Patrick Friesen, Menno Colony, Paraguay
Season 2 Episode 46
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In this episode, we’re delighted to bring you an interview with Patrick Friesen, a third generation Mennonite from Paraguay. His grea…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Cast-off Child
Season 2 Episode 45
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Today, we bring you a story that’s about as close to a Whodunnit Mystery as Mennonite history gets. It’s a story about a baby, a pig …
6 months, 3 weeks ago