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Back to SearchREWIND: 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…
9 months, 1 week ago
First Christmas in Canada, 1926
Season 2 Episode 56
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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…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Festive Foods and Folkways from the Mennonite Tradition
Season 2 Episode 55
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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…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Patrick Friesen, Menno Colony, Paraguay
Season 2 Episode 54
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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…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Cast-off Child
Season 2 Episode 53
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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 …
10 months, 1 week ago
A Short History of House Barns with Roland Sawatsky
Season 2 Episode 52
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After a few consecutive episodes that leaned into some darker stories in Mennonite history, we’re pleased to bring you something on t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Who Was Nestor Makhno? (Part 3)
Season 2 Episode 51
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Today, we bring you Part 3, the final instalment of our series on Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary leader during th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Who Was Nestor Makhno? (Part 2)
Season 2 Episode 50
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Today, we bring you Part 2 of a 3-part series on Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary during the civil uprisings of the…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Who was Nestor Makhno? (Part 1)
Season 2 Episode 49
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Today, we start a three part series on Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary during the Ukrainian Revolution in the late…
11 months ago
Smallpox and the Mennonite Experience
Season 2 Episode 48
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Today, we we present you with the story of Smallpox and the Mennonite Experience. According to historians, the smallpox virus has bee…
11 months, 1 week ago