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Back to SearchSara Dyck: Problems from the Past
Season 2 Episode 18
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In this episode, host Dan Dyck continues a conversation with Sara Dyck that was started a few episodes back with the episode on Dr. H…
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Mennonite Circle Games
Season 2 Episode 17
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Mennonites don't dance, or do they? Can a dance by any other name still be as fun? In this episode, host Dan Dyck explores Mennonite …
1 year, 2 months ago
Behind the Scenes at the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Season 2 Episode 16
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In this episode, host Dan Dyck is taken on a tour through the Mennonite Heritage Archives with archivist Conrad Stoesz to learn more …
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The Jacob Klaassen Diaries
Season 2 Episode 15
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Today, host Dan Dyck shines the Tales spotlight on Jacob Klaassen and his journals about life on the Canadian prairies from 1919 to 1…
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Dr. Helen Martens: A Woman of Music
Season 2 Episode 14
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In this episode, Dan sits down with Sara, a history student and archives employee, to discuss Dr. Helen Martens, the first known Menn…
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The Lasting Impact of the Trek to Central Asia
Season 2 Episode 13
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In our previous episode, host Dan Dyck shared the story of the Mennonite trek to Central Asia that took place in the early 1880s. Res…
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The Trek to Central Asia
Season 2 Episode 12
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In the early 1880s, hundreds of Mennonites trekked from Russia to Central Asia. It was a grueling, 3000-kilometre journey. Until rece…
1 year, 3 months ago
Abraham B. Hiebert, Medicine by Correspondence
Season 2 Episode 11
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In Episode 17 we learned about the actions against Katharina Thiessen by the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons. Today's sub…
1 year, 3 months ago
Johannes Klaassen: The Cost of Conscience
Season 2 Episode 10
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Johannes Klaassen, or John as we’ll call him in today’s story, firmly stood with his conscience and he paid for that decision with hi…
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The Adventures of Big Bill
Season 2 Episode 9
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'Big Bill' was born Wilhelm Enns in 1894 in the village of Einlage in Imperial Russia. He was a jack of all trades whose work life in…
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