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Back to SearchDr. Helen Martens: A Woman of Music
Season 2 Episode 23
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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…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Lasting Impact of the Trek to Central Asia
Season 2 Episode 22
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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…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Trek to Central Asia
Season 2 Episode 21
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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, 6 months ago
Abraham B. Hiebert, Medicine by Correspondence
Season 2 Episode 20
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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, 7 months ago
Johannes Klaassen: The Cost of Conscience
Season 2 Episode 19
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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 18
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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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Katharina Thiessen, Mennonite Midwife
Season 2 Episode 17
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Katharina Thiessen was a Mennonite midwife whose practice started in Ukraine, and continued in the United States and eventually south…
1 year, 7 months ago
Romancing Faspa
Season 2 Episode 16
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Traditionally, faspa was a portable meal taken out to farmers on the field in the late afternoon. Faspa provided much needed sustenan…
1 year, 8 months ago
Flower Annie
Season 2 Episode 15
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Many small communities have a person that everyone knows, who doesn't quite fit the standard mold, but has become a part of the fabri…
1 year, 8 months ago
Aunt Olly Part 2: The Woman Behind the Microphone
Season 2 Episode 14
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In our last episode, we learned about the work of Olga Penner, better known to many as 'Aunt Olly', the host of the radio program Chi…
1 year, 8 months ago