https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2025_01_15_05_02_53_ddfc9bae-6823-4983-8c1c-f9a436c0dd27.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week I talk with Aidan Forth, author of Camps: A Global History of Mass Confinement. We talk about the definition of camps, the commonalties among camps, and the ubiquity of mass confinement. We also talk about studying these sites across cultures, how echoes of past camps inform modern confinement, and… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2025_01_09_05_34_34_9214266a-8da2-4ebd-8271-32991e5ad510.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week, I’m joined by Tonya Davidson, author of Inside the Snow Globe: Ottawa Monuments and National Belonging. We discuss Tonya’s approach to monuments as a primary source, how publics respond to monuments, and how national monuments fit into local communities. We also talk about some of Ottawa’s less known monuments,… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_12_12_05_55_34_6e45620e-0180-489d-95df-e0e68151387b.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week I’m joined by Crystal Gail Fraser, author of By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. We discuss the lesser known story of northern residential schools, conducting oral history with survivors, and the Gwich’in concepts of individual and collective strength. We also chat about the significance… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_12_06_20_22_42_7003885d-d30d-4a33-abed-9dce7a2df916.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week I’m joined by Stephen Osborne, author of The Coincidence Problem: Selected Dispatches 1999-2022. We talk about Stephen’s involvement in the launch of Geist magazine, what makes a good dispatch, and why the format is good for storytelling. We also discuss coincidences, how to write about them, and what makes them so entertaining…. Read more »
How I Survived was also envisioned as a way to further truth and reconciliation in this country, and engage with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_11_30_20_22_51_57230e9e-aeec-4ca1-95e8-8ee1ea18db1a.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSean Graham is joined by Bonnie Robichaud, author of It Should be Easy to Fix. They discuss the timeline of her Supreme Court case calling for justice, her reaction to the case taking so long, and having other women reach out to her throughout the process. We also chat about the decisions leading to the… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_10_31_04_33_23_b6bb9b6f-9461-4e04-b35c-d6ad6db4e693.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham With Halloween here, I revisit my 2013 conversation with the University of Glasgow’s Sabine Wieber about death masks. We talk about the artistic meaning of the masks and how they affected people’s understanding of death. We also chat about the material culture nature of the masks and how she deals with… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_10_16_04_11_19_e64b655c-ea72-4d8a-ba95-b2ba67e4284b.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week, I talk with Jennifer Clark, author of Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women’s Liberation. We discuss the role of women in the television in the 1970s, the ways in which women organized, and how societal changes were reflected in the industry. We also chat about the… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_10_10_03_38_32_6e1c111a-5521-4860-823d-9f38880106d2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week I talk with Bethany Kilcrease, author of Falsehood and Fallacy: How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century. We discuss the assumption that young people are well prepared for online misinformation, increased accessibility of quality sources, and the pros and cons of gatekeepers’ reduced power. We also… Read more »
https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_10_02_03_46_00_0c47c98c-87d4-4f23-854d-81b52bafd1d2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week I talk with Rosemary Pennington, author of Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media. We discuss how Ms Marvel contributed to the book’s origins, what forms of media are included in the book, and how stereotypes of Muslims are perpetuated in popular culture. We also chat about the… Read more »
