The Secret Life of Canada
CBC
The Secret Life of Canada is a podcast about the country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. Season 6 is here! New episodes every second Thursday.
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Categories: Education
Listen to the last episode:
It’s another baking episode! This time Leah and Falen look at why Thunder Bay, Ontario has their own sweet roll that you can't find anywhere else. We find out how these sweet buns with pink frosting came to be and who Persians are named after (spoiler — it strangely has nothing to do with Persian people).
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Previous episodes
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107 - S6: Crash Course on The PersianThu, 25 Apr 2024
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106 - S6: General IdeaThu, 11 Apr 2024
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105 - S6: Crash Course on Icelandic CanadaThu, 28 Mar 2024
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104 - The Secret Life of Canada Introduces: Canadian Time Machine | ‘Humiliation Day’, A Look Back at the Impact of the Chinese Exclusion ActThu, 21 Mar 2024
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103 - S6: The Secret Life of the Canadian Teen DramaThu, 14 Mar 2024
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102 - S6 Crash Course: How Black students led Canada's largest student protestThu, 29 Feb 2024
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101 - S6: Sorry not SorryThu, 22 Feb 2024
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100 - The Secret Life of Canada returns with Season 6!Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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98 - BONUS | The story Falen never thought she’d tell: On stage at Hot DocsTue, 13 Jun 2023
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97 - S5: Crash course on losing the Shanghai RestaurantThu, 08 Jun 2023
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96 - S5: The Potlatch BanThu, 01 Jun 2023
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95 - S5: Crash Course on Bread and CheeseThu, 25 May 2023
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94 - S5: Eugenics in Canada: Leilani Muir's fight for justiceThu, 18 May 2023
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93 - S5: Crash Course on homeless memorialsThu, 11 May 2023
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92 - S5: The Forgotten WarThu, 04 May 2023
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91 - S5: Crash Course on a patty by any other name isn't a pattyThu, 27 Apr 2023
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90 - S5: Crash Course on the Moose Jaw TunnelsThu, 20 Apr 2023
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89 - S5: Jewish Montreal: A culinary historyThu, 13 Apr 2023
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88 - S5: Newfoundland, the one who almost got awayThu, 06 Apr 2023
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87 - S5: Crash Course on Rat-bertaThu, 30 Mar 2023
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86 - S5: Dead MallsThu, 23 Mar 2023
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85 - We're back! It's Season 5 of The Secret Life of CanadaMon, 20 Mar 2023
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83 - S4: ShanawdithitThu, 30 Jun 2022
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82 - S4: Crash Course on KanataThu, 23 Jun 2022
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80 - S4: The Halifax DonairThu, 09 Jun 2022
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79 - S4: Crash Course on Ukrainian CanadiansThu, 26 May 2022
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77 - S4: Crash course on Puffed Wheat SquaresThu, 12 May 2022
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76 - S4: Pro WrestlingThu, 05 May 2022
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75 - Porter Primers: Building a multicultural CanadaMon, 18 Apr 2022
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74 - S4: Crash course on Mary Ann ShaddThu, 14 Apr 2022
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73 - Porter Primers: A historic fight to unionizeMon, 11 Apr 2022
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72 - Porter Primers: Side hustlesMon, 04 Apr 2022
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71 - S4: The Fruit MachineThu, 31 Mar 2022
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70 - Porter Primers: The rise of jazzMon, 28 Mar 2022
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69 - Porter Primers: How porters created Black neighbourhoodsMon, 21 Mar 2022
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68 - S4: Crash course on beaversThu, 17 Mar 2022
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67 - Porter Primers: Why were all porters called ‘George’?Mon, 14 Mar 2022
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66 - S4: The Punjabi MarketThu, 03 Mar 2022
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64 - S4: Crash Course on Nora’s Place in Hogan’s AlleyThu, 17 Feb 2022
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63 - S4: The Boy in the PictureThu, 03 Feb 2022
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62 - S3: Mailbag!Wed, 12 May 2021
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61 - S3: Crash Course on animals — only in CanadaMon, 03 May 2021
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60 - S3: The Indian Pavilion at Expo 67 (Part 2)Tue, 27 Apr 2021
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58 - S3: Crash Course on the "Whiskey War"Mon, 01 Mar 2021
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57 - S3: The Indian Pavilion at Expo 67 (Part 1)Mon, 15 Feb 2021
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56 - S3: Crash Course on Mohawk ironworkersTue, 26 Jan 2021
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55 - S3: Project Habakkuk, Jasper’s top secret ice shipTue, 12 Jan 2021
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54 - S3: Crash Course on Canada’s First MosqueMon, 28 Dec 2020
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53 - S3: You should know The Indian Film CrewTue, 15 Dec 2020
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51 - S3: Crash Course on TreesTue, 24 Nov 2020
