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The Secret Life of Canada is a history podcast about the country you know and the stories you don't.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021
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S3: Project Habakkuk, Jasper’s top secret ice ship
36:27
S3: Crash Course on Canada’s First Mosque
8:13
S3: You should know The Indian Film Crew
42:08
Introducing: Unreserved
53:21
S3: Crash Course on Trees
11:49
S3: The Mounties Always Get Their Land (Part 2)
48:36
S3: Crash Course on British Home Children
16:03
S3: The Mounties Always Get Their Land (Part 1)
44:28
S3: Crash Course on L. M. Montgomery (a.k.a. Maud without an E)
18:24
S3: Kanesatake 300 Years Later (Part 2)
52:36
S3: Crash Course on Superheroes!
20:12
S3: Kanesatake 300 Years Later (Part 1)
33:54
S3: Crash Course on Dr. James Barry and Victoria’s Transgender archives
12:17
S3: What's the deal with blackface?
44:42
S3: Crash Course on Black Nurses
10:10
S3: Where is Japantown?
56:14
S3: Crash Course on "Uncle Tom"
17:03
S3: Sasquatch in the Gift Shop
37:02
S3: Crash Course on Friendship Centres
10:00
Season 3 is self-isolating
23:37
S2: The Nanny
41:42
S2: Shout out to Autumn Peltier
4:28
S2: Your Letters
29:45
S2: Shout out to Atuat Akittirq
3:06
S2: The Indian Act
44:51
S2: Shout out to Gay Asians of Toronto
4:39
S2: Chinatown
28:17
S2: Shout Out to Dr. O
3:59
S2: The Medicine Line
40:36
S2: Shout Out to Bernelda Wheeler
3:31
S2: The Golden Boy
46:59
S2: Shout Out to Your Grandma
13:50
S2: The province of Jamaica
50:16
S2: Shout Out to John Ware
5:11
S2: Water
50:42
S2: Shout Out to Madhu Verma
3:45
S2: Shout Out to Eleanor Collins
4:08
S2: Your questions answered! (Bonus from Toronto Live show)
9:12
S2: Toronto vs. Everyone (Live!)
45:14
S2: The Gold Rush
33:04
S2: Shout Out to Private Buckam Singh
3:19
S2: You don't wanna sleep here (Halloween Special)
31:42
S2: Shout Out to C.D. Hoy
3:39
S2: Bay Blanket
37:40
Season One Wrap Up
1:28
S1: Shout Out to Fred Sasakamoose
3:21
S1: The Secret Life of Statues
26:50
S1: The Secret Life of Canadian Snacks
21:13
S1: Shout Out to Tom Longboat
2:06
S1: The Secret Life of the North
35:42
S1: Shout Out to Jackie Shane
4:00
S1: Shout Out to Irene Uchida
3:00
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S3: Crash Course on Superheroes!
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From Captain Newfoundland to Shaman and Alpha Flight, what can some of the most iconic Indigenous and Canadian Superheroes tell us about our history? Turns out, quite a lot.
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Published: July 15, 2020
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