Episode 14: Travelling through time
This week we're sharing podcasts that tell the tales of yesteryear, days of yore and bygone eras. They're all podcasts that tell amazing stories from history.
BackStory
"She was about to embark on a trip around the world, and do it faster than anyone had ever done it before." — Nina Earnest
BackStory is a podcast made by "The American History Guys" Ed Ayer, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh.
In each epsiode they take a current headline, and tell stories on the same theme from history.
For this episode, the 99th anniversary of the Indy 500 was the starting point for a show all about speed.
Today in Canadian History
"Yeah, but Sasketchewan is hard to spell." — Marc Affeld
"But easy to draw!" — Joe Burima
Each episode of Today in Canadian History invites a historian to talk about a unique event or moment that took place on that day in Canada's past.
This episode takes us back to August 27, 1912, where we hitch a ride on the very first road trip across Canada.
Since the episodes are so short, we had time to feature two episodes on today's show.
This second episode originally aired on September 1st of last year — so keep in mind that some facts have changed on Alberta's political scene since then.
Popcast
"This was the only song that was ever banned by NASA headquarters, but our team adopted it as our theme song." — Terry Watson
Popcast is from the team behind Pop Up Archive — a digital service we actually use sometimes at the CBC, where you upload audio from, say... an interview, and they transcribe the audio and store it.
Their team has access to tons of cool audio that's been uploaded for transcription from all around the world. Of course, with access to all that archive audio you're going to have to make a podcast.
For this piece, Popcast producer Eliza Smith pulled audio from NASA to take us into space.
Our Fake History
"Lucky for you, I am no self-respecting historian!" — Sebastian Major
Sebastian Major is a high school history teacher based in Toronto, and he makes a super fun podcast called Our Fake History.
Every episode takes a myth or a piece of historical gossip that just won't die — and Major tells the story, explains where it came from, and then systematically debunks it.
This is Our Fake History's inaugural episode, "Was Queen Elizabeth Actually a Man?"
Want more history podcasts? Check out our list of ten history podcasts you need to hear.
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