In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Glenn McKnight and Bob Bell from the Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities, a local historical group from Oshawa, Ontario. They chat about the group’s projects, which include the re-creation of a WWII Victory Garden, geocaching, and their new War of 1812 project, which included […]

Canada has had twenty-two people serve as Prime Minister and in this podcast Aaron Boyes, Patrick Fournier, Mike Thompson, and Sean Graham sit down and each draft teams of four.  

In this episode of the podcast, Sean Graham chats with Aaron Boyes about anti-Americanism in Canada. They talk about anti-Americanism as a founding principle of the country, the use of anti-Americanism in Canadian politics, and try to identify some the American most disliked by Canadians.

With Halloween just around the corner the History Slam decided to get into the spirit and explore the world of ghost tours! In the first half of the podcast Sean Graham chats with Jim Dean of Ottawa’s Haunted Walk about how they put together their stories and the importance of historical accuracy. In the second half, […]

The History Slam has gone international! In this edition I chat with John Resch of the University of New Hampshire – Manchester and get the American perspective of the War of 1812. So while people across the country commemorate the Canadian point of view of the war, Professor Resch describes how the Americans feel about […]

In this edition of the History Slam Sean Graham talks to Laurie Bertram about her upcoming exhibit Pioneer Ladies [of the evening], which opens this week at the Human Ecology Gallery at the University of Alberta and has previously been on display in Winnipeg. They chat about material culture, the role of trauma in history, […]

It’s the History Slam Fall Book Preview! Emily Harrington, the podcast’s official ‘publishing guru,’ stops by to talk about some of the new books coming out in the next few months. She also talks about what she’d like to see in new history books and give a bit of insight in the production of the […]

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with the author of Booze: A Distilled History, Craig Heron from York University. They chat about the place of alcohol in Canadian history, changing patterns of consumption, and what we think about our politicians’ drinking.

In this edition of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Victoria Lamb Drover about the history of Participaction. Discussion includes Body Break, the use of the media, and Hal Johnson’s mustache.

In our first episode Sean Graham was happy to welcome the great Ian Milligan as the inaugural guest. They chat about his new project, the state of the digital humanities, and the place of history in society, plus they preview future editions.