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Listen In episodes
- 1.7 Tomo Cacic: A Difficult PrisonerKevin Levangie tells us about a Canadian volunteer named Tomo Čačić, and his complicated journey to the Spanish Civil War and beyond. We talk about deportation, forced mobility, anti-communism, and nation-building.42 min
- 2.2 The Technology of CampsKaarina and Kevin talk about the kinds of camps that Canadian Spanish Civil War volunteers might have moved through: Canada's relief camps, International Brigades' disciplinary camps, Fascist Prisoner of War camps, and French refugee camps, and German concentration camps.1 hr 1 min
- 1.6 Anarchism in/and the Spanish Civil War
Kaarina chats with Hugh Goldring of Ad Astra Comix about Anarchism leading up to the Spanish Civil War, during the war, and in Canada and North America today. Hugh also shares his thoughts on anti-fascism today.
43 min - 1.8 Tiny Anderson: "The Police Is Terribly Brutal"
Kaarina Mikalson talks with Kevin Levangie about the life of Ivor "Tiny" Anderson, a Danish-Canadian volunteer who wrote fascinating letters home to his family and lived a short but eventful life.
28 min - 1.2 The Mac Paps
Kevin Levangie joins Kaarina Mikalson to discuss the Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War and the organizations they fought with: the International Brigades and the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion.
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59 min - 2.1 It Ain't EthiopiaCanada and the Spanish Civil War co-director Emily Robins Sharpe talks about Jewish North American and African American participation in the Spanish Civil War, and the war's impact on Jewish North American and African American literature34 min
- 2.7 Thomas Danek
Kevin and Kaarina discuss the short and tragic life of Canadian volunteer Thomas Danek.
18 min - 2.5 This Time a Better Podcast
Kevin and Kaarina (re)record their conversation about This Time a Better Earth, Ted Allan's 1939 Spanish Civil War novel.
38 min - 2.3 Ed Cecil-Smith
Part 1 of our interview with Tyler Wentzell, military historian and legal scholar. Wentzell talks about Ed Cecil-Smith, a Canadian volunteer, commanding officer in the International Brigades, and significant member of the Communist Party in Canada. He is also the subject of Wentzell's forthcoming book.
Photo from the Tamiment Library.
54 min - 2.8 Meet Me on the Barricades
Kevin and Kaarina discuss Meet Me on the Barricades, a 1938 novel by Charles Yale Harrison about a big-dreaming oboe player with a passionate but passive interest in the Spanish Civil War.
In a bonus track, Kevin and Kaarina read an excerpt from Meet Me on the Barricades.
38 min
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A podcast about the people, movements and events that made the Spanish Civil War a part of Canada's cultural and political history.