Larry Ostola speaks with Harry Malcolmson about his book, Scene: How the 1960s Transformed Canadian Art. Scene traces this remarkable reshaping of the nation’s artistic landscape. Written by renowned art critic Harry Malcolmson, the book offers an insider’s view of how a surge of artists, galleries, collectors, and critics propelled Canadian art onto the global stage. Malcolmson explores the forces behind this creative renaissance, from the patriotic fervor surrounding Canada’s Centennial and Expo ’67 to landmark projects like Toronto City Hall. Through vivid anecdotes and sharp analysis, he captures the energy of the decade and profiles over twenty influential Canadian artists who defined the period. Richly illustrated, Scene examines how growing nationalism, cultural confidence, and economic prosperity converged to shape a new artistic identity. It also charts the rise of key institutions, including the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada. 

Harry Malcolmson is an art critic and a prominent collector of art and historical photography. Previously, he worked as a lawyer and was a regular contributor to publications such as the Toronto Telegram, Saturday Night, and Canadian Art. Together with Ann Malcolmson, he assembled The Malcolmson Collection, which spans the history of photography from the 1840s and is regarded as one of the most important collections of historical photography in Canada. 

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Scene: How the 1960s Transformed Canadian Art

Season 2 of Grave History begins with some...well... grave history! In this extra long episode, Teddy takes us through the burial reforms of the 19th century and how London went from overcrowded church graveyards to spacious garden cemeteries like Highgate.

Please be aware there are frank discussions of death, grief, and burial held within.
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Your hosts: Catriona Morton and Teddy Potter
Research: Teddy Potter
Editing: Teddy Potter
Cover Art: TheTinKid and Fiver Arts
Intro and Outro music: The Undead - Haunted Corpse
Morbid Audio sting: Mikeala Moody.

20. Grave Reforms

James Stewart (J.D.M.) speaks with Alexandra Giancarlo, Janice Forsyth, and Braden Te Hiwi about their book, Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey. In 1951, the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School toured Ottawa and Toronto after winning the Thunder Bay district championship. Promoted as proof of the residential school system’s “success,” the tour masked the realities of abuse and forced assimilation. Beyond the Rink by Alexandra Giancarlo, Janice Forsyth, and Braden Te Hiwi—created with Survivors Kelly Bull, Chris Cromarty, and David Wesley—examines this legacy, celebrating the team’s achievements while exposing hockey’s role in colonial narratives and reclaiming their story to envision a more just future for Indigenous peoples and Canada.

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Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey

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Want to leave society and forget all your worries? Hop right into to this fresh podcast guaranteed to be as comfortable as a bus in the Alaskan wilderness! This week we're talking all about 2007's Into The Wild and the death of Chris McCandless! Into The Wild stars Emile Hirsch,  Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener and is directed by Sean Penn. Get ready to survive the wilderness with us!

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Episode #179 : Into The Wild

Larry Ostola speaks with Don Weekes about his book, Hockey Hall of Fame Timeline of the Game: 150 Years of Hockey Stories. The players. The builders. The moments and stories that define the game. Hockey Hall of Fame Timeline of the Game is a visual catalog of hockey's history -- from the early days of a modest ice game played on ponds to today's fast-paced, global, multi-billion-dollar sport. Hockey Hall of Fame Timeline of the Game is replete with facts, stories, headlines and stats that will satiate the appetites of even the most passionate fans. Hundreds of images, from iconic photographs to obscure illustrations and rare shots, bring the history to life -- all assembled in a colorful, attention-grabbing package. This indispensable reference guides you through eight hockey-defining eras.

Don Weekes is an award-winning television producer at CTV Montreal and the author of more than 20 hockey books, including Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Trivia and Picturing the Game: An Illustrated Story of Hockey. 

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Hockey Hall of Fame Timeline of the Game: 150 Years of Hockey Stories

Greg Marchildon speaks with Ron Graham about his book, The Coutts Diaries: Power, Politics, and Pierre Trudeau 1973-1981. Jim Coutts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau from 1975 to 1981, was one of the most powerful men in Canada during those tumultuous years. Equally admired and attacked, respected and reviled, he was, in the words of one contemporary journalist, “a political phenomenon such as Canada has never known before: Machiavelli masquerading as a cherub.” The man who “exercised more backroom power than anyone else in modern Canadian political history,” Coutts not only knew everyone and saw everything at the centre of the action, he wrote it all down. Now, for the first time, his secret diaries have been edited into a single volume that offers an astonishing, behind-the-scenes look into public events and private lives during some of the most dramatic years in Canadian history. 

Ron Graham is an author and journalist based in Toronto. He has written extensively over many decades on Canadian politics, history, religion, business, and culture.  

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The Coutts Diaries: Power, Politics, and Pierre Trudeau 1973-1981

Historian and award-winning author Dr. Matthew Restall joins Big Blend Radio’s "Way Back When" History Show to discuss his latest book, “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus” (W. W. Norton, October 7, 2025).

A leading expert on Latin American and colonial history, Dr. Restall is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology and Director of Latin American Studies at Penn State University. He is also the author of over 30 books, including "Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest" and "When Montezuma Met Cortés."

In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Restall untangles the nine myths—Columbus’s “nine lives”—that have shaped the explorer’s enduring cultural and political presence. From competing origin stories and beatification campaigns to fictionalized biographies, scandals, and shifting national narratives, he examines how Columbus became both a hero and an antihero in the American imagination.

While exploring the impact of Columbus’s voyages on Indigenous peoples, Dr. Restall also explains how immigration, patriotism, and modern identity politics have kept Columbus at the center of debates about history, morality, and national mythmaking. This episode offers a thoughtful and nuanced look at why Columbus still matters today—and why understanding his story requires examining multiple perspectives.

Learn more about Dr. Restall: http://matthewrestall.com/

In celebration of National Life Writing Month, which recognizes how stories, biographies, and personal histories shape our understanding of the world, this episode is also featured on the Big Daily Blend show. Explore the Big Blend Radio Network:  https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/bigblendradionetwork

Dr. Matthew Restall: The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus

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We just wanted to create something beautiful instead, we created this podcast! Join us as we get animated and learn all about the creation of the Japanese WW2 fighter plane the zero. This week we're talking all about 2013's The Wind Rises, which was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Let's create something beautiful!

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Episode #180 : The Wind Rises

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Happy Thanksgiving! This week we're eating well, and having a feast in the harshest conditions! It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without family, so we had to be joined by Walt Flanagan form Comic Book Men, and Tell Em Steve Dave to talk all about the Andes plane and 1993's Alive, which was directed by Frank Marshall and stars Ethan Hawk, Vincent Spano, and Josh Hamilton. Gather around the table let's dive into this movie!

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Episode #181 : Alive Ft. Walt Flanagan

Larry Ostola speaks with Marc Milner about his book Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story of the Normandy Campaign. In June 1944, an Allied army of British, American, and Canadian troops sought to open up a Second Front in Normandy. But they were not only fighting to bring the Second World War to an end. After decades of Anglo-American struggle for dominance, they were also contending with one another—to determine who would ascend to global hegemony once Hitler’s armies fell. Marc Milner traces this bitter rivalry as it emerged after the First World War and evolved during the fragile peace which led to the Second. American media and domestic politics dominated the Allied powers’ military strategy, overshadowing the contributions of Britain and the remarkably critical role played by Canada in establishing this Second Front. Culminating in the decisive Normandy campaign, Milner shows how the struggle for supremacy between Churchill and Roosevelt changed the course of the Second World War—and how their rivalry shaped our understanding of the Normandy campaign, and the war itself. 

Marc Milner is emeritus professor of history at the University of New Brunswick and former director of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. He is the author of ten acclaimed books, including Stopping the Panzers and Battle of the Atlantic. 

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Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story of the Normandy Campaign

We break down the accuracy of historical movies, historical people and events, all while cracking jokes along the way.

Immerse yourself in Canada’s history! Witness to Yesterday episodes take listeners on a journey to document a time in Canada’s past and explore the people behind it, its significance, and its relevance to today. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. To learn more about the Society and Canada’s history, subscribe to our newsletter at https://bit.ly/news_WTY.

Select Big Blend Radio interviews that are featured in the digital, interactive Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine. Hosted by Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, mother-daughter travel team and publishers.

Interested in the darker parts of history? Join your hosts Teddy and Catriona and delve into the morbid, strange and downright horrible. From body snatching to the Fair Folk, Grave History is your one stop shop for the macabre.

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