Teenage Consumers | Podcast Episode on RSS.com Sean Graham talks with Katherine Rollwagen, author of The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar: Creating the Youth Market in Mid-Century Canada. They discuss the creation of the 'classic' teenager, how mar...

This week on the podcast I talk with Katherine Rollwagen about how Eaton's marketed to teenagers in mid-century Canada and her new book Scramble for the Teenage Dollar rss.com/podcasts/wha...

⏱️ 8 hours to register to this evening's hybrid lecture @carleton.ca by John Moses on his father's experience, while attending the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Brantford, under exceptionally severe wartime&immediate post-war conditions 1942-1947: carleton.ca/history/even...

Russ Moses’ Residential School Memoir – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week, I talk with John Moses ahead of his November 3 Shannon Lecture entitled ‘This is not my story, but yours: The Russ Moses residential school memoir.’ We discuss…

This week on the podcast I talk with John Moses about tonight's Shannon Lecture about his father's residential school memoir @activehist.bsky.social
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A real pleasure speaking with @theseangraham.bsky.social about the history of military R&D and medical research ethics in post-1945 Canada. More in the book, Frontier Science, but a good intro to the topic for all those interested.

Military Experimentation – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Matthew S. Wiseman, historian of science and medicine in modern Canada. We discuss why militaries engage in scientific research, the civilian benefits of that …

This week I talk with @matthewswiseman.bsky.social about his research on military science and experimentation during the Cold War @activehist.bsky.social
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Trans-Canada Highway – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham We’re back from our summer hiatus with a new season and we’re kicking it off by talking with Craig Baird, the host of Canada History Ehx about his new book Canada’s…

We're back from our summer hiatus on What's Old is News @activehist.bsky.social as I talk with @craigbaird.bsky.social about his book on the Trans-Canada Highway
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Bay Area Outing Program – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham Sean Graham talks with Caitlin Keliiaa, author of Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labour and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program. They discuss the residentia…

On this week's What's Old is News @activehist.bsky.social I talk with Caitlin Keliiaa, author of Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women's Labour and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program
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Kosher Meat – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week I talk with John M. Efron, author of All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat. We discuss the relationship between Jewish culture and meat consumption, the uni…

We have a new What's Old is News over @activehist.bsky.social as I talk with John M Efron about his book All Consuming and the cultural history of kosher meat in Germany
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Active History History Matters

Here is the @activehist.bsky.social link to @theseangraham.bsky.social's "What is Old is News" pod where I'm interviewed about Fort McKay #Métis Nation: A Community History. Purchase or download (#openaccess) the book from @ucalgarypress.bsky.social to learn more about #oilsands #tarsands #ymm

The episode is available @activehist.bsky.social and wherever you get your pods
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Episode with @peterfortna.bsky.social available on the pod feed right now. Post on @activehist.bsky.social will be live tomorrow!

Race & Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week I talk with Judith Weisenfeld, author of Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race & Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake. We discuss about the origins of the book, how the an…

On this week's What's Old is News, I talk with Judith Weisenfeld about her book Black Religion in the Madhouse (@nyupress.bsky.social) and the role of psychiatry in pathologizing African American religion in the years following the Civil War @activehist.bsky.social
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Free Trade & Cultural Diplomacy – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham I’m is joined by Sarah E.K. Smith, author of Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America. We talk about Sarah’s interest in cultural diplomacy, wha…

We have a new What's Old is News episode over @activehist.bsky.social as I chat with the great @smithsarah.bsky.social about free trade and cultural diplomacy as told described in her new book Trading on Art @ubcpress.bsky.social
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In the What's Old is News feed this week, we are revisiting our chat with Steve Paikin about John Turner, whose tenure has been referenced a lot in comparison to today's Liberal Party
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Our AI overlords are having none of our popular idioms preaching patience

1921 Canadian Election – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Barbara Messamore, author of Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election about one of Canada’s turning point elections. We discuss the po…

New on What's Old is News @activehist.bsky.social I talk with Barbara Messamore (Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election) @ubcpress.bsky.social We talk key issues in the election: tariffs, post-war economy, suffrage, & William Lyon Mackenzie King
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1921 Canadian Election – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Barbara Messamore, author of Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election about one of Canada’s turning point elections. We discuss the po…

New on What's Old is News @activehist.bsky.social I talk with Barbara Messamore (Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election) @ubcpress.bsky.social We talk key issues in the election: tariffs, post-war economy, suffrage, & William Lyon Mackenzie King
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It was great fun to talk to @theseangraham.bsky.social about my book "The Hour of Absinthe"! If you are interested, do listen to "What's Old is News"!

Thanks again for inviting me, Sean!

#DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #Alcohol 🗃️🍸

Absinthe – What’s Old is News By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Nina Studer, author of The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France’s Most Notorious Drink. We talk about the drink’s origins, its cultural i…

This week on What's Old is News, I talk with Nina Studer, author of The Hour of Absinthe, about the drink's unique history and cultural importance in France
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Serafim ‘Joe’ Fortes – What’s Old is News Sean Graham talks with Ruby Smith Diaz, author of Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim ‘Joe’ Fortes. They discuss Ruby’s introduction to Serafim’s…

On this week's podcast @activehist.bsky.social , I talk with Ruby Smith Diaz, author of Searching for Serafim, which tells the story of Joe 'Serafim' Fortes, a trailblazing black lifeguard in Vancouver
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Podcasts What’s Old is News is a podcast hosted and produced by Sean Graham, exploring how current events are shaped by history. Each week, Sean will be joined by historians, journalists, and experts …

All the episodes of What's Old is News are available on @activehist.bsky.social with new episodes coming on Wednesdays
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