Canuck is a Slur

Comedian Rick Green (The Frantics), co-creator of The Red Green Show and the creator of History Bites, is on the show to share his experience of trying to make pop history for television. We also talk a little Red Green, a little neo-fascism, and a little neurodivergence. We think one of those things is bad, to be clear.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurSubscribe to Rick's weekly dispatches: http://rickhasadhd.com/friday-funnies/Check out History Bites on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryBitesOfficialAnd elsewhere: https://www.facebook.com/RickWantsToKnowhttps://www.instagram.com/rickhasadhdIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

A.J. Ditty from The Worst of All Possible Worlds brings his media analysis to the only fictional feature written and directed by American activist filmmaker Michael Moore: Canadian Bacon, in which an unpopular U.S. president (Alan Alda) flirts with waging war against Canada—as an intrepid American sheriff (John Candy) decides to become the tip of the spear.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28 Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur Find A.J. online: https://www.ajditty.com/ Check out The Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Musician & writer Jordan Mandel facilitates a crash course on Marshall McLuhan, the 62nd Greatest Canadian.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFind Jordan's album under the title "The Music is the Message" and the artist name "Spoke and Mirror" on all music streaming platforms!Read Jordan's writing: https://jordanmandel.com

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Nicole (noted friend-, host-, and Nicole-of-the-show) is back for another round of punishment. This time, it's to read a book Kelly found in a trash bag: "Decoy Ops: Fighting Street Crime Undercover", which is about what happens when imaginative kids aren't allowed to join theatre groups and are forced to become cops instead. Does this relate to the established themes of this show? As it turns out, trying to answer that question was a much more interesting journey than I bargained for!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.In 1980, Terry Fox tried to run across the country on one leg to raise money for cancer research. Can we take this unproblematic, universally beloved, unequivocal hero and still extract a downer episode out of it? Tune in to find out!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur Check out Kirsty's work here: https://www.ourstoriesandourselves.com/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Cariad finishes the story of the first computer crime in Canada, and we discuss its effects on the subsequent evolution of the theft of ones and zeros.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Cariad on Bluesky: https://cariad.bsky.social

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Before Shoresy, before even Letterkenny, Jared Keeso was just some unknown hockey-player turned actor...portraying friend-of-the-show Don Cherry in a TV-movie series. And he's looking GOOD doing it, folks. I mean, REALLY hot.Jules and Lucas, our Australian subject matter experts, return to the show to cover Part 1—but first, we catch up on what Grapes has gotten up to since last year's recording.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Cariad returns to the show to explain computers to Kelly like he's an idiot (because he is), and answer his questions on why they're evil. This is all to explain how the first-ever computer crime took place at the University of Alberta—which will be discussed in further detail in Part 2.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Cariad on Bluesky: https://cariad.bsky.social

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.It's the Albanian Bunker Episode! It's an episode recorded in a bunker in Albania. Topics include: bunkers, tourism, and animal welfare.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Marko on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrld.of_harley/ Follow the puppies on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trimi.and.riga/Support "Animals Need Me", the main major rescue NGO in Shkodër mentioned by Marko: https://www.instagram.com/animalsneedme/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Like many podcasts, we decided to give the public a free bonus episode for the holidays—and there's no holiday more important in the annals of Canuck is a Slur than Orthodox Christmas! Or, more accurately, Christmas according to the Julian calendar. By popular vote in the Discord server, the clear winner was Bonus #6, "Canuxploitation." Here is the original description:Bryan and Dave from Bring Me The Axe are here to school Kelly on the "tax shelter era" that led to a glut of low-budget cinema that would be come to be referred to as "Canuxploitation," as well as the knock-on effects that helped build the modern Canadian film industry.Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Bring Me The Axe: https://linktr.ee/bringmetheaxepodIntro: "What Would You Do For A Timbit?" as sung by the cast of The Last TimbitOutro: "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" as performed by Nickelback

The hosts of SeedPod are here to explain the ins and outs of herbicides, including glyphosate—the main target of the "Stop Spraying New Brunswick" campaign.Check out SeedPod wherever you get your podcasts!Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Fresh off of learning about the unmitigated clownshow that was the Las Vegas Posse, we ask the question: "Okay but what if you made it really humid, too? What if you added circus animals?? What if the field tried to kill you???" We also ask the question: "How many CFL franchises do you get a crack at running into the ground with your small adult failson?" And additionally: "What do you do with your jingle after the NFL sues you to make you stop using your team name?" Not to mention: "What is the most appropriate way to write about a public figure dying in a nursing home?" We don't get a lot of good answers, but there are definitely a ton of questions.This brings us to what Francis Fukuyama was talking about when he said "the end of football history": the 1994 Grey Cup. That's it! There's simply no more football to discuss after that. All that's left is to hammer out George Stroumboulopoulos' role in the past nine episodes. Oh, and "Danton Barto" is in there.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "A Horse With No Name" by AmericaOutro: "Baltimore CFL Football Theme" by WMAR-TV BaltimoreMajor sources:"End Zones & Border Wars: The Era of American Expansion in the CFL" by Ed Willes (2013)"This Isn't How a Legend Should End" by Earl McRae, for the Ottawa Sun (23 June 2007)Las Vegas Posse vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders (16 July 1994)Baltimore CFL Football Club vs. Calgary Stampeders (16 July 1994)Baltimore CFL Football Club vs. B.C. Lions (27 November 1994)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Eight episodes in, we finally directly address the question of "how did Canadian football come to be different from American football?" before skipping straight to the early 1990s to get to the good part! Namely, the time the CFL—on the brink of financial ruin—threw a Hail Mary by trying to expand into a market that was surely ripe to accept Canadian football: the United States of America.In this one: you'll learn how close we got to getting any more Rough( )riders, the CFL learns the hard way why Americans don't play football in late June, and one obscure anthem singer learns how butchering "O Canada" can make you the most recognizable Yank in Shanghai.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years" by Frank Cosentino (2017)"End Zones & Border Wars: The Era of American Expansion in the CFL" by Ed Willes (2013)"25 Years on, Infamous O Canada Performance Remains Part of CFL Folklore" by Dan Ralph, for CBC Sports (2019)Las Vegas Posse vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders (16 July 1994)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.We begin the home stretch of this series with a look at the very deliberate creation of modern Gaelic football, which has managed to escape our attention thus far...then we move on to an era of American football so violent that the President gets involved. No, way more "violent" than how you'd mean it today—no, more "violent" than actual combat sports. It's so, so, so much more violent than that. And more fatal.In Part 7, you'll learn: the physiognomic differences between Irish and English legs, the proper sporting way to go about fighting a spectator, and which of Napoleon's marshals would've made the best offensive coordinator for American football. As mentioned in this episode, here is the video of Mark Cuban completely dismantling Skip Bayless on live television.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)"Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster" by Francis Markham (1903)"Football: a study in diffusion" by Graham Curry (2001)"Walter Camp: Football and the Modern Man" by Julie Des Jardins (2015)"The Rise and Fall of the Flying Wedge: Football's Most Controversial Play" by Scott McQuilkin and Ronald Smith (1993)The New York Times, 2 December 1893"Football facts and figures: A symposium of expert opinions on the game's place in American athletics" by Walter Camp (1894)

Andrew Grant—an Ontario-born, Vancouver-based comedian with a master's in linguistics—is on the show to help present an overview of general Canadian English, as well as some of the specifics of various Anglo-Canadian accents & dialects.We also cover some regional phrasing and terminology, from "parkade" and "bunny hug" to asking for your eggs "side by each" to specify "where they're to."Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grantcandrew/

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.There's no getting around it: we shot our wad early with all the jokes about balls and busting...and now we have to catch up on history. The 1870s through the 1890s brought an eruption of rule changes that moved the Rugby game away from the Association game, and shaped the other five codes we have today, as everyone is desperate to do something about all the tedious "scrummaging."In Part 6, you'll learn how Americans were the only people wonderful and special enough to innovate new rugby-football rules, and then how people in northern England subsequently innovated new rugby-football rules. You'll also learn which racial group the sporting elites liked to compare the working class to—you might be surprised (you absolutely won't).Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)"Walter Camp: Football and the Modern Man" by Julie Des Jardins (2015)"The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889" by Bob Braunwart (1997)"A Sporting Pilgrimage" by Caspar Whitney (1895)"Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Players: a sociological study of the development of rugby football" by Eric Dunning & Kenneth Sheard (1979)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.In this installment, we track the progression from the heady college days of Canadian and American football, to the groups that would go on to form the Canadian Football League. Come along and find out, from among these many schools and clubs: which team names were the exact same, which ones were the dumbest, and which ones were the most racist (none of these categories are mutually exclusive).Part 5 is also a great place to learn about "emotional support slurs," exactly how transmissible Scottishness is, and exactly which of our many trophies' namesakes were intimately involved in Rhodesia.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.This is an episode all about institutionalized bullying: from the halls of Eton and Rugby, as fictionalized in a transatlantic hit of a novel; to the fields of Harvard and Dartmouth, as materialized in the genocide of innumerable people and cultures.In Part 4, we track the continued evolution of ball games in the places that the English were creatively calling "New England," including the sports that the French were creatively calling "Curved Stick." All the while, the settlers marvel at the suspicious happiness of the "uncivilized" people of these new lands, who engage in such incomprehensible behaviour as "sharing resources" and "drinking water."Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"From Football to Soccer" by Brian D. Bunk (2021)"New England's Prospect" by William Wood (1634)"Old Division Football: The Indigenous Mob Soccer Of Dartmouth College" by Scott Meacham (2006)"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)"An Historical Sketch of the Oneida Football Club of Boston" by Winthrop Salstonstall Scudder (1926)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Now that we've finally finished with the ball jokes (mostly), we can set aside our three horrid little fancy-boy schools and get on to the important business of talking about...well, another fancy-boy school that the first three turn their noses up at: Rugby.In this episode, come learn about: which recurring CIAS character had a cameo role in the myth-making of rugby football's origins, what the Don Cherry of 1860s football was complaining about, and what went on in the wild life of the man most responsible for the emergence of Australian football.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"Football: The First Hundred Years" by Adrian Harvey (2005)"Football: a study in diffusion" by Graham Curry (2001)"Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Players: a sociological study of the development of rugby football" by Eric Dunning and Kenneth Sheard (1979)"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)"Tom Wills: the insubordinate life of an Australian sporting legend" by Greg de Moore (2008)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.In the pursuit of covering the history of Canadian football, we've accidentally found ourselves covering the history of all football. Now that we've finally gotten out of our "ball-play" jokes out of the way, there shouldn't be any double entendres going forward. Right?In this episode, we investigate the primordial soup of proto-football games being played in 19th-century fancy-boy English schools: the one renowned for how badly the ball and field both suck, the one whose name ("Winkies") is the most normal part of its terminology, and the one whose headmaster had to excise a component for reminding him of "a bizarre sexual ritual." And then there's the Wall Game.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"Living Sports History: Football at Winchester, Eton and Harrow" by Steven Bailey (1995) "An Elementary Guide to Win Co Fo" by Michael Fontes (2025) "Football: a study in diffusion" by Graham Curry (2001)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.It's time we covered one of the absolute cornerstones of "Canadian sports," and for that, we have to begin with the logical starting point: England in the 14th century! It's going to be a long series.In Part 1, we investigate: whether you can be killed by a tennis ball, whether knives or "murther" have any place in sports, and if it's possible to be pranked so hard by "wags" that you have to leave town forever. A heads-up that this episode contains "develishe pastimes" full of "rancour and malice," and unfortunately, it "all ends with the ape on horseback."Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources: "Sports and Pastimes of the People of England" by Joseph Strutt (1801)

Nicole is back to discuss the 2005 Québécois film The Rocket, about the life and career of Maurice Richard, up to the point of the 1955 Richard Riot. It also contains another recurring figure from the show.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.After a bleak ending to Part 3, we cleanse the palate with the question: what if dril was a professional athlete tweeting under his own name? And got a lucrative media career out of it? And that's what leads us to our final Hockey Guy of the series: Paul "BizNasty" Bissonnette.Links I promised to include: the first collection of Biz tweets, the second collection of Biz tweets, and Biz's full "Road Warriors" episode.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Fresh on the heels of the worst-landed bit of all time, we explore the fallout from this incident, as well as the rest of Sean Avery's career. Then we get into his post-retirement activities...including his legal troubles.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.In the first full, proper episode of this series, Nicole finally gets to discover who Sean Avery is—and why she's being forced to learn about him. We explore the whole continuum of Hockey Decorum, including: how quickly you can alienate 28 teams in a 30-team league, how to navigate situations of you or your opponents marrying a sister-in-law, and the kind of violation of established norms that forces them to change the rulebook on your behalf.I'm not currently in a place where I can record any interjections, so here are a few addenda/corrections:This episode was recorded in May. I am fully aware that, yes, the Oilers did fail to win the Cup again this year.Stan Bowman was the General Manager of the Blackhawks, and now of the Oilers. I don't know why I overthought that.The former Chicago Blackhawks video coach, Brad Aldrich, "has never faced charges for his alleged abuse of Blackhawks players, but in December 2013, he pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in a case involving a 16-year-old high school hockey player in Michigan. Prosecutors dropped a felony count. Aldrich was released from jail in 2014." [Source: Global News]As far as I can tell, no one was eliminated in Week 1 of Dancing With The Stars. So, that means Avery was eliminated at the first possible opportunity.The notorious incident with Brian Trottier and Kevin Stevens yelling misogynist and homophobic insults at Brian Bellows was from the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals, not the early 1980s.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Less than a year after getting out of the Tim Horton dungeon, Nicole is once again locked in a room to forcibly learn about the intersection of hockey guys, bad vibes, and questionable decisions. But first, we have to take a little time to thank each and every one of the show's wonderful, lovely patrons.This one is a little different than usual—we spent a lot of time goofing around, so what was planned to be the intro section of Part 1 got spun off into its own entire episode. If you are All Business and want to get straight to the Prepared Content, you can jump right ahead to the 0:30:28 mark.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Shawinigan Moments: https://shawiniganmoments.caCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://linktr.ee/beyondthebreakersCheck out Failure to Launch: https://www.patreon.com/failuretolaunchIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Kelly sits down with "Mao," a pseudonymous German doctor, to discuss the German TV program Unsere Besten ("Our Best"), which predates The Greatest Canadian by a year.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Plains Cree teacher Lisa Auger is on the show to tell us about: Plains Cree! Bush Cree! Other dialects of Cree! We talk about the forces that have tried to put indigenous languages down, the forces that have been trying to lift indigenous languages up, and of course: we learn how to say "dick."Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurHere is a good place to start on Cree language information: https://kiyanaw.net/Here is the TikTok account Lisa was referring to: https://www.tiktok.com/@otipeyimisowHere is the same person's Linktree full of useful stuff: https://linktr.ee/aaronfayHere is a link to the PDF workbook we mention: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X-Y3HtPUKefhX-izvrxnsE_wiZhC2Hrr/view?usp=sharinIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Kelly reunites with Emily, an old co-worker from many years back, to reminisce about Edmonton and talk about how Wayne Gretzky sucks. Also there's some stuff in there from a right-wing politician about how much she loves Gretzky, but who cares?Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28 Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur Check out all of Emily's links & socials here: https://linktr.ee/emilytakesthebusIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Kelly sits down with Nicole, his partially Britishized cousin, to talk about their shared Franco-Albertan heritage.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur

Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Jack & Sam from "See Podcast" are here from the UK and US, respectively, to understand the province of Alberta by way of its defining artwork: the 2002 low-budget indie film FUBAR.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28 Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Bee Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/bee-podcast Follow Jack on Twitch: http://jackdaw.tv Follow Sam on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/samu3lkIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Tamarack & Cariad from "Shawinigan moments" are here to tackle the pitch for the eventual winner of "The Greatest Canadian," Tommy Douglas—as pitched by Canada's Boyfriend, former MuchMusic VJ George Stroumboulopoulos.The full on-screen list of things that the creators credit Douglas with bringing to Canada (or at least Saskatchewan) that we reference in our discussion:Family allowance; 40-hour work week; Economic planning agency; Labour code; Air ambulances; Provincial archives; Old-age pensions; Minimum wage; Free textbooks; Unemployment insurance; Legislature broadcasts; Small claims court; Arts board; Union rights; Public auto insurance; Public-run transit; Bill of rights; Laws against farm foreclosure; Public utilities; Lower voting age to 18; MedicareSupport us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Shawinigan Moments: https://shawiniganmoments.caIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Wade, my BeWelcome host and collections manager at The Rooms in St. John's, recorded with me in his living room to share his knowledge of the history and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador—and how it evolved distinctly alongside Canada before joining the country in 1949.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by Joe from "Lions Led By Donkeys" to tell the story of the Richard Riot in an extremely roundabout way. In Part 3, we cover the events directly before, during, and after the riot.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Joe on Bluesky, and check out Lions Led By Donkeys!Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by Joe from "Lions Led By Donkeys" to tell the story of the Richard Riot in an extremely roundabout way. In Part 2, we cover the early history of the Montréal Canadiens from their founding to the beginning of the Rocket's career.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Joe on Bluesky, and check out Lions Led By Donkeys!Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by Joe from "Lions Led By Donkeys" to tell the story of the Richard Riot in an extremely roundabout way. In Part 1, we discuss the athletic and cultural importance of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, with a ton of diversions along the way.(By the way, the fake player that the Sabres drafted was "Taro Tsujimoto")Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Joe on Bluesky, and check out Lions Led By Donkeys!Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Sarah (from here) and Duncan (from away) are here to share their respective experiences of living in New Brunswick. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Unkey Dunkey: https://linktr.ee/UnkeyDunkeyIntro: "What Would You Do For A Timbit?" as sung by the cast of The Last Timbit Outro: "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" as performed by Nickelback

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by Andrew from "Boonta Vista" to discuss the Canadian-made cult classic sci-fi horror film "Cube," the country's highest-globally-grossing cinematic production until "Bon Cop Bad Cop" (2006).Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurFollow Andrew on Bluesky, and check out Boonta Vista!Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by comedian Tom Walker to lay out the timelines of two very noteworthy figures to emerge from the Canadian sovereign-citizen movement—including the woman who would declare herself Queen of Canada, Romana Didulo.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Tom's comedy, Tom on Twitch, and Tom & Demi's podcast!Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a full-video podcast. You can watch the whole episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by children's entertainer Fred Penner and his mentee, Duncan Ireland, to discuss the evolution of the Canadian artistic landscape from the 1970s to today.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Duncan's work, check out Fred's work, check out Hayley Gene Penner's work, check out Gabor Maté's work, and even check out Artslink NB!Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Bryan and Dave from Bring Me The Axe are here to tell us all about Piss Christ. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Bring Me The Axe: https://linktr.ee/bringmetheaxepod

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Quinn from "Failure to Launch" is back to close out the Ken Carter saga, including his further attempts to get into Guinness World Records—and his further attempts to jump rocket-powered cars.We also have a playlist of relevant content for the series, for anyone who wants to get deep into it! For The Devil At Your Heels in particular, the version on the NFB website is higher-quality than on YouTube.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Failure To Launch On Patreon, on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTubeIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Quinn from "Failure to Launch" is back to cover the aftermath of Ken Carter's failure to launch a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental across the St. Lawrence River, including the surprising careers and personal lives of some of the side characters in "The Devil At Your Heels."We also have a playlist of relevant content for the series, for anyone who wants to get deep into it! For The Devil At Your Heels in particular, the version on the NFB website is higher-quality than on YouTube. When you're done with this episode, the articles on Hugh Kennedy and Sammy Miller are well worth reading in full.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Failure To Launch On Patreon, on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTubeIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Quinn from "Failure to Launch" is back for more of Ken Carter, as "The Mad Canadian" tries to put together one of the most ambitious daredevil stunts of all time—a "mile-long" jump across the St. Lawrence River in a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental—without any real regard for aerodynamics, ballistics, or safety.We also have a playlist of relevant content for the series, for anyone who wants to get deep into it! For The Devil At Your Heels in particular, the version on the NFB website is higher-quality than on YouTube. When you're done with this episode, the article on Kenny Powers I promised to put in the description is here!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Failure To Launch On Patreon, on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTubeIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Quinn from "Failure to Launch" returns to discuss Ken Carter, the traveling daredevil who yearns for a rocket-powered car—but first, we'll have to see if he can make it into the Guinness Book of Records for automobile ramp jumps.We also have a playlist of relevant content for the series, for anyone who wants to get deep into it! For The Devil At Your Heels in particular, the version on the NFB website is higher-quality than on YouTube.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Failure To Launch On Patreon, on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTubeIntro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Lucas & Jules from "Australian Gothic" are back for more Grapes! This time, we're watching the episode of "The Greatest Canadian" in which the case is made for Don Cherry by his celebrity advocate: Bret "The Hitman" Hart.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Australian Gothic: https://australiangothicpodcast.com/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Brad has to explain pop culture to Kelly from first principles. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Flyover State Park: https://www.youtube.com/@flyoverstatepark

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined again by Francis Horton from "What a Hell of a Way to Dad" to tell the story of Saskatchewan's Codette Hotel, explore the horrific realities of stripping in Alberta, and solve the mystery of New Brunswick's cryptid stripper.The episode of "Yes, A Stripper" (podcast) referred to repeatedly is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/630uEs7Pi4VYcwaBVo9NYcWe also highly recommend the work of sex-work experts/advocates like Andrea Werhun; here is an excellent example: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-lets-loosen-our-puritanical-bylaws-so-a-new-generation-of-strip-clubs/Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out the HOWTD website & store, their Patreon, and follow Francis on Bluesky.Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Please note that this is an audio version of a podcast intended for slides + video. You can watch the full episode on YouTube here.Kelly is joined by Francis Horton from "What a Hell of a Way to Dad" to explore the differences between Canadian and American strip clubs—with a little overseas flavour added, as a treat.The episode of "Yes, A Stripper" (podcast) referred to repeatedly is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/630uEs7Pi4VYcwaBVo9NYcWe also highly recommend the work of sex-work experts/advocates like Andrea Werhun; here is an excellent example: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-lets-loosen-our-puritanical-bylaws-so-a-new-generation-of-strip-clubs/Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out the HOWTD website & store, their Patreon, and follow Francis on Bluesky.Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)

Duncan and Kelly discuss the future of children's content.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Duncan's work: https://linktr.ee/DuncanRowanIreland