He Fought a Polar Bear in His Pajamas
When a 69-year-old Churchill, Manitoba resident hears screams outside his home, he steps out in pajamas, slippers, and armed with nothing but a snow shovel—only to find a woman in the jaws of a polar ...
2 Mars 23min
Canada’s 200 Years of Slavery
In this unexpectedly heavy episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys and Jesse dig into a part of Canadian history many people never hear about: Canada’s 200‑year relationship with slavery.While many Canadian...
23 Feb 39min
The Man Who Remembered Everything
The story of John Graham, a Canadian diplomat in 1960s Cuba who became an unlikely spy during the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Because the United States had no embassy or formal presence in ...
16 Feb 43min
Shatterproof Logic
In this episode of Canada Is Boring, we dive into the bizarre and morbidly iconic death of Toronto lawyer Gary Hoy, a man so confident in shatterproof glass that he used his own body to prove it. From...
9 Feb 22min
The Secret Adventures of Emma Edmonds
Rhys and Jesse dive into the unbelievable true story of Emma Edmonds, a New Brunswick woman who fled an arranged marriage, reinvented herself as Frank Thompson, and fought for the Union Army in the Am...
2 Feb 45min
Hockey Night, Hostage Night
Brian Spencer grew up in remote Fort St. James, pushed toward the NHL by a hard working, hyper-intense sports dad who saw hockey as a path to opportunity. On the night of Brian’s first nationally tele...
26 Jan 35min
Five Hundred Episodes (A Listener Takeover)
After 499 episodes proving that Canada is anything but boring, we’ve reached Episode 500, and we’re handing the microphone to the people who made it possible.This special milestone episode of Canada I...
19 Jan 21min
Lady Macdonald: Extreme Train Rider
In 1886, Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, finally set out to see the country he had helped stitch together by rail. The Canadian Pacific Railway had just been completed, and a gra...
12 Jan 42min
