Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast

Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller

History

Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 82

Toronto has more than 200 years of history from Timothy Eaton to St Lawrence Market, from Hurricane Hazel to the CNE. Join Adam and Gray as we tell the stories of the schemers and dreamers who built TO. Follow us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Toronto_History Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory

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🇨🇦 Canada - history
29/06/2026
#88
🇨🇦 Canada - history
28/06/2026
#75
🇨🇦 Canada - history
27/06/2026
#66
🇨🇦 Canada - history
07/06/2026
#73

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https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory/
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https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory
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https://bsky.app/profile/muddyyork.bsky.social
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https://bsky.app/profile/nhenrydixon.bsky.social
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https://twitter.com/Toronto_History
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Beatrice Worsley, Canada's Female Computer Pioneer w/Scott Campbell

Season 1 · Episode 65

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 • Duration 46:56

Beatrice Worsley became a computer scientist at a time when computers could fill entire rooms and most people had no idea what they were or how they worked. She operated and designed the programming language for Canada's first digital computer. And she was often the only woman in the room while she did her groundbreaking work. Scott Campbell from the University of Waterloo joins us to talk about this often overlooked computer pioneer on Muddy York, Toronto's #1 history podcast.

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Parkdale

Season 1 · Episode 64

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 • Duration 22:10

Parkdale might seem like an ordinary Toronto neighbourhood, but its story includes the Grey Cup, an amusement park, the KKK, mental health and the largest school in Canada. Learn more about this distinctive community on this episode of Muddy York, Toronto's #1 history podcast.

We would like to give a shout out to Brett Craig who first requested this topic and now has a moral obligation to promote this podcast to everyone that he knows.

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Kit Coleman, Trailblazing Female Journalist of the Gilded Age

Season 1 · Episode 56

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 • Duration 23:12

Kit Coleman was a woman; she was also a journalist. When she began her career in 1889, this made her a trailblazer and even a subversive figure. For some people, female journalists were only slightly higher than streetwalkers in the Victorian social hierarchy. For 22 years, she wrote for The Mail and The Mail and Empire newspapers. Then, she struck out on her own as one of the first syndicated columnists in Canada. This episode is about Kit Coleman, the Queen of Hearts.

We would like to thank Barbara Freeman, author of Kit's Kingdom, who provided the voice of Kit Coleman for this episode.

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Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 55

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 • Duration 41:51

The Zoo is a Scarborough institution. But it raises the question: what is a zoo in Toronto’s eyes? Is it an animal sanctuary? A school field trip factory? A conservation lab? On this episode of Muddy York, we'll look at the history of the high-minded, ethically ambitious and chaotically managed mega-zoo that we know today as well as the Riverdale Zoo that came before it.

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Yonge Street - 1867 to Today

Season 1 · Episode 54

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 • Duration 21:06

In our last episode, we covered the history of Yonge Street up to 1867. This episode will focus on the last 150 years. We’ll talk about how it became the city’s main shopping street, how streetcars and urban development moved north, and how the Yonge Street Strip was left to decay before a massive shopping mall helped to kickstart a recovery.

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Yonge Street - 1793 to 1867

Season 1 · Episode 53

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 • Duration 18:34

Is Yonge Street the longest street in the world? Hard to say. But it is the most important street in Toronto. On this episode of Muddy York, learn more about the history of this thoroughfare, including how it was built in the middle of winter, what it was like to travel during the 19th century and the corrupt businessman who managed to steal it.

Music:

First Dream – Brian Bolger
Forest Lullabye – Asher Fulero
Dover – The Westerlies
Randy Butternubs – Dyalla
Classic 1985 Movie Soundtrack – Freedom Trail Studio
A Fool’s Theme – Brian Bolger
Earth Appears – Brian Bolger
Cooper Ave – The Westerlies

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Patty Conklin, Carnie King of Toronto w/John Thurston

Season 1 · Episode 52

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 • Duration 28:52

If you went to the Ex from the 70s to the 90s, you may remember seeing a clown’s head logo with red hair, a black hat and plus signs over his eyes. The clown was named Conko and he was the logo for Conklin Shows, the company that managed the CNE midway alongside a host of other fairs across Canada and the U.S. John Thurston, author of Carnie King, joins us to talk about Patty Conklin, the huckster and showman who created Conklin Shows and built a carnival empire with Toronto and the CNE at its centre.

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The Westerlies - The Dover
Freedom Trail Studio - Classic 1985 Movie Soundtrack
John Patitucci - Gridlock
National Sweetheart - Candy Apple Town
Freedom Trail Studio - Give my Regards to Broadway
Nathan Moore - Up and At Em
Freedom Trail Studio - Circa 1983
Dyalla - Randy Butternubs

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Bonus: Scadding Cabin

Season 1

Friday, August 15, 2025 • Duration 05:40

Today is the first day of the CNE. If you’re one of the millions of people who will plan to visit the Ex, you might want to take the opportunity to check out the oldest building in Toronto. Built in 1794, it’s called the Scadding Cabin and it’s located on the Exhibition Grounds, just west of the Bandshell and next to the large wind turbine. For the next two weeks, the cabin will be open to the public and the York Pioneers will be there to show you around and answer any questions you might have.

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The Westerlies - The Dover
Freedom Trail Studio - Classic 1985 Movie Soundtrack

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Caribana - The Carnival That Changed Toronto

Season 1 · Episode 51

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 • Duration 30:24

Caribana is about artistry, community and joy. It began in Canada's Centennial year of 1967 as a gift from the Caribbean community to the people of Toronto. Since then, it's grown into the largest cultural festival in North America - we're talking about more than a million people, a $400 million economic impact and more feather than a Vegas revue. Learn more about this Toronto cultural institution on Muddy York, Toronto's #1 history podcast.

You can follow Muddy York on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Toronto_History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Blue Sky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/muddyyork.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Music:

The Westerlies – Dover
Joel Cummins – Resolve
Joel Cummins – Looping Ascent
GE – Festivities in Belize
Carmen María and Edu Espinal – Oh Fire
Quincas Moreira – Irie
Quincas Moreira – Jah Jah Bangs
Dan Lebowitz – Land of a Loss
An Jone – Time to Spare
Ryan Mccaffrey – Where’d the Sun Go
Myuu – Falling Rain
Anno Domini Beats – Drop
Nana Kwabena – Timpani Beat
The Mini Vandals – High Life
TrackTribe – Little Umbrellas

Cholera in Toronto

Season 1 · Episode 50

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 • Duration 17:44

This episode of Muddy York is about a cholera epidemic that struck Toronto from 1832 to 1834. If we had written this episode ten years ago, it would have been very different. But then Covid arrived. While you’re listening to how people reacted to the appearance of a new disease in the 19th century, you may notice some things that seem familiar from our own experience.

You can follow Muddy York on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Toronto_History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Blue Sky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/muddyyork.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Myuu – Falling Rain

Chopin – Funeral March

Jimena Contreras – Golden Cage

Ami – No.2 Remembrance

The Westerlies – Dover

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