Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast
Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller Visit website › History · EN · 92 episodes · latest 2026-11-03
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Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller
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Sunnybrook was built to treat the many veterans of World War II. It would also be responsible for some of the biggest medical developments in Canada. In honour of Remembrance Day, we will be looking at the history of…
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Halloween will soon be upon us and so this episode focuses on the dead of Toronto. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is famous for its natural beauty and for the many important people buried there. But its story begins with a…
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Toronto the Good - that nickname has fallen out of fashion over the years, but it used to be quite common. This episode is about the man who first coined the term. His name was William Holmes Howland and he was running…
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Okay, it was the Junior World Series, but it still counts.In 1926, the Toronto Maple Leafs (they got the name first) went 109-57, winning the pennant by 8 games before sweeping the Louisville Colonels in the Junior…
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It took more than 20 years to build the current Union Station. Over the next century, new lines like TTC, GO and VIA would arrive, it would nearly be knocked down to make room for a new development called Metro Centre…
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In 1972, the Toronto production of Godspell featured one of the greatest casts in the history of theatre, including Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin, Victor Garber, Dave Thomas and Paul Shaffer…
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It’s hard to overstate how much the railroads changed Toronto. For the next two episodes, we're going to tell the history of the railroads in Toronto through the story of most important train station in town - Union…
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The SS Noronic was known as the Queen of the Lakes. For 36 years, she transported passengers in comfort and style. Until the night she caught fire at the foot of Yonge Street and at least 118 passengers died. On today's…
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Gerry FitzGerald turned Toronto into a world leader in public health, producing vaccines and medicines that saved tens of millions of lives. Unfortunately, he would be destroyed by his own demons and by his era's…
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For decades, Massey Hall was the most famous venue in Canada. It hosted legendary performers like Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry and Gordon Lightfoot. It also hosted a variety of events staged by local community groups. On this…
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- Oldest episode in feed
- 06/2023 · over 3 years
- Typical length
- 24 min
- Format
- Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
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