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.

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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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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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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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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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!

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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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

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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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 🗃️🍸

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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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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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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