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Sean Graham
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Cultural and Institutional Historian (CBC & CAF), Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, & Contributing Editor to Activehistory.ca. Host of What's Old is News
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⏱️ 8 hours to register to this evening's hybrid lecture @carleton.ca by John Moses on his father's experience, while attending the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Brantford, under exceptionally severe wartime&immediate post-war conditions 1942-1947: carleton.ca/history/even...
John Moses holds a photo of his father, Russ Moses who joined the military after residential school in Brantford, Ont. and wrote a searing testimony against residential schools in 1965. Jean Levac/Ottawa Citizen Postmedia - source: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/indigenous-veterans-day
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This week on the podcast I talk with John Moses about tonight's Shannon Lecture about his father's residential school memoir @activehist.bsky.social
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Russ Moses’ Residential School Memoir – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week, I talk with John Moses ahead of his November 3 Shannon Lecture entitled ‘This is not my story, but yours: The Russ Moses residential school memoir.’ We discuss…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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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.
October 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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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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Military Experimentation – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Matthew S. Wiseman, historian of science and medicine in modern Canada. We discuss why militaries engage in scientific research, the civilian benefits of that …
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October 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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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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Trans-Canada Highway – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham We’re back from our summer hiatus with a new season and we’re kicking it off by talking with Craig Baird, the host of Canada History Ehx about his new book Canada’s…
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September 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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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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Bay Area Outing Program – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham Sean Graham talks with Caitlin Keliiaa, author of Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labour and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program. They discuss the residentia…
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June 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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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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Kosher Meat – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week I talk with John M. Efron, author of All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat. We discuss the relationship between Jewish culture and meat consumption, the uni…
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May 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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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
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May 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The episode is available @activehist.bsky.social and wherever you get your pods
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May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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!
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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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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Race & Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week I talk with Judith Weisenfeld, author of Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race & Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake. We discuss about the origins of the book, how the an…
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May 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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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Free Trade & Cultural Diplomacy – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham I’m is joined by Sarah E.K. Smith, author of Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America. We talk about Sarah’s interest in cultural diplomacy, wha…
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May 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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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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With the Canadian election days away, Sean Graham revisits his 2022 conversation with Steve Paikin about his biography John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada's 17th Prime Minister. They talk abo...
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April 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Our AI overlords are having none of our popular idioms preaching patience
April 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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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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1921 Canadian Election – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Barbara Messamore, author of Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election about one of Canada’s turning point elections. We discuss the po…
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April 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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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
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/04...
1921 Canadian Election – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Barbara Messamore, author of Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election about one of Canada’s turning point elections. We discuss the po…
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April 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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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 🗃️🍸
April 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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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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Absinthe – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Nina Studer, author of The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France’s Most Notorious Drink. We talk about the drink’s origins, its cultural i…
activehistory.ca
April 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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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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Serafim ‘Joe’ Fortes – What’s Old is News
Sean Graham talks with Ruby Smith Diaz, author of Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim ‘Joe’ Fortes. They discuss Ruby’s introduction to Serafim’s…
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March 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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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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What’s Old is News is a podcast hosted and produced by Sean Graham, exploring how current events are shaped by history. Each week, Sean will be joined by historians, journalists, and experts …
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February 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM