Minute Women
Minute Women is your weekly dose of Canadian history and corny 90s nostalgia. We are best friends Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer and we are on a mission to tell the untold stories behind the iconic Canadian Heritage Minutes. Along the way, we uncover the funny, weird, and downright terrifying stories left out of Canada’s national history. Did you know John A. Macdonald's younger brother was murdered in a freak gin incident? Or that Sandford Fleming was going to call standard time "cosmic time"? Or that Governor Frontenac was a legendary jerk? Well, neither did we! Join us to learn more! A not-so-proud part of our national heritage.
Episodes
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "The Republic of Manitobah (LIVE)".
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The Minute Women examine the life of Thomas Spence and his failed Republic of Manitobah. Recorded live at HopYard on Gottingen in Halifax, NS.
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Charles Ora Card and the Canadian Mormons". Staying on topic has never been a Minute Women strong suit. Case and point, here is a tangent about the Titanic!
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In 1886, Charles Ora Card was the first man to bring the Church of Latter Day Saints to Canada. Grace and Linnea dive into his life and settlement of Cardston, Alberta.
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Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Isaac Brock (Part 2)". There is only one thing Isaac Brock loved more than serving in the British army and that was playing tricks on people. Especially Americans.
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Minute Women are back to conclude the story of Canadian war hero Isaac Brock! Look big everyone because we are covering the War of 1812, the Battle of Queenston Heights, and the most important character of all - Brock's horse Alfred.
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Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Isaac Brock (Part 1)". As child, Isaac Brock was known for his prowess in a boxing ring.
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While the Queenston Heights Heritage Minute does an amazing job covering the contribution made by John Norton and the Grand River warriors, Grace and Linnea want to cover another facet - the life and death of Isaac Brock. General at the Battle of Queenston Heights, Brock famously met his end on that fateful day in 1812. But what else is there to know about this legendary figure?
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Tweed, Ontario (HYGAM 20)." 30 years ago, rumour spread that Elvis Presley was not dead. Rather, he was hiding out in the little town of Tweed, Ontario. The town ran with it and now hosts the annual Tweed Elvis Festival.
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The King lives!! Tweed is a municipality located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Hastings County. As Grace and Linnea learn, this small town is home to the smallest jailhouse in Canada and the annual Tweed Tribute to Elvis Festival.
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Jacques Cartier." When Cartier arrived in North America, he and his crew immediately got to work. And by that, we mean he killed over 1000 birds and then started kidnapping people.
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Jacques Cartier was so many things: navigator, cartographer, captain, colonizer, kidnapper, terrible prospector, and bird-slaughterer, just to name a few. This week, Linnea and Grace are discussing the infamous Cartier and his failed attempts to find China and set up a colony. Say it with us now: "Ca-Na-Da."
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Mi-Carême."
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The Minute Women love nothing more than weird holidays and Mi-Carême is exactly that. Listen to learn how some French-Canadians celebrate the mid point of Lent in a strange combination of Mardi Gras, Halloween, and Spring Break.
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Avro Arrow." The Avro Arrow was designed and tested before the advent of computer test simulating. So, instead, the Arrow team at A. V. Roe made a bunch of scale models, attached them to rockets, and launched them (with varying degrees of success) over Lake Ontario. Science is weird.
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond. But a host of political and financial issues grounded this extraordinary plane before it had a chance to take to the skies. This week, Grace and...
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "2nd Anniversary (HYGAM 18)." Grace and Linnea never got to formally interview each other for the position of co-host. On Minute Women's 2nd Anniversary, they finally rectify that! First question: if you're lost in the woods, what Heritage Minute hero do you take with you?
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On February 26, Minute Women turned 2 years old! Grace and Linnea decide to celebrate the occasion with a listener Q&A as well as some long over due interview questions for one another.
Congratulations to Karlee who won the Minute Women Anniversary Giveaway!
Miss our most recent episode? Busy schedule keeping you from listening to your favourite podcast? We got you! Enjoy this snippet from "Chloe Cooley." Ending slavery in Canada was a slow legal process, with incremental abolition victories over the course of many decades. Grace and Linnea discuss some of those victories here.
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The Minute Women are always excited to see a new Heritage Minute! Especially one that addresses Canada's rich BIPOC history. Grace and Linnea dive into the story of Chloe Cooley, slavery in Canada, and the long road to abolition and emancipation.
Minute Women is 2 years old! We are so grateful for all the people have the taken time to listen and support the show. As a sign of our gratitude we are doing a giveaway on the Minute Wom...
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