- 228
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 128
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Curious Canadian History
Historian David Borys dives deep into the fascinating world of Canadian history in this bi-weekly podcast exploring everything from the wonderful to the weird to the downright dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- David Borys
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 228 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
S12E2 How to Get Drunk In Prohibition Vancouver
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
CCH Spotlight - The Welland Canal
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
S12E1 Lake Ontario (not Lake America)
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S12E2 How to Get Drunk In Prohibition Vancouver
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But really the front looks very similar to when it was first built all the way, I think back in the late 1880s. Wow. Maybe early 1890s. So this was the Grand Hotel. It was a saloon. And of course, when Prohibition came in, it closed. All the saloons closed. October 1st. 1917, which was a Monday morning in the middle of World War I at the start of rainy season. That must have been a really depressing day for Vancouverites. But fear not, the next day it was back open, along with basically all of those saloons as a near beer bar. So listeners might be wondering, what's a near beer bar? Well, the clues in the name, they could sell beer that was less than 1% alcohol. […]
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- Will Woods
- Daniel Macfarlane
- Scott Stephen
- Bruce Moncour
- David O’Keefe
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 34 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 94 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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