Toronto has more than 200 years of history from Timothy Eaton to St Lawrence Market, from Hurricane Hazel to the CNE. Join Adam and Gray as we tell the stories of the schemers and dreamers who built TO.
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Mount Pleasant and the Cemetery That Toronto Forgot
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 different cemetery that was erased and forgotten alongside many of the people who were buried there.
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6 Oct 2026
William Holmes Howland: The Mayor Who Wanted to Make Toronto the Good
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 for mayor. Check out this episode to learn all about him from Muddy York, Toronto's #1 history podcast.
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15 Sept 2026
How Toronto Won the World Series in 1926 w/DM Fox
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 World Series. DM Fox, author of Howleyites, joins us to talk about one of the best baseball seasons in minor league history on Muddy York, Toronto's #1 history podcast.
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