Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

About Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

Under the Mat is a dark history podcast uncovering the overlooked corners of our collective past, centring feminist and anti-violence perspectives to challenge how we remember. Please note: This show will be on hiatus until Spring 2027. Thank you so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Aubrianna Snow

Category

history · science · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Sept 2024

Latest episode

1 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Jul 2026

   Episode 40: The Butterbox Babies

   Allen, C. (2010). Butterbox baby searching for her mom. Saltwire. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/butterbox-baby-searching-for-her-mom-114603 (https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/butterbox-baby-searching-for-her-mom-114603) Balcom, K. (n.d.). Scandal and Social Policy: The Ideal Maternity Home and the Evolution of Social Policy in Nova Scotia, 1940–1951. McMaster University. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/acadiensis/article/view/10719/11433 (https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/acadiensis/article/view/10719/11433) Cahill, B. (1992). Butterbox Babies: Baby sales, baby deaths, and the scandalous story of the Ideal Maternity Home. Seal Books. Canadian Children’s Rights Council. (n.d.). The Ideal Maternity Home: Butterbox Babies. https://canadiancrc.com/Butterbox-Babies_Killers-Child-Trafficking-Canada/Butterbox-Babies-Baby-killers-child-trafficking-selling-babies-Canada-adoption-story.aspx (https://canadiancrc.com/Butterbox-Babies_Killers-Child-Trafficking-Canada/Butterbox-Babies-Baby-killers-child-trafficking-selling-babies-Canada-adoption-story.aspx) Edwards, D. (n.d.). The East Chester Ideal Maternity Home. (https://fairviewhistoricalsociety.ca/the-east-chester-ideal-maternity-home/)Fairview Historical Society. https://fairviewhistoricalsociety.ca/the-east-chester-ideal-maternity-home/ (https://fairviewhistoricalsociety.ca/the-east-chester-ideal-maternity-home/) O’Neill, H. (1999). Six Decades of Hope for a Daughter Who Disappeared. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-11-mn-26314-story.html (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-11-mn-26314-story.html) Parsons, K. (2016). 'Butterbox babies' maternity home survivors still search for birth families. (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ideal-maternity-home-butterbox-babies-family-search-1.3875973)CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ideal-maternity-home-butterbox-babies-family-search-1.3875973 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ideal-maternity-home-butterbox-babies-family-search-1.3875973) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   31 May 2026

   Episode 39: The Somalia Affair

   Amad, A. (2018). Remembering the ‘Somalia Affair,’ Canada's Forgotten Abu Ghraib Moment. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-the-somalia-affair-canadas-forgotten-abu-ghraib-moment/)Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-the-somalia-affair-canadas-forgotten-abu-ghraib-moment/ (https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-the-somalia-affair-canadas-forgotten-abu-ghraib-moment/) Department of National Defence. (2018). International Operation: UNOSOM I. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/past-operations/africa/cordon.html (https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/past-operations/africa/cordon.html) Foot, R. (2019). Canadian Peacekeepers in Somalia. (https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-peacekeepers-in-somalia)The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-peacekeepers-in-somalia (https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-peacekeepers-in-somalia) Foot, R. (2018). Somalia Affair. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-affair (https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-affair) Gerster, J. (2013). Experts wonder if military remembers lessons from Somalia affair. (https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/experts-wonder-if-military-remembers-lessons-from-somalia-affair-4582354)Times Colonist. https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/experts-wonder-if-military-remembers-lessons-from-somalia-affair-4582354 (https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/experts-wonder-if-military-remembers-lessons-from-somalia-affair-4582354) Knaus, C. (2020). War crimes: former minister reveals why Canada disbanded its special airborne force after scandal. (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/03/war-crimes-former-minister-reveals-why-canada-disbanded-its-special-forces-after-scandal)The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/03/war-crimes-former-minister-reveals-why-canada-disbanded-its-special-forces-after-scandal (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/03/war-crimes-former-minister-reveals-why-canada-disbanded-its-special-forces-after-scandal) Lazzarino, D. (2013). The Canadian Airborne Regiment's Somali Affair, 20 years later. (https://edmontonsun.com/2013/03/15/the-canadian-airborne-regiments-somali-affair-20-years-later)Edmonton Sun. https://edmontonsun.com/2013/03/15/the-canadian-airborne-regiments-somali-affair-20-years-later (https://edmontonsun.com/2013/03/15/the-canadian-airborne-regiments-somali-affair-20-years-later) Postmedia News. (2020). Look Back: 25 years since Somalia affair stained Canada’s reputation. Toronto Sun. https://torontosun.com/news/national/look-back-25-years-since-scandal-led-to-airborne-regiment-being-disbanded (https://torontosun.com/news/national/look-back-25-years-since-scandal-led-to-airborne-regiment-being-disbanded) Pratt, S. (2016). Life After Somalia: Kyle Brown, PTSD and the past. (https://edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/life-after-somalia-kyle-brown-ptsd-and-the-past)Edmonton Journal. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/life-after-somalia-kyle-brown-ptsd-and-the-past (https://edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/life-after-somalia-kyle-brown-ptsd-and-the-past) Smol, R. (2010). A lament for the Canadian Airborne. (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-lament-for-the-canadian-airborne-1.931658)CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-lament-for-the-canadian-airborne-1.931658 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-lament-for-the-canadian-airborne-1.931658) Wilson-Smith, A., Demont, J., & Fisher, L. (2003). Somalia Inquiry's Damning Report. (https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-inquirys-damning-report)The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-inquirys-damning-report (https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-inquirys-damning-report) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   11 May 2026

   Episode 38: The Soviet Gulag System

   Alexopoulous, G. (2017). Sick Labor: Illness and Treatment in Stalin's Gulags. (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2017/05/05/sick-labor-illness-and-treatment-in-stalins-gulags/)Yale Books. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2017/05/05/sick-labor-illness-and-treatment-in-stalins-gulags/ (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2017/05/05/sick-labor-illness-and-treatment-in-stalins-gulags/) Applebaum, A. (2003). Gulag: A History. Doubleday. Bauer, B. (2005). Gulag: Life Inside. Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/research/gulag-life-inside (https://www.hoover.org/research/gulag-life-inside) Britannica. (2024). Gulag. https://www.britannica.com/place/Gulag (https://www.britannica.com/place/Gulag) Britannica. (2024). The Gulag Archipelago. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Gulag-Archipelago (https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Gulag-Archipelago) Buder, E. (2020). The Truth About Stalin’s Prison Camps. (https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/607546/gulag-stories-russia/)The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/607546/gulag-stories-russia/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/607546/gulag-stories-russia/) Chicago Public Library. (n.d.). The Gulag. https://www.chipublib.org/the-gulag/ (https://www.chipublib.org/the-gulag/) Filimonov, A. & Coalson, R. (2018). Cannibal Island: In 1933, Nearly 5,000 Died In One Of Stalin’s Most Horrific Labor Camps. (https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html)Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html (https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html) Gulag History Museum. (n.d.). Online Exhibit. George Mason University. https://gulaghistory.org/nps/onlineexhibit/stalin/index.html (https://gulaghistory.org/nps/onlineexhibit/stalin/index.html) Gullotta, A. (2020). Russia and the Gulag: Putin is fighting for state control over how Soviet horrors are remembered. (https://theconversation.com/russia-and-the-gulag-putin-is-fighting-for-state-control-over-how-soviet-horrors-are-remembered-142438)The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/russia-and-the-gulag-putin-is-fighting-for-state-control-over-how-soviet-horrors-are-remembered-142438 (https://theconversation.com/russia-and-the-gulag-putin-is-fighting-for-state-control-over-how-soviet-horrors-are-remembered-142438) History.com Editors. (2024). Gulag. https://www.history.com/articles/gulag (https://www.history.com/articles/gulag) Johnson, E. (2017). In letters from Stalin's labor camps, a window into Soviet political oppression. (https://theconversation.com/in-letters-from-stalins-labor-camps-a-window-into-soviet-political-oppression-71135)The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/in-letters-from-stalins-labor-camps-a-window-into-soviet-political-oppression-71135 (https://theconversation.com/in-letters-from-stalins-labor-camps-a-window-into-soviet-political-oppression-71135) King's College London. (2021). How victims of Soviet-era Gulags are shaping prosperity. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-victims-of-soviet-era-gulags-are-shaping-prosperity (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-victims-of-soviet-era-gulags-are-shaping-prosperity) Luxmoore, M. (2021). Above the Arctic Circle, A Soviet-Era Metropolis Battles A ‘Drawn-Out Death’. (https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-vorkuta-soviet-mining-abandoned-gulag-arctic-exodus/31196830.html)Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-vorkuta-soviet-mining-abandoned-gulag-arctic-exodus/31196830.html (https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-vorkuta-soviet-mining-abandoned-gulag-arctic-exodus/31196830.html) Satter, D. (2007). The Soviet Gulag. Foreign Policy Research Institute. https://www.fpri.org/article/2007/06/the-soviet-gulag/ (https://www.fpri.org/article/2007/06/the-soviet-gulag/) Wizevich, E.. (2024). Discover the Story Behind a Legendary Exposé of the Brutality of the Soviet Union. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-the-story-behind-a-legendary-expose-of-the-brutality-of-the-soviet-union-180985658/)Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-the-story-behind-a-legendary-expose-of-the-brutality-of-the-soviet-union-180985658/ (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-the-story-behind-a-legendary-expose-of-the-brutality-of-the-soviet-union-180985658/) Zgustova, M. (2020). Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women's Voices from the Gulag. Other Press. Zgustova, M. (2020). What I Learned About Beauty by Interviewing Women Who’d Been Prisoners of the Soviet Gulag. Time. https://time.com/5776803/women-gulag-history/ (https://time.com/5776803/women-gulag-history/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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