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Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Aubrianna Snow
28 episodes
1 week ago
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.

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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.

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Episodes (20/28)
Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 27: The Sixties Scoop
  • Alston-O’Connor, E. The Sixties Scoop: Implications for Social Workers and Social Work Education. University of Windsor. https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5816/4747
  • Cameron, C. (2018). The Sixties Scoop tried to extinguish our culture and our spirit. It failed. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/sixties-scoop-1.4595402
  • Hoye, B. (2025). 10 years after apology, '60s Scoop survivors call for support beyond 'grossly inadequate' payout. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/sixties-scoop-apology-decade-anniversary-1.7564426
  • Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. (2017). Sixties Scoop Agreement in Principle. Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/indigenous-northern-affairs/news/2017/10/sixties_scoop_agreementinprinciple.html
  • Kestler-D’Amours, J. (2017). ‘Mixed feelings’ over Canada’s ’60s Scoop’ settlement. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/10/11/mixed-feelings-over-canadas-60s-scoop-settlement
  • Métis National Council. (n.d.). Sixties Scoop. https://www.metisnation.ca/sixties-scoop/
  • National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. (2021). 60s Scoop Inquiry. https://nctr.ca/uncategorized/60s-scoop-inquiry/
  • Sherlock, T. ‘We Need to Take Care of Our Own Children’: Inside the fight for Indigenous jurisdiction over child services in Canada. APTN News. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/we-need-to-take-care-of-our-own-children-inside-the-fight-for-indigenous-jurisdiction-over-child-services-in-canada/
  • Sinclair, N. J. & Dainard, S. (2024). Sixties Scoop. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sixties-scoop
  • Southern Chiefs’ Organization. (2024). SCO’s work to support Sixties Scoop Survivors. https://scoinc.mb.ca/sixties-scoop-survivors/
  • University of British Columbia. (n.d.). Sixties Scoop. Indigenous Foundations. https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/sixties_scoop/
  • University of Toronto Scarborough. (2022). UTSC study helping Sixties Scoop survivors reconnect to stolen Indigenous culture. https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/healthsociety/utsc-study-helping-sixties-scoop-survivors-reconnect-stolen-indigenous-culture

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1 week ago
20 minutes 35 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 26: 2SLGBTQ+ Rights in Canada
  • Bradburn, J. (2021). ‘A turning point in our history’: Remembering Canada’s first major gay-rights protest. TVO Today. https://www.tvo.org/article/a-turning-point-in-our-history-remembering-canadas-first-major-gay-rights-protest
  • Benchetrit, J. (2023). How the parental rights movement resurged in response to trans inclusivity in classrooms. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/parental-rights-movement-us-canada-1.6796070
  • Bronskill, J. (2023). A new study lays out the 'horrendous' treatment of Canadian queer WWI soldiers. The Canadian Press. https://globalnews.ca/news/9578536/first-world-war-soldiers-lgbtq-study/
  • Bronskill, J. (2019). 718 victims of Canadian government’s gay purge compensated in settlement. The Canadian Press. https://globalnews.ca/news/5491739/gay-purge-victims-canada/
  • Canadian Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity. (2019). Our History: Study Guide. https://www.cbu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CCGSD_OurHistoryStudyGuide_April2019.pdf
  • King’s Printer for Ontario. (2024). Discussion paper: Toward a commission policy on gender identity. Ontario Human Rights Commission. https://www3.ohrc.on.ca/en/discussion-paper-toward-commission-policy-gender-identity/background
  • Pinsonnault, A. (2023). Canada and LGBT purge of the Cold War. Je me souviens. https://jemesouviens.org/en/lgbt-purge/
  • Stratchan, T. (2022). Under the Rainbow: Canada’s History of LGBTQ Discrimination and Older Adults. Simon Fraser University. https://www.sfu.ca/airp/news-events/blog/under-the-rainbow--canada-s-history-of-lgbtq-discrimination-and-.html
  • The Canadian Encyclopedia. Timeline: 2SLGBTQ+ History. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/lgbtq2
  • Wells, V.S. (2024). Transgender. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/transgender

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3 weeks ago
44 minutes 58 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 25: Unmarked Burials, Denialism, and the Role of Youth in Reconciliation ft. Benjamin Kucher
Host Aubrianna Snow speaks with Benjamin Kucher about unmarked burials, residential school denialism, balancing academic and community responsibilities, and the future of reconciliation.

  • Benjamin Kucher is a Métis archaeologist, writer, and activist from the Métis Nation of Alberta and a descendant of the Michel First Nation. He is the former Chair of the National Indigenous Advocacy Committee and currently a researcher at the University of Alberta where his research focuses on Métis identity, material culture, and the role of trade beads in shaping cultural practices. Beyond his academic work, Benjamin has been deeply involved in national conversations about truth and memory. He has attended all seven National Gatherings on Unmarked Burials organized by the Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor, where he served as Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee, helping to facilitate dialogue, hold space for Survivors and families, and ensure that youth perspectives are carried into national reports and recommendations. Benjamin is also the Chair of the Canadian Archaeological Association’s Indigenous Issues Committee, where he works alongside the CAA’s Working Group on Unmarked Graves to advance Indigenous leadership, data sovereignty, and the protection of traditional knowledge within the discipline. His writing and advocacy often center on confronting residential school denialism, pushing institutions to move beyond silence, and protecting truth against erasure and distortion. He is the author of We Were Never Theirs, a powerful work that blends scholarship and testimony to confront colonial silencing and to reclaim Indigenous memory. His voice has been featured in outlets such as CBC Indigenous and Windspeaker News, and he has presented his work at national and international conferences. At the heart of his work is a commitment to community, truth, and accountability. Benjamin brings to his research and advocacy not only academic training, but also the lived experience of carrying Indigenous identity into spaces that have long resisted it. His work is as much about healing and protection as it is about history.
  • Read Benjamin's most recent work with Sean Carleton in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/confronting-residential-schools-denialism-is-an-ethical-and-shared-canadian-responsibility-265127

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1 month ago
35 minutes 37 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 24: The State of Reconciliation in Canada
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  • Baskatawang, L. (2023). A Brief History of Reconciliation in Canada. Peace Review, 35(1), pp. 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2022.2164183
  • Blackstock, C. (2007). Residential Schools: Did They Really Close or Just Morph Into Child Welfare? Indigenous Law Journal, 6(1), pp. 71-78. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ilj/article/view/27665/20396
  • Kestler-D’Amours, J. (2025). Denying our truth: The fight against residential school denialism in Canada. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2025/2/7/denying-our-truth-fighting-residential-school-denialism-in-canada
  • Sterritt, A. (2023). Reconciliation in Canada. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/reconciliation-in-canada

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1 month ago
11 minutes 53 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 23: Canada's Residential Schools
If you need support, please contact the National Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 or dial 988 if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm.

  • CBC News. (2016). A history of residential schools in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-residential-schools-in-canada-1.702280
  • Hill, R. (2021). Survivor. Toronto Life. https://torontolife.com/life/how-i-survived-canadas-residential-school-system/
  • Homeless Hub. (2025). Indigenous Peoples. https://homelesshub.ca/collection/population-groups/indigenous-peoples/
  • Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. (n.d.). History of Residential Schools. https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/history-of-residential-schools/ 
  • Kumar, M. B. & Tjepkema, M. (2019). Suicide among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC). Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/99-011-x/99-011-x2019001-eng.htm
  • Ling, J. (2021). ‘He was just a child’: dead of Indigenous residential schools haunt Canada. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/05/canada-indigenous-residential-schools-first-nations-children
  • Morin, B. (2024). ‘Nobody hugged me.’ Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/11/3/how-one-survivor-of-canadas-residential-schools-reclaimed-her-identity
  • National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. (2025). Residential School History. https://nctr.ca/education/teaching-resources/residential-school-history/
  • The Canadian Press. (2025). Forty-one more graves found by penetrating radar at B.C. residential school site, First Nation says. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-forty-one-more-graves-found-by-penetrating-radar-at-bc-residential/
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf

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2 months ago
22 minutes 59 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 22: Prisons
  • Anderson, A. (2023). Prison Abolition is Needed Now. Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/mcrp-journal/blog/prison-abolition-is-needed-now-prisons-and-jails-do-not-keep-anyone-safe/
  • Bauer, S. (2018). The True History of America’s Private Prison Industry. Time. https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/
  • BBC. (n.d.). Crime and punishment in 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Bitesize. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zn9sn9q/revision/7
  • Correctional Service Canada. (2025). Pre-1920: From punishment to penance. Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/correctional-service/corporate/history-csc/timeline/pre-1920.html
  • Department of Justice Canada. (2023). Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System. Government of Canada. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/oip-cjs/p3.html
  • Law, V. (2022). Rethinking Incarceration. Harvard Radcliffe Institute. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/rethinking-incarceration
  • Moore, J. M. (n.d.). Penal Reform: A History of Failure. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/cjm/article/penal-reform-history-failure
  • Potier, B. (2003). Abolish prisons, says Angela Davis. The Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/03/abolish-prisons-says-angela-davis/
  • Reid, J. N. (2023). The idea that imprisonment ‘corrects’ prisoners stretches back to some of the earliest texts in history. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-idea-that-imprisonment-corrects-prisoners-stretches-back-to-some-of-the-earliest-texts-in-history-210361
  • Stevenson, B. (2019). Slavery gave America a fear of black people and a taste for violent punishment. Both still define our criminal-justice system. The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/prison-industrial-complex-slavery-racism.html
  • Wills, M. (2020). How Mass Incarceration Has Shaped History. JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/how-mass-incarceration-has-shaped-history/

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2 months ago
18 minutes 16 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 21: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • Chmielewski, K. (2025). The First Atomic Bombs Tested and Used During World War II. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/story/discover-more-about-the-first-atomic-bombs-tested-and-used-during-world-war-ii
  • Harry S. Truman Library. (n.d.). Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb. https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb
  • International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. (n.d.). Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings
  • Kaneko, Y. (2025). Saplings from tree exposed to atomic bombing planted at U.N. headquarters to mark 80 years since Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings. Asia News Network. https://asianews.network/saplings-from-tree-exposed-to-atomic-bombing-planted-at-u-n-headquarters-to-mark-80-years-since-hiroshima-nagasaki-bombings/
  • Rose, M. (2013). The Girl Who Transformed the Paper Crane Into the Symbol for Peace and Hope. Huffpost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-girl-who-transformed-the-paper-crane_b_3787670
  • Sagan, S. D., & Sinclair, G. (2024). What do Americans really think about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. https://thebulletin.org/2024/08/what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/ 
  • Sakaguchi, H. & Rothman, L. (n.d.). Survivors of the Atomic Blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Share Their Stories. Time. https://time.com/after-the-bomb/
  • Teekah, E. (n.d.). Nihon Hidankyo. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nihon-Hidankyo 
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. (2025). Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki
  • Walker, S. (2025). ‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/22/atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-author-stephen-walker
  • Wellerstein, A. (2020). Counting the dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. https://thebulletin.org/2020/08/counting-the-dead-at-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/

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3 months ago
18 minutes 19 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 20: Violence and Femininity Through the Lens of the Ken and Barbie Killers

Disclaimer: I experienced some minor tech issues with my microphone while recording this episode. I apologize for any impact on the sound quality and appreciate your patience — everything will be back to normal next episode!


  • Butts, E. (2018). Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Case. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/paul-bernardo-and-karla-homolka-case
  • Eate, P. (2007). From Complicity to Coercion: The Representation of the Female Sexual Serial Murderer in the Case of Karla Homolka. Outskirts: feminisms along the edge (16), pp. 3. 
  • Gatehouse, J. (2016). Why Karla Homolka’s children will pay for her crimes. MacLean’s. https://macleans.ca/culture/books/karla-homolkas-children-will-pay-for-her-crimes/ 
  • Jenish, D. (2014). Homolka’s Testimony. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/homolkas-testimony 
  • Kilty, J., & Frigon, S. (2006). Karla Homolka--from a woman {in danger} to a {dangerous} woman: chronicling the shifts. Women & Criminal Justice, 17(4), pp. 37–61.
  • Laframboise, K., & Dalton, M. (2016). Quebec school board reassures parents after reports of Karla Homolka living among them. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/karla-homolka-quebec-chateauguay-school-1.3544558 
  • Lambie, C. (2025). What to know about serial killer Paul Bernardo as his name comes up in federal election. National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/what-to-know-about-serial-killer-paul-bernardo 
  • Patriquin, M. (2016). Karla Homolka’s French Connection. MacLean’s. https://macleans.ca/news/canada/karla-homolkas-french-connection/
  • Warmington, J. (2013). Paul Bernardo dad says Karla Homolka ‘got away with it.’ Toronto Sun. https://torontosun.com/2013/09/26/paul-bernardo-dad-says-karla-homolka-got-away-with-it

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4 months ago
14 minutes 59 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 19: Abuses at Abu Ghraib Prison
  • Breckler, S. J. (2004). How Can the Science of Human Behavior Help Us Understand Abu Ghraib? American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/physical-abuse-violence/abu-ghraib
  • Chaloux, L. (2012). Convergence of Errors: Leadership Failures Contributing to Abu Ghraib Abuses. Royal Military College Saint-Jean. https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/cb-bk/art-art/2012/art-art-2012-1-eng.asp
  • Hersh, S. M. (2004). Torture at Abu Ghraib. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/10/torture-at-abu-ghraib
  • Hilal, M. (2017). Abu Ghraib: The legacy of torture in the war on terror. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/10/1/abu-ghraib-the-legacy-of-torture-in-the-war-on-terror
  • Honderich, H. (2024). US jury awards $42m to ex-detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4v1ydkj04o
  • Human Rights Watch. (2004). The Road to Abu Ghraib. https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/06/09/road-abu-ghraib
  • Lankford, A. (2009). Promoting aggression and violence at Abu Ghraib: The U.S. military's transformation of ordinary people into torturers. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14(5), pp. 388-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2009.06.007
  • McKelvey, T. (2018). 'I hated myself for Abu Ghraib abuse.' BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/44031774 
  • Percy, J. (2019). The Priest of Abu Ghraib. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/priest-abu-grahib-180971013/
  • Sherlock, R. (2023). He says U.S. troops abused him in Iraq's Abu Ghraib and his life is still ruined. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/11/1167341565/us-iraq-war-abu-ghraib-survivor
  • Starr, P. (2004). The Meaning of Abu Ghraib. The American Prospect. https://www.princeton.edu/~starr/articles/articles04/Starr-MeaningAbuGhraib-6-04.htm
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. (2025). Iraq War. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War
  • Volle, A. (n.d.) Abu Ghraib prison. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Abu-Ghraib-prison



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4 months ago
15 minutes 34 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 18: The Wives of King Henry VIII
  • Elton, G.R. & Morrill, J. S. (2025). Henry VIII. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England 
  • Historic Royal Palaces. (2025). Henry VIII, Terrible Tudor? https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/henry-viii/#gs.mckfb5
  • Historic Royal Palaces. (2025). Henry VIII’s Wives: Six Queens, Six Women. https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/henry-viii-s-wives-six-queens-six-women/#gs.mckf1b 
  • Ponti, C. (2025). Who Were the Six Wives of Henry VIII? History.com. https://www.history.com/articles/henry-viii-wives
  • Royal Museums Greenwich. (2025). How many children did Henry VIII have? https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/royal-history/how-many-children-did-henry-viii-have

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5 months ago
13 minutes 15 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 17: Mental Health Treatment & Care
  • Concordia University, St. Paul. (2020). A History of Mental Illness Treatment: Obsolete Practices. https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/history-of-mental-illness-treatment/
  • Department of Justice Canada. (2023). The Mentally Ill: How They Became Enmeshed in the Criminal Justice System and How We Might Get Them Out. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/mental/p3.html
  • Goodman, J. T. (2014). Mental Health. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mental-health
  • Jutras, M. (2017). Historical perspectives on the theories, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. British Columbia Medical Journal. https://bcmj.org/mds-be/historical-perspectives-theories-diagnosis-and-treatment-mental-illness
  • Larson, Z. (2018). America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System. Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective. https://origins.osu.edu/article/americas-long-suffering-mental-health-system
  • Malcolm, L. & Blumer, C. (2016). Madness and insanity: A history of mental illness from evil spirits to modern medicine. ABC News Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2016-08-02/mental-illness-and-insanity-a-short-cultural-history/7677906
  • Mandell, W. (1995). The Realization of an Idea. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/mental-health/about/origins-of-mental-health
  • McVean, A. (2017). The History of Hysteria. McGill University. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-quackery/history-hysteria
  • Rondinone, T. (2024). Reckoning With the History of Mental Healthcare. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asylum/202412/reckoning-with-the-history-of-mental-healthcare
  • Sims, A.C.P, &. Shepphird, S. (2025). Treatment of mental disorders. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-disorder/Treatment-of-mental-disorders
  • Smith, K.M. (2020). Discrimination and Racism in the History of Mental Health Care. National Alliance on Mental Illness. https://www.nami.org/african-american/discrimination-and-racism-in-the-history-of-mental-health-care/

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5 months ago
20 minutes 52 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 16: RMS Titanic
  • Boileau, J. (2022). Titanic. The Canadian Encylopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/titanic
  • Daugherty, G. (2025). The Long, Strange Trip of the Titanic Victims Whose Remains Surfaced Hundreds of Miles Away, Weeks After the Ship Sank. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-long-strange-trip-of-the-titanic-victims-whose-remains-surfaced-hundreds-of-miles-away-weeks-after-the-ship-sank-180986386/
  • History.com. (2009). Titanic. https://www.history.com/articles/titanic
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2024). R.M.S. Titanic - History and Significance. https://www.noaa.gov/office-of-general-counsel/gc-international-section/rms-titanic-history-and-significance#:~:text=Titanic%2C%20launched%20on%20May%2031,than%201%2C500%20passengers%20and%20crew
  • Penner, L. (2025). Don’t Mind the Mess - The ship that sailed through time. The Carillon. https://www.thecarillon.com/local/2025/05/06/column-dont-mind-the-mess-the-ship-that-sailed-through-time
  • Tikkanen, A. (2025). Titanic. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titanic

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6 months ago
15 minutes 31 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 15: Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Post-Colonial Foreign Interference
  • Abbey, A. O. (2023). The Educational Impact of Military Coup D'etats in Ghana on Education. York University. https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/items/34e9c030-1d9c-4c1f-8c99-60d19ff59d53
  • BBC News. (2016). Four more ways the CIA has meddled in Africa. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36303327
  • Encyclopaedia Brittanica. (2025). Kwame Nkrumah. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kwame-Nkrumah
  • Gebe, B. Y. Ghana’s Foreign Policy at Independence and Implications for the 1966 Coup D’état. University of Ghana. https://jpanafrican.org/docs/vol2no3/GhanasForeignPolicyAtIndependenceAnd.pdf
  • Hersh, S.M. (1978). C.I.A. Said to Have Aided Plotters Who Overthrew Nkrumah in Ghana. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/09/archives/cia-said-to-have-aided-plotters-who-overthrew-nkrumah-in-ghana.html
  • Lentz, C. (2023). Kwame Nkrumah: memorials to the man who led Ghana to independence have been built, erased and revived again. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/kwame-nkrumah-memorials-to-the-man-who-led-ghana-to-independence-have-been-built-erased-and-revived-again-211434
  • London School of Economics and Political Science. (2025). Kwame Nkrumah: From LSE to the presidency. https://www.lse.ac.uk/africa/hub-for-african-thought/thinkers/kwame-nkrumah
  • Ogunsuyi, A. (2023). Overthrow of Nkrumah in Ghana. EBSCO Information Services. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/overthrow-nkrumah-ghana
  • Okafor, C. (2025). John Mahama highlights how the CIA tried to tear down Ghana. Business Insider. https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/john-mahama-highlights-how-the-cia-tried-to-tear-down-ghana/j4yvc59

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6 months ago
13 minutes 24 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 14: Broken Arrows
  • Adams, S. (2022). The lost nuke of British Columbia. Legion: Canada’s Military History Magazine. https://legionmagazine.com/the-lost-nuke-of-british-columbia/
  • Gorvett, Z. (2022). The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-find
  • Hosgood, A.F. (2023). In Northwest BC, the Case of the Missing Nuke. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/25/Northwest-BC-Case-Missing-Nuke/
  • Izzo, J. (2025). A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons. Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-missing-nuclear-weapons/
  • Kass, H. (2024). The U.S. Military Is Missing 6 Nuclear Weapons. The National Interest. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-military-missing-6-nuclear-weapons-213059
  • Mosher, D. (2017). A thermonuclear bomb slammed into a North Carolina farm in 1961 — and part of it is still missing. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-bomb-accident-goldsboro-nc-swamp-2017-5

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6 months ago
13 minutes 46 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 13: Colombian Bananas
  • Caro, J.E.E., & Vidal Ortega, A. (2012). The worker's massacre of 1928 in the Magdalena Zona Bananera - Colombia: An unfinished story. Memorias, 9(18), pp. 22-54. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262504044_The_worker%27s_massacre_of_1928_in_the_Magdalena_Zona_Bananera_-_Colombia_An_unfinished_story
  • Dwyer, K. (2025). The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story. The Collector. https://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/
  • Gómez. G., I. (2024). The Human Cost of your Breakfast Banana. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/chiquita-banana-killings-colombia-auc.html
  • Goodman, A. & González, J. (2024). Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads. Democracy Now!. https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/12/chiquita_funding_death_squads_in_colombia
  • Harvard Political Review. (2015). One Hundred Years of Remembrance. https://harvardpolitics.com/one-hundred-years-remembrance/
  • Ramirez Cabal, M. (2023). The Dark Side of Bananas: Imperialism, Non-State Actors, and Power. Harvard International Review. https://hir.harvard.edu/the-dark-side-of-bananas-imperialism-non-state-actors-and-power/
  • Taylor, L. (2024). US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/11/chiquita-banana-deaths-lawsuit-colombia
  • Vaughan, D. (n.d.). Banana Massacre. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Banana-Massacre
  • Visualizing the Americas. (n.d.) Colombia: A Photograph We Were Not Supposed to See. University of Toronto Mississauga. https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/1928-massacre-1
  • Werner, J. (2024). The Deep Roots of the Chiquita Verdict. Time. https://time.com/6989104/chiquita-colombia-lawsuit/

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7 months ago
15 minutes 13 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 12: Universities Pt. 2
  • Brown, S.M. (2025). Harvard Under Fire for Slashing Slavery Initiative Staff as Black History Faces Nationwide Attacks. The Washington Informer. https://www.washingtoninformer.com/harvard-terminates-staff-slavery-initiative/
  • CBC Radio. (2021). Penn Museum apologizes for collecting bones of victims of slavery and police violence. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.6007322/penn-museum-apologizes-for-collecting-bones-of-victims-of-slavery-and-police-violence-1.6007326
  • Gladney, V. (2022). A Bare and Open Truth: The Penn and Slavery Project and the Public. Penn Arts & Sciences: Department of History. https://live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/node/14902
  • Ireland, C. (2011). Harvard and slavery. The Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/harvard-and-slavery/
  • McLeod, S. (2023). Stanford Prison Experiment: Zimbardo’s Famous Study. SimplyPsychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html
  • Ngauv, J. (2019). Harvard is Built on Slavery. The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/10/2/ngauv-harvard-built-slavery/
  • Pendergrass, D.C. & Raji, M.Y. (2017). The Bitter Pill: Harvard and the Dark History of Birth Control. The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/28/the-bitter-pill/
  • Pilkington, E. (2022). Ivy League university set to rebury skulls of Black people kept for centuries. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/07/us-university-plans-repatriation-black-american-remains
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College. (2022). Harvard & The Legacy of Slavery. https://radcliffe-harvard-edu-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/43444f4b-d5f6-4d71-963d-e667b548a58d/HLS-whole-report_FINAL_2022-09-14FINAL-ua2.pdf
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Stanford Prison Experiment. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Stanford-Prison-Experiment

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8 months ago
13 minutes

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 11: 1914 Sealing Disasters
  • Baker, M. (n.d.). The Struggle for Influence and Power: William Coaker, Abram Kean, and the Newfoundland Sealing Industry, 1908–1915. Memorial University. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/nflds/article/view/21477/24946 
  • CBC News. Sealing disasters marked as Elliston memorial opens. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sealing-disasters-marked-as-elliston-memorial-opens-1.2681909
  • CBC News. The 1914 sealing disaster: 100 years later. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/the-1914-sealing-disaster-100-years-later-1.2591837
  • CityNews Vancouver. (2014). Newfoundland marks 1914 sealing disaster with father and son’s frozen embrace. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2014/03/30/newfoundland-marks-1914-sealing-disaster-with-father-and-sons-frozen-embrace/
  • Crocker, D. (2014). History professor concludes 1914 sealing disaster played role in collapse of democracy. Saltwire. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/history-professor-concludes-1914-sealing-disaster-played-role-in-collapse-of-democracy-117308
  • Higgins, J. (2011). 1914 Sealing Disaster. The Independent. https://theindependent.ca/news/past-tense/1914-sealing-disaster/
  • Higgins, J. (2007). Impact of the 1914 Sealing Disaster. Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/sealing-disaster-impact.php
  • Higgins, J. (2007). The 1914 Sealing Disaster. Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/sealing-disaster-1914.php
  • Ryan, S. (n.d.). Newfoundland Spring Sealing Disasters to 1914. The Northern Mariner. https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol03/tnm_3_3_15-48.pdf



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8 months ago
16 minutes 14 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 10: Dentistry
  • American Dental Education Association. (2023). History of Dentistry. https://www.adea.org/godental/Dentistry-101/history-and-data/history-of-dentistry
  • CBC Radio. (2017). From tooth pullers to dentists: Dental care's 'really painful' history. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/filling-in-the-gaps-dental-care-in-canada-a-special-edition-of-the-current-1.4421567/from-tooth-pullers-to-dentists-dental-care-s-really-painful-history-1.4421608
  • Connor, R.A. & Kamen, S. (2024). Dentistry. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/science/dentistry
  • Daugherty, G. (2023). How Humans Took Care of Their Teeth Through History. History.com. https://www.history.com/news/dental-care-teeth-cleaning-through-history
  • Duncan, J. (2018). 10 Horrors Of Dentistry Throughout History. Listverse. https://listverse.com/2018/01/24/10-horrors-of-dentistry-throughout-history/
  • Hargreaves, J.A. (2013). Dentistry. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dentistry
  • Jabr, F. (2019). The Truth About Dentistry. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/
  • Mandel, I.D. (1994). Dental Quackery: A Retrospective View. The Journal of the American Dental Association. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002817794520087?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=90b52ded6dc7eb47
  • Morana, C. (2016). Quacks and Tramps: A Brief History of Dentistry in Canada. https://150.oda.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/YOHFW2016.pdf
  • Museum of Healthcare at Kingston. (2013). The Evolution of Dentistry. https://museumofhealthcare.blog/the-evolution-of-dentistry/
  • Singh, A. (2023). Dental Quackery: The Status Quo in India. Medbound Times. https://www.medboundtimes.com/medbound-blog/dental-quackery-the-status-quo-in-india
  • Staley, R. (2015). The cola kids of El Salvador. Corporate Knights. https://www.corporateknights.com/education/cola-kids-el-salvador/

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9 months ago
21 minutes 6 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 9: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  • Fadulu, L. (2023). After 112 Years, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Victims Get a Memorial. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/nyregion/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-memorial.html
  • History.com Editors. (2024). Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire
  • Kiger, P.J. (2023). How the Horrific Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Led to Workplace Safety Laws. History.com. https://www.history.com/news/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-labor-safety-laws
  • National Portrait Gallery. The Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Smithsonian. https://npg.si.edu/blog/tragedy-triangle-shirtwaist-factory
  • NYU Law News. (n.d.). One hundred years later, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is remembered. NYU Law. https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/TRIANGLE_FIRE_CENTENNIAL
  • Stein, L. & Skalka, D.A. (1957). The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire: Leon Stein Interviews. Cornell University. https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/primary/survivorInterviews/DoraSkalka.html
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. (2024). Triangle shirtwaist factory fire. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial. (n.d.) Triangle History. https://trianglememorial.org/triangle-history/

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9 months ago
18 minutes 10 seconds

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast
Episode 8: The Beothuk People of Newfoundland
  • Cecco, L. (2020). Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/10/dna-canada-first-nations-ancestral-story
  • Hillier, B. (2021). There’s nothing to prove it, but Mi’kmaw mercenary myth persists, say researchers. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mi-kmaw-mercenary-myth-colonial-history-school-textbooks-1.6073752
  • Marshall, I. & Macpherson, A.G. (n.d.). William Eppes Cormack (1796-1868): The Later Years. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/nflds/article/view/26100/30326
  • Meier, A.C. (2019). Who Were the Beothuk, the Lost People of Newfoundland? JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/who-were-the-beothuk-the-lost-people-of-newfoundland/
  • Mitchell, A. (2021). Amet*: Understanding the Beothuk. Canadian Geographic. https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/amet-understanding-the-beothuk/
  • Story, G.M. (1976). CORMACK, WILLIAM EPPES. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cormack_william_eppes_9E.html
  • Story, G.M. (2022). Demasduit. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/demasduwit
  • Story, G.M. (1998). HOWLEY, JAMES PATRICK. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/howley_james_patrick_14E.html
  • Story, G.M. (2022). Shawnadithit. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shawnadithit
  • Tuck, J.A. (2022). Beothuk. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beothuk
  • Windspeaker.com. (2017). Shanawdithit: The last of the Beothuk people. https://windspeaker.com/news/womens-history-month/shanawdithit-the-last-of-the-beothuk-people

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10 months ago
20 minutes 2 seconds

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.

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