Latest Heritageminutes Podcast Episodes
Tibb's Eve
Minute Women - December 23, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the tenth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... lots of drunken partying! Tibb's Eve is celebrated by Canadians across the country as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the family for a bit, and share a couple of brews with friends. But there was a ...
Tibb's Eve
Minute Women - December 23, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutesOn the tenth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... lots of drunken partying! Tibb's Eve is celebrated by Canadians across the country as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the family for a bit, and share a couple of brews with friends. But there was a ...
Canada's First Christmas Tree
Minute Women - December 22, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutesOn the ninth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... Canada's first Christmas Tree! Strangely enough, we know exactly when the Christmas tree was introduced to Canada and Grace and Linnea are here to tell you all about it! Don't put real candles on your Christmas ...
Canada's First Christmas Tree
Minute Women - December 22, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the ninth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... Canada's first Christmas Tree! Strangely enough, we know exactly when the Christmas tree was introduced to Canada and Grace and Linnea are here to tell you all about it! Don't put real candles on your Christmas ...
Is Santa Claus Canadian?
Minute Women - December 21, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the eighth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... holiday citizenry! Canada has a pretty strong case when it comes to Santa Claus's citizenship but we're not the only country with their hat in the ring. Grace and Linnea review the file to try to understand whe...
Is Santa Claus Canadian?
Minute Women - December 21, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutesOn the eighth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... holiday citizenry! Canada has a pretty strong case when it comes to Santa Claus's citizenship but we're not the only country with their hat in the ring. Grace and Linnea review the file to try to understand whe...
King's Cake
Minute Women - December 20, 2021 09:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the seventh day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... pocket change inside pastries? Quebec is probably the Canadian capital for weird holiday traditions. The King's Cake is one of them. Eaten on January 6th, the end of the Christmas season, King's Cake is a des...
King's Cake
Minute Women - December 20, 2021 09:00 - 8 minutesOn the seventh day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... pocket change inside pastries? Quebec is probably the Canadian capital for weird holiday traditions. The King's Cake is one of them. Eaten on January 6th, the end of the Christmas season, King's Cake is a des...
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Minute Women - December 19, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the sixth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a Christmas delivery! For years, Santa Claus did not have a postal code. Post workers were sad to see some many letters get sorted in with the rest of the undeliverable mail, so they started replying to letters ...
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Minute Women - December 19, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutesOn the sixth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a Christmas delivery! For years, Santa Claus did not have a postal code. Post workers were sad to see some many letters get sorted in with the rest of the undeliverable mail, so they started replying to letters ...
Saint Catherine's Day Taffy Pull
Minute Women - December 18, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the fifth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a weird and scary saintly story. On the 25th of November, Saint Catherine's Day, young Quebec women pull taffy and give the candies to their sweethearts! But what is the origin of this Christmas-kick-off traditi...
Saint Catherine's Day Taffy Pull
Minute Women - December 18, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutesOn the fifth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a weird and scary saintly story. On the 25th of November, Saint Catherine's Day, young Quebec women pull taffy and give the candies to their sweethearts! But what is the origin of this Christmas-kick-off traditi...
Mischief Mummering
Minute Women - December 17, 2021 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the fourth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... mischievous mummering! Many of us are now familiar is the Newfoundland Christmas tradition of mummering that originated in the UK and Ireland. However, you may not have known that back in the day mummering was ...
Mischief Mummering
Minute Women - December 17, 2021 09:00 - 12 minutesOn the fourth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... mischievous mummering! Many of us are now familiar is the Newfoundland Christmas tradition of mummering that originated in the UK and Ireland. However, you may not have known that back in the day mummering was ...
Woody the Christmas Tree
Minute Women - December 16, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the third day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a talking Christmas tree! The world became exposed to the Halifax tradition of Woody the Christmas Tree, a giant robotic tree that lives in the Mic Mac Mall and talks with children every year during the holiday ...
Woody the Christmas Tree
Minute Women - December 16, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutesOn the third day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a talking Christmas tree! The world became exposed to the Halifax tradition of Woody the Christmas Tree, a giant robotic tree that lives in the Mic Mac Mall and talks with children every year during the holiday ...
The Mystery of Sinck Tuck
Minute Women - December 15, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn second day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a holiday mystery? Since the ancient times (2004 to be exact) the internet has been recording the hallowed traditions of Sinck Tuck, the Inuit winter celebration that occurs every year during the Winter Solstice. O...
The Mystery of Sinck Tuck
Minute Women - December 15, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutesOn second day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a holiday mystery? Since the ancient times (2004 to be exact) the internet has been recording the hallowed traditions of Sinck Tuck, the Inuit winter celebration that occurs every year during the Winter Solstice. O...
The Tree for Boston
Minute Women - December 14, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn first day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a Bostonian Christmas Tree! In this minisode, we revisit the Halifax Explosion to deep dive on the beloved Christmas tradition it spurred. Following the devastating 1917 explosion, the city of Boston sent aid worker...
The Tree for Boston
Minute Women - December 14, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutesOn first day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a Bostonian Christmas Tree! In this minisode, we revisit the Halifax Explosion to deep dive on the beloved Christmas tradition it spurred. Following the devastating 1917 explosion, the city of Boston sent aid worker...
12 Days of Minute Women Christmas
Minute Women - December 11, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTo celebrate the festive season, Grace and Linnea present to you: the 12 Days of Minute Women Non-Denominational Christmas! Everyday from December 14th to December 25th, the Minute Women will be releasing a new minisode every single day. We're reviewing the old, new, and downright weird...
12 Days of Minute Women Christmas
Minute Women - December 11, 2021 09:00 - 1 minuteTo celebrate the festive season, Grace and Linnea present to you: the 12 Days of Minute Women Non-Denominational Christmas! Everyday from December 14th to December 25th, the Minute Women will be releasing a new minisode every single day. We're reviewing the old, new, and downright weird...
Timbiebs Taste Test and Big Announcement (HYGAM16)
Minute Women - December 08, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutesTimbiebs: are they worth the hype? Should you rush out and spend your hard earned cash on the latest timbiebs merch? Don't waste your precious pennies Minute Women listeners because Grace and Linnea have got you covered. We reviewed all three new timbit flavours and let you know our hon...
Timbiebs Taste Test and Big Announcement (HYGAM16)
Minute Women - December 08, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTimbiebs: are they worth the hype? Should you rush out and spend your hard earned cash on the latest timbiebs merch? Don't waste your precious pennies Minute Women listeners because Grace and Linnea have got you covered. We reviewed all three new timbit flavours and let you know our hon...
O Canada
Minute Women - December 01, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings"O Canada" was far from destined to become our national anthem. This underdog composition, however, swept the country and stole our hearts. This week, we cover what drove Calixa Lavalle and Adolphe-Basile Routhier to write "O Canada" in 1880 and how it was adopted by the Canadian govern...
O Canada
Minute Women - December 01, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes"O Canada" was far from destined to become our national anthem. This underdog composition, however, swept the country and stole our hearts. This week, we cover what drove Calixa Lavalle and Adolphe-Basile Routhier to write "O Canada" in 1880 and how it was adopted by the Canadian govern...
The Winnipeg Falcons
Minute Women - November 24, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn 1920, the Winnipeg Falcons hockey team represented Canada at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The rest of the world was not prepared for the Falcon's display of dominance as they breezed to first gold medal ever awarded in hockey. 80 years later, this story of not only hockey, ...
The Winnipeg Falcons
Minute Women - November 24, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutesIn 1920, the Winnipeg Falcons hockey team represented Canada at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The rest of the world was not prepared for the Falcon's display of dominance as they breezed to first gold medal ever awarded in hockey. 80 years later, this story of not only hockey, ...
Timbiebs and Para Hockey (HYGAM 15)
Minute Women - November 17, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutesBREAKING NEWS! Justin Bieber is teaming up with Tim Horton's to release three new Timbit flavours, or should we say Timbiebs flavours. Well, the Minute Women have to discuss and go over the hilarious press release that came with the announcement. This week, we also discuss the new (sort...
Timbiebs and Para Hockey (HYGAM 15)
Minute Women - November 17, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBREAKING NEWS! Justin Bieber is teaming up with Tim Horton's to release three new Timbit flavours, or should we say Timbiebs flavours. Well, the Minute Women have to discuss and go over the hilarious press release that came with the announcement. This week, we also discuss the new (sort...