Latest Klondike Podcast Episodes
Matthew Henson: To the Top of the World!
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - January 14, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMatthew Henson was just 12 years old when he walked from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, and into a position as a cabin boy on a merchant ship. But his greatest trek would come three decades later and take him to the very top of the world. Some scholars even believe he was the first man to reach t...
Matthew Henson: To the Top of the World!
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - January 14, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMatthew Henson was just 12 years old when he walked from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, and into a position as a cabin boy on a merchant ship. But his greatest trek would come three decades later and take him to the very top of the world. Some scholars even believe he was the first man to reach t...
Christmas in Sarajevo
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - December 17, 2021 02:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn December 23 of the first year of the Siege of Sarajevo, an American war correspondent arranged a ride in an armoured Land Rover, bribed his way through a Serbian checkpoint, and entered the besieged city. He was caught off guard by what he found.
Safe Return Doubtful: The Shackleton Expedition
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - December 17, 2021 01:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMore than 5,000 men - and a few brave women - applied to be part of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1914. The 27 men chosen to accompany him on the Endurance would experience the adventure of a lifetime - and one of the greatest survival stories of all time.
Cougar Annie
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - November 11, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAda Annie Rae-Arthur was a force to be reckoned with. Nothing could stand in the way of her dream for a garden on the west coast of Vancouver Island - not the dense rainforest, not the four husbands she outlived, and certainly not the cougars that threatened her goats and hens. This Hintertale ...
The Prisoner Who Climbed a Mountain
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - October 15, 2021 03:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFelice Benuzzi caught his first glimpse of Mount Kenya from behind barbed wire at Camp 354, a British POW Camp near Nanyuki, Kenya. It was love at first sight. Over the course of eight months, Benuzzi convinced two other Italian POW’s to join him in preparing for the adventure of a lifetime: to...
Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - September 17, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe daughter of illiterate sharecroppers, Bessie Coleman dreamed of a life above the clouds. Her ambition led her to an aviation school in France, where she became the first black woman in the world to earn an international pilot's license. Her courage and determination remain a testament to any...
Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Story of Gordon Wilson
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - May 28, 2021 02:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGordon Wilson had every right to hate the terrorists who killed his youngest daughter at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Northern Ireland. Instead he prayed for them and campaigned tirelessly for peace.
Anne Sullivan Part 2: Companions for Life
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - May 13, 2021 19:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe child of illiterate immigrant parents and a resident of the Tewksbury Almshouse, at age 14 Anne Sullivan couldn't even read or write her own name. By the time she died, she was one of the most respected teachers in the world.
Anne Sullivan: Life Before Helen
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - April 29, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWithout the devotion and sacrifice of Anne Sullivan, there would be no Helen Keller as the world knew her. But though Anne chose to live in the shadow of her famous student, her own life story was as extraordinary as Helen's - at least that's what Helen herself believed.
The Curious Case of Sarah Emma Edmonds
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - April 15, 2021 19:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHistorians estimate that hundreds of women secretly enlisted on both sides of the American Civil War - most remaining undiscovered until they were wounded, captured, or killed. This Canadian woman had her own reasons for joining the Union Army.
Beauty for Ashes: The Musicians of Sarajevo
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - March 31, 2021 20:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDuring a season of violence and terror in Sarajevo, a handful of brave musicians responded to brutality with beauty, risking their lives to feed the spirits of their fellow citizens.
118 Days
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - March 19, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMaurice and Maralyn Bailey were an ordinary couple with a big dream: to sail from their home in England to a new life in New Zealand. Everything was going smoothly - until disaster struck 6 days out of Panama.
Trouble on Triple Island
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - March 04, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt would be difficult to imagine a bleaker place than Triple Island: three jagged rocks jutting up from the sea, 26 miles from Prince Rupert off the north coast of British Columbia. And yet that's where Tom Moran accepted a post as lightkeeper in October 1929 - along with his wife Sophie and the...
He Was the Ears; She Was the Eyes
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - February 14, 2021 20:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRobert and Lillian Booth had a special relationship - one that inspired an entire community. Robert was blind as the result of a childhood injury, and Lillian had impaired hearing as the result of whooping cough, but as a team they were able to keep the pianos of central Vancouver Island in tun...
Dr. Fear
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - February 04, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn paper Dr. Howard Liebgold had an exceptionally successful life, but secretly he struggled with fears that nearly cost him everything. He was on the brink of suicide, when a "chance" story on the 10 o'clock news gave him reason to hope there might be another way. I first discovered Dr. Liebgo...
Belinda Mulrooney: Klondike Queen
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - January 21, 2021 20:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings23 year-old Belinda Mulrooney arrived in the Klondike with just 25 cents to her name. She threw her quarter into the Yukon River - it wouldn't buy anything in Dawson - and vowed to start clean. Within a month she was building her first hotel.
Anna DeGraf: A Klondike Quest
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - January 07, 2021 18:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAnna was 53, a widow recovering from multiple tragedies, when her 23 year-old son went missing in 1892. Not even a badly broken leg could stop her from packing her sewing machine and heading north when she learned that he might be in Alaska. The adventures that followed would have brought many m...
P.O.W. Violin
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History - December 14, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAmerican B-24 bomber pilot Lieutenant Clair Cline was shot down over occupied Holland in February 1944. Half a year into his internment, he found himself struggling with despair, praying for something constructive to do. But the answer that came to him seemed preposterous. Make a violin? Cline...
Episode 37
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 20:22 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 42, The Pot and Mr. Kettle. In the final chapter of Marry Me! Inc, Colonel Begg‘s and Lorcan‘s time on the woodpile is coming to an end, and friends gather near the NWMP post to have a picnic. There Billy Raven reveals what drives his sarcasm, Lorcan and Barabal face their last foe, and ...
Episode 36
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 20:16 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 41, Never Has Just Arrived. The good news is that Lorcan gets a rather surprising reward for his efforts. The bad news is that he is charged with reckless endangerment and ends up on the infamous NWMP woodpile with a very surprised companion.
Episode 35
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 20:14 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 40, Part 2, Mineurs Audacieux. The cadaverous man with the black top hat and the revengeful stampeder, Silas Neto, converge on Lorcan, while the bidding for Barabal reaches its climax.
Episode 34
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 20:11 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 40, Part 1, Mineurs Audacieux. As the bidding for Barabal enters its endgame, two participants are still in the running: Otto Krych, the miner whose manner and appearance would turn any civilised stomach, and a mysteriously disguised Lorcan who seems to be bidding with money he does not ...
Episode 33
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 20:08 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 39, Put a Collar on Me. To Colonel Begg's and all the awaiting miners' satisfaction, Barabal is finally on stage, and the bidding for the young Scottish beauty gets under way. From time to time it falters, but soon the heavyweights - and some surprising players - weigh in. Lorcan arrives...
Episode 32
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 18:42 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 38, Fresh from the South Seas. Barabal is now in the clutches of Colonel Begg's men, being dragged back to the Opera House after her failed escape. She is in no mood to give up, however, as the Colonel and his men are about to find out. The resulting delays do not sit well with the packe...
Episode 31
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 18:39 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 37, Oh, My Lord, Billy! When Lorcan‘s attempt at saving Barabal succeeds only in returning her to her personal hell, Malvina and Colonel Begg have quite different reactions, though they do have in common their trepidation at the news that Lorcan apparently tried to use some sort of lette...
Episode 30
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 18:33 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 36, Everyone Pretends. Lorcan, as seems to be his fate, finds himself destitute and without options. Though full of good intentions, once again he has fouled Barabal's plans. Then his new friend, Billy Raven, tells him about Ptarmigans.
Episode 29
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 18:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 35, Mon Dieu, She Dances. The much-anticipated auction gets under way. Colonel Begg is in high spirits until Malvina whispers to him just as they are about to start that Barabal, his star and the first one on the schedule, is missing.
Episode 28
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 18:28 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 33, Going South. Although Lorcan is at first dejected in thinking about his prospects, he suddenly has an idea about how to find out just who Clarence is. Meanwhile, Barabal's new ally has arranged for her not to join the parade of Colonel Begg's hopefuls as they wind their way through t...
Episode 27
Marry Me! Inc. - December 17, 2013 18:25 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChapter 32, Do Not Ask Me. The day of the auction has arrived! Most are looking forward to it, none more so than Colonel Begg and Malvina. Our Barabal, however, is anticipating her escape, while Lorcan is about to arrange what he believes will be Barabal's salvation using Frenchy Rimbaud, a plan...
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