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Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast

by Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller

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Mount Pleasant and the Cemetery That Toronto Forgot

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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…
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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…
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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…
Union Station - Part 2

September 1, 2026 · 26 min

It took more than 20 years to build the current Union Station. Over the next century, new lines like TTC, GO and VIA would arrive, it would nearly be knocked down to make room for a new development called Metro Centre and the rail lands…
Bonus: Godspell in Toronto w/Nick Davis

August 27, 2026 · 35 min

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Union Station - Part 1

August 18, 2026 · 19 min

It’s hard to overstate how much the railroads changed Toronto. For the next two episodes, we're going to tell the history of the railroads in Toronto through the story of most important train station in town - Union Station. Longtime…
SS Noronic Fire

August 4, 2026 · 34 min

The SS Noronic was known as the Queen of the Lakes. For 36 years, she transported passengers in comfort and style. Until the night she caught fire at the foot of Yonge Street and at least 118 passengers died. On today's episode of Muddy…
Gerry FitzGerald and Connaught Laboratories w/James FitzGerald

July 21, 2026 · 40 min

Gerry FitzGerald turned Toronto into a world leader in public health, producing vaccines and medicines that saved tens of millions of lives. Unfortunately, he would be destroyed by his own demons and by his era's backwards attitude towards…
Massey Hall

July 7, 2026 · 27 min

For decades, Massey Hall was the most famous venue in Canada. It hosted legendary performers like Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry and Gordon Lightfoot. It also hosted a variety of events staged by local community groups. On this episode, we cover…
Early Black Community in Toronto w/Natasha Henry-Dixon

June 16, 2026 · 43 min

Toronto's Black community is almost as old as the community itself. The first census ever done in York identified 15 black residents. Some of them were slaves, but some of them were free persons who chose to settle there. Natasha…
Types Riot

June 2, 2026 · 26 min

Next Monday, June 8th, is the 200th Anniversary of an often overlooked event. On that date in 1826, a mob forced its way into a newspaper printing shop and proceeded to smash the printing press as well as anything else they could find. The…
Ontario Place

May 19, 2026 · 37 min

Ontario Place was Toronto's summer getaway from the noise and heat of the city. It was also our attempt to match Montreal and the spectacular success of Expo 67. Today, it's at the centre of a debate about what to do with the stretch of…

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About the show

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. Follow us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Toronto_History Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory