After a short hiatus, we're back! In this episode, Natalie and Joel interview filmmaker Hayley Gray about her film Hayashi Studio. Hayashi Studio is about the lost-and-found photographs of Senjiro Hayashi, a Japanese-Canadian photographer from

Mainland 18 - Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Bar

Nov 5th, 2019 30m 39s

Natalie tells us a bunch about Nanaimo, BC, and Nanaimo Bars! Do you know what a Nanaimo Bar is? Is it world-famous, or do we just tell ourselves that?How Nanaimo, BC was almost pretty much called "CoalVille",Why World Famous Nanaimo Bars don't

Mainland 17 - From Mexico to Canada (interview with Mafer Douglas)

Sep 2nd, 2019 36m 39s

Joel interviews Mafer Douglas, an actor, director, and playwright from Vancouver, BC. Mafer takes Joel through her experience of coming to BC from Mexico as a young adult, and living in the province for over six years.Along the way, we explore

Mainland 16 - TRUE CRIME: The Babes in the Woods, Part 2

Jul 31st, 2019 25m 10s

This episode is about a cold-case murder story. If you are not interested in hearing about murder, we've got many other episodes to choose from!Natalie takes us through theories relating to "The Babes in the Woods", the cold-case murder mystery

Mainland 15 - TRUE CRIME: The Babes in the Woods, Part 1

Jul 4th, 2019 19m 52s

This episode is about a cold-case murder story. If you are not interested in hearing about murder, we've got many other episodes to choose from!Natalie takes us through the story of "The Babes in the Woods", the cold-case murder mystery of two

Mainland 14 - The Pig War: Britain v America, feat Dr. David Borys

Jun 11th, 2019 36m 9s

This very special episode of Mainland features military historian David Borys from the podcast Cool Canadian History! Dr. Borys tells us how the slaying of a pig brought 600 American soldiers and three British war ships (with soldiers) to the t

Mainland 13 - "Vancouver's Little Florence Nightingale"

May 29th, 2019 21m 4s

Natalie tells us all about Sister Francis Redmond, one of the many influential, kind women who contributed to the community in the 1800s!Sister Francis Redmond devoted her life to helping others, and helped build one of Vancouver's first hospit

Mainland 12 - Filling False Creek & Rupturing Ripple Rock

Apr 29th, 2019 27m 55s

In this episode, Joel takes us through the story of the Ripple Rock explosion and the filling of False Creek in Vancouver!Ripple Rock was the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history at the time (the '50s!), and False Creek used to be about a q

Mainland 11 - The Trolleys of BC

Apr 1st, 2019 26m 7s

This week, Natalie takes us through a deep-dive into the world of trolleys in the Lower Mainland, BC! Vancouver’s Electric Railway played a huge role in establishing this part of British Columbia’s infrastructure, and helped bring electricity t

Mainland 10 - Cascadia: Fir Trees, Waterfalls, and Chill Vibes

Mar 22nd, 2019 39m 16s

Natalie and Joel look at Cascadia, an idea of the Pacific West Coast being its own country! Many have tried to make their own nations, but will Cascadia succeed? Maybe just, like, in our minds, man.Joel walks us through how BC, Washington and O

Mainland 9 - BC's Natural Disasters

Mar 1st, 2019 32m 30s

Natalie and Joel discuss some of the worst natural disasters that BC has had to offer! Natalie walks us through snowstorms, windstorms, flooding, landslides, and more! And we learn Joel and Natalie's greatest fears, why it's OK to have an emerg

Mainland 8 - The Stories of Our Mountains

Feb 15th, 2019 43m 19s

In this episode, Joel tells the stories behind some of our mountains' weird names in BC, including Golden Ears, The Twin Sisters (AKA The Lions), Mount Manzo Nagano, and Whistler!Along the way, we learn about how integral people of Japanese des

Mainland 7 - A Small BC Town has its Own Holiday: Wrestling Day!

Jan 14th, 2019 32m 25s

In this episode, Natalie tells the story of January 2nd in Williams Lake -- also known as WRESTLING DAY! Along the way, we learn how Williams Lake, BC came to be, how it's not such a small town, after all, how Wrestling Day was abolished for on

Mainland 6 - The CPR Made BC a Part of Canada

Jan 1st, 2019 45m 30s

In this episode, Joel and Natalie discuss the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which connected British Columbia with Canada, changing the land permanently (for better AND for worse). Topics include the creation of a metropolis, a subur

Episode 5: The BC Penetentiary

Dec 20th, 2018 49m 15s

Joel and Natalie look into the history of the BC Penetentiary, which used to exist in our home town of New Westminster! And Natalie narrates this one! Listen along as Joel gasps and says "oh!" Included: history of the Penitentiary, fun musings

Mainland 5 - BC Penitentiary was IN OUR TINY HOMETOWN

Dec 1st, 2018 49m 15s

Joel and Natalie look into the history of the BC Penitentiary, which used to exist in our home town of New Westminster! Natalie narrates this one! Listen along, and gasp with Joel! We discover the many, many riots that occurred in the BC Penite

Episode 4: Who Was Judge Begbie?

Nov 22nd, 2018 46m 3s

Joel and Natalie answer the age-old BCer question: who was Judge Begbie? Why was he called the Hanging Judge? How do we judge a judge who did some cool, progressive stuff, and some not-so-cool, not-exactly-progressive stuff?In this episode's

Episode 0: Check us out!

Nov 19th, 2018 33s

Do you like Canadian history, beer, stories, legends, true crime, and politics? Mainland is a monthly podcast dedicated to all of these, by musician Joel MacKenzie and writer Natalie Serafini!Connect with us!www.mainlandpodcast.com@mainland

Mainland 4 - The Hanging Judge (Begbie!)

Nov 1st, 2018 46m 2s

Episode 3: There's Gold In Our Hills!

Sep 18th, 2018 49m 18s

This month's episode is about the legend of Slumach's Gold, or the Pitt Lake Gold Mine! Join Natalie and Joel to learn about the legend behind the gold, who found it, where it is, and why you should never, ever look for it.There is literall

Mainland 3 - Don't look for Slumach's Gold (in Pitt Lake)

Sep 1st, 2018 49m 18s

In this episode, Natalie and Joel discover the legend of Slumach's Gold, AKA the Pitt Lake Gold Mine!Perhaps you've seen the TV show on the subject? We talk about the legend behind the gold, who found it, where it is, how we can actually go and

Episode 2: The Capital of BC

Aug 6th, 2018 54m 42s

In this episode of Mainland, we discover why the capital of BC is Victoria, not Vancouver or New Westminster! Along the way, we learn about how dangerous deadhead logs can be, what Freemasons are, and how much settler Europeans wanted to impres

Mainland 2 - Why is Victoria the Capital?!

Aug 1st, 2018 54m 41s

In this episode, Natalie and Joel look into why Victoria, and not New Wesminster, is the capital of BC. New West started as the capital, and named virtually everything in the town after Queen Victoria. But she couldn't resist making the capital

Mainland 1 - Kingsway, the One Diagonal Highway

Jul 1st, 2018 32m 34s

In our first episode, Joel and Natalie answer the age-old BCer question: why does Kingsway go diagonally across every other road that goes straight?We discover how it started as a path, then a wagon road, how the army may have used it, as a loo

Mainland 0 - Mainland, the History of British Columbia

Jun 30th, 2018 29s

In Mainland, Natalie and Joel tell the stories of British Columbia, Canada! We discuss the stories that made BC, and where history went right, and oh-so-wrong. We publish every month on the 1st and 15th!Connect with us! Web: www.mainlandpodcast

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