Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
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39 - William Lyon Mackenzie: Canada's Try-Hard Revolutionary
August 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 35 mins
19th century, america, british empire, buffalo, canada, colonial, colonialism, comedy, constitution, drinking, history, immigrants, insurrection, newspaper, ontario, podcast, political, politics, press, rebellion, reform, revolution, scotland, toronto, upstate new york
When it comes to revolutionaries William Lyon Mackenzie is straight up the Charlie Brown of the bunch. The first mayor of Toronto had great intentions but failed at almost everything he ever did. We are talking Canadian independence here... There's a reason the queen is still on their bills. To get some inside insight, Travis captures two living Canadians in his poutine trap to discuss life in the Great White North.