Episodes
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Pan Historia‘s F**k Faces of History
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Throughout Pan Historia's run, we have discussed some of the most disgusting and evil individuals of all time. From mass murderers, to power hungry maniacs, to diabolical schemers, we have seen them all. Following a casual conversation between hosts, Lyndsay and Jonah, the two were inspired to compile a power ranking of the worst people they have talked about in episodes. As the series continues, they will continue to add people to the list in the order they believe they deserve.
Join Pan Historia as they end the year by revealing the initial rankings of who they believe to be the biggest F**k Faces throughout history
Monday Oct 19, 2020
A Jest Society: A History of Canadian Comedy
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Laughter is contagious. It is an action which brings joy in the hearts of people worldwide. Canada is no stranger to comedy. It has produced some of the most talented and famous comedians, clowns, filmmakers, theatre artists, and even musicians who have cause audiences everywhere to fall backwards in their seats. Join Pan Historia as they dive into a history of comedy from their home country of Canada.
Music:
Having an Average Weekend by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
I Like That Old Time RefOOOOOOORRRRMMMM by Don Ferguson (as Preston Manning)
Monday Sep 21, 2020
KKKanada: The KKK's Expansion into Canada
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
The Ku Klux Klan has imbedded itself in history as a destructive, poisonous organization. United under the common hatred of anything not white Anglo-Saxon protestant, the Klan has engaged in campaigns of terrorism, using intimidation, assault, murder, and even bombings in their crusade against equality. Their white robes bring about an image of fear to those who come across them. Today, they continue to march for many lost causes due to their refusal to accept they lost those wars long ago.
During the early to mid 20th century, the Klan began to expand internationally to Canada, with chapters popping up most predominately in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and the largest membership residing in Saskatchewan. However, further efforts to gain a significant following here resulted in a series of events which boiled down into a comedy of errors. It wouldn't be a coordinate police effort, nor a united antiracist front who would bring them down, but greed, lack of organization, and overall lack of interest/necessity which brought about the downfall of the Kanada Klan.
Music:
Clip from Mississippi Burning (1988)
The KKK Took My Baby Away, The Ramones
Monday Jun 15, 2020
The Forgotten Pandemic: The 1918 Global Influenza Outbreak
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
In 1918, Death wandered on his horse through the barren grounds of the frontline trenches. The war was nearly over, but the dead continued to rise in numbers. The horrors of this war were unseen up to this point in history; people lost their sons, fathers, mothers, their homes, their everything. What nobody knew is a new horror was lurking, ready to spring up with devastating effect. This came from an unseen enemy, one humanity has faced since the dawn of our existence. Reports of illness sprang up in Kansas, then quickly to the trenches. Spain, uninvolved in the war, began reporting on a strange new type of influenza afflicting the population. Soon, the world referred to this silent killer as the Spanish Flu.
As the war in the trenches continued, a new war ignited, one which infected 500 million people worldwide in 9 months, and kill between 17 million and 50 million. Hospitals became overrun with infected patients, entire Indigenous communities were wiped out, and the bodies of the dead became too much for morgues to handle. At first, governments in Europe and the US denied the severity or even the illness's existence, continuing to hold their patriotic parades and liberty drives, leading to more becoming ill rapidly. A new horseman now walked the Earth on a sickly steed, a horseman named Pestilence. Soon, the horrors of war were accompanied by the horrors of disease.
Music
The Dance Macabre, Camille Saint-Saëns
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Podcasting in the Time of Covid (Other Nonsense)
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
It has been a while since Lyndsay and Jonah have been around. Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus shutting much of the world down, they decided to take a small break from teaching history and discuss their thoughts on the situation, as well as update you all as to what's happening with Pan Historia in the near future.
Stay safe!
Music:
Billy Joel – You Might Be Right
Elton John – I'm Still Standing
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Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Taboo Topics, Awkward Ancestry, and Other Nonsense
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
After a nice holiday break, and some extra time to recover from their colds, Lyndsay and Jonah are back at it to kick of the second half of season 3. With temperatures dropping to an ungodly low, the pair keep warm by discussing the ripples caused by 9/11, Jonah reveals an awkward discovery in his family photo albums, and other nonsense.
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Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Hong Kong, Ceremonies, and Other Nonsense
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
We're back!!! Season three begins with a conversation on watershed moments (mostly the Hong Kong Protests), religious ceremonies, and other nonsense.
Music:
From Russia with Love by Huma Huma
Soviet National Anthem
Monday Jun 10, 2019
The History of Ideologies
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
We're all familiar with the political spectrum. There are people on the left, people on the right, and people in the centre. Sadly, in modern times, there is a lot of misconceptions and stigmas surrounding the vast number of ideologies in the world today. In this episode of Pan Historia, Lyndsay and Jonah decided to take a closer look at the histories behind and actual philosophies of different ideologies in practice in order to provide a better understanding.
Intro: Thaxed, by Kevin MacLeod
Monday May 13, 2019
The History of the United Nations
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
On October 24, 1945, the countries of France, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and the Republic of China ratified a charter, officially organizing the United Nations. The purpose of the organization is to bring governments together in order to promote and maintain global peace and security. Since its beginnings, the UN has had both success and failure, praise and criticism. Today, 193 states are members of the organization, with hundreds more non-member observers, intergovernmental organizations, and other organizations. This week, Lyndsay and Jonah discuss both the history and functions of the many bodies and organs of the United Nations.
Music:
Hymn of the United Nations
Monday Apr 29, 2019
RMS Titanic, the Ship of Dreams
Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
Titanic was a ship who truly lived up to her name. The second of the mighty Olympic-class ocean liners, she was dubbed the ship of dreams, where her builders and crew bragged how not even God could sink her. She and her sister Olympic were the pride of the Belfast shipbuilders of Harland & Wolff, as no ocean liner before them were larger, or more beautiful. Titanic embarked on her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK on April 10, 1912, and after stops in Cherbourg, France and Cork, Ireland, she left towards the open sea towards New York City. The richest passengers were there to experience a luxurious vacation on the open seas, while most of the second and third class passengers were heading towards a new life in the Americas.
Fate, however, is unpredictable, and often cruel. On the night of April 14th, only a day away from her destination, a frantic message echoed the telegraph lines of the Atlantic:
"CQD CQD THIS IS TITANIC"
"MOUNT TEMPLE TO TITANIC
WHAT IS THE MATTER?"
"TITANIC TO MOUNT TEMPLE
CANNOT READ YOU OLD MAN BUT HERE MY
POSITION 41.46N 50.24W COME AT ONCE
HAVE STRUCK BERG"
Intro: Titanic Distress Signal
Intrepid by Kevin MacLeod
Outro: Nearer, My God, To Thee