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Introduction Greetings from 1975: The Calgary Time Capsule
In the past 50 years, hundreds of thousands of Calgarians have walked past a time capsule in the city’s Plus 15 system without knowing it was there. In Greetings from 1975: The Calgary Time Capsule,…
Episode 1: Devin the Capsule Hunter
A time capsule is found in Calgary’s downtown Plus 15 pedway. It holds thousands of nominations in a 1975 contest to crown Calgary’s “Citizen of the Century.” Host Peter Brown sets off to track down…
Episode 2. Brisebois and MacLeod
Why is one 1975 Calgarian so angry at a NWMP officer who left Fort Calgary a century earlier? Historian Aritha Van Herk talks about the turbulent career of Ephrem Brisebois, the “winter jerk.”
Episode 3. There’s Only One Choice and it’s Guy Weadick
Did Guy Weadick get enough credit for the creation of the Calgary Stampede? Most people who nominated him thought he hadn’t. Dr. Christine Leppard of the Stampede’s Sam Centre discusses Weadick’s…
Episode 4. I Mean Come on, The Citizen of the Century is Clearly Tom Baines.
Tom Baines was a hero to hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren. The former curator of the Calgary Zoo visited schools with his collection of shark’s teeth, bear claws, amazing stories, and a boa…
Episode 5: If Tom Baines isn’t Citizen of the Century, I Don’t Even Know What We’re Doing Here
One man’s life-changing encounter with Agnes the boa constrictor. The mystery of the “snake eye” solved. And the legacy of the legendary Mr. Baines.
Episode 6: Wrap-up and Resealing the Time Capsule
We talk about Colonel James Walker, who was named Citizen of the Century. We’ll hear a few final entries, and then audio from the ceremony in which the capsule was re-sealed. We finish with…
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