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Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

Under the Mat is a dark history podcast uncovering the overlooked corners of our collective past, centring feminist and anti-violence perspectives to challenge how we remember. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 10: Dentistry

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2025/02/03

American Dental Education Association. (2023). History of Dentistry. https://www.adea.org/godental/Dentistry-101/history-and-data/history-of-dentistryCBC Radio. (2017). From tooth pullers to dentists: Dental care's 'really painful' history. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/filling-in-the-gaps-dental-care-in-canada-a-special-edition-of-the-current-1.4421567/from-tooth-pullers-to-dentists-dental-care-s-really-painful-history-1.4421608Connor, R.A. & Kamen, S. (2024). Dentistry. Brittanica

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Episode 9: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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2025/01/20

Fadulu, L. (2023). After 112 Years, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Victims Get a Memorial. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/nyregion/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-memorial.htmlHistory.com Editors. (2024). Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fireKiger, P.J. (2023). How the Horrific Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Led to Workplace Safety Laws. History.com.

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Episode 8: The Beothuk People of Newfoundland

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2025/01/06

Cecco, L. (2020). Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/10/dna-canada-first-nations-ancestral-storyHillier, B. (2021). There’s nothing to prove it, but Mi’kmaw mercenary myth persists, say researchers. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mi-kmaw-mercenary-myth-colonial-history-school-textbooks-1.6073752Marshall, I. & Macpherson, A.G. (n.d.). William Eppes Cormack (1796-1868): The Later

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Episode 7: Camp Sumter (Andersonville Prison)

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2024/12/02

American Battlefield Trust. (2024). Andersonville Prison. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/andersonville-prisonBrittanica. (n.d.). Andersonville. https://www.britannica.com/place/Andersonville-GeorgiaDavis, R.S. (2020). Andersonville Prison. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/andersonville-prison/Georgia Public Broadcasting. (n.d.). Punishment and Tragedy at Andersonville Prison.

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Episode 6: Kent State Shootings

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2024/11/18

Aftoora-Orsagos, P. & Rubinkam, M. (2024). Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protests. AP. https://apnews.com/article/kent-state-ac60fdcb2a2dc852e49ee9fc2e6aaf31Diacon, T. (2024). The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/05/03/long-shadow-may-4-1970-opinionGuerrieri, V. (2020). How 13 Seconds Changed Kent State University Forever. Smithsonian Magazine.

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Episode 5: Parenting & Childhood

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2024/11/04

Amezcua-Patino, L. (2023). Nurturing Through Time: The History and Evolution of Parenting. Medium. https://medium.com/raising-a-beautiful-mind/nurturing-through-time-the-history-and-evolution-of-parenting-224cd17a3eb8CBC Radio. (2019). Parenting throughout history could be weird, and downright dangerous: author. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-february-18-2019-1.5021628/parenting-throughout-history-could-be-weird-and-downright-dangerous-author-1.5021677Hart, L. & Caven, K

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Episode 4: The Salem Witch Trials

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2024/10/21

Blumberg, J. (2022). A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/Linder, D.O. (1995). Tituba. UMKC School of Law: Famous Trials. https://www.famous-trials.com/salem/2045-asa-titLohnes, K. (n.d.). How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-rye-bread-may-have-caused-the-salem-witch-trialsMarkham-Cantor, A. (2019). The Problem With

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Episode 3: MK-ULTRA

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2024/10/07

Annable, K. (2017). 'She went away, hoping to get better': Family remembers Winnipeg woman put through CIA-funded brainwashing. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mkultra-cia-velma-orlikow-1.4449922Banerjee, S. (2023). MK-ULTRA mind-control experiments: Quebec high court says U.S. has immunity in Canada. Toronto Star.

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Episode 2: Universities

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2024/09/23

Anthony, A. (2024). ‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/28/nick-bostrom-controversial-future-of-humanity-institute-closure-longtermism-affective-altruismErmakov, A. (2022). Legends and myths of Moscow University. Kot Shryodingera. https://kot.sh/zakony-svobody/tpost/sf5xe66ob1-legendi-i-mifi-moskovskogo-universitetaLangevin, L.A. (n.d.). Mikhail Lomonosov: Russian author and

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Episode 1: The Great Hunger (The Irish Potato Famine)

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2024/09/09

Resources Canada Ireland Foundation. (n.d.). Irish Famine Migrant Stories in Ontario. https://irishfaminestories.ca/en Cantwell, J.D. (2017). A great-grandfather's account of the Irish potato famine (1845–1850). Baylor University Medical Centre Proceedings. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5468053/ History.com Editors. (2022). Irish Potato Famine. https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine Irish Famine Exhibition. (2024). Ireland’s Great Hunger.

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Episode 0: About the Podcast

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2024/09/09

Hi friends, my name is Aubrianna Snow and I’m the creator and host of the Under the Mat podcast. I wanted to begin this podcast with some brief notes about who I am, why I’m pursuing this project, and what it is and is not. First let me say, I’m not a historian – my education is in journalism, but I’ve been working in the anti-violence sector since I finished my undergrad. I’m currently pursuing a policy-related Masters program, here in Alberta, Canada, where I live. Throughout my career, I’ve

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