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.

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Aubrianna Snow, with 41 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Aubrianna Snow hosts Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast, a history show with 41 episodes published.

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  Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

  Episode 40: The Butterbox Babies

  Jun 30, 202626 min

  Allen, C. (2010). Butterbox baby searching for her mom. Saltwire. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/butterbox-baby-searching-for-her-mom-114603 Balcom, K. (n.d.). Scandal and Social Policy: The Ideal Maternity Home and the Evolution of Social Policy in Nova Scotia, 1940–1951. McMaster University. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/acadiensis/article/view/10719/11433 Cahill, B. (1992). Butterbox Babies: Baby sales, baby deaths, and the scandalous story of the Ideal Maternity Home. Seal Books. Canadian Children’s Rights Council. (n.d.). The Ideal Maternity Home: Butterbox Babies. https://canadiancrc.com/Butterbox-Babies_Killers-Child-Trafficking-Canada/Butterbox-Babies-Baby-killers-child-trafficking-selling-babies-Canada-adoption-story.aspx Edwards, D. (n.d.). The East Chester Ideal Maternity Home. Fairview Historical Society. https://fairviewhistoricalsociety.ca/the-east-chester-ideal-maternity-home/ O’Neill, H. (1999). Six Decades of Hope for a Daughter Who Disappeared. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-11-mn-26314-story.html Parsons, K. (2016). 'Butterbox babies' maternity home survivors still search for birth families. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ideal-maternity-home-butterbox-babies-family-search-1.3875973 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode 39: The Somalia Affair

  May 31, 202634 minS0

  Amad, A. (2018). Remembering the ‘Somalia Affair,’ Canada's Forgotten Abu Ghraib Moment. Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-the-somalia-affair-canadas-forgotten-abu-ghraib-moment/Department of National Defence. (2018). International Operation: UNOSOM I. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/past-operations/africa/cordon.htmlFoot, R. (2019). Canadian Peacekeepers in Somalia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-peacekeepers-in-somaliaFoot, R. (2018). Somalia Affair. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-affairGerster, J. (2013). Experts wonder if military remembers lessons from Somalia affair. Times Colonist. https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/experts-wonder-if-military-remembers-lessons-from-somalia-affair-4582354Knaus, C. (2020). War crimes: former minister reveals why Canada disbanded its special airborne force after scandal. The...

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  Episode 38: The Soviet Gulag System

  May 11, 202643 minS0

  Alexopoulous, G. (2017). Sick Labor: Illness and Treatment in Stalin's Gulags. Yale Books. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2017/05/05/sick-labor-illness-and-treatment-in-stalins-gulags/Applebaum, A. (2003). Gulag: A History. Doubleday.Bauer, B. (2005). Gulag: Life Inside. Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/research/gulag-life-insideBritannica. (2024). Gulag. https://www.britannica.com/place/GulagBritannica. (2024). The Gulag Archipelago. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Gulag-ArchipelagoBuder, E. (2020). The Truth About Stalin’s Prison Camps. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/607546/gulag-stories-russia/Chicago Public Library. (n.d.). The Gulag. https://www.chipublib.org/the-gulag/Filimonov, A. & Coalson, R. (2018). Cannibal Island: In 1933, Nearly 5,000 Died In One Of Stalin’s Most Horrific Labor Camps. Radio Free...

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  Episode 37: The Halifax Explosion

  Apr 27, 202631 minS0

  Britannica. (2026). Halifax explosion. https://www.britannica.com/event/Halifax-explosionCommonwealth War Graves Commission. The Halifax Explosion, 105 Years On. https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/blog/the-halifax-explosion-105-years-on/Ingram, K. (2020). Remembering the Halifax Explosion. The Walrus. https://thewalrus.ca/remembering-the-halifax-explosion/Kernaghan, L. & Foot, R. (2025). Halifax Explosion. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/halifax-explosionMacDonald, M. (2017). The Halifax Explosion: Birth of Canadian Red Cross Disaster Response. Canadian Red Cross.  https://www.redcross.ca/blog/2017/12/the-halifax-explosion-birth-of-canadian-red-cross-disaster-responseMarcott, M. (2017). Exploring the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion a century later. Dalhousie University. https://www.dal.ca/news/2017/10/19/exploring-the-halifax-explosion--100-years-later.htmlTattrie, J. (2024). The Halifax Explosion and the CNIB.  Th...

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  Episode 36: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

  Apr 16, 202646 minS0

  Britannica. (2024). Chernobyl Disaster. https://www.britannica.com/event/Chernobyl-disasterBriggs, H. (2019). Will We Ever Know Chernobyl's True Death Toll? BBC Future. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190725-will-we-ever-know-chernobyls-true-death-tollGalán-Madruga, D. et al. (2019). Chernobyl Has Become a Refuge for Wildlife 33 Years After the Nuclear Accident. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/chernobyl-has-become-a-refuge-for-wildlife-33-years-after-the-nuclear-accident-116303Gessen, M. (2019). What HBO's Chernobyl Got Right — and What It Got Terribly Wrong. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-hbos-chernobyl-got-right-and-what-it-got-terribly-wrongInternational Atomic Energy Agency. (2024). Chernobyl FAQs. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/chernobyl/faqsNATO Association of Canada. (2019). Hiding Truth at All Costs: Revisiting the Chernobyl Disaster. https://natoassociation.ca...

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