A hyperlocal microcast with a twitter account. Saskatoon mysteries and curiosities on the smallest scale imaginable.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Joined February 2019
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whYXE Podcast retweeted
We are peaking out from pod-bernation to bring you some much-needed magic🪄 Join us for a fantastical prairie tale about YXE's sister, Magic City, aka Factoria.
Kaiti Hannah from the WDM is our guest.
Image: SPL Local History Room, LH-4946.
ALT Newspaper advertisement for Factoria, from SASKATOON PHOENIX. December 21, 1912. Ad reads "A Simple Problem in Addition $1 million factories + 500 employees + 2000 population +business houses-hotels+ the answer "FACTORIA" "the magic city" Photo courtesy of SPL Local History Room, lh-4946.
We are peaking out from pod-bernation to bring you some much-needed magic🪄 Join us for a fantastical prairie tale about YXE's sister, Magic City, aka Factoria.
Kaiti Hannah from the WDM is our guest.
Image: SPL Local History Room, LH-4946.
ALT Newspaper advertisement for Factoria, from SASKATOON PHOENIX. December 21, 1912. Ad reads "A Simple Problem in Addition $1 million factories + 500 employees + 2000 population +business houses-hotels+ the answer "FACTORIA" "the magic city" Photo courtesy of SPL Local History Room, lh-4946.
Get all your Factoria hot goss here, or wherever you get your pods: The Miami of the Prairies podbean.com/ew/pb-e7iti-119e…
@wdmtweets @sarahrutley @stefkadanyluk
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Some exciting things are stirring in the #whYXE world!
Stay tuned for some revelations on how this little pod made some big dreams come true...
(best guesses welcome!)
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We are feeling the love re: our Cran episode! We have been rated 12 whole times on Apple Podcasts. Will you be the 13th??
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(Identity obscured to protect the righteous.)
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New episode out today!
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@Meewasin @stefkadanyluk @emaier @sarahrutley
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whYXE Podcast retweeted
Do you know where Meewasin's mascot, Cran came from?! Tune into the @whyxepodcast this week to learn more!
My coworker and I had the most fun EVER going on a Cran-vestigation with @sarahrutley and @stefkadanyluk to unearth some of the truly incredible Saskatoon lore surrounding @Meewasin's mascot Cran ❤ So excited for this episode to air!!
whYXE Podcast retweeted
My coworker and I had the most fun EVER going on a Cran-vestigation with @sarahrutley and @stefkadanyluk to unearth some of the truly incredible Saskatoon lore surrounding @Meewasin's mascot Cran ❤ So excited for this episode to air!!
"Shop" local & spread some joy by giving your loved ones the gift of local history mysteries this holiday season with #whyxe !
#yxe #saskatoonhistory #localhistory
Attention, local mystery nerds!
#whyXE begins season 2 by blowing #yxe founding myth outta the South SK River & dives into the Métis history of the area prior to colonization & beyond--all with the help of historian, USask Dr. Cheryl Troupe! @Chtrou
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Attention, local mystery nerds!
#whyXE begins season 2 by blowing #yxe founding myth outta the South SK River & dives into the Métis history of the area prior to colonization & beyond--all with the help of historian, USask Dr. Cheryl Troupe! @Chtrou
podbean.com/media/share/pb-9…
You can also listen on Apple Podcasts:
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John Lake, Shmawn Lake--let's hear about the Métis in (what is currently) #yxe !
Attention, local mystery nerds!
#whyXE begins season 2 by blowing #yxe founding myth outta the South SK River & dives into the Métis history of the area prior to colonization & beyond--all with the help of historian, USask Dr. Cheryl Troupe! @Chtrou
podbean.com/media/share/pb-9…
🔔🔔 A new episode is nigh! 🔔🔔
Just a reminder that this little mystery pod is still kickin' & will be coming to your earwaves soon!
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Check out this thread on how our humble pod is spawning rethinking the so-called "humble beginnings" of #yxe #whyxe
Recommendation to change the name of McPherson St is being forwarded to the naming committee by #yxecc!
“A resident” called “for the street to be renamed due to MacPherson’s “egregious colonial policy decisions.”
thestarphoenix.com/news/loca…
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🚨BONUS EP ALERT!🚨
Need to know more about what it's like to live in a department store? We talked to one of these heads about its experience at the 1971 Canada Winter Games, during which Saskatchewan medalled in graphic design. #yxe #whYXE
whyxe.podbean.com/e/bonus-ea…
The #yxe ski destination that never was.
Images of proposed ski hill at the Horizon's Site from Saskatoon's 1971 Canada Games proposal, appropriately dubbed "Goin' to Build a Mountain".
Images courtesy of @cityofsaskatoon archives.
#whYXE #saskhistory #yxehistory
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Behold, Mt Blackstrap!
Are those rays of toxic radiation from the nuclear waste that comprises it's contents? Find out in Episode 4!
Image courtesy of @stoonlibrary Local History Room. LH-4080-A
#whYXE #yxe #yxehistory #saskhistory
