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Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

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 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.

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  • Episode 38: The Soviet Gulag System

    Episode 38: The Soviet Gulag System
    May 11 2026
    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 Europe/Radio Liberty. https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.htmlGulag History Museum. (n.d.). Online Exhibit. George Mason University. https://gulaghistory.org/nps/onlineexhibit/stalin/index.htmlGullotta, A. (2020). Russia and the Gulag: Putin is fighting for state control over how Soviet horrors are remembered. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/russia-and-the-gulag-putin-is-fighting-for-state-control-over-how-soviet-horrors-are-remembered-142438History.com Editors. (2024). Gulag. https://www.history.com/articles/gulagJohnson, E. (2017). In letters from Stalin's labor camps, a window into Soviet political oppression. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/in-letters-from-stalins-labor-camps-a-window-into-soviet-political-oppression-71135King's College London. (2021). How victims of Soviet-era Gulags are shaping prosperity. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/how-victims-of-soviet-era-gulags-are-shaping-prosperityLuxmoore, M. (2021). Above the Arctic Circle, A Soviet-Era Metropolis Battles A ‘Drawn-Out Death’. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-vorkuta-soviet-mining-abandoned-gulag-arctic-exodus/31196830.htmlSatter, D. (2007). The Soviet Gulag. Foreign Policy Research Institute. https://www.fpri.org/article/2007/06/the-soviet-gulag/Wizevich, E.. (2024). Discover the Story Behind a Legendary Exposé of the Brutality of the Soviet Union. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-the-story-behind-a-legendary-expose-of-the-brutality-of-the-soviet-union-180985658/Zgustova, M. (2020). Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women's Voices from the Gulag. Other Press.Zgustova, M. (2020). What I Learned About Beauty by Interviewing Women Who’d Been Prisoners of the Soviet Gulag. Time. https://time.com/5776803/women-gulag-history/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Episode 37: The Halifax Explosion

    Episode 37: The Halifax Explosion
    Apr 27 2026
    • Britannica. (2026). Halifax explosion. https://www.britannica.com/event/Halifax-explosion
    • Commonwealth 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-explosion
    • MacDonald, 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-response
    • Marcott, 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.html
    • Tattrie, J. (2024). The Halifax Explosion and the CNIB. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-halifax-explosion-and-the-cnib
    • Woodbury, R. (2025). Some Halifax Explosion artifacts pulled from the harbour will have a new home. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-artifacts-mont-blanc-9.6996705


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  • Episode 36: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

    Episode 36: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
    Apr 16 2026
    • Britannica. (2024). Chernobyl Disaster. https://www.britannica.com/event/Chernobyl-disaster
    • Briggs, 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-toll
    • Galán-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-116303
    • Gessen, 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-wrong
    • International Atomic Energy Agency. (2024). Chernobyl FAQs. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/chernobyl/faqs
    • NATO Association of Canada. (2019). Hiding Truth at All Costs: Revisiting the Chernobyl Disaster. https://natoassociation.ca/hiding-truth-at-all-costs-revisiting-the-chernobyl-disaster/
    • OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. (n.d.). Chernobyl: The Site and Accident Sequence. https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_28271/chernobyl-chapter-i-the-site-and-accident-sequence
    • United Nations. (n.d.). International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. https://www.un.org/en/observances/chernobyl-remembrance-day
    • UN Environment Programme. (n.d.). How Chernobyl Has Become an Unexpected Haven for Wildlife. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-chernobyl-has-become-unexpected-haven-wildlife
    • United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. (n.d.). Chernobyl. https://www.unscear.org/unscear/en/areas-of-work/chernobyl.html
    • Willsher, K. (2019). Chernobyl Was Even Worse Than the TV Series. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/16/chernobyl-was-even-worse-than-tv-series-kim-willsher
    • World Nuclear Association. (2024). Chernobyl Accident. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident

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