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Podcasts

We recommend the following podcasts on French-Canadian genealogy and history.

Maple Stars and Stripes is a podcast hosted by Sandra Goodwin that shares tips and tricks on French-Canadian genealogy research, using American and Canadian sources. She covers French-language tips, record groups and repositories, genealogical societies, history, geography, culture, and methodology particular to French-Canadian genealogy.

The French-Canadian Legacy Podcast, hosted by Jesse Martineau and Mike Campbell, tells the stories of the “2 million descendants of French-Canadian immigrants living in New England”.

Stuff You Missed in History Class featured the “Filles du Roi” on one of their episodes.

Library and Archives Canada hosts a podcast that covers a wide array of Canadian topics, mostly on Canadian history.

Today in Canadian History is hosted by Marc Affeld and Joe Burima, and covers historic events in an interesting and accessible way. Each episode uses a specific event or date from Canada's past to launch a larger discussion on an issue, individual, or moment in Canadian history.

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104 histoires de Nouvelle-France (“104 stories of New France”) is a history-themed podcast hosted by Jean-François Blais. Each episode introduces us to well-known and little-known characters, anecdotes rarely found in storybooks, and some hilarious facts about the daily lives of our ancestors. Blais also has a few video versions of his stories posted on YouTube.

Aujoud’hui l’histoire is an ICI Radio-Canada history podcast hosted by Jacques Beauchamp. Each episode deals with a fact, event or idea that has shaped history. Many of the episodes cover historic events in Québec and Canada.

Le podcast généalogique is hosted by Elise Lenoble and covers French (from France) genealogy and family history.