Podcast appearances and mentions of Stephen R Bown

Historian Stephen R. Bown joins Jay Martin to explore the rise and fall of empires through the lens of trade, technology, and human behavior. Drawing from his acclaimed book Merchant Kings, Bown connects past global power shifts—from sea otters and nutmeg to oil and cobalt—with today's geopolitical landscape. They dive into cycles of history, proxy warfare, and the opaque ties between states and corporations, revealing how disruptive technologies and seemingly trivial commodities have repeatedly reshaped the world. This conversation offers deep historical insight with striking relevance to today's investors and global citizens. For more content from host Jay Martin, please visit The Commodity University at: https://2ly.link/211gp Sign up for my free weekly newsletter at https://2ly.link/211gx Be part of our online investment community: https://cambridgehouse.com https://twitter.com/JayMartinBC https://www.instagram.com/jaymartinbc https://www.facebook.com/TheJayMartinShow https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-house-international 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Empire Collapse Patterns: Are We Repeating History? 7:21 - Why History Moves in 100-Year Cycles 9:05 - Is This Time Really Different? 22:18 - How Much of Our System Is Hidden from Us? 24:37 - Could One Man Have Redrawn North America? 29:22 - Would We Go to War for Copper? 53:43 - What's Next for Stephen R. Bown? Copyright © 2025 Cambridge House International Inc. All rights reserved.

Roald Amundsen was surely one of history's greatest explorers. He beat Scott to the South Pole, and was the first person to reach the North Pole and to traverse the perilous Northwest Passage. His adaptability, meticulous precision and fearlessness propelled him to international fame in life and beyond.Today we're joined by Stephen R. Bown, author of 'The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen'. Stephen tells us all about this fascinating man, who died as mysteriously as he lived.Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Max Carrey.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.

Greg David is our Communications Specialist at AMI, and an avid audiobook listener. He joined our host Jacob Shymanski for a ‘Rapid Fire Review' featuring Canadian history books! Highlights:Show Intro (00:00)Greg David Introduction (1:58)Rapid Fire Review (8:15)The Company, by Stephen R. Bown (8:25) The Inconvenient Indian, by Thomas King (8:57)The Wake: The Deadly Legacy of a Newfoundland Tsunami, by Linden MacIntyre (9:32)Spadina: A Story of Old Toronto, by Austin Seton Thompson (10:11)Etienne Brule: Le fils de Champlain, by Jean0Claude Laroque and Denis Sauve (10:46)In-depth review of ‘The Company' by Steven R. Bown (11:41)

Larry Ostola talks to Stephen R. Bown about his book, Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada. In the late 19th century, demand for fur was in sharp decline. This could have spelled economic disaster for the venerable Hudson's Bay Company. But an idea emerged in political and business circles in Ottawa and Montreal to connect the disparate British colonies into a single entity that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. With over 3,000 kilometres of track, much of it driven through wildly inhospitable terrain, the CPR would be the longest railway in the world and the most difficult to build. Its construction was the defining event of its era and a catalyst for powerful global forces. Bown again widens our view of the past to include the adventures and hardships of explorers and surveyors, the resistance of Indigenous peoples, and the terrific and horrific work of many thousands of labourers. His vivid portrayal of the powerful forces that were moulding the world in the late 19th century provides a revelatory new picture of modern Canada's creation as an independent state. Stephen R. Bown writes on the history of exploration, science and ideas. His subjects include the medical mystery of scurvy, the Treaty of Tordesillas and the lives of Captain George Vancouver and Roald Amundsen. His books have been published in multiple English-speaking territories, translated into nine languages and shortlisted for many awards. He has won the BC Book Prize, the Alberta Book Award, the William Mills Prize for Polar Books, among others. His 2020 book, The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire, won the J.W. Defoe Book Prize and the National Business Book Award. Born in Ottawa, Bown now lives near Banff in the Canadian Rockies. Image Credit: Penguin Random House Canada

Join me to hear untold stories of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the birth of Canada. Acclaimed Author Stephen Bown shares excerpts from his new book Dominion, vividly describing the price paid to build the CPR and unite Canada. In this monumental saga, we learn about the ambitions, sacrifices, and the crimes against humanity that came with Canada's most extraordinary infrastructure project.    Stephen paints a vivid picture of an era of greed, corruption, destruction, discriminatory labour practices and hubris that almost bankrupted a nation and wiped out the Indigenous Population. Was it worth it? You be the judge.   I ended the show by sharing my thoughts on what Canada needs to do to write its next chapter.   Key Moments 00:00 My opening 03:39 Stephen Bown – Rails and Tales 09:28 Fear of American control led to the need for a Canadian railway 13:10 Allan was influential, wealthy, politically connected, and manipulative. 14:24 Railway through Canadian Shield and financing scandal. 18:43 John A McDonald loses election, Mackenzie and more corruption. 23:34 Railways had devastating effects on Indigenous people. 24:56 Buffalo provided essential resources; extinction led to famine. 28:03 Chinese workers faced exploitation 35:23 Widespread corruption in both public and private sectors. 39:08 Riel's rebellion secured funding for the railway. 41:17 My takeaways 44:21 Tony – What Canada needs to do to write its next chapter         To buy Stephen Brown's book Dominion.   Indigo:    https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/dominion-the-railway-and-the-rise-of-canada/9780385698726.html    Amazon:  https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0385698720?tag=prhca-20           

Stephen has written ten books on the history of exploration, science, and ideas--including books on the medical mystery of scurvy, the Treaty or Tordesillas, the lives of Captain George Vancouver and of Roald Amundsen and a doomed Russian sea voyage. His books have been published in multiple English-speaking territories, translated into nine languages and shortlisted for many awards. Dennis interviews him about his newest book Dominion, about the transconinental railroad.

Support us at www.commonspodcast.comToday, it's a department store where you might go to buy perfume or cookware. But the Hudson's Bay Company was Canada's first, and its most powerful, monopoly. It grew from a largely insignificant enterprise into one of the most dominant forces in North America.The story of the HBC reveals just how deeply embedded monopoly is in Canada's very fabric. Featured in this episode: Stephen R. Bown, Jean TeilletTo learn moreThe Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire by Stephen R. BownThe North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, The Metis Nation by Jean TeilletThe Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company by Martin Defalco & Willie DunnCredits: Arshy Mann (Host and Producer), Jordan Cornish (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)Additional music from Audio NetworkSponsors: Douglas, Oxio If you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of vitamin supplements? We pilot a new format for the show and ask for your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on Facebook, Twitter, Patreon, or via email at thebodyofevidence@gmail.com   (6:34) The story of scurvy and how its cause, a vitamin deficiency, was harder to “science” than you may remember, with author Stephen R. Bown.    (22:48) The porous regulations that allow vitamin supplements to be sold and how Mel Gibson played a key role in this system, with health policy expert Timothy Caulfield.   (35:27) Chris and Jonathan explain what each vitamin does, what happens if you're deficient, and whether or not vitamin supplements are necessary.     * Jingle by Joseph Hackl * Vox pop by Thanos Michailopoulos * Theme music: “Fall of the Ocean Queen“ by Joseph Hackl * Assistant researcher: Nicholas Koziris   To contribute to The Body of Evidence, go to our Patreon page at: http://www.patreon.com/thebodyofevidence/.   To make a one-time donation to our show, you can now use PayPal! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=9QZET78JZWCZE   Patrons get a bonus show on Patreon called “Digressions”! Check it out!     References:   1) Chris' article “It Hasn't Been a Good Year for Vitamin D”: https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-it-hasnt-been-a-good-year-for-vitamin-d   2) Vitamin D supplementation and cardiovascular risk: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2735646   3) VITAL study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1809944   4) AMATERASU trial: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.2210   5) D2D study on vitamin D and type 2 diabetes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31173679/   6) The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's Final Recommendation Statement from June 2022: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cvd-and-cancer-preventive-medication   7) Recommendation Statement as published in the Journal of the American Medical Association: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2793446     Music Credits: Peter Sandberg / Étude No 1 for String Quartet Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen / Rise to Power National Anthem Worx / Rule Britannia Silver Maple / Unspoken Bonnie Grace / We Still Have Courage   Wendy Marcini / The Cast Wendy Marcini / The Scam Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen / The Stakeout   Farrell Wooten / Margin of Error   All courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com  

STEPHEN R. BOWN has written ten books on the history of exploration, science, and ideas--including books on the medical mystery of scurvy, the Treaty or Tordesillas, the lives of Captain George Vancouver and of Roald Amundsen and a doomed Russian sea voyage. His books have been published in multiple English-speaking territories, translated into nine languages and shortlisted for many awards. He has won the BC Book Prize, the Alberta Book Award, the William Mills Prize for Polar Books. His previous book, The Island of Blue Foxes, about Vitus Bering's voyage to Alaska, was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize. Born in Ottawa, he now live near Banff in the Canadian Rockies.

The WEIRDest People In the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by: Joseph Henrich Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World’s Greatest Scientific Expedition by: Stephen R. Bown The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism by: Thomas Frank Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt by: Clay Moyle The Landmark Thucydides by: Thucydides Edited by Robert B. Strassler The Abolition of Man by: C. S. Lewis Orthodoxy by: G. K. Chesterton Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife by: Bart D. Ehrman

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast we answer the age old question, "What are you watching on television?" Culture journalist and co-author of "What to Watch Next," now in bookstores, helps you navigate pandemic viewing. Then, award winning historian and author of "The Company," Stephen R. Bown, drops by to discuss one of the worst villains in Canadian history.

We spoke with Stephen R. Bown, author of the new book "The Company:The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire"  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From hockey team to all-male book club with 50+ members, Jim West tells us how founding The Paperbacks revealed 'the great undiscovered demographic': men who read. Books mentioned on this episode: Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver by Stephen R. Bown The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie by Grant Lawrence Iron Coffins: A U-boat Commander's War, 1939-45 by Herbert Werner