French-Canadian Legacy Podcast

This week’s episode is a little different but we hope you’ll come along for the ride. Two weeks ago we attended the fourth annual NH PoutineFest in Merrimack, NH. We interviewed a lot of people, restaurants and venders that were there and put it all together in our first wrap up episode. Tim Beaulieu, Event Organizer of NH PoutineFest, was nice enough to chat with us about the successful event. We...

Every year Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is celebrated June 24th so we wanted to have an episode that focused on the history of the event. We were lucky enough to have James Myall back to teach us not just the history of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in Canada but also in New England. We talk about the origin, how it was celebrated and why we don’t seem to celebrate it as much as we used to. Follow James on T...

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is June 24th so we wanted to have an episode about the history of the event. Next week we’ll have the full episode but we wanted to give you a preview of what to expect. We were lucky enough to have James Myall back to talk about the history of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in Canada and New England. We talk about the origin, how it was celebrated and why we don’t seem to celebra...

This week’s episode is fantastic and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we do. Abby Paige is a Writer, Actor and an occasional Standup Comedian. Abby wrote and performed the show Piecework: When We Were French, which you can now stream online. Jesse talks to her about growing up in Vermont and how much French-Canadian culture she experienced growing up. They talk about getting married an...

After a quick update on the NH PoutineFest ticket contest, Jesse gives a preview of next weeks interview with the super talented Abby Paige. Abby is a Writer, Actor, and she’s done some standup comedy. She wrote and performed the show Piecework: When We Were French, which you can now stream online. Jesse talks to her about growing up in Vermont, getting married and moving to Quebec and they discus...

This week we have a fantastic interview with James Myall. James is a Policy analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy and runs the must-read blog, Parlez-Vous American(?), which Jesse and James discuss in detail including where the name came from. They also talk about the history and present of Lewiston, Maine. Also discussed is Frano-American politics in Maine and if it’s a positive to be...

Our interview with James Myall is out next week, so Jesse will give you a run down of what to expect to hear about. James runs the fantastic blog Parlez-Vous American?? Make sure you are following it and the bonus question is about Jesse’s favorite topic, Pork Pie. We also discuss our first contest for two free tickets to PoutineFest. Make sure to be following us on facebook, the post will go up F...

This week we have Patrick Lacroix on to talk about Quebec in the 1840’s and what caused people to leave, including agricultural and non-agricultural reasons for immigration. Jesse asks when the story of Franco-Americans starts, Where the first settlers went in the United States and the Formation of the first “Little Canadas”. Patrick runs the amazing, must read blog Query the Past. Patrick's Blog...

This week we are doing something a little different with our preview episode. This year’s NH PoutineFest sold out in under nine hours, if you missed out on tickets fear not! Jesse and Mike talk about an upcoming contest for two free tickets to Poutinefest. Then Jesse and Mike recap their trip to UMaine Orono to the annual Rassemblement. Jesse then talks about David Vermette’s talk at the Dana Cent...

Our full interview with David Vermette is now available and we think you’ll love it. David is the author of the hugely important and influential book A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans: Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife. David talks about where he’s from, how the idea of the book was formed and a few stories in the book that are important and are finally bei...

This week we have the David Vermette preview episode and we have to be honest, this is a really big deal for us. David is the author of the hugely important and influential book A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans: Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife. From the very beginning of the project, we identified that David is someone we really wanted to connect with. I...

This week our full discussion with Susan Pinette is here. Susan is the Director of Franco-American Programs at the University of Maine Orono. Some highlights of the conversation are what current UMaine students think of Cultural Identity, what classifies as French-Canandian Literature and they discuss the annual event Rassemblement held in Orono. This year Rassemblement is April 26th – 28th and we...

This week we have the preview of our discussion with Susan Pinette. Susan is the Director of Franco-American Program at the University of Maine Orono. Next week’s interview covers what current UMaine students think of Cultural Identity, what makes something French-Canadian literature and the annual event Rassemblement held in Orono. For the bonus clip Jesse asks about pork pie…and it doesn’t go as...

This week we have our full interview with Juliana L'Heureux. Juliana is a prolific writer who has published a new article every week for over thirty years. While thinking up ideas for the show Jesse came across an article she recently wrote titled “What to Call Ourselves”. He thought it would be a fantastic starting point for an interesting conversation. "What to Call Ourselves" - http://francoame...

This week Jesse introduces our next guest Juliana L'Heureux. Juliana has been writing a new article every week for over thirty years. She recently wrote an article titled "What to Call Ourselves" and Jesse thought it would be a fantastic starting point for an interesting conversation. For a bonus clip he asks how to properly pronounce her name and she explains the meaning of her name. Check back n...

This week we have the full interview with Tim Beaulieu. Tim is a trustee at the Franco-American Centre in Manchester, NH, and the Event Organizer of NH PoutineFest. He was recently named to the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty list. Tim discusses how he rediscovered his French-Canadian roots and dives into two upcoming events, NH PoutineFest and the Franco-American Heritage Game. Ticket...

This week we have a preview of our episode with Tim Beaulieu. Tim is a trustee at the Franco-American Centre in Manchester, NH, and the Event Organizer of NH PoutineFest. He was recently named to the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty list. In this clip Tim corrects Jesse on how to properly pronounce his last name and why it’s so important to him. You can follow NH PoutineFest on Twitter...

In this episode you’ll get to know our host, Jesse Martineau and his inspiration for starting the show and what he hopes to achieve with it. Welcome to the French-Canadian Legacy.

We'd like to introduce you to the format of the show in this preview to our preview episode. We'll also discuss our release schedule and why we picked March to release our first episode. Please follow our Sound Cloud account. We'll try to be up on Apple Podcast and other Podcast apps in the coming weeks.