Late in 88

Late in 88

Late in ‘88 is a podcast that explores the blurred lines of truth and memory as two grade school classmates, Bronwin Parks and Elinor Svoboda share their experiences of growing up queer and gender non-conforming in Calgary, Alberta 1988, at a time when there wasn't language to describe identities th...

Recent Episodes

Sept. 13, 2024

Bonus 9: Learning In Safer Spaces

Hosts Bronwin & Elinor discuss 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion & sexuality education in canadian schools with Dr. Tonya Callaghan
Sept. 6, 2024

Bonus 8: Middle Childhood Mysteries

Bronwin and Elinor unpack middle childhood: identity, belonging, and cognitive shifts with Dr. Kate Thomson
Aug. 30, 2024

Bonus 7: Resilience and Revolution

Hosts Elinor and Bronwin continue the conversation with historian Kevin Allen for a deeper dive into Calgary's queer history
Aug. 23, 2024

Bonus 6: Olympic Relics

Bronwin and Elinor get a VIP tour of the larger than life monuments of Calgary's Olympic glory.
Aug. 9, 2024

Part 5: Back to the Future

Hosts Bronwin Parks and Elinor Svoboda take the podcast on location and meet up in present day Calgary (2024).
July 26, 2024

Part 4: The Question Box

Host Bronwin Parks and Elinor Svoboda discuss how an encounter with ‘the question box’ in health class changed Bronwin's middle childhood with a discussion about the Alberta health curriculum and homosexuality in 1988.
July 12, 2024

"Tomboy"

Hosts Bronwin Parks and Elinor Svoboda explore how the social constructs of the classroom changed in grade four. They reflect on how they both felt less accepted within social circles with friends that were boys, despite ide…
June 28, 2024

Hometown Olympic Fever

Hosts Bronwin Parks and Elinor Svoboda explore the impact that the Calgary 1988 Olympic winter games had on their group of friends with classmates and special guest, historian Kevin Allen.

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