{"podcast":{"title":"Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast","slug":"muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","podcast_index_feed_id":6460407,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38113766/38113766-1716981408036-93e25185ab093.jpg","author":"Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller","episode_count":84,"summary":"Toronto has more than 200 years of history from Timothy Eaton to St Lawrence Market, from Hurricane Hazel to the CNE. Join Adam and Gray as we tell the stories of the schemers and dreamers who built TO. Follow us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Toronto_History Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:17:27.462080+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407"},"episode":{"title":"Don Jail - Part 1","slug":"don-jail-part-1","published_at":"2026-04-21T10:30:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/don-jail-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork/episodes/Don-Jail---Part-1-e3i7llf","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/play/118789231/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-21%2Ff660326a-4b9a-3147-0329-fec77ff42d1e.mp3","summary":"The Don Jail was Toronto's most notorious prison, home to some of the most dangerous offenders in Canadian history. In part one of this episode, we'll explain why the prison was built and the ideas behind its design. We'll also talk about some of the people who spent time there during the 19th century. Learn all about it at Muddy York , Toronto's #1 history podcast. You can follow Muddy York on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Toronto_History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Blue Sky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/muddyyork.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .","meta_description":"The Don Jail was Toronto's most notorious prison, home to some of the most dangerous offenders in Canadian history. In part one of this episode, we'll exp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1664,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/episodes/don-jail-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/don-jail-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}