{"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":"Gerry FitzGerald and Connaught Laboratories w/James FitzGerald","slug":"gerry-fitzgerald-and-connaught-laboratories-w-james-fitzgerald","published_at":"2026-07-21T10:30:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/gerry-fitzgerald-and-connaught-laboratories-w-james-fitzgerald","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork/episodes/Gerry-FitzGerald-and-Connaught-Laboratories-wJames-FitzGerald-e3mbmpb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/play/123115755/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-21%2Fb551f744-4aac-1816-4e5c-e84638c0628c.mp3","summary":"Gerry FitzGerald turned Toronto into a world leader in public health, producing vaccines and medicines that saved tens of millions of lives. Unfortunately, he would be destroyed by his own demons and by his era's backwards attitude towards mental illness. James FitzGerald, author of What Disturbs Our Blood , joins us to discuss his grandfather's life and legacy on Muddy York , Toronto's #1 history podcast. You can follow Muddy York on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Toronto_History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/muddyyork.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Mental Health Resources ⁠ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services/mental-health-get-help.html https://findahelpline.com/","meta_description":"Gerry FitzGerald turned Toronto into a world leader in public health, producing vaccines and medicines that saved tens of millions of lives. Unfortunately…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2370,"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/gerry-fitzgerald-and-connaught-laboratories-w-james-fitzgerald/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/gerry-fitzgerald-and-connaught-laboratories-w-james-fitzgerald.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}