{"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":"Patty Conklin, Carnie King of Toronto w/John Thurston","slug":"patty-conklin-carnie-king-of-toronto-w-john-thurston","published_at":"2025-08-19T15:09:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/patty-conklin-carnie-king-of-toronto-w-john-thurston","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork/episodes/Patty-Conklin--Carnie-King-of-Toronto-wJohn-Thurston-e371t69","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/play/107065993/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-19%2F4a11ba7a-05f3-bb99-88e0-bb63fb20e969.mp3","summary":"If you went to the Ex from the 70s to the 90s, you may remember seeing a clown’s head logo with red hair, a black hat and plus signs over his eyes. The clown was named Conko and he was the logo for Conklin Shows, the company that managed the CNE midway alongside a host of other fairs across Canada and the U.S. John Thurston, author of Carnie King , joins us to talk about Patty Conklin, the huckster and showman who created Conklin Shows and built a carnival empire with Toronto and the CNE at its centre. 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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Music: The Westerlies - The Dover Freedom Trail Studio - Classic 1985 Movie Soundtrack John Patitucci - Gridlock National Sweetheart - Candy Apple Town Freedom Trail Studio - Give my Regards to Broadway Nathan Moore - Up and At Em Freedom Trail Studio - Circa 1983 Dyalla - Randy Butternubs","meta_description":"If you went to the Ex from the 70s to the 90s, you may remember seeing a clown’s head logo with red hair, a black hat and plus signs over his eyes. The cl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1732,"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/patty-conklin-carnie-king-of-toronto-w-john-thurston/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/patty-conklin-carnie-king-of-toronto-w-john-thurston.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}