{"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":"Yonge Street - 1793 to 1867","slug":"yonge-street-1793-to-1867","published_at":"2025-09-02T14:41:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/yonge-street-1793-to-1867","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork/episodes/Yonge-Street---1793-to-1867-e37l7g0","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/play/107699136/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-2%2F6650075d-798e-2266-fcf7-619476853c3e.mp3","summary":"Is Yonge Street the longest street in the world? Hard to say. But it is the most important street in Toronto. On this episode of Muddy York , learn more about the history of this thoroughfare, including how it was built in the middle of winter, what it was like to travel during the 19th century and the corrupt businessman who managed to steal it. 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: First Dream – Brian Bolger Forest Lullabye – Asher Fulero Dover – The Westerlies Randy Butternubs – Dyalla Classic 1985 Movie Soundtrack – Freedom Trail Studio A Fool’s Theme – Brian Bolger Earth Appears – Brian Bolger Cooper Ave – The Westerlies","meta_description":"Is Yonge Street the longest street in the world? Hard to say. But it is the most important street in Toronto. On this episode of Muddy York , learn more a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1114,"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/yonge-street-1793-to-1867/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/yonge-street-1793-to-1867.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}