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NEW - Throwback Thursday: 1980 Explains a Lot More Than You'd Think

BeaverTails started on Sparks Street in Ottawa in 1980, and that single detail opens up a wider look back at a year that turns out to have set the stage for arguments still playing out in Canada today. Anyone curious how a snack stand connects to Trudeau's return to power, double digit inflation and a fumbled national oil strategy gets the full picture here.

The Canadian sweet treat call-in runs alongside it, pulling in votes for butter tarts, maple fudge and Kawartha ice cream before the conversation shifts into 1980s politics. A personal radio career story ties the whole hour together…

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