Episode 40
30:52

Radisson Pt. 2 A Little Backstabbing for the Road

Published October 22, 2026

Radisson and Groseilliers make it to London where they will begin working with the English on their plan to reshape the fur trade. Don't worry though, there are...

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Radisson and Groseilliers make it to London where they will begin working with the English on their plan to reshape the fur trade. Don't worry though, there are some more people Radisson will screw over in the next few years. He can't help himself.

Sources:

Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson by Mark Bourrie

The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire by Stephen R. Bown

Company of Adventurers by Peter C. Newman

Martin Fournier, “RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 7, 2026, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/radisson_pierre_esprit_2E.html

Mockerman, Mitchell (2017) “Men of the Fur Trade, ca. 1620-1770s,” McNair Scholars Journal: Vol. 21: Iss. 1, Article 10

Saunders, Richard M. “The Emergence of the Coureur de Bois as a Social Type.” The Canadian Historical Association Annual Report 18, no. 1 (1939): 22–33.

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Episode Info
Episode
40
Duration
30:52
Published
October 22, 2026