In this episode, we'll delve into the history of Canada’s nudism movements. We’ll hear the stories of various Canadian nudist leaders, and learn how two distinct regions found common ground and forged a cooperative partnership, their shared aim to represent Canadian naturists across Canada and internationally. And then we’ll meet Petra Scheller, a woman whose relentless advocacy and effort in service of that union made her a face of Canadian naturism.
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Naked Age Notes: Faces of Canadian Nudism
From initial introduction to finished episode, this expedition into the nudist career of Petra Scheller took over ten months. While Petra was influential in Canadian nudism for more than three decades, most of the writing by or about her occurred on the pages of Canadian nudist magazines I have little access to in Southern California. It took multiple informal preliminary interviews and fact finding before I realized how deep her story actually ran, and how much more work I would have to do to do justice to its telling. From the moment we were introduced over email by a mutual friend, she was incredibly gracious and patient with me as I probed into her history of running around naked.
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Naked Age - “North American Nudist Pioneers”
Naturist Living Show, Episode 16 - “Lessons from Naturist History”
"Chronical Interview July 6, 1998" - Uploaded by Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park
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“Why Wait” by Ketsa, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/ketsa-library-why-wait/
“Self Indulgent is not an Insult” by One Man Book, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/self-indulgent-is-not-an-insult-one-man-book/
“Comming Back” by Lobo Loco, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/comming-back/
“Midnight Superfunk” by Frank Freeman, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/midnight-superfunk/
“Les Portes Du Futur” by Bill Vortex, licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bill_Vortex/Vortex_Des_Reformes/14_-_Les_Portes_Du_Futur/
“Hot Box” by Ketsa, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/hot-box-ketsa/
“Little Ducklin” by Maarten Schellekens, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/little-ducklin/
“Some Bass Drums” by Maarten Schellekens, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/some-bass-drums/
“Late Night Sangria” by Maarten Schellekens, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/late-night-sangria/
“Peaceful” by Crowander, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/peaceful/
“Back” by Crowander, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/crowander-library-back/
“Escape Backdoor” by Lobo Loco, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/escape-backdoor/
“Nasty” by Crowander, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/crowander-library-nasty/
“Once Upon a Time” by Maarten Schellekens, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/maarten-schellekens-library-once-upon-a-time/
“New Launch” by Ketsa, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://imlcollective.uk/product/new-launch/
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