Ep28: Evelyn knows both countries' national anthems; Nick knows the Chicago Bears' fight song.

Evelyn decides it’s time to drag the peace talks back to their original purpose: repairing Canada-US relations through culture, humility, and a deeply unnecessary discussion of national anthems.

On a Family Day / Presidents’ Day recording, she reveals that many Canadians know the American anthem far better than Americans know O Canada… then proves it by singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” from memory...with her eyes closed. Nick, meanwhile, gamely admits that his knowledge of the Canadian anthem is somewhere between “vague” and “absolutely not.”

From there, the episode spirals into school rituals, the Pledge of Allegiance, whether cultural awareness is a point of national pride, and a full-on detour into the Canadian artists both countries should know. Tom Cochrane, Celine Dion, Neil Young, Anne Murray, Sloan, the Tragically Hip, and Brad Sucks all make an appearance, along with one deeply cursed suggestion for how O Canada could be rewritten.

Cross-border harmony is HAPPENING, people. It's happening.

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