CANADALAND
Episodes
Isolation Interview: Elizabeth May
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"This is the death of neoliberalism."Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Aca...
Ep. 320 - Coronavirus Is In Our Prisons And Trudeau Is Doing Nothing
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Reporter Justin Ling speaks with prisoners across Canada terrified of COVID-19 sweeping through the ...
Isolation Interview: David Sax
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"When this is all over, I never want to Zoom again." David Sax's new book is coming out in the midst of a pandemic. Support CANADALAND: https://cana...
Short Cuts #256 - Good Faith, Bad Information
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Has the messaging about whether to wear a face mask been contradictory? How do you report on sports...
Isolation Interview: Robert Jago
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I have been obsessed with virtual reality” Robert Jago is a writer and head of an education firm. He lives in Montreal.Support CANADALAND: https...
Isolation Interview: Shad
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I've been watching old NBA games and breaking them down on Instagram Live." Shad is an artist and host of Hip Hop Evolution, available on Netflix.Sup...
Ep. 319 - Cross Country COVID Checkup
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Our first ever call-in show. From Quebec to British Columbia to Nunavut to Brooklyn, Coronavirus has...
Isolation Interview: Sarah Hagi
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Put on normal clothes, remember to stretch... That doesn't help. You're still in the prison of your own mind." Support CANADALAND: h...
Short Cuts #255 - This Op-Ed Could Kill People
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. COVID-19 coverage continues, for the most part, to be even-handed. But that’s not why you listen ...
Isolation Interview: Ryan McMahon
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"If it really goes down, I can always shoot a moose." We're doing a call-in show! If you want to vent to Jesse about your living situation, call 844-9...
Isolation Interview: Margaret Atwood
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"My life is never exactly normal. But it's normal for me." We're doing a call-in show! If you want to vent to Jesse about your living situation, call ...
Ep. 318 - The Last Picture Show
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Independent movie theatres were in trouble before COVID-19 became a global pandemic, and now even th...
Isolation Interview: Socalled
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"So they told us music is free, so it's all about the shows now. You gotta make the shows, you gotta sell things at the shows. Now we don't have shows...
Short Cuts #254 - Wave Of Isolation
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. In a time like this, we’re so flooded with information that good, quality journalism matters more...
Isolation Interview: Jen Agg
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Restaurateur Jen Agg just wants to get home.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted...
Isolation Interview: Robyn Doolittle
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What feels most weird right now? Doing normal things. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Ep.317 - Meditations In An Emergency
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free podcasts here. We are facing an unprecedented shutdown of services and businesses across the country. Health columnist Andre Pica...
Short Cuts #253 - Panic! At The Discoronavirus
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. As COVID-19 is declared a global pandemic, how are Canadian media handling the coverage? And what o...
Ep. 316 - One News Brand To Rule Them All
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Is The New York Times a model for success in the news business, or a monolithic news brand that's c...
Short Cuts #252 - Canada Is Working Exactly As Intended
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. A front-page story tells us that Canada is broken. Is it, or is this exactly how the country was de...
Ep.315 - The Cocaine Smuggling Ring At VICE
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, five young people were arrested for smuggling cocaine into Australia. They had a common connection: Slava P, a music editor at VICE Canada. A...
SHORT CUTS #251 - Heard It Through The Pipeline
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free podcasts by clicking here. Do journalists need to be protestors to get better access to Wet'suwet'en solidarity actions? Plus, th...
BONUS: Jesse Gets Grilled
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To hear the full episode right now and get ad-free podcasts, support us for $5/month by clicking here. Jesse answers tough questions from our suppor...
Ep.314 - Nardwuar: The Interview
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free CANADALAND by clicking here. In a rare interview, Nardwuar talks about his career, his techniques, his reputation and what keeps ...
Short Cuts #250 - Wet’suwet’en Coverage Is Still Pretty Bad
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Jason Kenney’s War Room sets its sights on that white whale of fake news: The New York Times. And ...
Ep.313 - Nardwuar: An Oral History
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Nardwuar the Human Serviette is one of the biggest media personalities to come out of Canada. He’s...
Short Cuts #249 - Christie Blatchford’s Complicated Legacy
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Jordan Peterson’s familial PR team, Christie Blatchford’s legacy, Ezra Levant’s civil disobed...
Ep.312 - Siege On Wet’suwet’en
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Last week, the RCMP arrested six people for obstruction on Wet’suwet’en territory. They then thr...
Short Cuts #248 - Return Of The Conservative Rapper
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Heritage Minister doesn't seem to understand his own plan for regulating the internet (or not), so we break it down for you. And a group that does...
Ep.18 - VICE: An Oral History
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conflict and controversy as Gavin McInnes and others remember Voice of Montreal, a government-subsidized community newspaper in the 90s that grew into...
SHORT CUTS #247 - Coronaviral
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have we learned anything about reporting on viruses since SARS? And what can a new documentary about Idle No More teach us about our present state of ...
Ep.311 - Let's Talk About Bell's Harmful Prison Phone Contract
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, Bell shines the spotlight on mental health for Let’s Talk Day. So we’re taking a look at their prison phone contract, which advocates ...
SHORT CUTS #246 - Come From Huawei
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What was up with those "protesters" outside Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing? And could monarchical migration have an impact on privacy in Canadian ...
Ep.310 - Why Is The CBC So Schitty?
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The CBC wants to play by the same rules that govern digital platforms like Netflix and Amazon. No rules at all. Daniel Bernhard, the executive directo...
Short Cuts #245 - I Wanna Live Like Commonwealth People Do
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We examine the controversy around stating a plain fact about flight 752. Then, a Royal welcome. With co-host Nora Loreto. This episode is spo...
Ep.309 - A War Reporter’s Newsroom Battles
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Watson resigned from the Toronto Star in 2015 when they banned him from reporting on a story. We spoke to him a...
SHORT CUTS #244 - Iran So Far
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve heard so much from south of the border about Iran, but how are Canadian media treating this conflict? And The Fifth Estate delivers some spuri...
Ep.308 - The Media War Over The Hong Kong Protests
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For more than half a year, protesters in Hong Kong have clashed with police. Legacy media organizations in Canada have covered the protests, but a big...
Ep.290 - What It's Like To Want To Die
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on August 12, 2019. Reporter Anna Mehler Paperny talks about her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression ...
COMMONS: Dynasties - The Sahotas
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Sahotas are Vancouver’s most notorious slumlords. For decades they’ve let their buildings rot, leaving their tenants to live in filth and deso...
Ep.258 - Christmas in the Newsroom
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on December 23, 2018. We reached out to Canadian journalists to get their stories about spending the holidays at work. N...
Ep.307 - NOW and Then
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, Toronto’s alt-weekly NOW Magazine was sold to Media Central. Former co-owner and founder of NOW, Michael Hollett, joins to talk...
SHORT CUTS #243 - The Media Hit Jobs on Andrew Scheer and Jody Wilson-Raybould
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows that Andrew Scheer resigned because of his tuition scandal; what this podcast presupposes is: maybe he didn’t? And the manufactured o...
Ep.306 - The Globe And Mail's Hidden Campaign For Government Favours
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Canadaland’s new team published a story about how The Globe and Mail’s management repeatedly campaigned the Prime Minister’s office ...
SHORT CUTS #242 - Inside Jordan Peterson's Antisocial Network
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A look inside Jordan Peterson’s new social media platform, which bans photos, memes, and emojis in the name of anti-censorship! Also, The Toronto St...
Ep.305 - Researchers Just Proved The Media Is Too White
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s media organizations are reluctant to release their diversity stats. But Asmaa Malik and Sonya Fatah from Ryerson’s School of Journalism ...
SHORT CUTS #241 - History Will Judge Us For Our China Takes
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leaked audio from a NATO summit reveals Trudeau’s totally reasonable reaction to Trump. Did an Edmonton school board try to shut down a radio interv...
Ep.52 - Hark! Kate Beaton
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on October 12, 2014. Cartoonist Kate Beaton is an exemplary weirdo. Her webcomic about Canadian historical figures and ...
SHORT CUTS #240 - Purified By Hatred
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More details have emerged about Warren Kinsella’s secret work to expose Maxime Bernier as a racist. And what’s at stake as the CBC renegotiates it...
Ep.304 - From Nanook To The New York Times: Misrepresentations Of The North
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Documentary filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins and talks about how the media continues to misrepresent Indigenous people. The episode is brought ...
SHORT CUTS #239 - StarMetro Hunger Games
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Torstar announced the closure of five papers across Canada, CBC tried to consolidate broadcasts across its radio stations in the North, and Don Cherry...
Ep.303 - Jon Ronson
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation about the similarities between journalism and porn becomes a tense disagreement about online shaming. Jon Ronson, journalist and author...
SHORT CUTS #238 - What Don Cherry Means To Me
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Don Cherry drafts his first Quillette essay: “The Day the Social Media Mob Came for Me.” Also, opinion writing in Canada post-Margaret Wente turns...
Ep.302 - Is The Extreme Right Finished In Canada?
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Covering the extreme right has become its own beat in Canada. But is there a thin, blurry line between coverage and giving a platform to those with ha...
SHORT CUTS #237 - Shitty Media Management
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A national news media start-up hires then fires its staff in a month. Also, Elizabeth May has harsh parting shots for the media. Freelancer Sarah Hagi...
Ep.301 - Interview With A Very Rich Person Who Wants To Abolish Wealth
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan Bell wants Canada to tax the rich. Of course, that belief would be a lot easier to explain at the dinner table if her own family wasn’t massi...
SHORT CUTS #236 - The New York Times' Trauma Porn Beat
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Times’ Canada bureau chief goes up to visit an Inuit community three times so she must know what she’s talking about… right? Also, ...
Ep.300 - An Argument With Robyn Doolittle
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Major announcement about what's next for Canadaland on this episode. After that: Had It Coming is Robyn Doolittle's new book, which asks "what's ...
SHORT CUTS #235 - Creepy Hologram Prime Minister
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank God, it's over - last sound off about how dull the 2019 election coverage was, we promise. Plus, StarMetro journalists cry fake news at activist...
Ep.299 - Today’s Crisis, Tomorrow’s Apology: Indigenous Death In The Child Welfare System
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Last month APTN reported that 102 Indigenous children died in Ontario’s child welfare system. It’s a tragic and infuriating look at how the syste...
SHORT CUTS #234 - The CBC's Very Dumb Lawsuit
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The CBC sues the Conservative Party of Canada for copying them! Plus, Toronto journalists and writers push back on the kind of space public libraries...
Ep.80 - Chantal Hébert
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on May 3, 2015 It's possible that Chantal Hébert's journalism once held Canada together. She joins Jesse for a discuss...
SHORT CUTS #233 - Our Revolting Democracy
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
That debate. The rumour mongering. The memes. Do Canadian politics have to suck this hard? A lament. And PostMedia finally responds to our investigat...
Ep.297 - Shad’s Hip-Hop Evolution
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hip-Hop Evolution is a remarkable piece of journalism and an exhaustive look at the history of hip-hop. It’s also made by a group of Canadians. Rapp...
SHORT CUTS #232 - National Paper Won't Cover National Climate March
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canada's national paper seems shy about printing news on the national climate march. Also, another blackface scandal - at Global News. Plus, a discuss...
Ep.296 - Two Centuries of Blackface in Canada
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl Thompson joins to help walk us through Canada’s history with blackface and why this story is not about race. This episode is brought to yo...
SHORT CUTS #231 - How Did Trudeau Get a 20-Year Pass On Blackface?
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Trudeau in blackface, 3 times: how did we miss that? And Canada’s reporters bravely declare their independence - from their own union. CANADALAND D...
Ep.295 - Big Media's Plan To Regulate The Internet
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are we really considering CanCon for the internet? Well, kinda. Big changes could be coming to the Broadcasting Act and the country’s biggest media ...
SHORT CUTS #230 - SNC-Aladdin
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A bonus segment on Trudeau's "make-up" with guest co-host, Arshy Mann. Plus, one reporter’s real life story on the gift of poutine from Trudeau. An...
Ep.294 - Vagina Empire
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Doctors, celebrities, and journalists have all played a role in spreading misinformation about women’s bodies. Dr. Jennifer Gunter, author of The ...
SHORT CUTS #229 - Sorry, Immigrants!
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Vancouver Sun is very, very sorry about publishing that inflammatory anti-immigration screed. They'll tone it down a little next time. Also, why ...
Ep.293 - Bruce McCulloch
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty Helens agree that The Kids in the Hall was a watershed moment not just for Canadian comedy, but for comedy as we know it. Comedian Bruce McCull...
SHORT CUTS #228 - Disaster Porn, Boat Crash, Netflix PM
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sexy Hurricane Headlines: “Dorian Relentlessly Pounds Bahamas” - What is up with the disaster porn? And Justin Trudeau’s Malaysian ancestry, an...
OPPO: Is Jason Kenney Stoking Alberta Separatism?
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alberta's premier wants a referendum on ... what exactly? And Justin Ling wants you to calm down about climate change "muzzling." Plus, meet some intr...
COMMONS: CRUDE - The Apocalypse Is Now
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canoe-borne bandits strike an underwater town. A new generation of wealthy lobstermen is minted. An island disappears. And hellfire engulfs a highway ...
Ep. 292 - A Medical Horror Story and the Fight to Expose It
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A respected doctor put women’s health and lives in danger for money and the public almost never heard about it. Michael Lista talks about his prece...
SHORTS CUTS #227 - Scandal? What Scandal?
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is the press protecting the liberal party? And the debate about climate change somehow continues and Elections Canada suggested we might not be allow...
Ep. 291 - Why Are Trans Issues Suddenly Everywhere?
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past couple of years, a few Canadian media outlets and writers have become obsessed with trans people, painting their campaign for human rig...
SHORT CUTS #226 - Postmedia's Hard Right Turn
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More cuts at Canada's largest newspaper chain; this time to journalistic independence, open discourse, and a healthy work culture. And was the swearin...
Ep. 290 - What It’s Like To Want To Die
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter Anna Mehler Paperny talks about her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, which covers her search for answ...
SHORT CUTS #225 - Barbaric Caucasian Practices Hotline
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is it time to start reporting the strange behaviour of young white men? Why do we still have columnists? And a study of Canadian media consumption sho...
Ep. 289 - Steven Page
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Page, former frontman and founding member of Barenaked Ladies, talks about his career, why he chose to leave a beloved and wildly successful ba...
Short Cuts #224 - Teenage Nazi Manhunt
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The hunt is on. Newsrooms across the country are chasing down everyone from psychiatrists to Survivorman himself to speculate on the fate of two murde...
Ep. 288 - Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder And The Secret Reasons Why
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Glen Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. But even after his sentence was overturned, the evidence that freed him r...
Short Cuts #223 - Jessica Yaniv, Transphobic Fever Dream
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From Canadian news sites to InfoWars, a BC trans woman has become a fixation of conservative media. And new details emerge from the national media ba...
Ep. 287 - Let’s Get Serious About UFO Journalism
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, the New York Times released an astonishing front-page story about the American government’s multi-million dollar black budget investigation...
SHORT CUTS #222 - SandyAndNoraLand
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto take over CANADALAND for this episode about the paltry coverage of Canada's migrant detention policies and the devastatin...
Ep. 286 - Sports, Wages, and Bitstrips Money: Jesse Answers Your Questions
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We asked our listeners to send us their burning questions and this is the result. Hear us answer questions about everything from the future of Canadal...
SHORT CUTS #221 - F**k You For This One, Québec
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The secularism bill banning public workers from wearing religious symbols finally passed in Québec. Google News gathered together the heads of major ...
Ep. 285 - Health News In The Age Of Goop
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Politics may dominate the news cycle, but every Canadian is touched by our health care system. But while there are countless reporters covering politi...
SHORT CUTS #220 - That’s What You Get When You Draw A Political Cartoon That Doesn’t Suck
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A Canadian cartoonist drew a provocative image of Trump, blithely ignorant of the fatal consequences of his border policy. After it blew up online, th...
Ep. 284 - A Former WE Employee Speaks Out
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-two people spoke to us confidentially about working for WE. But Josh Keenan went on the record. Hear what he had to say, and WE’s response. R...
SHORT CUTS #219 - The Pleasure Of Margaret Wente
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pour one out for Margaret Wente: she's leaving the Globe. The Irvings tighten their grip on New Brunswick news, and some Toronto councillors are learn...
Ep. 283 - Oh Great, A Republican Plot Against Canadaland
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Something strange has been going on for the last little while and we’re ready to talk about it. This is a story about a Republican-affiliated scheme...
SHORT CUTS #218 - Whose Pipeline Is It Anyway?
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to recognize a climate emergency than by approving the Trans Mountain Pipeline? Why did the Raptors’ president get carded after his ...
Ep. 282 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Fatal
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greed, money, and revenge culminate with a gruesome murder on the driveway of a Vancouver mansion. Canada correspondent for The New York Times, Dan B...
SHORT CUTS #217 - United Conservative Postmedia War Room
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rest assured, Canadians! Jason Kenney is here to protect you from the evils of the Green Left. A look at the Alberta government's anti-environment "Wa...
Ep. 281 - Trolling Jonathan Torrens
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From hosting his own show on the CBC to playing J-Roc on Trailer Park Boys, Jonathan Torrens has been a mainstay of the Canadian entertainment indus...
SHORT CUTS #216 - The Word For This Is Genocide
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The majority of our media is bending backward to avoid acknowledging Canadian genocide. Why? And Lindsay Shepherd travelled to Ottawa to complain abou...
Ep. 280 - The News Bosses: APTN's Karyn Pugliese
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s national news organizations are helmed by a handful of people. The news bosses decide what gets to be news and what doesn’t for the entir...