CANADALAND

(Short Cuts) Newspocalypse Now

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CBC makes huge cuts - with plans to eliminate 600 positions. Is it time for a good hard look in the mirror to figure out what its future could look li...

How Canada Became An International Joke

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this episode contained characterizations of slain Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar that Canadaland has b...

Margaret Atwood — The CANADALAND Interview

02 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Atwood returns to talk about getting in trouble, being treated in the media as some sort of prophet, and whether there are times when authori...

(Short Cuts) Danielle Smith’s Edge of Sovereignty

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act is like trying to get away with amending the Constitution via a hastily-scrawled Post-it note, flimsily affixed whi...

Is Jesse a Zionist? (editorial)

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown has been asked to stop talking about antisemitism. He's also been asked whether he will denounce Israel, or if h...

How Flacks Spin Hacks

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Journalists report the news. They hear about a story, write it up, verify the facts, and then hit “publish”. But, occasionally a story comes ...

(Détours) Militer en tant que personne alliée

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Une mobilisation citoyenne à grande échelle a lieu au Canada pour inciter le gouvernement Trudeau à demander un cessez-le-feu entre Israël et la P...

Rick Mercer — The CANADALAND Interview

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Mercer started his career as a media critic of sorts. He broke into the national consciousness with a one man show taking on an establishment jou...

(Short Cuts) Secondhand News From Gaza

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As news breaks of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Emilie Nicolas and Mattea Roach discuss anti-Palestinian media bias in media as well as look at the d...

Thunder Bay: Post-Mortem, Part 2

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the pol...

(Short Cuts) The Jeffrey Epsteins of Canada

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As sexual assault convictions stack up for Peter Nygard, another alleged predator is walking free in Montreal. And an Ontario teacher under fire for t...

The Newfoundlander: Chapter 3

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What defines someone’s national identity? Is it a drop of blood from a distant relative? Is it living in a community? Is it being accepted by that c...

Thunder Bay: Post-Mortem, Part 1

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many un...

(Détours) Les jeunes et les symptômes de la violence

11 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Un nouveau documentaire, Ados et armés, traite de la question de l’usage croissant des armes à feu chez les adolescents québécois. Le film donne...

Who really runs the Canadaland newsroom?

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Support Canadaland now! Click here: canadaland.com/joinYou’ve heard a lot from Jesse this crowdfunding campaign, it's time for Editor in Chief Karyn...

(Short Cuts) A Liberal Plot Against Trudeau?

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The new refrain in the press gallery is that Trudeau has got to go. How seriously should we take this? And the world of deep fakes has come for Canadi...

The Newfoundlander: Chapter 2

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is chapter 2 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/joinWhen Newfoundland joined Canada as the...

The Aquanaut

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jill Heinerth is one of the most accomplished aquanauts in the world. With over 8500 dives, she is hired by some of the most notable names in film and...

(Short Cuts) Buffy Sainte-Marie: Coincidence or Likely Stories?

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It was impossible to look away once CBC released the story and Fifth Estate documentary questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity. How we...

The Newfoundlander: Chapter 1

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is chapter 1 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/joinIn 2001, 9/11 forced airplanes from al...

The news cycle doesn’t care about our plans

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Support Canadaland now! Click here: canadaland.com/joinWe are way off our target for our crowdfunding goal this year. When we launched our campaign a ...

(Détours) Les frais de scolarité et les solitudes

28 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Le gouvernement caquiste du Québec a récemment proposé une nouvelle mesure qui, selon le premier ministre François Legault, protégera la langue f...

(Short Cuts) An Apple a Day Gets Pierre Airplay

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre goes international by chomping on an apple. And journalist Tim Bousquet could face jail time for articles he publ...

Alive At Ten

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At ten years old, the Canadaland network has had its share of successes: investigative journalism, powerful accountability interviews, thoughtful anal...

(Short Cuts) Stumbling Through the Fog of War

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the conflict in Gaza and Israel continues to escalate, Pacinthe Mattar sits down with Jonathan to consider the ways in which narratives are shaped,...

How Connie Walker Won

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning podcaster Connie Walker joins Jesse in studio to talk about the problems and racism she faced at the CBC, including the pushback she rec...

(Détours) Le conflit israélo-palestinien dans les médias avec Michel Cormier

14 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

L’Israël et le Hamas sont au centre de l’attention des médias du monde entier à la suite de l’escalade du conflit israélo-palestinien la fin...

(Short Cuts) The Worst Week (So Far)

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Journalism in Canada is fighting for it's life. Support Canadaland now.The violence that erupted in Israel and Gaza this past weekend has spawned a hu...

Who’s Behind a Fake Trudeau Sex Scandal?

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Journalism in Canada is fighting for its life. Support Canadaland now.There’s a video on YouTube titled “Trudeau’s Alleged AFFAIR with Minister ...

The End of Canadaland

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Support us now! Click here: canadaland.com/joinJournalism is in a fight for its life. You can have an impact. Head to canadaland.com/join&nb...

(Short Cuts) Elon Musk Saves Canadian Podcasts!

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Click here to support us!Elon Musk accused Justin Trudeau of “trying to crush free speech in Canada.” The jab was prompted by Bill C-11, the Onlin...

Radical Reconciliation

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2016, a 56 year old Saskatchewan farmer named Gerald Stanley shot an unarmed 22 year-old Indigenous trespasser named Coulten Boushie in the back of...

(Détours) Diplomatie en crise

30 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

La tension monte entre le Canada et l'Inde après que Justin Trudeau a accusé le gouvernement indien d'avoir joué un rôle dans l'assassinat du lead...

(Short Cuts) Springtime for Hitler in Ottawa

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A “Ukrainian who served in Nazi unit” was applauded in Canadian Parliament - let’s just call a Nazi a Nazi. And history is repeating itself in t...

Foreign Influence: How Castro and a Belgian Brought Violent Revolution to Quebec

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s show features Chris Oliveros, publisher and founder of Montreal’s Drawn and Quarterly, one of the most respected publishing houses for...

(Short Cuts) No Going Back With India

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If it weren’t for the Globe and Mail, would Prime Minister Trudeau have publicly accused India of being involved in the killing of Hardeep Nijjar? A...

A Wine Critic Spills All

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

André Proulx is a wine writer who has worked for Newstalk 1010, CTV News, Quench Magazine, and Toronto Life. As dollars in traditional media disappea...

(Détours) Rima Elkouri : 25 ans de nuances

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Le 10 septembre 2001, Rima Elkouri devient chroniqueuse au journal La Presse. Le 11 septembre 2001, elle devient chroniqueuse arabe. Rima se joint à ...

(Short Cuts) Cirque du Pierre Poilievre

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oh what a circus, oh what a show, as a newly reenergized Conservative Party of Canada holds its first convention with Pierre Poilievre as leader. Unde...

How To Save Canada

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Goodman was a congressional staffer in the US and as a rising authoritarian movement brought America to the brink of a coup, he did what all Ameri...

(Short Cuts) Mr. X, Mr. Ford, Mr. Mutton

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re beginning to see the consequences of the Greenbelt scandal. Why does Premier Ford refuse to take accountability?  As the trial for the co...

Chantal Hébert

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired on May 3, 2015It’s possible that Chantal Hébert’s journalism once held Canada together. She joins Jesse for a disc...

(Détours) Redéfinir la famille traditionnelle

02 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Le modèle familial traditionnel est en pleine évolution. Comment l'adoption internationale s’inscrit-elle dans les conversations actuelles autour ...

(Short Cuts) Parents, Peterson and the Pronoun Panic

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With more provinces jumping aboard the prejudiced pronoun panic, Jesse and Karyn pick apart the misleading narratives that are helping fuel it.They al...

Stock Buybacks: How Grocers Eat Themselves

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the past several years, Loblaws, Metro and Empire have spent billions on their own stock - And at a time of food price inflation and grocery worker...

(Short Cuts) Yellowknife’s Cabin Radio Fever

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With Canadians in the North and West fleeing their homes to escape the encroaching infernos, wouldn’t it be great if there were places online they c...

Is The Foreign Interference Scandal Overblown?

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After months of national coverage, we still don't really know.Today we're going to hear from a senior journalist, about his skepticism regarding Forei...

(Détours) Rentrée scolaire féministe

19 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AVERTISSEMENT : Dans cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre, y compris la violence impliqu...

(Short Cuts) Pierre Don’t Care

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Does Pierre Poilievre touting conspiracy theories count as news? And will the revelations about Doug Ford’s development of the Greenbelt amount to a...

Podcasting In Cubaland

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Cuba wide public access to the internet is only a few years old. The press is still severely restricted by the government. But there is something o...

(Short Cuts) What’s-a Meta with Canadian News?

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With Meta making good on its threat to expunge news from Facebook and Instagram, Canada’s publishers and broadcasters pin their hopes on the Competi...

The Interrogation Of Jesse Brown

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Brown might think himself quite the question master, but today the tables have turned and our guest host, the Jonathan Torrens, investigates the...

(Détours) Tik Tok autochtone

05 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Xavier Watso, militant et créateur de contenu abénaki, se joint à Emilie pour discuter de l’évolution de la participation des personnes autochto...

(Short Cuts) Hang the Grocer

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Grocers sure are making it easy for us to be mad at them. And a serial killer, a landfill, and an all-too real metaphor playing out in Winnipeg. Plus ...

Refugee Crisis On A Street Corner

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does Toronto’s response to the refugee crisis actually look like on the ground? Just across the street from the Canadaland office, a crisi...

(Short Cuts) The Blame Game: Reckoning With Anti-Racism Training

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When anti-racism training goes wrong. Really, really wrong. How should the media talk about diversity, equity and inclusion responsibly? And, Can...

The Truth About Polkaroo

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our news editor, Jonathan Goldsbie, ventured out to find his inner Polkaroo by way of an exhibit on the history of Canadian children’s televisi...

(Détours) La queer Acadie de Xavier Gould

22 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Originaire de Shediac au Nouveau-Brunswick, Xavier Gould nous partage des extraits de son tout premier livre des fleurs comme moi, un recueil de poés...

(Short Cuts) Canada: Your New Home On The Streets

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Canada created a new pathway to permanent residency for a large number of Ukrainian refugees, as a group of asylum claimants from other countries were...

The CANADALAND Guide To Navigator

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“When you can’t afford to lose” is not just Navigator’s trademarked slogan; it’s also its core business proposition. Although it offers a ra...

(Short Cuts) CBC Crypto Spoof, Danielle Smith Gets a Win and More

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Trudeau government won’t back down on Bill C-18 – except now they are. We also talk about the crypto crime that never happened, a threatening ...

Ukraine vs Press Freedom

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last month the Globe and Mail reported that Anton Skyba, their photojournalist in Ukraine, applied to the Ukrainian government to have his press crede...

(Détours) Proprios solidaires

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Le 9 juin dernier, la ministre responsable de l’habitation au Québec propose le projet de loi 31 qui, entre autres amendements, vise à permettre a...

(Short Cuts) Google, Interrupted

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Google and Meta respond to Bill C-18 by threatening to block Canadian news. And the first woman to head up the Assembly of First Nations is out after ...

WTF, Marc Maron Is Moving To Canada?

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Marc joins Jesse for a conversation about his plans to emigrate to Vancouver and the differences between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to fascism,...

(Short Cuts) PostStar Royco

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Toronto Star owner Nordstar and Postmedia are in talks to merge - a death knell to Canadian print media. Jesse and co-host Jaskaran Sandhu unpack the ...

A House Divided, Again: BC's Housing Scandal

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vancouver’s SROs are home to some of the most vulnerable people in the province, and some of the most challenging housing to run. So when Atira Wome...

(Détours) Parler de la Chine, sans peur

24 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Avec May Chiu (coordinatrice de la Table ronde du Quartier chinois de Montréal et membre de l’Association des Chinois progressistes du Québec), Em...

(Short Cuts) We All Died In a Tiny Submarine

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do the billionaires on the missing Titan submarine deserve sympathy or scorn? While Canada and the US pull out all the stops to find it, days before, ...

Mystery Brain Disease Cases Quadruple, Says New Brunswick Doctor

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It was in the winter of 2021 that the world first became aware of a mounting number of patients being seen in New Brunswick with unusual neurological ...

(Short Cuts) Transphobia: The Right Finds Another Target

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After weeks of navigating accusations of conflict, special rapporteur David Johnston finally ran aground. If you’re trying to persuade people of you...

The Rise and Fall of BuzzFeed News

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the mid-2010s, BuzzFeed News seemed like the most exciting place in media: an almost cloyingly whimsical carnival of abundance where journalists we...

(Détours) Les femmes, leurs voix, et la haine

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Avec France-Isabelle Langlois (directrice générale d’Amnistie internationale Canada francophone) et Maïka Sondarjee (professeure adjointe à l’...

(Short Cuts) It’s BBQ Season in Canada!

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wildfires are coming at us from all sides. How can local reporters get at the root issues? And the implementation of Quebec's language law municipalit...

Crime Pays, If You're A Journalist

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's no beat more likely to get you an audience and a paycheck. It's trend-proof and recession-proof. Yes, true crime is freakishly popular right n...

(Short Cuts) Little Reich On The Prairie

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Despite Danielle Smith’s involvement in numerous scandals, she won a majority in Alberta’s election. Albertan Dani Paradis helps us understand why...

How To Save News Media From Our Tech Overlords

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Big tech critic Cory Doctorow lays out a four-part plan to save the news media from big tech’s stranglehold.The plan: create a comprehensive new pri...

HOCKEY 1 - The Best Game You Can Name

27 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hockey is a hell of a lot of fun. But right now, the sport is going through a reckoning. Allegations of racism, corruption, sexual misconduct and so m...

(Short Cuts) What, Me Inquiry?

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Special Rapporteur is back with a hotly anticipated release - No Public Inquiry! David Johnston made his decision – rage and frustration ensued....

How Canadaland Works

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The odds were stacked against us, but here we are. This year Canadaland turns ten. To mark the occasion, Canadaland Founder and Publisher, Jesse Brown...

News Tropes And Moral Panic

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While the press of today might not be reporting on aliens with the same fervour, many of the tropes from those days are still alive and well in modern...

(Détours) Les deux conservatismes

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Des feux de forêt font rage en Alberta alors qu’une élection provinciale est en cours. Emilie discute de l’état du conservatisme en Alberta, ma...

(Short Cuts) Poilievre on Drugs

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Brown and co-host Manisha Krishnan dismantle a 10,000 word piece in the National Post claiming safe supply programs are killing people and fuell...

(canadaLANDBACK) Hearts And Minds

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland.Host Karyn Pugliese, producer Kim Wheeler, contributors Trina Roache ...

(Short Cuts) We Need to Talk About Kevin Vuong

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Amidst escalating tensions between Canada and China, an independent MP thinks he’s found the shadowy hand manipulating his fate. If a person asserts...

Blackberry The Phone The Podcast

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For nearly a decade, Research in Motion was the global leader in smartphones with its iconic QWERTY-keyboard-having Blackberry. Through a mix of gueri...

(Short Cuts) Death of the Viral News Site

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BuzzFeed is going bust and Vice is headed for bankruptcy - is it the end of viral news sites? And the press has been reporting for years the name of a...

Terry O'Reilly's Had It With Ads

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ads are everywhere in our life and they seem to keep creeping into more and more places. Movies, games, sponsored “news” content, and of course, t...

(Short Cuts) Fox News Gets Tucker’d Out

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From his perch at the top of the far-right ecosystem, Tucker Carlson regularly soaked up stories from Canada and half-jokingly called for forcible reg...

Escaping America

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The recent expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement — which started as a 9/11 era deal that Canada negotiated in order to exert more control ov...

(Détours) Robots vs Humanité

22 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Deux lettres ouvertes ont été publiées récemment. Une appelle à la prudence avec la recherche en intelligence artificielle, l’autre à une accé...

(Short Cuts) CBC Is in a Fight for Its Life

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re talking the CBC leaving Twitter after being labeled “government-funded media”, while Pierre Poilievre thanks Elon Musk for what he was alr...

(canadaLANDBACK) Canada Is Hoarding The Land

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland.The landback movement isn’t just about getting land back. It’s mo...

(Short Cuts) How to (Remotely) Blow Up a Pipeline

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From Minecraft to statecraft, Jacobin’s Luke Savage joins Jonathan to chart the bizarre course of a U.S. intelligence leak with potentially explosiv...

Cursed Rabbits

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The University of Victoria campus used to be overrun with rabbits. It now has few, if any, rabbits.So what happened to them? Where did they go?Whateve...

(Short Cuts) Danielle Smith’s ‘Perfect’ Phone Call

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A story about criminal charges, a potential lawsuit against the press, leaked tape suggesting a huge overreach of power — could a certain populist p...

How To Catch Your Online Tormentor

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jody Vance has dealt with harassment for most of her career as a broadcast journalist, but starting in 2015 one of her harassers was different, consta...

(Short Cuts) The Han Dong Situation is Bad Either Way

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Either Beijing has corrupted our democracy at the highest level or agents in the Canadian security apparatus are subverting the PMO by illegally leaki...

The Plan To Block All Canadian News

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If news can’t be searched for on Google or shared on Facebook, is it even really online? Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is currently before the sen...

(Short Cuts) Stormy Days For Donald Trump

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Toronto Star’s Allan Woods joins Jonathan to look at the prospect of Trump fundraising off a mugshot, and how a Montreal fire might finally acco...