CANADALAND
Episodes
(Détours) Solutions climatiques, solutions journalistiques
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alors que l’année 2024 sera la plus chaude jamais enregistrée, on voit le public, épuisé par l'éco anxiété et une certaine fatigue informatio...
(Short Cuts) Jennifer Pan’s Labyrinth
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the hit Netflix documentary What Jennifer Did draws criticism for manipulating source materials, we talk to Karen K. Ho about the differences betwe...
Thunder Bay Police Chaos
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On April 12, 2024, news broke that Sylvie Hauth, the former police chief of Thunder Bay, was arrested and charged with a series of criminal offenses.&...
(Short Cuts) War Torn TikTok
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did we just dodge WW3? As Iran retaliated against Israel with an unprecedented barrage of drones and missiles, deciphering facts from fakes and misinf...
Slash and Burn: How Cheap Debt Killed the News
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve long heard about how the news business is failing - layoff after layoff, media execs have claimed that they have had no choice but to mak...
(Détours) Haïti, vue de Port-au-Prince
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Etienne Côté-Paluck, rédacteur en chef d’HAÏTI MAGAZINE et HAITI WEEKLY, des publications du collectif haïtien DÈYÈ MÒN ENFO, rejoint Emilie...
(Short Cuts) Justin Trudeau’s Chinese Democracy
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A spectre is haunting Canada — the spectre of Communist China.Finally, a proper inquiry into election interference by China featuring testimony from...
Should Gaza Compel a Return to Canadian Peacekeeping?
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Canadians have long thought of themselves as peacekeepers. But can we still make that claim today? Amid all of the the outrage towards our government ...
(Short Cuts) The Canadaland Guide to Staring Directly at the Sun
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Canadians prepare for a rare celestial event–a total solar eclipse–Jesse has one message: don’t look up!On Monday, the price of carbon increa...
An Oral History Of Just For Laughs Gags
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Question: what is Canada's greatest contribution to the world of comedy? Is it Lorne Michaels and Saturday Night Live, which launched the careers of c...
(Détours) Culbuter le malheur
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Il y a du pouvoir dans la réappropriation de son propre récit - c'est pourquoi Beata n'a pas seulement écrit un mémoire sur son expérience de fui...
(Short Cuts) Organ-Transplant Radio Bingo
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canada’s Indigenous skyscrapers? In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, is the Squamish Nati...
We Spied on the Spies who Spy on Activists
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When governments and corporations want to stay on top of the “threats” posed by protest movements — from climate campaigns to animal-rights advo...
(Short Cuts) The Musk of Censorship
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Elon Musk rails against content moderation in a disastrous interview with Don Lemon, Jesse and Ivor Shapiro reconsider Canada’s new approach to o...
The Witch Trials Of Andy Mills
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Mill’s is the co-creator of The New York Times ground-breaking podcast, The Daily, and before that worked on the equally inventive and critical...
(Détours) Journalisme cathartique
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alors que la guerre à Gaza fait rage, Emilie Nicolas et Raed Hammoud font le point sur la couverture de cette guerre dans le cadre de leur travail au...
(Short Cuts) Just for Death
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The laughter has stopped at the Just For Laughs festival, as ownership applies for creditor protection and cancels the Montreal and Toronto 2024 festi...
How Work Got So Sh*tty
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Labour used to be a beat. A major beat for any newspaper. Which, you know, makes sense. Because what happens with work, with the world of work, that m...
(Short Cuts) Mulroney: One of Canada's Most Divisive Prime Ministers
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Winnipeg to Wuhan, Canada is embroiled in an international spy situation, but why does no one seem to care anymore? Recent documents released fro...
The Conservative Decade Ahead
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s skip two years of horse race punditry and commentary. It's over already. Barring some unforeseeable act of God, Pierre Poilievre is not just g...
(Détours) Bordel en tout genre
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dans sa nouvelle autobiograhie, la professeure en droit transféminine Florence Ashley, théorise l’academic smut ou smut therapy comme la thérapie...
(Short Cuts) The VICE Guide to Losing $5.7 Billion
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vice Media was once valued at 5.7 billion dollars - This week it closed its doors. One final episode of the podcast Cyber was released to give listene...
State of Emergency in Pikwakanagan
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Pikwakanagan First Nation seemed to be doing well - it has a good economy, high graduation rate, it has been revitalizing its culture, the books a...
(Short Cuts) The Oliphant in the Room
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liberal MP Rob Oliphant was caught being critical of the Trudeau government’s policy on the Gaza war in a leaked phone call with a constituent. He i...
A Long Shot For Gaza
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ayman Oweida he’s doing everything he can to help his family survive. But he hears the bombs getting closer when speaking to them on the phone.&...
(Détours) Yara El-Ghadban : le deuil, mais aussi les rêves
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Selon Yara El-Ghadban, romancière et éditrice montréalaise d’origine palestinienne, le rêve est un acte révolutionnaire. Dans cet épisode, Emi...
(Short Cuts) For Whom Bell Trolls
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is radio not a viable business anymore? Bell Media said this in a release in the wake of massive layoffs. And Pierre Poilievre is waging a bizarre bat...
Can Porn's Business Model Save The News Industry?
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After Max Krangle left Big Tobacco he went to work for the porn business. Jesse and Max explore whether the business lessons learned in porn, one of t...
(Short Cuts) No Sex Please, We’re Albertan
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Alberta Premier has a UCP leadership election this year, and apparently she needs transphobic voter support more than she cares about keeping the ...
Tent Cities, Karaoke And Birthday Cake
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two journalists, Kathleen Martens and Brandi Morin, have been closely following the ongoing crises faced by unhoused people, largely Indigenous, in so...
(Détours) Nous, les autres et Toula
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
En début de semaine, la chroniqueuse Toula Drimonis a vu la publication en français de son livre "Nous, les autres", suite au succès de la version ...
(Short Cuts) Internet Censorship (Taylor's Version)
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How much information should the public get when it comes to the motivations of a suspected shooter attacking a government building? And the new global...
An Elegy To Snark
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every social media platform prizes something different. With Instagram, it’s aesthetics. On TikTok, it’s theatre-kid energy. And with Twitter, it ...
(Short Cuts) The Missing Piece for International Students
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From cash cows to scapegoats, has there been a change in how we talk about international students? And how Canada’s provincial governments have, one...
Why Government Is Addicted to Cigarettes
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years Canadian media has been saying that Canada is a world leader in regulating big tobacco and is a global success story when it comes to weanin...
(Détours) Foncer dans le mur
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AVERTISSEMENT : Dans la deuxième partie de cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre. Si vou...
(Short Cuts) What Celebrity Chef Mary Berg Did
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I know you want to read about what celebrity chef Mary Berg did, but DON’T click on the link - it’s clickbait! And Trump is back in a big way. Did...
The Dangers Of Dumb AI
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Activist Esra’a Al-Shafei has gone to extreme lengths to keep her image offline. But one day that privacy was breached — or so she thought. H...
(Short Cuts) Burning Down the Jewish Deli Is Not Kosher
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s major newspapers take a stance on antisemitic attacks happening in Toronto. And PM Justin Trudeau heads to the beach. Host: Jesse Brow...
A War In Our Newsrooms
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For newsrooms across the country, covering the war with Israel and Palestine has been tremendously difficult. Tensions are high, emotions are very fra...
(Détours) Redéfinir la famille traditionnelle
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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(Short Cuts) Who’s Behind A Fake Trudeau Sex Scandal?
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a really popular Canadian politics YouTube channel with hundreds of anti-Trudeau videos. Something seemed a little fishy though. Jesse, Jona...
Yukon's Path to Indigenous Self-Governance
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Often underreported or ignored by national media, the unique and complex issues facing the people who call Yukon home rarely get the attention they de...
(Short Cuts) MKUltra
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s and 70s, there was a fear that cult leaders were brainwashing young people into joining their new, strange movements. But is it even poss...
Christmas In The Newsroom
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacationPeople might take holidays, but the news doesn’t. For your holiday listening needs, he...
(Détours) Crise après crise
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dans ce dernier épisode de l'année, Emilie Nicolas co-anime avec Aurélie Lanctôt, chroniqueuse au Devoir et doctorante à l'Université McGill. Re...
(Short Cuts) Rising Hate and Sweet Google Money
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Islamophobia and antisemitism are on the rise in Canada - but if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that teenagers becoming radicalized a...
Drunk Uncle Holiday Argument Simulator
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We asked people to call Jesse and argue about… whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season.A return for a second listen to this evergreen Ho...
(Short Cuts) Blurred Faces and the 24-Hour Frenzy of Shohei Ohtani
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With so much going on in the world, how could we possibly cover it all on one Short Cuts? By breaking it up into digestible chunks of varying levels o...
The Journalists’ Psychiatrist
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Usually when Canadaland does a story on reporters in conflict we’re talking to a reporter who has had boots on the ground, someone who’s dodged bu...
(Détours) Catherine Dorion, celle qui dérange
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
À la suite de son mandat de députée de Québec solidaire à l'Assemblée nationale de 2018 à 2022, Catherine Dorion s'est lancée dans l'écriture...
David Suzuki — The CANADALAND Interview
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Suzuki spent decades of his life sounding the alarm about environmental destruction, as host of the CBC TV show The Nature of Things and other r...
(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...