CANADALAND
Episodes
(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...
This is CANADALAND
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast.Every Monday, we bring you original reporting on the most interesting story in the country. Every Thursday, ...
The Senator Fighting Bill C-11
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, the Senate proposed twenty six amendments to Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, and the Heritage Minister rejected eight. One of those r...
(Short Cuts) The Fall Of Silicon Valley Bank, For Dummies
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-host Sean Silcoff walks us through the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and what it might mean for Canadians. And the Supreme Court Judge who mysteriou...
(canadaLANDBACK) They Did Not Break Us
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland.Landback is not just about returning real estate.It is about Indigeno...
(Détours) Bon Cop, Bad Cop : Paul Wells sur le convoi de la liberté
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
À l'automne dernier, le journaliste politique Paul Wells a assisté à l'enquête publique sur l'utilisation de la loi sur les mesures d'urgence lors...
(Short Cuts) Is China Trudeau's Last Scandal?
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story about Chinese interference in our elections continues to evolve and the opposition leader has seized on it. Prime Minister Trudeau has now c...
Scams And Slime: C-11 And The Future Of CanCon
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has been a long-time coming. After initially being proposed in 2021 as Bill C-10, it is in the final stage of bec...
(Short Cuts) Ukraine’s Night Train to the Front Lines
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we cross the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former Canadaland producer Sarah Lawrynuik returns to Short Cuts to...
Donors To BIPOC Retreat Feel It Was A "Scam"
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There aren’t a lot of dedicated spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Nova Scotia. One community group wanted to change that.They dec...
(Short Cuts) Pierre, Take The L
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rouleau has rolled out his verdict and Prime Minister Trudeau is vindicated. What precedent does this set? And a look at how anti-trans rhetoric manif...
Why We Need Guns
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Runkle, firearms lawyer, makes the pro-gun case to Jesse, following a political victory for gun rights advocates. Further reading:Ian Runkle'...
(Détours) Mauvais Québécois
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
La notion du Québec bashing a provoqué un déferlement de réactions dans les médias en français et en anglais suite à la nomination d'Amira Elgh...
(Short Cuts) John Tory and His Sin City
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A tasting menu of scandals from Ontario’s municipal and provincial governments, with a newsroom scandal thrown in for kicks. And Fuck the Polic...
One Rich Man Won't Save Journalism
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Wilkinson and former media editor-in-chief Farhan Mohamed founded Overstoy Media Group (OMG) on the promise of revitalizing local news. But aft...
(Thunder Bay) Chapter 1: There Is A Town In North Ontario
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Canadaland’s first TV series premieres next Friday, February 17, 2023 on CRAVE. Based on our work for the hit podcast series Thunder Bay, Ryan McMah...
(Short Cuts) How The Westons Won
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following the melting of the No Name price freeze, Loblaw had a bit of its own public meltdown. Meanwhile, the country’s largest newspaper chain con...
(canadaLANDBACK) Hacks, Flacks and #Landback
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
canadaLANDBACK is a co-production of Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland.Since 2019 five journalists have been arrested at land defenses, seve...
(Short Cuts) Don't Call Quebec Racist, They're Sensitive About It
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Quebec’s overblown backlash to the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as special representative on combatting Islamophobia in response to her analysis o...
Big Trouble with Meddling China
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Chinese state has infiltrated Canadian democracy at all levels, according to a bombshell report from investigative reporter Sam Cooper of Global N...
(Short Cuts) The Indulgent Consultant
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
McKinsey is on everyone’s lips, but it’s just one of the many consulting firms the government is spending millions on. And as the provinces and fe...
Medical Lies From The Maritimes
23 Jan 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 ...
(Détours) Attention : Contient de la sensibilité au trauma
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Le chemin Roxham, un passage frontalier irrégulier au Québec, a fait l'objet d'une attention médiatique considérable ce mois-ci suite au décès d...
(Short Cuts) Liars, Deniers and Bears, Oh My!
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
And the Financial Post’s polar bear “expert” has some questionable associations in her past and a tendency to downplay climate change. Matt Gurn...
WTF, Marc Maron Is Moving To Canada?
16 Jan 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) G.I. Justin
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is PM Trudeau a stealth warmonger? Co-host David Pugliese explains why it is so difficult to wrap one’s head around military spending. And Jordan Pe...
Black Celebs vs "Jewish Media"
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kanye West, Dave Chappelle and Kyrie Irving have breathed new life into the antisemitic trope that Jews control the media. Is Jew-hatred from Black cu...
(Short Cuts) We Need A Name For This Awards Show
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Shorties! Or Cutties! Or Shortcuttys! A special awards show highlighting variably consequential media weirdness from the year past. Dani Paradis c...
(CANADALANDBACK) Do You Hear The Children Sing?
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland.Land claims can take generations to settle. Sometimes communities los...
COMMONS: Against the WIND
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally aired on December 7, 2022WIND Mobile, now known as Freedom, was a small company that tried to break through Canada’s tel...
Sarah Polley’s Secret Life
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Polley has come forward with memories of a violent sexual encounter with Jian Ghomeshi when she was 16. But why is the press tongue-tied about d...
(Short Cuts) God Save the Tweets
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Twitter should be run more like a newsroom and a look at the Twitter Files. And the latest in CTV’s Lisa LaFlamme story and who was left out of ...
Christmas In The Newsroom
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
People might take holidays, but the news doesn't. For your holiday listening needs, here are stories from reporters who have worked Christmas in their...
(Short Cuts) Trauma-informed Journalism: A Choice and a Voice
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former crime reporter Tamara Cherry — who now works as a specialist-for-hire on trauma-informed practices — joins Jonathan Goldsbie to consider wh...
The Taking of Wood Buffalo
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The largest National Park in Canada is Wood Buffalo, currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. But the people who inhabited it for thousands o...
(Short Cuts) Happiness Is A Banned Gun
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hunters are mad about the new big list of guns to be banned by the Liberals - but why should we care if it helps reduce gun violence? And the not so c...
The Food Bank Industrial Complex
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the holidays, and on your TV or radio you’re inevitably hit with ads telling you that this is the season of giving - it’s time to dona...
(Détours) Tribunal médiatique
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AVERTISSEMENT : Dans cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre. Si vous êtes à la recherche...
(Short Cuts) Hoisted On Their Own Qatar
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The potential hypocrisies of condemning human rights abuses in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup. And the increasing difficulty of writing critically ab...
Cops, Lies, And Videotape
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
*A note to listeners: Today’s episode deals with sexual violence inflicted on Indigenous minors and won’t be suitable for all listeners.In 2006, R...
(Short Cuts) Poilievre's Toxic Lie About Safe Supply
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poilievre's toxic lie about safe supply. And the confusing and contradictory CSIS intelligence on China and the Freedom Convoy. Garth Mullins co hosts...
(CANADALANDBACK) Reclamation At Stoney Point - Part Two
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part two: After a peaceful reclamation of the army base built on their land in 1993, elders of Stoney Point lead a movement to take back Ipperwash ...
(Short Cuts) Trudeau's Dismissive Chinese Dad
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The tense relationship between Canada and China after allegations of interference in our federal election. And do we need a mask mandate to prevent ma...
Ratfucker Chapter Three: The Trojan Horse
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to David Wallace and Richard Marsh, the Klondike Papers blew up online - and nothing garnered more attention than Wallace’s claim that there ...
(Détours) Option nucléaire
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Le calcul politique de Doug Ford se retourne contre lui alors que les Ontarien.nes démontrent leur soutien aux travailleurs et travailleuses de l'éd...
(Short Cuts) Never Gonna Give (Twitter) Up
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unpacking the changes at Twitter and how chaos is Elon Musk's product. And what would it take for Canadians to change their mind on the use of the Eme...
Ratfucker Chapter Two: The Brethren
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Marsh was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. He got out of the group he calls a cult and has made it his mission to expose the ...
(Short Cuts) Hate Crimes Against Nazis
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The curious case of a journalist charged with the vandalism of a Nazi statue. And the first order of business for 10 newly elected politicians in Hami...
Ratfucker
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet David Wallace, political fixer and dirty tricks operative. After a career in the shadows, he’s turned whistleblower, leaking his files and...