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Jailed for Journalism: Amber & Michael Speak Out

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano are freelance journalists who were arrested by RCMP officers on the morning of Nov. 19, 2021 while they were coveri...

(Short Cuts) News You Can't Use

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The latest COVID variant offers mixed messaging about the severity of the virus. And an obituary to memorialize an alleged murderer does not sit right...

The Rise of 6ixBuzz and the Death of Debby Parkway

29 Nov 2021

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Support our work at canadaland.com/joinDid an Instagram account kill a vulnerable teenager? 6ixBuzz has unparalleled clout in Toronto with young audie...

(Short Cuts) Stop Arresting Journalists

25 Nov 2021

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The struggle against Coastal Gaslink was bigger news this week because journalists got arrested. And even CBC can't seem to avoid the wrath of coverin...

Deep Rot in the RCMP

22 Nov 2021

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Support our work at canadaland.com/joinFailure to protect hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy...

(Short Cuts) Rain, Rain, Marie Henein

18 Nov 2021

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Support our work at canadaland.com/join As British Columbia assesses the damage from the downpour, what is the media's role when disaster strikes...

The Most Monotonous Emergency, Ever

15 Nov 2021

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Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/joinOn the heels of COP26, Jesse heads back to school as he and his new senior producer, Sarah Lawrynuik, du...

(Short Cuts) Can Desmond Cole Be Cancelled?

11 Nov 2021

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Support Canadaland at www.canadaland.com/joinA veteran Black columnist at The Star calls out Desmond Cole's activism out of nowhere. And CBC offi...

Millennial Mobsters

08 Nov 2021

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Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/joinA new breed of hyper-connected, steroid-abusing, gender-bending, "entitled" thugs are changing the landscape ...

(Short Cuts) The Right To Be Awful

04 Nov 2021

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Support our work at www.canadaland.com/joinThe 'saying-stuff business' gets some clarity from different courts regarding what one can and cannot expre...

The Rogers Family Compact

01 Nov 2021

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Support Canadaland hereWho are the Rogers family? How did they get so powerful? Why have they turned against one another? And what does it matter...

(Short Cuts) Transploitation

28 Oct 2021

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Support us here: https://canadaland.com/joinAnti-trans narratives found its way into three different media organizations this past week. And ever...

The High Cost Of Living

25 Oct 2021

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Support us here: https://canadaland.com/joinRight now there are people who are choosing medically assisted death, because they don't have enough money...

(Short Cuts) Vax Test Dummies

21 Oct 2021

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Support us here: https://canadaland.com/joinAsking how much fuel in drinking water is safe is just not the right question. And mannequins in the ...

Enormous Fires Everywhere

18 Oct 2021

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Support us here: https://canadaland.com/joinRaging wildfires are now a normal part of summertime in Canada. Climate change comes at you fast, but the ...

(Short Cuts) Fine Dining Struggles

14 Oct 2021

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The woes of fancy restaurants across Canada have been percolating - Who are we supposed to relate to? And the saga of the New York Times hit podcast c...

Mommy, Where Does COVID Come From, Part Two

11 Oct 2021

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Virologist Angela Rasmussen listened to a recent Canadaland about the origins of COVID-19 and says we had it all wrong. Today she walks Jesse through ...

(Short Cuts) Truth and Recreation Day

07 Oct 2021

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Jesse was not on board with #CdnMediaFailed when it came to the story on Trudeau in Tofino. And attacks on journalists might be more of a Canadian pro...

Is the PPC racist?

04 Oct 2021

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It's a question that has dogged the PPC since its inception. A question that leader Maxime Bernier blasted journalists for even coming close to asking...

(Short Cuts) Michaelmania

30 Sep 2021

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The release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig shows what China really thinks about Canada. And Maxime Bernier asks his followers to "play dirty" wi...

Mommy, Where Does COVID Come From?

27 Sep 2021

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The lab-leak theory has more evidence supporting it than ever before. Journalist Elaine Dewar has written a new book documenting little-known scientif...

(Short Cuts) Norm Macdonald Called Me a Motherf*cker

23 Sep 2021

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We look back on the coverage of an absolutely underwhelming, demoralizing election. And we contend with a troubling aspect of Norm Macdonald's legacy....

Violence At Fairy Creek

20 Sep 2021

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There's a video from the Fairy Creek anti-logging demonstrations on Vancouver Island that shows police unleashing pepper spray at close range onto a c...

(Short Cuts) We Get What We Deserve

16 Sep 2021

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Trudeau is getting upset and it seems to be working for him. And the English leaders' debate was widely derided. Was it deserved?Vice senior editor Ma...

Gagged By Law

13 Sep 2021

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Non-disclosure agreements are incredibly common. But they protect abusers, and block journalism. They are also, as it turns out, often unenforceable. ...

(Short Cuts) Semen Retention Soldiers

09 Sep 2021

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After protestors threw gravel at the Prime Minister during a campaign stop, we ask: has this gotten too much coverage, or not enough? And we scrutiniz...

Canadian Politics Don't Have To Suck

06 Sep 2021

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With the election coming in two weeks, Jesse sits down for an interview with Tiffany Lam, producer of The Backbench, to discuss what kind of politics ...

(Short Cuts) Angry Idiots, Explained

02 Sep 2021

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Many journalists are condemning the unruly protestors following Trudeau on the campaign trail. But is that our role? And co-host Jen Agg talks about h...

Canada's International Cash Cows

30 Aug 2021

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Last year there were 540,000 international students in Canada according to Immigrations Refugees and Citizenship Canada, IRCC. Many of these students ...

(Short Cuts) Chopped And O'Tooled

26 Aug 2021

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Twitter became the centre of the election this week when they put a "manipulated media” tag on one of Chrystia Freeland's tweets, which containe...

The White Saviors Ep. 1 - The Children’s Crusade

23 Aug 2021

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Craig Kielburger was the Greta Thunberg of the 90s – a 12 year-old kid from the suburbs who dreamed of freeing the world's children from slavery. Hi...

(Short Cuts) Abandoning Afghanistan

19 Aug 2021

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Recent stories about Canada's role in the War in Afghanistan fall short. And if Justin Trudeau is Veruca Salt, who then is Erin O'Toole? Pho...

Shad’s Hip-Hop Evolution

16 Aug 2021

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Shad's Hip-Hop Evolution is an incredible piece of journalism that nobody is talking about.Hip-Hop Evolution is a remarkable piece of journalism and a...

(Short Cuts) Election Fever, Please Intubate

12 Aug 2021

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Co-host Pauls Wells may be the only person aside from Trudeau who wants an election right now. We look ahead to the campaign and debates to come. WE i...

Introducing The White Saviors

11 Aug 2021

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Subscribe to The White Saviors now! Series launch: August 23Over 25 years, WE built a golden brand by inspiring children to rally around their ch...

Foreign Agents Are Active In Canada

09 Aug 2021

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In late 2020, FBI agents showed up at the New York home of activist and journalist Masih Alinejad, and told her that agents of the Iranian regime were...

(Short Cuts) EN FRANÇAIS SVP!

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Une journaliste scientifique a porté plainte à Radio Canada et a reçu beaucoup de haine. Et est-ce que les journalistes ré...

I Remember John Furlong

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Teachers accused of abusing Indigenous children at Catholic schools are among us. John Furlong is quoted regularly in the press as the man leadin...

(Short Cuts) The Invisible Enemies of Alberta

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A draft of the anti-Alberta inquiry was leaked and didn't find what it thought it would. And Facebook is partnering up with The Globe and Mail an...

Journalism Schools Are Revolting

26 Jul 2021

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Ryerson University (aka X University) has a Journalism department in turmoil over student grievances. As similar reckonings sweep Canada's other ...

(Short Cuts) Church Burnings & Cultural War Bullshit

22 Jul 2021

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The resignation of BC Civil Liberties Union's executive director sparks controversy on both mainstream and social media. And National Post might be su...

Are Taxis Finished?

19 Jul 2021

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Travel Writer and Journalist, Marcello Di Cintio talks to Jesse about his one year journey around Canada, in search of the secret stories etched in th...

(Short Cuts) Election Meme Pregame

15 Jul 2021

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The election hasn't even been called yet but our major parties' social media strategies already deserve some attention. And as more Canadians get vacc...

War On Porn

12 Jul 2021

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Pornhub is a massive Canadian website that few talked about until the New York Times called it out for profiting from the exploitation of children and...

(Short Cuts) Hudson's Bay Identity Theft

08 Jul 2021

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Twitter conversations seem more interesting than the media's coverage on Canada's first Indigenous Governor-General. The Bay tries to empower BIPOC wh...

Ep. 376 - What Is Black Press, And Did Victoria Police Re-Write Its News Story?

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

News stories are frequently updated, clarified or corrected online, after they've been published. But when there's no disclosure that a story has...

Short Cuts #316 - Happy Independence (From Moral Responsibility) Day!

01 Jul 2021

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The media is fixated on whether to celebrate Canada Day as the Lower Kootenay First Nation announces the discovery of another 182 unmarked graves in B...

Ep. 375 - That Time China Bought A Vancouver Newspaper

28 Jun 2021

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As reports of Chinese government influence in Canadian media gain traction, South China Morning Post reporter Ian Young reveals an incredible tale fro...

Short Cuts #315 - But What Does The Statue Think Of His Beheading?

24 Jun 2021

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The Toronto Star published a "Saturday Debate" about Egerton Ryerson's legacy that contradicted the TRC - and they knew it. And it appears a police do...

Ep. 374 - "Pretendians" On Campus?

21 Jun 2021

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Queen's University quickly rejected the findings of an anonymous report accusing six people associated with the school of misrepresenting their Indige...

Short Cuts #314 - End Times For Shock Jocks

17 Jun 2021

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Ed the Sock doesn't seem okay since Bell announced it would reboot MuchMusic. CBC won't let their audience comment on their articles on Facebook anymo...

Ep. 373 - Another NXIVM Podcast

14 Jun 2021

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"Coercive control" is how cults like NXIVM entrap followers and how abusive partners dominate their victims. A growing movement is calling for a law a...

Short Cuts #313 - White Terror And The Media

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Muslim-Canadians call out the media for harming their community. And the controversy around CBC cancelling Kim's Convenience goes international. Freel...

Ep. 372 - The RCMP's Portapique Narrative Is Falling Apart

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Recordings of 911 calls from the night of the Portapique massacre have been leaked to the press, and they prove that the RCMP have been lying from the...

Short Cuts #312 - Holding Space For Grief

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The discovery of 215 residential school children in a mass grave spurs this week's discussion on how journalists report stories about Indigenous peopl...

Ep. 371 - What Police Are Hiding At Fairy Creek

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There have been dozens of arrests at Fairy Creek... but not much footage to show for it. That's because the RCMP have been blocking and corrallin...

Short Cuts #311 - Standoff At Fairy Creek

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Covering BC's anti-logging protests raise issues about journalists' decorum, access, and how stories about land protectors are framed. And Native Twit...

Ep. 59 - The Family That Owns New Brunswick

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A repost of one of the most popular Canadaland episodes ever, from way back in 2014. The Irvings are secretive billionaires who have a monop...

Short Cuts #310 - The Truth About Media Coverage Of Israel (Pt. 2)

20 May 2021

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CIJA has called-out Canadaland for not adequately denouncing last week's guest. Meanwhile, controversy over coverage of pro-Palestinian demonstrations...

Ep. 370 - Why Can't the Military Stop Sexual Assault?

17 May 2021

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The Canadian Armed Forces has known that they have a problem with sexual misconduct for over two decades. Why can't they figure out how to stop it?In ...

Short Cuts #309 - The Truth About Media Coverage Of Israel

13 May 2021

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Reporting on the occupation of Palestine is "all stick, no carrot." And Canada's National Newspaper Awards is more like the Golden Globes than we thou...

Ep. 369 - Stranded Servants: Nannies And Cleaners During Lockdown

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Migrant farm workers aren't the only temporary foreign workers who have been largely forgotten and failed during the pandemic. Producer Sula Greene br...

Short Cuts #308 - Rogers And Trump

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Torstar publishes pro-gambling content now. And the Rogers family vacation at Mar-a-Lago. Data journalist David Weisz co-hosts.Further reading:See Ste...

Ep. 368 - The Marijuana Experiment

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1972, the government funded an absurd study to measure the impact of cannabis on productivity.Show Notes: Young women were sequestered in a hospita...

Short Cuts #307 - The Quebec Variant

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Media reacts to a perplexing Court decision on Bill 21, Quebec's law banning some public servants from wearing religious symbols. And Rebel News is fa...

Ep. 367 - Is Canada's Vaccine Rollout Reverse-Racist?

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever since the Canadian government announced recommendations that adults from Indigenous and racialized communities should be given priority for a COV...

Short Cuts #306 - Nudes From Parliament

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As provinces fail spectacularly to control the third wave of the pandemic, is the press adequately holding them to account, or making things worse? An...

Ep. 366 - Embedded With The Racist Right

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Filmmaker Daniel Lombroso spent four years following Lauren Southern, Richard Spencer, and Mike Cernovich with a camera, as their stars rose and the b...

Short Cuts #305 - Is There A Vaccine For Burnout?

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

GraceLife Church and Montreal riots against public health directives had us wondering why mainstream narratives about vaccine hesitancy focus so much ...

Ep. 365 - An App For Landlords To Blacklist Tenants

12 Apr 2021

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The Landlord Credit Bureau lets landlords review their tenants and report their payment habits. The information is shared with other landlords, and it...

Short Cuts #304 - Pitchforks And Needles

08 Apr 2021

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An uprising of frontline workers forces change to COVID policies. And with a major merger in the works, a telecom giant makes the case that less compe...

Ep. 341 - Food Will Find A Way

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Restaurants have struggled badly during the pandemic.But food writer Suresh Doss takes us to a parking lot, a subway stop, and a home cook's...

Short Cuts #303 - That's A Wrap For Randy's Tap

01 Apr 2021

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CBC puts an end to Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap after just 16 years of self-indulgent, uninspiring radio. What will take its place? And it turns out one ...

Ep. 364 - Fake News From Fish Farms

29 Mar 2021

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A site called SeaWestNews describes Alexandra Morton as “BC's loudest anti-salmon farming activist,” and her writing as “rambling&rd...

Short Cuts #302 - Picky With The Sticky

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are stories about vaccine efficacy doing more harm than good? And Canadian politicians are following a road paved by Trump, singling out critics for s...

Ep. 217 - The CANADALAND Guide To Jordan B. Peterson

22 Mar 2021

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The culture war icon is back with a new bestseller. We revisit our examination of Jordan Peterson the media phenomenon, which asks how an obscure Cana...

Short Cuts #301 - Jason Kenney Vs. Bigfoot

18 Mar 2021

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What's the best way to cover allegations of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces - or just generally, really? And the Alberta government has...

Ep. 363 - Interview With A Real Life Bond Villain

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ari Ben-Menashe has been an Israeli spy, sold weapons to Iran, survived a firebombing, and been the target of at least one RCMP investigation. He cros...

Short Cuts #300 - Do You Like Pink Slips And Scram? HuffPost! BuzzFeed! Canned, I Am

11 Mar 2021

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HuffPost Canada is dead. The Ryerson School of Journalism faces a crisis. And a very serious, important conversation about Dr. Seuss.The Nation's nati...

Ep. 362 - The Millionaires Of Haiti

08 Mar 2021

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A Haitian senator's wife paid $4.25 million—all money down—for a house in Laval, Quebec. Meanwhile in Haiti, people have been protesting a...

Short Cuts #299 - Hard News, Loose Slots

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Torstar gets into the gambling business. Americans get caught up on the WE scandal. And documents suggest Canada's two major newspaper chains traded n...

Ep. 361 - Will Government Media Rules Strangle Canadaland?

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In February, as the Australian government prepared to introduce a link tax, Facebook blocked all news from its Australian platform.  The new legi...

Short Cuts #298 - The Times, They Are a-Cronkin'

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canada's vote to call China's treatment of Uyghurs a genocide exposes an online wave of China apologists on the far left. And the New York Times bring...

Ep. 360 - How An Extreme Catholic News Site Went Full QAnon

22 Feb 2021

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LifeSiteNews may be the biggest Canadian news outlet you've never heard of — a kind of Breitbart for traditionalist Catholics. A new investigati...

Short Cuts #297 - Vax Canadiana

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian media have lost the plot around the vaccine rollout. And a Montreal-based website makes the list of COVID-19 conspiracy theory superspreaders...

Ep. 359 - The Convenient "Pretendian"

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle Latimer was the buzziest Canadian director and showrunner of 2020. Her documentary Inconvenient Indian premiered at TIFF and reaped plaudits ...

Short Cuts #296 - The Great Flattening

11 Feb 2021

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Our digital worlds are collapsing. Jon Kay is on Fox News complaining about Seth Rogen, while celebrities are sharing the stage with normal people on ...

Ep. 358 - How India Blames Canada (And Rihanna) For The Farmers Protest

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Indian government doesn't take criticism lightly, whether it's from Prime Minister Trudeau... or Rihanna. Baaz co-founder Jaskaran Sandh...

Short Cuts #295 - Dog Shampoo

04 Feb 2021

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Reddit did not actually stand up to Wall Street and prove the power of the little guy. Jon Kay briefly sparks joy. The Canadian government is working ...

Ep. 357 - Califail

01 Feb 2021

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The New York Times' wildly popular podcast Caliphate came into question after its central character, a Canadian man who claimed he'd joined ISIS and c...

Short Cuts #294 - You Can't Even Spare Jessica Mulroney?

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sponsored messaging from Alberta says climate journalists are helping to stage a covert revolution. And media empires strike back to protect their own...

Ep. 356 - Joe Sacco

25 Jan 2021

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Comics journalist Joe Sacco tells Jesse about how he draws stories out of people— then draws them onto the page. Most famous for his journalisti...

Short Cuts #293 - A Fired CBC Employee Is Vindicated

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Reporter Ahmar Khan tried to blow the whistle on systemic racism at CBC... and they fired him. Maclean's publishes a big, powerful list. Ryan McMahon ...

Ep. 355 - The Open Source Hunt For The Capitol Rioters

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Many people who broke into the Capitol broadcast their crimes across social media. Twitter, Facebook and other platforms responded by deleting account...

Short Cuts #292 - The Putz Putsch

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Premiers activate shitty dad mode. And tech companies clamping down on Trumpism could have unintended consequences.CANADALAND's new French language me...

Ep. 354 - This Virus Is Rampant Because We Abandoned Workers

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With COVID-19 cases in many parts of Canada on the rise, what about the people who can't stay home? The Toronto Star's labour reporter Sara Mojtehedza...

Short Cuts #291 - Holy Sh*t! (No Sh*t)

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A pro-Trump mob invades the U.S. Capitol building, the hunt continues for Canadian politicians who ignored COVID travel advisories and we reflect on w...

Ep. 353 - Dinosaur Internet

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In rural communities and in the North, people pay ridiculously high bills for ridiculously slow Internet.But decent Internet access isn't a luxury.&nb...

Crackdown: Cut Off

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Here's an episode of the podcast Crackdown, hosted by Garth Mullins. In 2015, Crackdown editorial board member, Jeff Louden, was on mor...

COMMONS: The Police - Dirty Tricks

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A teenage boy and his friends start robbing banks in Toronto. A future Prime Minister is deported from Montreal. A Black Panther in Baltimore goes to ...