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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 ...
Ep. 258 - Christmas In The Newsroom
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacation.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
Ep. 352 - Drunk Uncle Holiday Argument Simulator
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays, as we know them, are cancelled. So we asked people to call Jesse and argue about... whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season....
Short Cuts #290 - Justice Is Served, Portions Are Small
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They're lobster criminals, not lobster vigilantes. Does the CBC's President live in Brooklyn or just sleep there in a house she owns? And Brayden Bush...
Ep. 351 - A Uyghur Family Separated By China-Canada Politics
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Uyghur man imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for years was released over a decade ago, after the U.S. decided he wasn't an “enemy combatant” ...
Short Cuts #289 - Canada's Secret Porn Stash
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Times says Canada needs to stand up against child exploitation on PornHub — but their columnist's suggestions could create new prob...
Ep. 350 - Loblaws Will Eat Us All
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Westons might be Canada's Jeff Bezos, argues Vass Bednar, and not just because they're very rich.They own Loblaw, which is much more than a grocer...
Short Cuts #288 - A Working Class Hero Is Something To BBQ
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A petulant sandwich slinger gets attention as restaurants struggle across the country. A Global News Radio host quits over threatening messages about ...
Ep. 349 - #MeToo And The Iranian Diaspora
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Last summer, allegations of sexual misconduct were levelled against prominent Iranian-Canadian artist Aydin Aghdashloo during Iran's #MeToo moment. Mo...
Short Cuts #287 - Welcome To The Worst
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of Manitobans make a show of the media lying. Keean Bexte uncovers a socialist incubator. And copaganda tries out podcasting. Winnipeg-based ...
Ep. 99 - Christie Blatchford
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse speaks with the late Christie Blatchford, the notorious National Post columnist and court reporter who once called his work "another low-water m...
Short Cuts #286 - Off The Reconciliation Train Again
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Addressing the drinking water crisis in First Nations communities is not rebuilding post-war Europe. And mandating Indigenous content on Canadian broa...
Ep. 348 - Is Canada Ready To Give Land Back?
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join.Since we last spoke to Karl Dockstader and Sean Vanderklis about the occupation of a developm...
Short Cuts #285 - Facebook Fangoria
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join.Beware of the FANG! And how to cover Chinese infiltration — or anti-Chinese infilt...
Ep. 347 - The Brayden Bushby Trial And Pity Porn
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join.The Brayden Bushby trial has once again raised some uncomfortable questions about how stories...
Short Cuts #284 - There Is No Going Back To Normal
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us: canadaland.com/join.We may not know yet who won the U.S. election, but the results aren't reassuring. ...
Ep. 346 - We're Getting Sued
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/joinRebel News personality Keean Bexte is suing Canadaland for defamation.In this special &ld...
Short Cuts #283 - Newspaper Seeks Wealthy Idiot
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us here: canadaland.com/join.National Post doubles down on their right to publish status quo opinions. And Bell Media...
Ep. 345 - Ali Velshi Says The U.S. Election Will Be Closer Than You Think
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MSNBC host and journalist Ali Velshi has been traveling to U.S. swing states talking to voters in the lead-up to the presidential election. He tells J...
Short Cuts #282 - Reconciliation In Flames
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us at canadaland.com/join.Hulk smash colonialism! And public health messaging crosses a line when trick or treating d...
Ep. 344 - WE Charity: In Desperation There Is Opportunity
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's crowdfunding month! Support us at canadaland.com/joinSantai Kimakeke blew the whistle on WE. Then he recanted his allegations and disappeared. Be...
Short Cuts #281 - Anti-Maskers: How To Cover The Uncovered
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Media's anti-masker intrigue has Canadaland staff divided. And almost 300 CBC journalists raise concerns about leveraging the broadcaster's credibilit...
Ep. 281 - Trolling Jonathan Torrens
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Torrens talks about the CBC, what really happened on Trailer Park Boys, and about that one song you love to hate.From hosting his own show on...
Short Cuts #280 - The Socialist Coup You Can Trust
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A trifecta of powerful (potentially socialist) forces rally behind #NationalNewspaperWeek—or not. And the bias of coherence muddles COVID-19 mes...
Ep. 343 - The New Solitudes
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quebec's distinct culture reacts differently to global movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Jesse is joined by Emilie Nicolas, a columnist, j...
Short Cuts #279 - Did The New York Times Get Catfished?
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
RCMP charges a podcast star with not being a terrorist. And Edmonton radio host chooses the wrong put-down. Al Jazeera English journalist and filmmake...
Ep. 342 - Corporate Psychopaths Still Run The World
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel calls corporate social responsibility's bluff.Co-directors Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott on h...
Short Cuts #278 - Lobster Politics
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mi'kmaw fishermen earning a ‘moderate livelihood' seems to be too much for Nova Scotia's settler lobster harvesters. And CBC leverages its credi...
Ep. 341 - Food Will Find A Way
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Restaurants have suffered huge losses during the pandemic. But food journalist Suresh Doss takes us to a parking lot, a subway stop, and a home cook's...
Short Cuts #277 - Conservative Cuties
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Erin O'Toole wants to protect children from a movie he has never seen. And former CBC journalist Terry Milewski resurfaces from retirement to insult a...
Ep. 340 - Dethroning The Arts-Grant Elite
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's a broad undertaking to shake up who gets arts funding, and who governs it. Jesse speaks with Jesse Wente, the new President of the Canada Coun...
Short Cuts #276 - Scandalized Philanthropists and A Criminalized Journalist
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking news on WE. An Indigenous journalist is criminalized for doing his job. And mass panic appears to be on the newly minted curriculum. One Dish...
Bonus AMA: Canadaland's Money
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You asked about our money, Jesse answers. To hear the rest of this special episode right now, go to canadalandshow.com/joinSupport CANADALAND: ht...
Short Cuts #275 - Bring Me The Head Of John A. Macdonald!
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Does anyone really care about indignities to the legacy of John A.Macdonald? And the inside story of co-host Manisha Krishnan's scoop about the "...
Ep. 339 - Shree Paradkar
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Toronto Star's new internal ombud tells us what the job is, discusses power and race in the newsroom, and responds to that reply all email.This ep...
Short Cuts #274 - Reply-All Rosie
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/joinWhat might Jesse and Erin O'Toole have in common? And newsrooms continue to struggle with what it means to respon...
Ep.338- What The Hell Is The Epoch Times?
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/joinThe Epoch Times' COVID-19 special edition raised controversy when it landed in mailboxes across Canada in Apri...
Short Cuts #273 - Anti-Rebel, Prorogue
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/joinPrime Minister Trudeau just needs a quick reset. And Postmedia stands in solidarity with Rebel News. Former CA...
Ep. 337 - 1492 Land Back Lane
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/joinThis week marks a month since the start of a land occupation to block a residential development at the ed...
Short Cuts #272 - Anonymously Awesome!
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join The Prime Minister’s Office leaks secret intel on how amazing it is. And Quebec’s French print papers som...
Ep. 272 - The Best New(ish) Podcast In Canada Is About The Opioid Crisis
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join. Crackdown covers the war on drugs from the trenches, and these war correspondents are drug users. Host G...
Ep. 313 - Nardwuar: An Oral History
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Nardwuar the Human Serviette is one of the biggest media personalities to come out of Canada. He’s a prolific...
Ep. 336 - Let No Good Deed
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Last week’s House Finance Committee hearings into the WE Charity scandal yielded few new insights into why the...
Short Cuts #271 - Bottom Of The Barrel
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The Kielburgers testified before the House of Commons finance committee, updates on the Nova Scotia shooting, a...
Ep. 335 - Why It's Illegal to Protest In Alberta
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join A new law in Alberta is Jason Kenney’s latest front in the oil war. Freelance journalist Grace Lisa Scott s...
Short Cuts #270 - Mr. Brown Goes To Ottawa
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Jesse testified before the House of Commons Finance Committee about Canadaland's reporting on the WE organizati...
Ep. 334 - A Dodgy Paternity Test And The War On The Reporter Who Exposed It
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Peter Aldhous reported that a Canadian lab’s prenatal paternity test was “unreliable." During the 18-mont...
Short Cuts #269 - We Do Some Accounting
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join We have some questions about WE’s government contract and their internal accounting. And the story of how a C...
Ep. 333 - Could The WE Scandal Take Down Justin Trudeau?
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join It’s a scandal that could—but probably won’t—take down Justin Trudeau. After swearing otherwise, WE ...
Short Cuts #268 - Harper's Is Still Lurking
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The press seems to have given the Rideau Hall intruder the white glove treatment, and why on Earth did so many ...
Ep. 332 - WE Charity: Lawyers, Guns And Money
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join At Canadaland, we really didn’t expect to find ourselves reporting on the WE organization again. But then it ...
Ep. 267 - Propaganda, Fascism And Murder: An Alternative History Of The Globe And Mail
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The Globe and Mail is now 176 years old. You can read all about its accomplishments elsewhere. Writer Jamie Bra...
Ep. 331 - The RCMP Exists to Control Indigenous People
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Karl Dockstader and Sean Vanderklis, co-hosts of the radio show and podcast One Dish, One Mic, join Jesse t...
Short Cuts #267 - Consequence Culture
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Can you really be “cancelled” if you still have a platform? A look at Margaret Wente, Wendy Mesley, and the...
Ep. 330 - A CBC News Anchor On Systemic Racism At Work
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Adrian Harewood is a news anchor at CBC Ottawa News and the host of weekly current affairs show, Our Ottawa....
Short Cuts #266 - The Reckoning
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Journalists across Canada are speaking out about their experiences with racism in the newsroom. And as Wendy Me...
Ep. 329 - The Tyrant's Spin Doctor
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join Lord Tim Bell worked for a rogues' gallery of international clients, and co-founded one of the most powerful PR...
Ep. 279 - A Forgotten News Lab Predicted Journalism’s Online Future in 1991
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join InfoLab imagined newspapers' transition from print to digital, creating multimedia digital news in the basem...
Ep. 296 - Two Centuries of Blackface in Canada
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join Dr. Cheryl Thompson is an assistant professor at Ryerson University’s School of Creative Industries, and t...
Short Cuts #265 - Newsroom Mutiny
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland: https://canadalandshow.com/join Protests have erupted around the world in response to police violence against Black p...
Ep. 328 - Should Big Tech Bail Out The News?
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us at canadalandshow.com/join The pandemic could be an "extinction event" for American newspapers and so their publishers want their own gover...
Isolation Interview: The Right Honourable Kim Campbell
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“My biggest fear is that not enough will change, and not enough lessons will be learned.” Kim Campbell is a former Prime Minister of Canada, the f...
Short Cuts #264 - Smelly Rogue
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland: https://canadaland.supercast.tech/ Torstar was just sold for $52 million, droves of people were chastised for going t...
Isolation Interview: Kaie Kellough
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I had a confrontation with someone in the line up for a grocery store... and that moment of slow honeyed ease was totally interrupted." Kaie Kellough...
Isolation Interview: Xanthe Vallentin
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I’m going to be very careful about how much I leave my property until there’s a vaccine.” Xanthe Vallentin is a teacher in Hamilton, Ontario,...
Ep. 327 - A Crime Reporter Exposes The Child Welfare System
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: http://canadalandshow.com/join The child welfare system is failing Indigenous children, and APTN's Kenneth Jackson can't stop coveri...
Isolation Interview: Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"After this pandemic, we can create a new normal that's better for everyone." Mumilaaq Qaqqaq is the MP for Nunavut.Support CANADALAND: https://can...
Short Cuts #263 - A Case For Bad Art
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join The incredibly controversial painting of Justin Trudeau, François Legault’s problem with anglophone media,...
Isolation Interview: Omar El Akkad
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join “The job of fiction is to intrude on reality and instead we’re living in a situation where reality is ...
Isolation Interview: Martha Wainwright
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join “In the silence you start to wonder…how are we going to find each other again?” Martha Wainwright is a ...
Ep. 326 - While We Weren’t Looking
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join In the face of a global pandemic, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Three journalists tell us stories th...
Isolation Interview: Jesse Brown
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support us here: canadalandshow.com/join "The wild oscillations of feeling are abnormal for me." Jesse Brown is the publisher of Canadaland.Support CA...
Short Cuts #262 - Racist Vegan
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Bryan Adams pulls a Morrissey, an Indigenous ceremony is broken up by the RCMP, and Ghomeshi attemp...
Isolation Interview: Brooke Manning
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I never believe in going down without a fight…I’m a triple fire sign.” Brooke Manning is the owner of Likely General, a store and gallery spa...
Isolation Interview: Weyni Mengesha
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Hugs feel like they’re going to be euphoric.” Weyni Mengesha is the artistic director of Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto.Support CANADALA...
Ep. 325 - Should We Stop Naming Killers?
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Prime Minister Trudeau said naming the Nova Scotia mass shooter was giving him "the gift of infamy."...
Isolation Interview: John Semley
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I fucking hate Zooming... and having to look at my own face." John Semley is a writer and author who splits his time between Toronto and Philadelphia...
Short Cuts #261 - Billionaire Welfare Slackers
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. When police searched journalists’ offices in the Alberta legislature, we wondered how government ...
Isolation Interview: Jaren Kerr
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I guess like a positive abnormal and unusual thing I did was propose to my girlfriend, which was pretty cool." Jaren Kerr is an editor at Yahoo Fi...
Isolation Interview: Martin Lukacs
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I think I may have had coronavirus." Martin Lukacs is a journalist and author based in Montreal.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee om...
Ep. 324 - Kenny vs. Kenny
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Kenny Hotz achieved fame as the co-star of Kenny vs. Spenny, one of Canada’s most successful TV s...
Isolation Interview: Kai Cheng Thom
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Pushing for a world where we accept the risks of having a body... That's where we need to go." Kai Cheng Thom is a writer and performer based in Toro...
Short Cuts #260 - Celebrity Malfunction
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. The more we learn about the shooting in Nova Scotia, the worse it becomes. And did the star-studded...
Isolation Interview: B.J. Snowden
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I want my friends and family to be safe from this" BJ Snowden is an American musician who has written many songs about Canada. Support CANADALAND: h...
Isolation Interview: André Picard
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I like to remind people the chances of getting infected by somebody walking or running by you outside— they're virtually nil" André Picard is a ...
Ep. 323 - Industry Pandemic
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Journalists across Canada tell us how Covid-19 has changed how they bring us the news. This episode...
Isolation Interview: Chris Locke
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It'll probably be like a mega-hedonistic orgy after this." Chris Locke is a comedian in Toronto. He has a new podcast called "Happy Good."Support CAN...
Short Cuts #259 - Our Press Can’t Handle The Nova Scotia Shooting
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. The confluence of the pandemic, reliance on police for information, and slashed newsroom budgets me...
Isolation Interview: Tanya Talaga
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“This virus is a bitch, for sure.” Tanya Talaga is the author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations. She is also a former health reporter...
Isolation Interview: Surinder Mann
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I’m helping other people to be safe." Surinder Mann is a cleaner who lives in North Delta, BC, and is also the mother of COMMONS' host, Arshy Mann....
Ep. 322 - Why Life Without Fear Is Miserable
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. When journalist Eva Holland lost her mom, she went on a quest to understand the science behind her ...
Isolation Interview: Severn Cullis-Suzuki
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"My ten-year old got his first octopus all by himself" Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a writer, television host, and a board member of the David Suzuki Found...
Short Cuts #258 - Snitch Nation
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Do the same rules apply to Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer as to the rest of us? Do the rules matt...
Isolation Interview: Club Quarantine
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"If we are looking like we are one of the girls just dancing having fun, it's probably performative" Brad Allen and Andrés Sierra are two of the co-...
Isolation Interview: Kate Beaton
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I do participate in society." Kate Beaton is an excellent cartoonist. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Ep. 321 - Did Covid-19 Kill The Alt-Right?
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. The Deplorables that surrounded the Trump presidential campaign have all but disappeared from the m...
Short Cuts #257 - Speaking Moistly
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. For weeks, we’ve all been trying to flatten the curve. But how do we measure our success if the n...
Isolation Interview: Matt Huether
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I got scolded by the deputy mayor of Los Angeles for not including Funyuns in my tweet" Choose wisely: https://twitter.com/_Matty_H_/status/124659638...
Isolation Interview: Elizabeth May
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"This is the death of neoliberalism."Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Aca...
Ep. 320 - Coronavirus Is In Our Prisons And Trudeau Is Doing Nothing
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Reporter Justin Ling speaks with prisoners across Canada terrified of COVID-19 sweeping through the ...