Podcast Episodes

Ep. 273 - The Media Baron Dinner Party Where The News Bailout Was Born

Former CBC exec Richard Stursberg tells Jesse all about it, and about his new book, The Tangled Garden: A Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital…

6 years, 10 months ago

SHORT CUTS #208 - Oh My God, They Killed Kenney

Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party is imploding before our very eyes — but the Albertan electorate doesn't seem to mind much. And who does Just…

6 years, 10 months ago

Ep. 272 - The Best New Podcast In Canada Is About The Opioid Crisis

Crackdown covers the war on drugs from the trenches, and these war correspondents are drug users. Host Garth Mullins joins Jesse to talk about how af…

6 years, 10 months ago

SHORT CUTS #207 - Tape Your Calls!

If there's one lesson we can take away from what's happened with Jody Wilson-Raybould, it's to tape all of your calls. And what's more important to t…

6 years, 10 months ago

Ep. 271 - Stephen Harper

The CANADALAND interview with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who targeted the press before it was cool. Now, conservatives from Donald Trump t…

6 years, 10 months ago

SHORT CUTS #206 - Justin & Gerry, Jody & Jane

Collusion? Obstruction? Why can't Canadians stay focused on the domestic scandal? And what does the dawn of Apple News+ mean for Canadian media?

Jare…

6 years, 11 months ago

Ep. 270 - The Most Expensive Thing Canada's Ever Bought

When Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese called the government to follow up on a tip, he heard back from the PR arm of Irving Shipbuilding. And th…

6 years, 11 months ago

SHORTCUTS #205 - Scheer and Loathing

Andrew Scheer’s first statement about the terrorist attack by a white supremacist in New Zealand failed to mention a few things... like Muslims and w…

6 years, 11 months ago

Ep. 269 - Ruthless Or Toothless? The News Biz Complaints Department

Who do you turn to when the news messes up? It turns out there's a council for that.

Pat Perkel and John Fraser from the National NewsMedia Council…

6 years, 11 months ago

SHORT CUTS #204 - Pressure-Cooked Octopus

While we're all busy talking about the propriety of the SNC-Lavalin affair, it bears revisiting the company's sordid past. Also, how is the media cul…

6 years, 11 months ago