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Back to SearchSHORT CUTS #229 - Sorry, Immigrants!
The Vancouver Sun is very, very sorry about publishing that inflammatory anti-immigration screed. They'll tone it down a little next time. Also, why …
6 years, 7 months ago
Ep.293 - Bruce McCulloch
Thirty Helens agree that The Kids in the Hall was a watershed moment not just for Canadian comedy, but for comedy as we know it. Comedian Bruce McCul…
6 years, 7 months ago
SHORT CUTS #228 - Disaster Porn, Boat Crash, Netflix PM
Sexy Hurricane Headlines: “Dorian Relentlessly Pounds Bahamas” - What is up with the disaster porn? And Justin Trudeau’s Malaysian ancestry, and othe…
6 years, 8 months ago
OPPO: Is Jason Kenney Stoking Alberta Separatism?
Alberta's premier wants a referendum on ... what exactly? And Justin Ling wants you to calm down about climate change "muzzling." Plus, meet some int…
6 years, 8 months ago
COMMONS: CRUDE - The Apocalypse Is Now
Canoe-borne bandits strike an underwater town. A new generation of wealthy lobstermen is minted. An island disappears. And hellfire engulfs a highway…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 292 - A Medical Horror Story and the Fight to Expose It
A respected doctor put women’s health and lives in danger for money and the public almost never heard about it. Michael Lista talks about his preced…
6 years, 8 months ago
SHORTS CUTS #227 - Scandal? What Scandal?
Is the press protecting the liberal party? And the debate about climate change somehow continues and Elections Canada suggested we might not be allow…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 291 - Why Are Trans Issues Suddenly Everywhere?
Over the past couple of years, a few Canadian media outlets and writers have become obsessed with trans people, painting their campaign for human rig…
6 years, 8 months ago
SHORT CUTS #226 - Postmedia's Hard Right Turn
More cuts at Canada's largest newspaper chain; this time to journalistic independence, open discourse, and a healthy work culture. And was the sweari…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 290 - What It’s Like To Want To Die
Reporter Anna Mehler Paperny talks about her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, which covers her search for ans…
6 years, 8 months ago