Podcast Episodes

Ep.309 - A War Reporter’s Newsroom Battles

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Watson resigned from the Toronto Star in 2015 when they banned him from reporting on a story. We spoke to him …

6 years, 5 months ago

SHORT CUTS #244 - Iran So Far

We’ve heard so much from south of the border about Iran, but how are Canadian media treating this conflict? And The Fifth Estate delivers some spurio…

6 years, 5 months ago

Ep.308 - The Media War Over The Hong Kong Protests

For more than half a year, protesters in Hong Kong have clashed with police. Legacy media organizations in Canada have covered the protests, but a bi…

6 years, 5 months ago

Ep.290 - What It's Like To Want To Die

This episode originally aired on August 12, 2019.

Reporter Anna Mehler Paperny talks about her book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in…

6 years, 5 months ago

COMMONS: Dynasties - The Sahotas

The Sahotas are Vancouver’s most notorious slumlords. For decades they’ve let their buildings rot, leaving their tenants to live in filth and desolat…

6 years, 6 months ago

Ep.258 - Christmas in the Newsroom

This episode originally aired on December 23, 2018.

We reached out to Canadian journalists to get their stories about spending the holidays at work. …

6 years, 6 months ago

Ep.307 - NOW and Then

Earlier this month, Toronto’s alt-weekly NOW Magazine was sold to Media Central. Former co-owner and founder of NOW, Michael Hollett, joins to talk …

6 years, 6 months ago

SHORT CUTS #243 - The Media Hit Jobs on Andrew Scheer and Jody Wilson-Raybould

Everyone knows that Andrew Scheer resigned because of his tuition scandal; what this podcast presupposes is: maybe he didn’t? And the manufactured ou…

6 years, 6 months ago

Ep.306 - The Globe And Mail's Hidden Campaign For Government Favours

Last week, Canadaland’s new team published a story about how The Globe and Mail’s management repeatedly campaigned the Prime Minister’s office for r…

6 years, 6 months ago

SHORT CUTS #242 - Inside Jordan Peterson's Antisocial Network

A look inside Jordan Peterson’s new social media platform, which bans photos, memes, and emojis in the name of anti-censorship! Also, The Toronto Sta…

6 years, 6 months ago