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(Short Cuts) Google, Interrupted
Episode 899
Google and Meta respond to Bill C-18 by threatening to block Canadian news. And the first woman to head up the Assembly of First Nations is out after…
2 years, 6 months ago
WTF, Marc Maron Is Moving To Canada?
Episode 898
Marc joins Jesse for a conversation about his plans to emigrate to Vancouver and the differences between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to fascism…
2 years, 6 months ago
(Short Cuts) PostStar Royco
Episode 897
Toronto Star owner Nordstar and Postmedia are in talks to merge - a death knell to Canadian print media. Jesse and co-host Jaskaran Sandhu unpack the…
2 years, 6 months ago
A House Divided, Again: BC's Housing Scandal
Episode 896
Vancouver’s SROs are home to some of the most vulnerable people in the province, and some of the most challenging housing to run. So when Atira Women…
2 years, 6 months ago
(Détours) Parler de la Chine, sans peur
Episode 15
Avec May Chiu (coordinatrice de la Table ronde du Quartier chinois de Montréal et membre de l’Association des Chinois progressistes du Québec), Emili…
2 years, 6 months ago
(Short Cuts) We All Died In a Tiny Submarine
Episode 895
Do the billionaires on the missing Titan submarine deserve sympathy or scorn? While Canada and the US pull out all the stops to find it, days before,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Mystery Brain Disease Cases Quadruple, Says New Brunswick Doctor
Episode 894
It was in the winter of 2021 that the world first became aware of a mounting number of patients being seen in New Brunswick with unusual neurological…
2 years, 6 months ago
(Short Cuts) Transphobia: The Right Finds Another Target
After weeks of navigating accusations of conflict, special rapporteur David Johnston finally ran aground. If you’re trying to persuade people of your…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Rise and Fall of BuzzFeed News
Episode 892
In the mid-2010s, BuzzFeed News seemed like the most exciting place in media: an almost cloyingly whimsical carnival of abundance where journalists w…
2 years, 7 months ago
(Détours) Les femmes, leurs voix, et la haine
Episode 14
Avec France-Isabelle Langlois (directrice générale d’Amnistie internationale Canada francophone) et Maïka Sondarjee (professeure adjointe à l’Univers…
2 years, 7 months ago