Podcast Episodes

Ep. 365 - An App For Landlords To Blacklist Tenants

The Landlord Credit Bureau lets landlords review their tenants and report their payment habits. The information is shared with other landlords, and i…

4 years, 8 months ago

Short Cuts #304 - Pitchforks And Needles

An uprising of frontline workers forces change to COVID policies. And with a major merger in the works, a telecom giant makes the case that less comp…

4 years, 9 months ago

Ep. 341 - Food Will Find A Way

Restaurants have struggled badly during the pandemic.

But food writer Suresh Doss takes us to a parking lot, a subway stop, and a home cook's kitchen …

4 years, 9 months ago

Short Cuts #303 - That's A Wrap For Randy's Tap

CBC puts an end to Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap after just 16 years of self-indulgent, uninspiring radio. What will take its place? And it turns out one…

4 years, 9 months ago

Ep. 364 - Fake News From Fish Farms

A site called SeaWestNews describes Alexandra Morton as “BC's loudest anti-salmon farming activist,” and her writing as “rambling” and “conspiracy-la…

4 years, 9 months ago

Short Cuts #302 - Picky With The Sticky

Are stories about vaccine efficacy doing more harm than good? And Canadian politicians are following a road paved by Trump, singling out critics for …

4 years, 9 months ago

Ep. 217 - The CANADALAND Guide To Jordan B. Peterson

The culture war icon is back with a new bestseller. We revisit our examination of Jordan Peterson the media phenomenon, which asks how an obscure Can…

4 years, 9 months ago

Short Cuts #301 - Jason Kenney Vs. Bigfoot

What's the best way to cover allegations of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces - or just generally, really? And the Alberta government ha…

4 years, 9 months ago

Ep. 363 - Interview With A Real Life Bond Villain

Ari Ben-Menashe has been an Israeli spy, sold weapons to Iran, survived a firebombing, and been the target of at least one RCMP investigation. He cro…

4 years, 9 months ago

Short Cuts #300 - Do You Like Pink Slips And Scram? HuffPost! BuzzFeed! Canned, I Am

HuffPost Canada is dead. The Ryerson School of Journalism faces a crisis. And a very serious, important conversation about Dr. Seuss.

The Nation's nat…

4 years, 10 months ago