Podcast Episodes

Ep. 369 - Stranded Servants: Nannies And Cleaners During Lockdown

Migrant farm workers aren't the only temporary foreign workers who have been largely forgotten and failed during the pandemic. Producer Sula Greene b…

5 years, 1 month ago

Short Cuts #308 - Rogers And Trump

Torstar publishes pro-gambling content now. And the Rogers family vacation at Mar-a-Lago. Data journalist David Weisz co-hosts.

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5 years, 1 month ago

Ep. 368 - The Marijuana Experiment

In 1972, the government funded an absurd study to measure the impact of cannabis on productivity.
Show Notes: Young women were sequestered in a hospit…

5 years, 2 months ago

Short Cuts #307 - The Quebec Variant

Media reacts to a perplexing Court decision on Bill 21, Quebec's law banning some public servants from wearing religious symbols. And Rebel News is f…

5 years, 2 months ago

Ep. 367 - Is Canada's Vaccine Rollout Reverse-Racist?

Ever since the Canadian government announced recommendations that adults from Indigenous and racialized communities should be given priority for a CO…

5 years, 2 months ago

Short Cuts #306 - Nudes From Parliament

As provinces fail spectacularly to control the third wave of the pandemic, is the press adequately holding them to account, or making things worse? A…

5 years, 2 months ago

Ep. 366 - Embedded With The Racist Right

Filmmaker Daniel Lombroso spent four years following Lauren Southern, Richard Spencer, and Mike Cernovich with a camera, as their stars rose and the …

5 years, 2 months ago

Short Cuts #305 - Is There A Vaccine For Burnout?

GraceLife Church and Montreal riots against public health directives had us wondering why mainstream narratives about vaccine hesitancy focus so much…

5 years, 2 months ago

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…

5 years, 2 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…

5 years, 2 months ago