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Short Cuts #298 - The Times, They Are a-Cronkin'
Canada's vote to call China's treatment of Uyghurs a genocide exposes an online wave of China apologists on the far left. And the New York Times brin…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 360 - How An Extreme Catholic News Site Went Full QAnon
LifeSiteNews may be the biggest Canadian news outlet you've never heard of — a kind of Breitbart for traditionalist Catholics. A new investigation pu…
5 years, 7 months ago
Short Cuts #297 - Vax Canadiana
Canadian media have lost the plot around the vaccine rollout. And a Montreal-based website makes the list of COVID-19 conspiracy theory superspreader…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 359 - The Convenient "Pretendian"
Michelle Latimer was the buzziest Canadian director and showrunner of 2020. Her documentary Inconvenient Indian premiered at TIFF and reaped plaudits…
5 years, 7 months ago
Short Cuts #296 - The Great Flattening
Our digital worlds are collapsing. Jon Kay is on Fox News complaining about Seth Rogen, while celebrities are sharing the stage with normal people on…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 358 - How India Blames Canada (And Rihanna) For The Farmers Protest
The Indian government doesn't take criticism lightly, whether it's from Prime Minister Trudeau... or Rihanna. Baaz co-founder Jaskaran Sandhu breaks …
5 years, 7 months ago
Short Cuts #295 - Dog Shampoo
Reddit did not actually stand up to Wall Street and prove the power of the little guy. Jon Kay briefly sparks joy. The Canadian government is working…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 357 - Califail
The New York Times' wildly popular podcast Caliphate came into question after its central character, a Canadian man who claimed he'd joined ISIS and …
5 years, 8 months ago
Short Cuts #294 - You Can't Even Spare Jessica Mulroney?
Sponsored messaging from Alberta says climate journalists are helping to stage a covert revolution. And media empires strike back to protect their ow…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 356 - Joe Sacco
Comics journalist Joe Sacco tells Jesse about how he draws stories out of people— then draws them onto the page. Most famous for his journalistic com…
5 years, 8 months ago