Podcast Episodes

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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 months ago

Ep.305 - Researchers Just Proved The Media Is Too White

Canada’s media organizations are reluctant to release their diversity stats. But Asmaa Malik and Sonya Fatah from Ryerson’s School of Journalism fou…

6 years, 4 months ago

SHORT CUTS #241 - History Will Judge Us For Our China Takes

Leaked audio from a NATO summit reveals Trudeau’s totally reasonable reaction to Trump. Did an Edmonton school board try to shut down a radio intervi…

6 years, 5 months ago

Ep.52 - Hark! Kate Beaton

This episode originally aired on October 12, 2014.

Cartoonist Kate Beaton is an exemplary weirdo. Her webcomic about Canadian historical figures and…

6 years, 5 months ago

SHORT CUTS #240 - Purified By Hatred

More details have emerged about Warren Kinsella’s secret work to expose Maxime Bernier as a racist. And what’s at stake as the CBC renegotiates its l…

6 years, 5 months ago

Ep.304 - From Nanook To The New York Times: Misrepresentations Of The North

Documentary filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins and talks about how the media continues to misrepresent Indigenous people. 

The episode is brought …

6 years, 5 months ago