Podcast Episodes

SHORT CUTS #239 - StarMetro Hunger Games

Torstar announced the closure of five papers across Canada, CBC tried to consolidate broadcasts across its radio stations in the North, and Don Cherr…

6 years, 5 months ago

Ep.303 - Jon Ronson

A conversation about the similarities between journalism and porn becomes a tense disagreement about online shaming. Jon Ronson, journalist and autho…

6 years, 5 months ago

SHORT CUTS #238 - What Don Cherry Means To Me

Don Cherry drafts his first Quillette essay: “The Day the Social Media Mob Came for Me.” Also, opinion writing in Canada post-Margaret Wente turns ou…

6 years, 5 months ago

Ep.302 - Is The Extreme Right Finished In Canada?

Covering the extreme right has become its own beat in Canada. But is there a thin, blurry line between coverage and giving a platform to those with h…

6 years, 5 months ago

SHORT CUTS #237 - Shitty Media Management

A national news media start-up hires then fires its staff in a month. Also, Elizabeth May has harsh parting shots for the media. Freelancer Sarah Hag…

6 years, 6 months ago

Ep.301 - Interview With A Very Rich Person Who Wants To Abolish Wealth

Meghan Bell wants Canada to tax the rich. Of course, that belief would be a lot easier to explain at the dinner table if her own family wasn’t massiv…

6 years, 6 months ago

SHORT CUTS #236 - The New York Times' Trauma Porn Beat

The New York Times’ Canada bureau chief goes up to visit an Inuit community three times so she must know what she’s talking about… right? Also, podca…

6 years, 6 months ago

Ep.300 - An Argument With Robyn Doolittle

Major announcement about what's next for Canadaland on this episode. 

After that: Had It Coming is Robyn Doolittle's new book, which asks "what's …

6 years, 6 months ago

SHORT CUTS #235 - Creepy Hologram Prime Minister

Thank God, it's over - last sound off about how dull the 2019 election coverage was, we promise. Plus, StarMetro journalists cry fake news at activis…

6 years, 6 months ago

Ep.299 - Today’s Crisis, Tomorrow’s Apology: Indigenous Death In The Child Welfare System

Last month APTN reported that 102 Indigenous children died in Ontario’s child welfare system. It’s a tragic and infuriating look at how the system f…

6 years, 6 months ago