January 20, 2022
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#747 Fordman And The Tiny Shovel
The hunger for stories about Toronto's snow backfires. And when a story is about a hostage situation at a synagogue, why is there reluctance to call it antisemitism?
Jesse Brown
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Tiffany Lam
Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Senior Production Supervisor
Kieran Oudshoorn
Managing Editor, Podcasts
Noor Azrieh
Host/Producer
The hunger for stories about Toronto’s snow backfires. And when a story is about a hostage situation at a synagogue, why is there reluctance to call it antisemitism?
Canadaland contributing editor Danielle Paradis co-hosts.
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