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    #799 Hot Off The Press
    Our changing perception of the Nova Scotia mass shooter's partner Lisa Banfield. And thwarting the apocalypse through journalism. Sarah Lawrynuik co-hosts. 
    Jonathan Goldsbie
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    Sarah Lawrynuik
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    Jesse Brown
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    Aviva Lessard
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    Our changing perception of the Nova Scotia mass shooter’s partner Lisa Banfield. And thwarting the apocalypse through journalism. Sarah Lawrynuik co-hosts. 

    Links:

    • Halifax Examiner piece re: The witchification of Lisa Banfield
    • Globe and Mail Opinion piece re: Lisa Banfield
    • CBC piece re: European heat wave
    • J Source article by Sarah on reporting on extreme weather

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