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    May 2, 2018
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    #165 Jokes About Politicians That Don’t Hurt Anyone’s Feelings
    The Canadian version of the White House Correspondents Dinner will never offend you (because you've never heard of it), new developments in the Steven Paikin allegations, and CBC’s exclusive investigation into a year-old VICE investigation.
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    David Crosbie
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    Evan Balgord co-hosts.

    Evan is part of a panel at this year’s CAJ conference, appearing alongside Mack Lamoureux, Ishmael Daro, and Nora Loreto to discuss coverage of the far and alt-right. More information here.

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