Not all interviews go according to plan. Even on a show that has over 500 episodes and the host has recorded over a thousand interviews. So what do you do? Air it anyway? What if the content of that episode is questionable, objectionable, or problematic in some other way? 

Well, sometimes the simplest answer is to just can it.

And that’s what happened a few weeks ago on the media criticism edition of CANADALAND. For the first time in its history, the show ran without its classic segment “Duly Noted” because host Jesse Brown and co-host Cenk Uygur were eventually just screaming at one another. And more than that, Jesse didn’t feel that material could be published. At least, not without the right context.

So today, host Sam Konnert brings us through what happened on that day, and then follows up with Jesse and Cenk after the fact, to see what they thought went wrong. And why it’s ok to publish it now.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Guest: Cenk Uygur

Additional music by Audio Network

Further Reading:

• U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts — Council on Foreign Relations
• ‘All Jewish Americans are questioning their security’ after violent antisemitic attacks — BBC
• Canada, Western allies sanction two Israeli lawmakers for incitement of ‘extremist violence’ — The Globe & Mail

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