Archives: Episodes

#888 How To Save News Media From Our Tech Overlords

May 29, 2023

The ad tech giants, Meta, Google, and their ilk, are, well, giants. Is Cory Doctorow the David to this Goliath? Will his plan to take down the giants work?

#887 What, Me Inquiry?

May 25, 2023

The Special Rapporteur is back with a hotly anticipated release – No Public Inquiry!

HOCKEY #1 – The Best Game You Can Name

May 24, 2023

Hockey is a hell of a lot of fun. But right now, the sport is going through a reckoning.

#886 News Tropes And Moral Panic

May 22, 2023

The newspapers of the past looked very different than they do today: openly partisan stories were published alongside reports about Martians and the diseases caused by jazz music. It was a different time – or was it?

#13 Les deux conservatismes

May 20, 2023

Des feux de forêt font rage en Alberta alors qu’une élection provinciale est en cours. Emilie discute de l’état du conservatisme en Alberta, mais aussi la nouvelle génération d’intellectuels conservateurs au Québec avec Frédéric Boily, auteur et professeur de sciences politiques au Campus Saint-Jean de l’Université de l’Alberta.

#885 Poilievre on Drugs

May 18, 2023

Jesse Brown and co-host Manisha Krishnan dismantle a 10,000 word piece in the National Post claiming safe supply programs are killing people and fuelling a new opioid crisis.

#54 A Deep Dive Into Doug Ford’s Obsession with Smile Cookies

May 17, 2023

This month, Allison and Jonathan peer into Ford’s parallel fixations on law enforcement and cookies. To him, there isn’t a problem that one or the other (or both) can’t solve.

#64 Alberta’s Wildfires Meet an Even Wilder Election

May 16, 2023

A fiery election in Alberta. No, literally Alberta’s on fire this provincial election.

#8 Hearts And Minds

May 15, 2023

Host Karyn Pugliese, producer Kim Wheeler, contributors Trina Roache and Cara McKenna reflect on the season, and – wait for it – Karyn and Jesse argue about whether or not journalism can change the hearts and minds of people.

#883 We Need to Talk About Kevin Vuong

May 11, 2023

Amidst escalating tensions between Canada and China, an independent MP thinks he’s found the shadowy hand manipulating his fate.