Short Cuts is a weekly media criticism show where our hosts talk shit about the news.

Short Cuts

Hosted by Jesse Brown

Each week we take you behind the headlines – bringing you expert analysis, heated opinion and thoughtful debate on the stories everybody is talking about and the ones they aren’t but should be.

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#1171 Is it Patriotic to Support our Terrible Grocers?

Canada’s ongoing grocery redemption arc.
June 6, 2025
June 4, 2025

#1167 What Canada’s Left Must Learn from Bernie and AOC

The American populist left has a roadmap for Canadian progressives.
May 30, 2025

#1165 The Big Scary Canada-US Border

Why Americans are just as nervous about crossing the border as we are.
May 28, 2025

#1163 The Mystery of the Disappearing Mystery Disease in New Brunswick

A new study suggests that New Brunswick’s mystery brain illness doesn’t exist, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. 
May 23, 2025

#1162 Inside the Lurid Hockey Canada Trial

What the coverage isn’t capturing about the Hockey Canada Trial.
May 21, 2025

#1159 Why is Canadian Corruption Being Exposed by U.S. News?

It's a new era for corruption in Canada, but the coverage isn’t keeping pace.
May 16, 2025

#1158 For King and Carney

Stuck between a monarchy and a superpower.
May 14, 2025
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