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.

Latest Episodes

#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

#1155 Why Alberta Separatists are Whiny Losers

What’s really behind Danielle Smith’s separatist flirtations.

May 9, 2025

#1154 Carney Sits Quietly Like a Good Boy

Carney dodges a “Zelenskyy Moment” in the Oval Office.

May 7, 2025

#1151 Pierre and the Plotting Premiers

The deck is being shuffled in the conservative movement.

May 2, 2025

#1150 How Does Pierre Like These Apples?

Even the losers get lucky sometimes.

April 30, 2025

#1147 What Rebel Media Really Did

Autopsy of a News Media Meltdown.

April 25, 2025

#1146 Mark Carney Has a Temper

The “adult in the room” tends to be shouty.

April 23, 2025

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