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Quiet Canines Podcast
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Episodes
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Parallel Paths
Indigenous Canadians understand the danger of allowing Donald Trump to steer the ship. In 1613, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy met the Dutch and created a…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Polishing of the Chain
Indigenous Canadians know why Donald Trump’s skin tone is the colour of rust. Centuries ago, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and European settlers established a…
Quiet Canines PodcastLAKE AMERICA WILL FAIL
Donald Trump wants to change the name of “Lake Ontario” to Lake America. But history shows that he’s going to fail. Before Canada or the United States existed…
Quiet Canines PodcastWhy Trump’s Trade War Is Failing (And the 1000-Year-Old Indigenous Fix)
This 1000-year-old Indigenous concept exposes the flaws in Donald Trump’s trade philosophy. I don’t think Trump has any idea who the Greek historian Thucydides…
Quiet Canines PodcastCANADA’S SECRET WEAPON
The US might have a bigger military, but Canada has always had a secret weapon. I recently heard Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy say that Canada doesn’t…
Quiet Canines PodcastTHE QIMMIIT KILLINGS
The RCMP tried to cover this up. We all know about the devastating impacts of residential schools, but there’s another dark chapter of Canadian history…
Quiet Canines PodcastSovereignty and Colonialism
Canadians are outraged that Trump would threaten our French language and try to limit who we can trade with. Now he’s threatening to rename Lake Ontario, Lake…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Ancient Village Dog
This is a story about how deeply Indigenous survival and canine evolution are woven together. According to my dog Bentley’s DNA profile, he is one hundred…
Quiet Canines PodcastWHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON EASTER ISLAND?
Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, is in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, 3,700 kilometers west of Chile. The island was permanently settled around the…
Quiet Canines PodcastTHE TREE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE LIVED
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit quietcanines.substack.com For centuries, a single Sitka spruce stood on the banks of the Yakoun…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Cost of Broken Treaties
Canada is at war with the United States because they don’t honor their agreements. The Mi’kmaq First Nation knows exactly how the Prime Minister feels. In…
Quiet Canines PodcastTHE TŜILHQOT’IN WAR
DATE: 1864 For a time, English colonization in what is now British Columbia had little direct effect on the Tŝilhqot’in First Nation. The colony was centred in…
Quiet Canines PodcastTake the 75 Day Pledge
Donald Trump may soon get American alcohol back onto Canadian shelves, but that does not mean he gets our money. Canada and the United States appear close to a…
Quiet Canines PodcastKiidk'yaas
According to the Haida people of British Columbia, a long time ago, a village on the island failed to live in balance with the land. The people disrespected…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe American Eagle and Canassatego
Ben Franklin didn’t design it, and George Washington didn’t dream it up. The story behind the American Eagle belongs to a man named Canassatego. See the…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Return of Two Spirit Traditions
Before Europeans arrived, hundreds of Indigenous Nations recognized, honored, and integrated a sacred third gender. Over 150 distinct Indigenous nations across…
Quiet Canines PodcastHow One Woman Fought the Indian Act
This is a story about how one strong Indian woman helped force the Canadian government to eliminate a sexist law, and how I benefited as a result. I’m going to…
Quiet Canines PodcastÂsowanânihk: An Ancient Settlement That Rewrites North American History
They found a settlement in Saskatchewan that is eleven thousand years old and existed before contact with Europeans. It’s one of the oldest known Indigenous…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Status Quo Is a Lit Match
Does it make you angry when our leaders say that the wildfires devastating our province are just the new normal? Right now, we are told to move past politics…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Cop Who Created a Killer
At 10:40 on the night of June 4, 1971, police arrested Donald Marshall Junior in Whycocomagh. The case against him had been built by John MacIntyre, the…
Quiet Canines PodcastEleven Years for a Killing He Did Not Commit: The Case of Donald Marshall Junior.
In 1971, Donald Marshall Jr. was wrongfully convicted of killing his friend in Nova Scotia. And even after the conviction was overturned, he was still blamed…
Quiet Canines PodcastSpreading Wealth Around
Imagine a society where you are considered wealthy not by how much money you keep, but by how much you give away. In 1623, French missionary Gabriel Sagard…
Quiet Canines PodcastMake America Great Again
If you want to “Make America Great Again,” let’s actually look at when the continent was actually great. Trump and MAGA want to take you back to the 1950s…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Other Players at the Table
I’m curious to know what your premier is saying about the ban on American booze and whether you agree with the Premier of Quebec. There are reports that the…
Quiet Canines PodcastShould Indigenous Peoples Adapt to the Oil and Gas Industry, or Resist It?
I recently heard a First Nation’s Chief in British Columbia say this about the pipeline that crosses his territory. “Whether I support it or not, we have to…
Quiet Canines PodcastIf OnlyWe Had Listened to Indigenous Peoples
If we had just listened to Indigenous Peoples 500 years ago, we wouldn’t have a climate crisis today. I’m a member of the Mi’kmaq First Nation. I find it…
Quiet Canines PodcastWhen Canada Banned Generosity
Canada tried to erase a spiritual, economic and political institution created centuries ago by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. A potlatch is a…
Quiet Canines PodcastNew Weekly Series Starting August 16
Starting next Sunday, I’ll be posting a longer video for paid subscribers on Substack that examines one Indigenous concept, like the Potlatch or Netukulimk…
Quiet Canines PodcastB******t & Borders
Whatever Trump says, I believe the opposite is true. So, when Trump says we don’t need anything that Canada has, that’s b******t. If Canada ever decided to…
Quiet Canines PodcastHow to Argue with a Climate Skeptic (and Win)
When arguing with a climate skeptic who claims the climate has always changed, start by asking a simple question. Are you telling me that you know something…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Dangerous Stance on Indigenous Rights
Just in case you needed another reason not to trust the conservatives. BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has directed MLAs to no longer use the term…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe RCMP’s Unfinished History with First Nations
Video recorded at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation on July 27, 2026, shows an RCMP officer punching Rose Georgina Angus, an Indigenous woman, several times in…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Climate Injustice Behind the Border Crisis
When asked to discuss the migrant crisis where more than 50,000 people crossed from Morocco into Spain, it is important to look at the human cost. Many…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Bumbling Idiots
By now, we have all seen enough clips of Donald Trump spouting nonsense and racist rhetoric. Have you ever noticed that he behaves a lot like other…
Quiet Canines PodcastVote Knowing the Truth
Here’s the most important thing you need to know about October 19, which is referendum day in Alberta. It’s an election, which means your voice is only heard…
Quiet Canines PodcastBC Conservatives Took Trump’s Side
Kerri Lynn Findlay sells out British Columbians to the Trump administration. Just in case you needed another reason not to trust Conservatives. We have an NDP…
Quiet Canines PodcastMoe’s Misuse of Public Funds
The Saskatchewan Party Government has a bad habit of using public funds as their own personal piggy bank. Most recently, Premier Scott Moe used public funds to…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Don of Dung
Portrait of the current president of the United States. The medium used is one I have concocted from water and horse manure, which seemed appropriate…
Quiet Canines PodcastJust in Case You Needed Another Reason to Hate AI
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury imagined book burning to keep knowledge from the public. In 1984, George Orwell imagined records disappearing into a memory…
Quiet Canines PodcastAncient Engineering for a Modern Crisis
Indigenous knowledge from 1,400 years ago is helping Peru confront drought. More than 1,400 years ago, Indigenous people in what is now Peru learned how to…
Quiet Canines PodcastTech Raccoons and the Lessons of History
I did not think there was a billionaire as unlikable as Elon Musk, but this guy just might be. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, worth an estimated US$11.4 billion…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Red Scare of Communism
In current political debate, defenders of capitalism often attack social democrats, branding them as communists and warning that their ideas threaten freedom…
Quiet Canines PodcastFour Years of Stability. Four Years of Chaos.
The founders of the US Constitution actually predicted this vulnerability. In Federalist No. 10, James Madison warned that the greatest threat to a republic…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Fire Canada Banned
In 1874, British Columbia made it illegal to light the fires that had protected the land for thousands of years. Long before Canada built a system for fighting…
Quiet Canines PodcastDoubt Is Their Product
When governments know something causes harm, why does change take so long? The world is on fire. The climate is obviously warming. Yet governments keep…
Quiet Canines PodcastSome Animals Should Never Be Farmed
Plans to build the world’s first commercial octopus farm in Gran Canaria, Spain, have been scrapped, in a major victory for octopuses and the global animal…
Quiet Canines PodcastBrazil Denies Entry to Trump Officials Ahead of Elections
Brazil is not allowing American officials into the country because it thinks Trump is trying to interfere in its presidential election. On July 24, Brazil…
Quiet Canines PodcastCan’t Wait for Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey
Elon Musk has been taking too much ketamine. He’s spent months attacking Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, and he says he’s making an AI version of the movie that’s…
Quiet Canines PodcastClimate Change Is a National Security Threat
Here’s how I would teach Donald Trump that climate change is not a hoax. What if we convinced our governments that climate change is a national security…
Quiet Canines PodcastNever the Truth Social
Remember the famous line from A Few Good Men? “You can’t handle the truth!” In Trump’s case, the line might be, “You can’t post the truth.” We all know Trump…
Quiet Canines PodcastWhy Does Pierre Poilievre Think That Trump is Acting in Good Faith?
Canada and the United States signed the Canada United States Mexico Agreement or CUSMA in 2020. Donald Trump praised it then but has repeatedly violated it…
Quiet Canines PodcastForget Sending a Message to Ottawa
Albertans are being asked to vote in a referendum on October 19, but only after the government tells voters what the “right” answers are. I will create a…
Quiet Canines PodcastTrump Is Making the Usyk Mistake
Trump is underestimating Canada, just like every heavyweight boxer underestimated Oleksandr Usyk. If you’re not a boxing fan, Usyk is a Ukrainian boxer who was…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Pigeon That Asked for Help
We are focused on the people affected by the Ontario wildfires, and rightfully so, but we should not forget the wildlife. As flames spread across Ontario’s…
Quiet Canines PodcastWe Would Prosecute Anyone Who Left a Dog to Burn
On July 14, a barn near Simcoe, Ontario, burned to the ground and killed at least 20,000 pigs. The building covered 200,000 square feet and ranked among the…
Quiet Canines PodcastThe Best Candidate Might Be a Garbage Can
Plenty of British Columbians are tired of David Eby and the NDP government. The problem is, unless you love the way Donald Trump and the Republican Party…
Quiet Canines PodcastOne Woman Changed Indigenous Voting in Canada
Tania Cameron of the Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation changed Canadian history in 2015 by launching the grassroots “First Nations Rock the Vote” movement. With…
Quiet Canines PodcastThey Knew. They Chose Profit.
Children across northern Ontario are indoors again today. Smoke from 191 wildfires blankets more than 30 communities. The smoke is also disrupting the lives of…
Quiet Canines PodcastNo Pipeline Is Worth a Child’s Lungs
Prime Minister Carney, we do not want another pipeline. If you are new here, consider joining our free Substack community, where we work together to make our…
Quiet Canines PodcastDear Embarrassed Americans
If you’re feeling helpless and want to help the communities impacted most by these wildfires in Ontario, I’ll pin this video to the top of my Substack page and…