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CANADALAND
The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast.
Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country.
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CANADALAND(Détours) Haïti, vue de Port-au-Prince
Etienne Côté-Paluck, rédacteur en chef d’HAÏTI MAGAZINE et HAITI WEEKLY, des publications du collectif haïtien DÈYÈ MÒN ENFO, rejoint Emilie pour une…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Justin Trudeau’s Chinese Democracy
A spectre is haunting Canada — the spectre of Communist China. Finally, a proper inquiry into election interference by China featuring testimony from Trudeau…
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Should Gaza Compel a Return to Canadian Peacekeeping?
Canadians have long thought of themselves as peacekeepers. But can we still make that claim today? Amid all of the the outrage towards our government over its…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Canadaland Guide to Staring Directly at the Sun
As Canadians prepare for a rare celestial event–a total solar eclipse–Jesse has one message: don’t look up! On Monday, the price of carbon increased, and so…
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An Oral History Of Just For Laughs Gags
Question: what is Canada's greatest contribution to the world of comedy? Is it Lorne Michaels and Saturday Night Live, which launched the careers of comedians…
CANADALAND(Détours) Culbuter le malheur
Il y a du pouvoir dans la réappropriation de son propre récit - c'est pourquoi Beata n'a pas seulement écrit un mémoire sur son expérience de fuite du Rwanda…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Organ-Transplant Radio Bingo
Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canada’s Indigenous skyscrapers? In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, is the Squamish Nation’s…
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We Spied on the Spies who Spy on Activists
When governments and corporations want to stay on top of the “threats” posed by protest movements — from climate campaigns to animal-rights advocacy — there’s…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Musk of Censorship
As Elon Musk rails against content moderation in a disastrous interview with Don Lemon, Jesse and Ivor Shapiro reconsider Canada’s new approach to online…
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The Witch Trials Of Andy Mills
Andy Mill’s is the co-creator of The New York Times ground-breaking podcast, The Daily, and before that worked on the equally inventive and critically…
CANADALAND(Détours) Journalisme cathartique
Alors que la guerre à Gaza fait rage, Emilie Nicolas et Raed Hammoud font le point sur la couverture de cette guerre dans le cadre de leur travail au sein de…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Just for Death
The laughter has stopped at the Just For Laughs festival, as ownership applies for creditor protection and cancels the Montreal and Toronto 2024 festivals…
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How Work Got So Sh*tty
Labour used to be a beat. A major beat for any newspaper. Which, you know, makes sense. Because what happens with work, with the world of work, that matters to…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Mulroney: One of Canada's Most Divisive Prime Ministers
From Winnipeg to Wuhan, Canada is embroiled in an international spy situation, but why does no one seem to care anymore? Recent documents released from the…
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The Conservative Decade Ahead
Let’s skip two years of horse race punditry and commentary. It's over already. Barring some unforeseeable act of God, Pierre Poilievre is not just going to…
CANADALAND(Détours) Bordel en tout genre
Dans sa nouvelle autobiograhie, la professeure en droit transféminine Florence Ashley, théorise l’academic smut ou smut therapy comme la thérapie par…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The VICE Guide to Losing $5.7 Billion
Vice Media was once valued at 5.7 billion dollars - This week it closed its doors. One final episode of the podcast Cyber was released to give listeners a peek…
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State of Emergency in Pikwakanagan
The Pikwakanagan First Nation seemed to be doing well - it has a good economy, high graduation rate, it has been revitalizing its culture, the books are tight…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Oliphant in the Room
Liberal MP Rob Oliphant was caught being critical of the Trudeau government’s policy on the Gaza war in a leaked phone call with a constituent. He is the…
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A Long Shot For Gaza
Dr. Ayman Oweida he’s doing everything he can to help his family survive. But he hears the bombs getting closer when speaking to them on the phone. The…
CANADALAND(Détours) Yara El-Ghadban : le deuil, mais aussi les rêves
Selon Yara El-Ghadban, romancière et éditrice montréalaise d’origine palestinienne, le rêve est un acte révolutionnaire. Dans cet épisode, Emilie invite Yara à…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) For Whom Bell Trolls
Is radio not a viable business anymore? Bell Media said this in a release in the wake of massive layoffs. And Pierre Poilievre is waging a bizarre battle with…
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Can Porn's Business Model Save The News Industry?
After Max Krangle left Big Tobacco he went to work for the porn business. Jesse and Max explore whether the business lessons learned in porn, one of the…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) No Sex Please, We’re Albertan
The Alberta Premier has a UCP leadership election this year, and apparently she needs transphobic voter support more than she cares about keeping the…
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Tent Cities, Karaoke And Birthday Cake
Two journalists, Kathleen Martens and Brandi Morin, have been closely following the ongoing crises faced by unhoused people, largely Indigenous, in so-called…
CANADALAND(Détours) Nous, les autres et Toula
En début de semaine, la chroniqueuse Toula Drimonis a vu la publication en français de son livre "Nous, les autres", suite au succès de la version originale…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Internet Censorship (Taylor's Version)
How much information should the public get when it comes to the motivations of a suspected shooter attacking a government building? And the new global order of…
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An Elegy To Snark
Every social media platform prizes something different. With Instagram, it’s aesthetics. On TikTok, it’s theatre-kid energy. And with Twitter, it was…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Missing Piece for International Students
From cash cows to scapegoats, has there been a change in how we talk about international students? And how Canada’s provincial governments have, one by one…
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Why Government Is Addicted to Cigarettes
For years Canadian media has been saying that Canada is a world leader in regulating big tobacco and is a global success story when it comes to weaning the…
CANADALAND(Détours) Foncer dans le mur
AVERTISSEMENT : Dans la deuxième partie de cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre. Si vous êtes à la…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) What Celebrity Chef Mary Berg Did
I know you want to read about what celebrity chef Mary Berg did, but DON’T click on the link - it’s clickbait! And Trump is back in a big way. Did we learn…
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The Dangers Of Dumb AI
Activist Esra’a Al-Shafei has gone to extreme lengths to keep her image offline. But one day that privacy was breached — or so she thought. Her story is just…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Burning Down the Jewish Deli Is Not Kosher
Canada’s major newspapers take a stance on antisemitic attacks happening in Toronto. And PM Justin Trudeau heads to the beach. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva…
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A War In Our Newsrooms
For newsrooms across the country, covering the war with Israel and Palestine has been tremendously difficult. Tensions are high, emotions are very fragile, and…
CANADALAND(Détours) Redéfinir la famille traditionnelle
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CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Who’s Behind A Fake Trudeau Sex Scandal?
There’s a really popular Canadian politics YouTube channel with hundreds of anti-Trudeau videos. Something seemed a little fishy though. Jesse, Jonathan, and…
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Yukon's Path to Indigenous Self-Governance
Often underreported or ignored by national media, the unique and complex issues facing the people who call Yukon home rarely get the attention they deserve. In…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) MKUltra
In the 1960s and 70s, there was a fear that cult leaders were brainwashing young people into joining their new, strange movements. But is it even possible to…
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Christmas In The Newsroom
Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacation People might take holidays, but the news doesn’t. For your holiday listening needs, here are…
CANADALAND(Détours) Crise après crise
Dans ce dernier épisode de l'année, Emilie Nicolas co-anime avec Aurélie Lanctôt, chroniqueuse au Devoir et doctorante à l'Université McGill. Revenant sur un…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Rising Hate and Sweet Google Money
Islamophobia and antisemitism are on the rise in Canada - but if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that teenagers becoming radicalized and making…
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Drunk Uncle Holiday Argument Simulator
We asked people to call Jesse and argue about… whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season. A return for a second listen to this evergreen Holiday…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Blurred Faces and the 24-Hour Frenzy of Shohei Ohtani
With so much going on in the world, how could we possibly cover it all on one Short Cuts? By breaking it up into digestible chunks of varying levels of…
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The Journalists’ Psychiatrist
Usually when Canadaland does a story on reporters in conflict we’re talking to a reporter who has had boots on the ground, someone who’s dodged bullets in hot…
CANADALAND(Détours) Catherine Dorion, celle qui dérange
À la suite de son mandat de députée de Québec solidaire à l'Assemblée nationale de 2018 à 2022, Catherine Dorion s'est lancée dans l'écriture d'un livre. Paru…
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David Suzuki — The CANADALAND Interview
David Suzuki spent decades of his life sounding the alarm about environmental destruction, as host of the CBC TV show The Nature of Things and other radio…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Newspocalypse Now
CBC makes huge cuts - with plans to eliminate 600 positions. Is it time for a good hard look in the mirror to figure out what its future could look like? And…
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How Canada Became An International Joke
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this episode contained characterizations of slain Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar that Canadaland has been unable to…
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Margaret Atwood — The CANADALAND Interview
Margaret Atwood returns to talk about getting in trouble, being treated in the media as some sort of prophet, and whether there are times when authoritarianism…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Danielle Smith’s Edge of Sovereignty
Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act is like trying to get away with amending the Constitution via a hastily-scrawled Post-it note, flimsily affixed while no one’s…
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Is Jesse a Zionist? (editorial)
Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown has been asked to stop talking about antisemitism. He's also been asked whether he will denounce Israel, or if he is in fact a…
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How Flacks Spin Hacks
Journalists report the news. They hear about a story, write it up, verify the facts, and then hit “publish”. But, occasionally a story comes in from someone…
CANADALAND(Détours) Militer en tant que personne alliée
Une mobilisation citoyenne à grande échelle a lieu au Canada pour inciter le gouvernement Trudeau à demander un cessez-le-feu entre Israël et la Palestine…
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Rick Mercer — The CANADALAND Interview
Rick Mercer started his career as a media critic of sorts. He broke into the national consciousness with a one man show taking on an establishment journalist…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) Secondhand News From Gaza
As news breaks of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Emilie Nicolas and Mattea Roach discuss anti-Palestinian media bias in media as well as look at the deaths of…
CANADALANDThunder Bay: Post-Mortem, Part 2
Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the police, the…
CANADALAND(Short Cuts) The Jeffrey Epsteins of Canada
As sexual assault convictions stack up for Peter Nygard, another alleged predator is walking free in Montreal. And an Ontario teacher under fire for teaching…
CANADALANDThe Newfoundlander: Chapter 3
What defines someone’s national identity? Is it a drop of blood from a distant relative? Is it living in a community? Is it being accepted by that community as…
CANADALANDThunder Bay: Post-Mortem, Part 1
For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many unanswered…