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CANADALAND
The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast.
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Episodes
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SHORT CUTS #94 - Stop Trying To Make Canadian Trump Happen
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch is leeching off Trump's brand. An outbreak of news coverage on Canadian racism. The RCMP offers super-secret…
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Ep.159 - The Surveillance of Patrick Lagacé
La Presse journalist Patrick Lagacé tells all about why the Montreal police spied on him and other journalists, and why the free press is under attack. Support…
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SHORT CUTS #93 - Hurt Me Right In The Democracy
The US election results are in and oh my God no. CSIS gets nailed for hoarding citizen metadata for years. CBC gets into the hot take business. VICE Canada…
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Ep.158 - Tabloid!
Every day at 12:36pm, Marc Weisblott sends out his "tabloid" newsletter. Is he a cultural critic? A media visionary? Or just a crank? Support CANADALAND…
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SHORT CUTS #92 - Cops Vs. Reporters
Montreal police tracked the phone of La Presse reporter Patrick Lagacé, who has been critical of the force in the past. The Heritage Ministry bumbles along in…
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Ep.157 - The Occupation of Muskrat Falls
Justin Brake caught the nation's attention by broadcasting the peaceful protests of Muskrat Falls. And then he got served with a court injunction. What happens…
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SHORT CUTS #91 - Was Shad Set Up to Fail?
q has relaunched with a "tighter focus," hosted by CBC insider Tom Power, after Shad was recently ousted. Jesse responds to critics of his polemic in The…
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Ep.156 - The Media Disruptors
Is solutions-based journalism the future of Canadian news? Journalist Erin Millar is bringing back in-depth investigative journalism with her company Discourse…
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SHORT CUTS #90 - The United Nations vs. Ezra Levant
Journalists from Ezra Levant's website The Rebel were denied accreditation for a United Nations climate conference. The UN says it's because they're an…
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Ep.155 - Guys, We're Having Some Problems
We lost almost half our staff this month. We need to pay better to retain our amazing team. Help us at http://patreon.com/CANADALAND and everybody but Jesse…
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SHORT CUTS #89 - The Plight of the Fragile White Man
Talk radio host Ian Power of CKNW feels unwelcomed by visible minorities. In a recent interview, he demanded Globe and Mail's Denise Balkissoon tell him why. A…
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Ep.154 - The BBC & The New York Times Come To Canada
The BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Bloomberg: all of them are putting more resources into Canada at the exact same time that…
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SHORT CUTS #88 - Print Divas and Wankers on the Web
Maclean's is going from weekly to monthly, as Rogers Media scales back its print magazines. Co-host Paul Wells of the Toronto Star spent a long time working…
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Ep.153 - Pipeline Antics
When Jean Charest was a paid agent of an energy company he had a secret meeting with the government pipeline regulator, who then lied about it. Mike De Souza…
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SHORT CUTS #87 - Can't Compete, Won't Try: The Shomi Story
Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente offers a half-assed apology to Newfoundland and also still has a job for some reason. Minister Maryam Monsef is being…
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Ep.152 - Paywall "Blackmail"
If you share paywalled content, does that constitute copyright infringement? Do online publications have the right to sue individuals who share their articles?…
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SHORT CUTS #86 - Yaaasss Trudeau (Owl Sex)
Justin goes to New York, where the fawning coverage continues. It's another rough week at The Walrus, with a controversy over owl sex and a story getting…
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Ep.151 - Trained To Ignore: The Media and First Nations
If we knew what was really happening in our First Nations communities, would we still be indifferent? Filmmaker Victoria Lean and Gchi'mnissing Anishinaabe…
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SHORT CUTS #85 - A Different Flavour of Garbage
Things are looking bad for Canada's biggest newspaper. The Toronto Star is letting people go, ads are creeping into stories and they're selling their own brand…
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Ep.150 - The News Is Dead So What Comes Next?
There's no stopping the downward spiral of the news media. So what happens next, and how can we get there quicker? Writer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur…
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SHORT CUTS #84 - The Last Anchorman
There's already speculation about who will replace Peter Mansbridge at The National, but the bigger question may be how relevant CBC's top anchor job is…
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Ep.149 - Canadaland at the Movies
Last winter, Canadaland invited journalists to The Revue Cinema in Toronto to discuss the movies that made them want to become journalists. Deadline USA taught…
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SHORT CUTS #83 - Oh God, Fine, Let's Talk About Israel
We delve into the discussion about Israel and the Canadian media after Postmedia pulled down an editorial about BDS and the Green Party. Canadian Press…
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Ep.148 - What The Hell Happened At The Toronto Star?
Answers to some of the questions about reporter Raveena Aulakh's suicide. How much did the Toronto Star know about its "toxic" workplace and what did they do…
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SHORT CUTS #82 - Greasy Jungle
Was the Tragically Hip's final show the ultimate Canadian experience? And what was the value of finally seeing the Rob Ford crack video? Freelance journalist…
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Ep.147 - Why Johnny Can't Innovate: Canada's Tech Sector
Canada's tech sector is hemorrhaging talent. Between tax credits, targeted R&D programs, and Trudeau's cheerleading, can we stop the bleeding? Earlier this…
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SHORT CUTS #81 - The Prime Minister's Nipples
Justin Trudeau’s nipples are all over the place. The Toronto Star invests in a digital strategy by laying off journalists and IT workers. The National Post’s…
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Ep.146 - Should The Government Bail Out The News Business?
Justin Trudeau's administration has asked a think tank to research this very question: should taxpayers provide a safety net for a news business in free-fall?…
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Ep.145 - Why You Can't Set a TV Show in Canada
Canada is a generic, blank slate for American television production. Dozens of shows are filmed here and slapped with American license plates and street names…
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SHORT CUTS #80 - Gerbils Are Eating Their Young
How do we process the mass murders, terrorist attacks, police killing Black people, police being murdered, instability in the Middle East and Trump’s fascist…
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Ep.144 - Follow Up: John Furlong
John Furlong has been accused of abusing dozens of First Nations children when he was a teacher in Burns Lake in the 1960s. Journalist Laura Robinson told this…
CANADALANDNo SHORT CUTS this week
SHORT CUTS is off today. If you want something to listen to, check out our new arts & culture show, The Imposter: http://www.canadalandshow.com/imp Support…
CANADALANDEp.143 - Monica Heisey
Baroness Von Sketch, CBC's new sketch show, is funny. What happened? Jesse asks Baroness writer, author, and standup comedian Monica Heisey about what went…
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SHORT CUTS #79 - Lone Wolf Tenor
News anchors around the country are dutifully explaining Pokemon Go to the Canadian public. Co-host Matt Braga gets frustrated at Access to Information…
CANADALANDEp.142 - Kathryn Borel
Kathryn Borel reveals new details about the Jian Ghomeshi case. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SHORT CUTS #78 - White Pundits Matter
The pundits been out in full force, opining over Black Lives Matter's sit-in that disrupted the Toronto Pride Parade. With The Guardian's Canada Week…
CANADALANDEp.141 - The Case For Local Television
When disaster strikes, local television matters. But does anyone actually care about small-town daily news coverage anymore? CHEK in Victoria is the last…
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SHORT CUTS #77 - A Powerful Person Called Me a Boobie
Meet Aliya Pabani, the (new) host of The Imposter. Then, Jen Gerson Co-Hosts. Topics: Brexit, Jesse attends a semi-secret news-boss meeting, and Amanda Todd…
CANADALANDEp.140 - Is the Canadian-Chinese Press Controlled By Beijing?
Is the Communist Party of China influencing the Canadian-Chinese press? Journalist and paralegal Jonathan Fon joins Jesse for a discussion on the influence of…
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SHORT CUTS #76 - National Crisis: Strombo Needs Job
The National Post’s Ashley Csanady co-hosts. With serial TV host George Stroumboulopoulos leaving Hockey Night in Canada, Jesse and Ashley discuss Canadian…
CANADALANDEp.139 - "It Was A Power Play" - Sexual Harassment Claim at Global News B.C.
Global News anchor Chris Gailus is one of British Columbia's most reknowned television broadcasters. He's won an Emmy for his work. He's also been accused of…
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SHORT CUTS #75 - I Need to Talk S**t About John Ivison
Response to the mass shooting in Orlando, John Ivison's terrible column and a split at the National Magazine Awards. Erica Lenti, deputy editor of Torontoist…
CANADALANDEp.138 - How Justin Won
How did the Liberals win the election? Author Susan Delacourt knows. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SHORT CUTS #74 - Suicide, Silence and the Star
Hodan Nalayeh, founder of IntegrationTV, co-hosts. A reporter at the Toronto Star has died by suicide, which caused the paper's union to call for an official…
CANADALANDEp.137 - I Stand With Gawker
Gawker has repeatedly smeared writer Stephen Marche. So why is he publicly defending Gawker in the wake of their legal battles with Hulk Hogan? Support…
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SHORT CUTS #73 - Giant Novelty Spliff
The Toronto Star joins in the long media tradition of terrifying parents. Reporters keep getting this one thing wrong in weed coverage. The Conservatives kick…
CANADALANDEp.136 - How We Investigate
CBC Still has a bullying & harassment problem. Jesse and Jane discuss how they investigated it for their recent report, "Bullying & Harassment Claims Emerge at…
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SHORT CUTS #72 - In the Pocket of Big Opera
Was #elbowgate overblown by the press or is it their duty to focus so much on this unusual incident whether or not people want to hear it? Do we have to take…
CANADALANDEp.135 - Dangerous Cartoonists
Live from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, cartoonists Ted Rall, Chip Zdarsky, and sculptor Rokudenashiko talk censorship, the surprisingly subversive power of…
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SHORT CUTS #71 - Duly Noted
RCMP officers spied on journalists without authorization. Postmedia’s CEO Paul Godfrey wants the government to prop up newspapers. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau said…
CANADALANDEp.134 - Failing Up, Pt. 2
When it came to Canadian arts administration, Jeff Melanson was the king. Until his messy annulment papers from frozen food heiress Eleanor McCain alleged that…
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SHORT CUTS #70 - Fort Mac Is Still There
The damage to Fort McMurray was devastating, but much of the city remains standing. National and international media outlets, including us, exaggerated and got…
CANADALANDEp.133 - First Scandal of the Trudeau Government
Canada is making military vehicles for Saudi Arabia, despite the country's flagrant history of human rights violations. So why are the Liberals pretending this…
CANADALANDSHORT CUTS #69 - Fort Mac is Gone
Fort McMurray has been devastated by fire. Jesse and BuzzFeed Canada's Paul McLeod look at the conversation that's followed. VICE was given exlusive access to…
CANADALANDEp.132 - Andrew Loku, Desmond Cole & Black Lives Matter
For the past year, Desmond Cole has been the media's go-to guywhenever a story about black Canadians would come up. Now, hediscusses what's to come after…
CANADALANDSHORT CUTS #68 - Wente/Duffy/Ghomeshi Fatigue
Margaret Wente is still employed bythe Globe and Mail, despite being a serialplagiarist. The attention on Senator MikeDuffy’s trial distracted from the fact…
CANADALANDEp.131 - Newfoundland Is Screwed
In Newfoundland and Labrador, massive numbers of workers are getting laid off. Taxes are skyrocketing. The oil industry is collapsing. Meanwhile, journalist…
CANADALANDSHORT CUTS #67 - Quantum Leap Manifesto
Co-host Lezlie Lowe quit her columnist job at the Chronicle Herald because of the paper's shoddy reporting alleging refugee violence in a schoolyard. Trudeau…
CANADALANDEp.130 - Trial By Media, Media On Trial
What happens when three lawyers try to argue with Jesse Brown? Former trial lawyer Sandy Garossino, criminal defence counsel Michael Spratt, and federal…
CANADALANDSHORT CUTS #66 - How the CBC Bungled the Panama Papers
The CBC messed up the Panama Papers. The Liberals turn out to be behind the Saudi arms deal and Global Affairs goes on damage control. The Chronicle Herald…