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What Is Happening Here | Canadaland Investigates
Statistically, a Jew in Canada is now 9 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime than a Jew in the United States. How did this happen in a country known for politeness, diversity, and social democracy? Is this even a real phenomenon, or is anti-zionism being misclassified as antisemitism?
Journalist and Publisher Jesse Brown is diving deep into the subject, travelling across Canada and speaking with Jews, anti-zionist activists, and high-profile public figures, all of whom have seen…
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What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIntroducing! The New Host of Canadaland...
This is it — the final announcement of our crowdfunding month. We're thrilled to introduce the new host of Canadaland's Monday edition and unveil the new title…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesJesse Brown is Fired!
It's true. Jesse Brown has fired himself as a host of Canadaland podcasts. So who will Canadaland's new hosts be? Stay tuned and support the next chapter of…
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(BONUS) 2026 Update: What Has Happened Since?
Has the wave of hate against Canada's Jews calmed down since the ceasefire? And what impact did this podcast series on the crisis? An overview of the situation…
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#6 Antizionism Is Not Antisemitism
Is hatred against Jews calming down, or is it back for good? Is it correct to consider antizionism the new name of antisemitism, or is it a different ideology…
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#5 Why Here?
Why is hatred against Jews so bad in Canada, specifically? Is it because of our government? Is it the failure of the police? Is it because of Muslim…
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#4 Inside the Antizionist Movement
Moez Zaman is the spokesperson for an antizionist protest that has taken place in the same Jewish neighbourhood in Toronto over 40 times. He says that his…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland Investigates#3 “As a Jew”
Jews against Israel have been front and centre in the antizionist movement, their voices featured regularly in media coverage about the conflict. Their very…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland Investigates#2 The Purge
To donate funding so we can complete this series, email jesse@canadaland.com Let’s look at some complicated cases. These are not Jews who were discriminated…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland Investigates#1 Unsafe or Uncomfortable?
To donate funding so we can complete this series, email jesse@canadaland.com Police statistics say that a Jew in Canada is now 9 times more likely to be the…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIntroducing: What Is Happening Here (Official Trailer)
Some say Canada is currently in the throes of a horrible surge of anti-Jew hatred. Others say that anti-zionism is being conflated with antisemitism. So which…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesWe're in the Fight of Our Lives
Canadaland covers Canada, period. If there was ever a time to support Canadian news, it’s now. Go to canadaland.com/join and become a supporter today. Host…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 6: Finesse
"Who just wants to be a nice guy?" This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 5: DOs and DON’Ts
"I think this podcast is a bad idea." This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 4: You Should Be Thankful
"At that point it's really just survival mode." This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 3: Heavy Hitters
"It sounded like a multi-level marketing scheme. But for drug trafficking." This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 2: Move That Dope
"This sounds like easy money." This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 1: Bob's Your Oyster
"They pay you in coolness." This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesCapitalism: Market Failure | Canadaland Investigates x Scene On Radio
Today we’re bringing you something a bit different, made by our friends at Scene On Radio: the debut episode of their seventh season, Capitalism. The world’s…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 6: The Trial
Back in Canada, Hassan Diab’s life is hanging in limbo. He may be arrested at any moment, and Canada’s government won’t ensure his safety. What does justice…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 5: The Detention
Hassan Diab faces a new reality in Europe’s largest maximum security prison. But when Marc Trévidic is replaced by new investigative judges, the case is thrown…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 4: The Extradition
France requests that Hassan be brought to Paris to stand trial. One of Canada’s most respected lawyers takes the case and fights the extradition. As the…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 3: The Professor
Hassan Diab, a sociology professor living in Ottawa, is finishing up his classes for the day when he learns that he is the primary suspect in France’s…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 2: The Investigation
After decades of dead ends, a young and ambitious judge - known for finding new ways to interpret old evidence - takes over the Copernic synagogue case. He…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesEpisode 1: The Attack
Just before 6:30 pm on October 3rd, 1980, Oron Shagrir’s mother, Aliza, was walking down Rue Copernic in Paris, looking to buy some figs. Minutes later, she…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIntroducing: The Copernic Affair (Official Trailer)
A sociology professor’s quiet life in Canada gets turned upside down when he is accused of carrying out a 1980 bomb attack on a synagogue in Paris. Hassan Diab…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIn Lakota Nation, People Are Asking: Who Does a Language Belong To? | Pretendians x Code Switch
Today we’re bringing you something a bit different, made by our friends at NPR’s long-running, award-winning podcast, Code Switch. Many Lakota people agree…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesThe Lifeblood of Navajo Nation | Pretendians x Reclaimed
Today we’re bringing you something a bit different: the season premiere of “Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation”. Currently, the Navajo Nation has no…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIntroducing: The Worst Podcast
Canadaland has launched its first ever celebrity interview podcast and it’s not great. It’s The Worst Podcast. Celebrities are always talking about their…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesKudos and Karendians | Pretendians (Bonus)
Robert and Angel take listeners under the hood of season one of Pretendians. They dig deep into the positive feedback, unexpected outcomes, as well as the…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIndigenish | Pretendians #6
What makes people fake being Native? How do they explain it once the truth comes out? And is there any way to be not Native, but….Native adjacent? We talk to…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesJohnny Depp and the Hollywood Phonies | Pretendians #5
There are no shortage of stories about movie stars who played Native and kept the act going even after the cameras stopped rolling. Iron Eyes Cody, Sacheen…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesPretendian Hunters | Pretendians #4
What happens when Pretendian investigations go wrong? Robert talks to Jacqueline Keeler, the person behind the “Alleged Pretendians List". Then, he talks to…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesMake Native America Great Again | Pretendians #3
Oklahoma's Republican governor Kevin Stitt is a card-carrying member of the Cherokee Nation. So why is he also considered the most "anti-Native governor" in…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesPretending in Prison | Pretendians #2
Marvin "Casper" Ouimet was your ordinary terrifying Hells Angel mob boss until he was sent to prison for conspiracy to commit murder. That's where he declared…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesInterview with a Pretendian | Pretendians #1
Why do people pretend to be Native? Hosts Robert Jago (Kwantlen First Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe) Angel Ellis (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) begin their…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesComing Soon: Pretendians (Official Trailer)
What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and thinkers have in common? They aren’t Indigenous. From major universities, to…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesAudacious fraudsters and Indigenous identity theft — introducing Canadaland’s latest show
Thunder Bay host Ryan McMahon pops in to tell you about a new podcast you’re going to want to know about – launching right here on May 14th. Hosted on Acast…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesBurners | Thunder Bay Chapter 5
What if Thunder Bay isn't broken? What if it's working just as it's supposed to? Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesThe Ruthless Game | Thunder Bay Chapter 4
Agnew Johnston was a lawyer who represented the state against criminals. But he was a criminal himself, paying underage girls for sex. His defence? Everybody…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesDeathly Low Priority | Thunder Bay Chapter 3
Nine teenagers died. There is evidence of foul play. There are suspects. There are motives. There have even been confessions. But nobody has ever been charged…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesClowns | Thunder Bay Chapter 2
A dark, grainy, cellphone video leads to criminal charges against the mayor, his wife, the chief of police, and a multimillionaire lawyer turned convicted sex…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesThere Is A Town In North Ontario | Thunder Bay Chapter 1
Locals call it Murder Bay. It might be the most dangerous city for Indigenous youth in the world. But to others, it's their white nirvana. Host Ryan McMahon…
What Is Happening Here | Canadaland InvestigatesIntroducing: Thunder Bay (Trailer)
The highest homicide and hate crime rates in the country. A mayor charged with extortion. A police chief who faced trial for obstruction of justice. Nine…