It's been yet another week of terrible, mind-numbing discourse, so three-time guest Karen Geier returns to the show to help me break down Portland's Ngo Go Zone, the Patriot Prayer rally, concrete milkshakes, right wing disinformation and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/49thParahell
Sam Knight of District Sentinel joins 49th Parahell for the second time to break down this week's two democratic debates as well as Nancy Pelosi setting a new high water mark in a long career of pathetic capitulations to the GOP. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
I go over the brain-melting concentration camp discourse that took place this week and talk about why debating conservatives is a useless endeavour, then Emma Jackson joins me to talk about the Green New Deal, the Trans Mountain Pipeline, the highly similar liberal/conservative approaches to climate policy, the future of climate justice and more. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon/com/49thParahell
It's a solo episode! I go over the way conservative pundits bent over backwards to not discuss the actual substance of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the get into the whole Steven Crowder Vox Adpocalypse thing. I also take questions from Patreon subscribers in the 49th parahell Discord server! Support the show on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week I explore the very different approaches to climate policy coming from Alberta's UCP and Quebec's CAQ, then Jack Allison of Struggle Session and Jack AM joins me to talk about Joe Biden, Robert Mueller's boring press conference, Nancy Pelosi not doing her job and the abysmal state of american political comedy. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week I take a look at the Australian election results, which wound up playing out rather contrary to popular expectations, and try to figure out what that means (despite knowing very little about australia). Then Nate Bethea of Trashfuture and What a Hell of a Way to Die joins me to break down exactly why a US/Iran war would be an unmitigated disaster, we also discuss other foreign policy issues, Trump potentially pardoning alleged war criminals, Brexit, the EU elections, milkshakes, how el...
This week, I try to maintain a cool head amid a sudden escalation in military tensions between the US and Iran and then talk a bit about the disturbing, draconian forced-birth laws being put into place in some American states. Then Andrew Law of Boonta Vista joins me to break down the upcoming Australian election and describe some of the absurd political turmoil that's basically become the status quo there. Also: similarities between political struggles in Australia, Canada, the US and the UK, e...
This week, journalist Ken Klippenstein joins me to talk about the story he uncovered about now-infamous border militia the United Constitutional Patriots, the increasingly state-sanctioned racist violence that Trumpism represents, Joe Biden's presidential prospects, how taking advantage of the Freedom of Information Act (or FOIA) is an essential part of a functioning democracy and more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week, in between coughing fits, I touch on the most recent failed coup in Venezuela & the perverse right wing media reaction to the latest white nationalist synagogue shooting, then Emily Leedham joins me to talk about the counter protest outside the Linda Sarsour event last week in Winnipeg, her run-in with Rebel Media, how we can disrupt these toxic conservative elements, the importance of anti-racist community outreach and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.co...
This week, I attempt to emphasize one of the main lessons of Jason Kenney's election as Alberta premiere last week, also the bizarre attempt by Donald Trump and the right to rewrite history on Charlottesville and the history of the alt-right movemement, and an update on my ongoing efforts to destroy Joe Biden's presidential bid. Then Nora Loreto joins me to discuss her talk with Linda Sarsour in Winnipeg, the faux-controversy surrounding Sarsour, also Omar Khadr, the abysmal state of canadian me...
This week, writer Talia Lavin joins me to continue our targeted harassment campaign of Dan Crenshaw, discuss the conservative victimization industrial complex, commiserate about our experiences in the eye of the right wing outrage hurricane, go over some of the conspiracy theories that emerged the moment images of the burning Notre Dame cathedral hit social media, and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week I talk a little about what it's like to be a parent in the pre-apocalypse, also Ilhan Omar gets piled on yet again by an increasingly unhinged & extremist right wing establishment. Then James Wilt joins the show to chat about Justin Trudeau's embarrassing handout to the Weston Family, the crumbling liberal order, our seemingly unavoidable coming conservative dystopian nightmare, what it's going to take to build a left wing social movement in this Canada, and much more. Support the ...
This week I try to spend as little time as possible talking about Joe Biden, then Bashir Mohamed joins the show to break down the upcoming Alberta election, increasingly radical conservative politics in Canada and beyond, and how the media has been contributing to a toxic & dangerous political climate. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week I go over the various unhinged reactions that the long-awaited and predictably disappointing Mueller report inspired, Eleanor Penny tries to explain to me what is happening with Brexit (with mixed results), also what's next for Corbyn and the Labour Party and how the rich are planning to cope with climate change. Then in feedback corner I read some of the comments I received after I ran afoul of the intellectual dark web.
It's been a week since a Donald Trump supporter went on a racist mass-murder spree (again) and the media is making sure he's held to account... for being mean to John McCain. Then journalist Walter Bragman joins the program to talk about the Bernie Sanders/David Sirota non-controversy, media opposition to the Sanders campaign, the anniversary of the Iraq War, desanitizing the human rights disaster in Yemen and much more. Suppor the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell...
Jordan Uhl returns to the show this week in the aftermath of the horrendous Mosque shootings in Christchurch New Zealand to talk about online radicalization, right wing conspiracies, Fox News, the Tucker Carlson tapes and what they tell us about the conservative media machine and much more. Support the victims of the Christchurch Mosque shootings here: https://www.launchgood.com/project/support_for_the_families__victims_of_the_new_zealand_mosque_shootings
This week, friend of the show Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch returns to the program to walk me through the existential horror of CPAC, and we contrast the troubling, formerly fringe elements of the conservative movement on display there with this week's news cycle that was once again dominated by tedious bipartisan handwringing over Rep. Ilhan Omar's statements about Israel -- highlighted by Meghan McCain's already legendary meltdown on The View. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.c...
This week I go over Bernie's early struggles to outline a more progressive foreign policy and talk about the controversy surrounding his CNN Town Hall event (featuring my first and hopefully last on-air apology). I also go on somewhat of a rant about friend of the show Michael Bueckert's absurd defamation lawsuit. Then UBC grad student Chuka Ejeckam joins the show to talk about trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the face of the coming climate crisis, drug war reparations, America's unreas...
It's episode 31 of 49th Parahell and Bernie Sanders just announced his 2020 campaign, so I drank far too much coffee and then talked about why I'm actually looking forward to participating in the sure-to-be toxic and brain-melting 2020 Democratic primary discourse. Then Tannara Yelland joins me to talk about Bernie, the #UnitedWeRoll pro-pipeline/anti-immigrant convoy and the rapidly deteriorating Liberal government. I also once again complain about the NDP. support the show on Patreon: http://w...
This week I become depressed after watching Donald Trump's rambling speech about his pretend national emergency, then Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade joins me to talk about life in Nanaimo, his songwriting approach, Ilhan Omar's remarkable 48 hrs, and why no one in this country seems to care that we're financing far right Ukranian nationalists. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week Alberta United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney was extremely triggered by a piece in Vice that explored the anti-semitic origins of his attacks on environmentalist groups, so Kate Jacobson of the Alberta Advantage podcast (quoted in the piece and later publicly attacked by Kenney) joined me to talk about it, as well as how antisemitism is inseparable from capitalism, why Justin Trudeau only cares about corporate crimes when the US State Department tells him to, why we're helping...
This week I talk about the Liberal government's attacks on Niki Ashton and the NDP for their opposition to the Venezuelan coup, also the hilariously backfired Bernie Sanders opposition research that was released on twitter. Then visual artist/art director and writer/creator of Vertigo Comics' HIGH LEVEL joins the show to talk about his new book, climate change, hopeless presidential candidate Howard Schultz and his incredible lack of self-awareness, why billionaire elites are so scandalized by m...
This week I go over the extremely depressing media reaction to the Covington High MAGA teen's carefully curated PR push, then UBC Anthropology PhD student Hilary Agro joins the show to talk about the burgeoning Venezuelan coup, Canada's role in legitimizing it, the profound lack of self-awareness on display at Davos, our post legalization landscape, the future of drug policy and much more. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week, I complain about the weather and then briefly talk about the "crisis" on the southern US border. Then three-time returning guest Michael Bueckert joins me to discuss Doug Ford's latest assault on Ontario's education system, the disappointing Jagmeet Singh era, what Trudeau has in common with Jair Bolsonaro, our seemingly unavoidable conservative nightmare future and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
It's the first episode of 2019 and I have to re-remember how to podcast. Then Luke Savage returns to the show to talk about the ongoing media freakout over AOC, Bernie, Warren, Beto and Biden's 2020 chances, the gap between rhetoric and action, Trudeau's empty promises to indigenous communities and whether the CPC's embrace of pure malevolence & spite is a new phenomenon or recency bias.
We might be exploring the hellish nightmare of modern reality together, but we've still managed to have a few laughs over the course of 24 episodes. Enjoy this compilation of some of the best segments of 2018 (plus an extra special bonus featuring twitter's @dogboner) and we'll be back in 2019. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
This week I describe my minor feud with the head of Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden, and explain why CAP's ongoing partnership with the truly vile arch conservatives at the American Enterprise Institute somewhat contradicts their claim that they stand for progressive values. Then Kelly Wiell of the Daily Beast joins the show to talk about Pewdiepie's (whom I also feuded with this week) latest controversy, the reactionary Youtube algorithm, Tucker Carlson and much more. Subscribe to th...
This week I weigh in on Beto 2020 and the opening salvo of the democratic primary, then Vanity Fair's Maya Kossof joins the show to talk about the recent Mueller investigation developments, Canada imprisoning Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, activists fighting back against Amazon's HQ2, the farcical Google conservative censorship hearings, Facebook's recent trials & tribulations, Jack Dorsey's embarrassingly self-serving and tone deaf Myanmar retreat, the Trump administration's regressive climate po...
This week I go over the recent developments in the Mueller investigation and explain why I still find it unlikely that we'll ever see Donald Trump or any other wealthy politically connected elite in america actually face any consequences for their criminal behavior. Then author and cartoonist Eli Valley joins the show to talk about George H.W. Bush, Marc Lamont Hill, Laura Loomer, antisemitism, Israel and much more.
This week returning guest Karen Geier joins the show to talk about Doug Ford, the Conservative Party, Trudeau, the media bailout, the postal strike, the relation between the decline in labor unions and modern economic alienation, Gavin McInnes quitting the Proud Boys, Hillary Clinton's tone deaf comments on European immigration and much more. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
