$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . When police searched journalists’ offices in the Alberta legislature, we wondered how government reporters were faring in the age of COVID-19. And after securing millions from the federal government, Canada’s big newspaper chains are finding new ways to ask for more money. Allison Smith co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by WealthBar and Article . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
May 07, 2020•36 min
"I guess like a positive abnormal and unusual thing I did was propose to my girlfriend, which was pretty cool." Jaren Kerr is an editor at Yahoo Finance Canada. He is also the former deputy news editor of CANADALAND Media. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 06, 2020•8 min
"I think I may have had coronavirus." Martin Lukacs is a journalist and author based in Montreal. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 05, 2020•9 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Kenny Hotz achieved fame as the co-star of Kenny vs. Spenny, one of Canada’s most successful TV shows. The comedy series, built around a competition between two supposed friends and the crude humiliation of the loser, premiered on the CBC in 2003. It was cancelled after just one season, but was then picked up in the U.S. and became an international sensation. It’s been a decade since the last episode of Kenny vs. Spenny went to air, and Hotz ref...
May 04, 2020•44 min
"Pushing for a world where we accept the risks of having a body... That's where we need to go." Kai Cheng Thom is a writer and performer based in Toronto. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 01, 2020•10 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . The more we learn about the shooting in Nova Scotia, the worse it becomes. And did the star-studded Stronger Together COVID-19 special show us anything but how completely anachronistic celebrity has become during this pandemic? Seriously. Did anyone watch it? Tim Bousquet co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Audible and WealthBar . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Ac...
Apr 30, 2020•32 min
"I want my friends and family to be safe from this" BJ Snowden is an American musician who has written many songs about Canada . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 29, 2020•8 min
"I like to remind people the chances of getting infected by somebody walking or running by you outside— they're virtually nil" André Picard is a health reporter and columnist at The Globe and Mail . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 28, 2020•6 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Journalists across Canada tell us how Covid-19 has changed how they bring us the news. This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks and Today, Explained . Additional music: “Reverie (small theme)” by _ghost “Night Owl” by Broke For Free “Clean Soul” by Kevin MacLeod Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 27, 2020•34 min
"It'll probably be like a mega-hedonistic orgy after this." Chris Locke is a comedian in Toronto. He has a new podcast called " Happy Good ." Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 24, 2020•6 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . The confluence of the pandemic, reliance on police for information, and slashed newsroom budgets means that reporting on the Nova Scotia shooting was all but doomed from the start. And a tweak to government media subsidies makes more organizations eligible for the funding. Tim Bousquet co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by WealthBar and HelloFresh . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Apr 23, 2020•46 min
“This virus is a bitch, for sure.” Tanya Talaga is the author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations . She is also a former health reporter at the Toronto Star. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 22, 2020•11 min
"I’m helping other people to be safe." Surinder Mann is a cleaner who lives in North Delta, BC, and is also the mother of COMMONS' host, Arshy Mann. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2020•6 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . When journalist Eva Holland lost her mom, she went on a quest to understand the science behind her phobias, and conquer them. In her book, Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear , we learn why and how we are afraid, and why we don't want to live without fear. This episode is brought to you by You&Yours Financial , VOX , and The New Yorker . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Apr 20, 2020•29 min
"My ten-year old got his first octopus all by himself" Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a writer, television host, and a board member of the David Suzuki Foundation. She lives in Haida Gwaii. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 16, 2020•10 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Do the same rules apply to Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer as to the rest of us? Do the rules matter any more? Could this finally be the end of conspiracy theories? Nora Loreto co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 16, 2020•40 min
"If we are looking like we are one of the girls just dancing having fun, it's probably performative" Brad Allen and Andrés Sierra are two of the co-founders of Club Quarantine , a nightly queer party that meets on the video-conferencing platform Zoom. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 15, 2020•12 min
"I do participate in society." Kate Beaton is an excellent cartoonist. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 14, 2020•9 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . The Deplorables that surrounded the Trump presidential campaign have all but disappeared from the mainstream web, but New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz says it's the ideology of Silicon Valley that allowed them to prosper, and what catapulted them to fame remains. This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks and Article . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Apr 13, 2020•35 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . For weeks, we’ve all been trying to flatten the curve. But how do we measure our success if the numbers informing that curve aren’t reliable? And how do the big newspaper chains justify taking government wage subsidies at the same time as laying off staff? Chris Selley co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by PolicyMe and Squarespace . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Ac...
Apr 09, 2020•37 min
"I got scolded by the deputy mayor of Los Angeles for not including Funyuns in my tweet" Choose wisely: https://twitter.com/_Matty_H_/status/1246596389607530496 Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2020•7 min
"This is the death of neoliberalism." Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2020•8 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Reporter Justin Ling speaks with prisoners across Canada terrified of COVID-19 sweeping through the prison population. This episode is brought to you by WealthBar , Audible , and Hover . Additional music: "Contention" "Scenery," and "Dark Alleys" by Kai Engel , "Unanswered Questions" by Kevin MacLeod , and "Cylinder Five" by Chris Zabriskie . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hos...
Apr 06, 2020•43 min
"When this is all over, I never want to Zoom again." David Sax's new book is coming out in the midst of a pandemic. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 03, 2020•10 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Has the messaging about whether to wear a face mask been contradictory? How do you report on sports in a world without them? And a roundup of the bad COVID-19 coverage from the last week. Morgan Campbell co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Audible and WealthBar . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 02, 2020•47 min
“I have been obsessed with virtual reality” Robert Jago is a writer and head of an education firm. He lives in Montreal. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 01, 2020•11 min
"I've been watching old NBA games and breaking them down on Instagram Live." Shad is an artist and host of Hip Hop Evolution, available on Netflix. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 31, 2020•7 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . Our first ever call-in show. From Quebec to British Columbia to Nunavut to Brooklyn, Coronavirus has disrupted the lives of Canadaland listeners. Here's what they have to say. This episode is brought to you by Audible . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 30, 2020•29 min
"Put on normal clothes, remember to stretch... That doesn't help. You're still in the prison of your own mind." Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 27, 2020•10 min
$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here . COVID-19 coverage continues, for the most part, to be even-handed. But that’s not why you listen to this podcast. A look at what’s going wrong in Canadian reporting, as well as the personal and economic impact the pandemic is having on newsrooms. Jan Wong co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by PolicyMe , Audible , Article , and WealthBar . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted...
Mar 26, 2020•40 min
