Ethical consumption podcast PULLBACK hosts Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson welcome OFFCOURT's Abdul Malik to explore what an ethical Olympics would look like, and how they'd affect the environment, vulnerable citizens and labour movements. Plus: the panel connects the Beijing's 2022 Winter Games to global politics, sponsorships and corruption, and the value of sports to communities. Find out more about the show at https://www.pullback.org/ Watch for Offcourt's Season 3 launching in Spring 2022....
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Harbinger's premium prestige show returns with all-new episodes exploring the latest additions to Canada's favourite podcast network as The Maple editor-in-chief Alex Cosh introduces NORTH UNTAPPED and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East's Tom Woodley and Michael Bueckert talk about DEBRIEF with host Andre Goulet. Find The Maple's North Untapped at https://www.readthemaple.com/ Subscribe to CJPME's Debrief at https://www.cjpme.org/ Become a member of the Harbinger community and ge...
Feb 05, 2022•43 min
On Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club ep5, Paniz and Tamsyn are joined by Judy Rebick to talk about her book Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution, outlining 60 years of feminist activism in Canada and exploring abortion, socialist feminism, anti-war and anti-carceral activism, story telling as a medium and the anti-violence movement. Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution by Judy Rebick https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/391053/ten-thousand-roses-by-judy-rebick...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 2 min
The conversation continues as Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet consider the political electoral reality facing the patriotic demands of #FreedomConvoy2022 and Canadian conservatism in general, argue that Terry Fox would have been pro vaccine and ask if Pierre Pollievre has the most punchable face in Ottawa. Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145 Support the shows at https://www.patreon...
Jan 30, 2022•57 min
Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet survey the wreckage of a fallen nation as the #FreedomConvoy2022 patriots descend on Ottawa, featuring inspiring songs from the movement like Sandy Lambert's 'Trucker Convoy', Christ Sampson's 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and Marcel Irnie's 'Canada United'. Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https...
Jan 29, 2022•56 min
North Untapped digs deeper into topics covered in articles written by The Maple contributors and other Canadian journalists, exploring politics, foreign policy, imperialism and history from a socialist perspective in conversation with editor-in-chief Alex Cosh. On the 4th installment of the show's 'Great Guilded North' series Cosh speaks with journalist Cassandra Kislenko about how Canada facilitated one of the worst acts of violence against Indigenous People in this continent's history. Episode...
Jan 18, 2022•44 min
The 1940s saw Canada's socialist party soar in popularity, with the CCF forming official opposition in Ontario in 1943, and public opinion polls showing nationalizing industries to be widely popular across the country. How did the popularity of the CCF's positions get diffused, managed, or attacked in the years following the Second World War? Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/albertaadvantage
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min
The first annual Dumb Book Awards turns the page on 2021 as Washington Post columnist David Moscrop and Jacobin staff writer Luke Savage join host Gordon Katic to review the mostly mediocre 'The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War', Pete Buttigieg’s totally terrible 'Trust: America’s Best Chance' and more. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/dartsandletters SHOW NOTES: First, (@4:09) the two Michaels and Meng affair gripped Canada ...
Dec 27, 2021•54 min
Live on the Big Shiny Takes’ TwitchTV stream Eric Wickham, Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Andre Goulet sit by the fire with carols, hot chocolate, and a warm and wholesome game of Pundit Grifter Bingo as they read an absolutely wild Western Standard column by Dave Makichuk. (warning: YouTube fireplace Christmas songs are consistent through this episode lol) Read Makichuk’s insane piece at https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/12/makichuk-the-west-will-rise-its-only-a-matter-of-time/ Watch and s...
Dec 22, 2021•52 min
Hosts Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel ask where Steven Guilbeault was on 9/11 as they sit down with Climate Justice Edmonton's Bronwen Tucker and Green Majority Radio's Stefan Hostetter to discuss a conspiratorial October 2021 Jesse Kline column about Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and the ongoing inability of Canadian punditry to talk realistically about climate justice. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min
On a recent episode of The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney sits down with Noah Zatzman, the former advisor to former Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul (who blew up the Greens by posting about how he wanted to unseat two-thirds of the party's sitting MPs for their criticism of Israel), for a bizarre and revealing feature-length interview you won't want to miss. Support Progress Report's journalism at https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons...
Dec 10, 2021•45 min
Launching in October 2021, Harbinger is a progressive podcast community featuring a dramatically different kind of discourse on society and politics that you won’t hear anywhere else in mainstream Canadian media. In a podcast field dominated by right-wing voices, our mission is to create a space to educate and entertain, featuring the best analysis and interviews from dozens of shows across the country, including long-running legacy podcasts like The Alberta Advantage and new shows from Desmond ...
Dec 07, 2021•6 min
On a new Kino Lefter host Evan 'Dr. Movies' MacDonald welcomes Alex from Haus of Decline to discuss cipher politics, Mayor Pete's struggle against Black voters and 'Boys State' director Jesse Moss' "intimate" look at the domestic and campaign life of Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the 2020 Democratic primary. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter Find Alex's music, comix and podcast at https://www.hausofdecline.com/...
Nov 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Darts and Letters is a left newsmagazine covering public intellectualism and the politics of academia from a populist perspective. On ep39 host Gordon Katic welcomes Canadian Media Concentration Project director Dwayne Winseck and American Economic Liberties Project research director Matt Stoller to discuss how corporate concentration affects Canada’s communications system, the global supply chain and politics on both sides of the border. Subscribe to Darts and Letters wherever you get your podc...
Nov 15, 2021•57 min
On Replay activist and writer Desmond Cole and cultural studies scholar Shama Rangwala explore how popular culture shapes our world. On a special Halloween-themed episode 2, Desmond and Shama discuss their favourite 'Treehouse of Horror' episodes from The Simpsons and unpack the psychological horror of Robert Eggers’ 2015 film The Witch. Spoilers abound, so you may want to watch The Witch before listening. Please consider donating or boosting the fundraiser for 1492 Landback Lane: https://www.go...
Nov 06, 2021•52 min
It’s November, aka. the month when we are all encouraged to partake in the manufacturing of sympathy for militarism in preparation for Remembrance Day. On this episode of AGSC, Paniz and Tamsyn are joined by Tyler Shipley, author of Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination published by Fernwood Publishing. Often, those criticizing militarism are labeled disrespectful. Here, Paniz, Tamsyn and Tyler explore how what actually is “disrespectful” is the devastation and des...
Nov 03, 2021•55 min
On the debut episode of a new show exploring her 2020 book 'Take Back The Fight Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age', host Nora Loreto talks about history and white supremacism, how these kinds of ever-present issues aren't front-of-mind for feminists today, and why we must always wrestle with both. Subscribe to the show at https://shows.acast.com/take-back-the-fight/about Find the book at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/take-back-the-fight...
Oct 28, 2021•44 min
On a new episode of Housing Party, activist and academic David DesBaillets’ show-within-a-show focusing on the housing crisis from an intersectional perspective, Mouvement pour mettre fin à l'itinérance à Montréal (The Movement to End Homelessness in Montreal) head Michelle Chappaz joins David for a hopeful, smart conversation on the work her organization is doing to bring together researchers, charities and civil society actors to find permanent and inclusive solutions to the crisis for the cit...
Oct 05, 2021•46 min
Writer and activist Nora Loreto joins host Andre Goulet to bury the 2021 Federal Election with a regrettable result round-up, then unpacks her 2020 book and upcoming Harbinger podcast 'Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age'. Plus: Tamsyn and Paniz explain the origins of their new show 'Anti Girlboss Socialist Club', and Atlantic correspondent James Brown finds a silver lining in last night's exasperating electoral outcome. Watch for 'Take Back the Fight' and 'Anti Girlboss...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Celebrate Harbinger's first anniversary w/ a stacked deck of incredible guests to lament the hopeless and harrowing 2021 Federal Election as we wrap up with part 4 of an absolutely epic 12 hour-long Twitchstream telethon featuring Rob Rousseau, Nora Loreto, The Breach publisher Dru Oja Jay, Left Turn Canada's Christo Aivalis and Andy Borkowski, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald, Andre Goulet and the Harbinger Board of Directors' Kai Nagata. Hear Kino Lefter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/226175 Listen: ...
Sep 20, 2021•2 hr 46 min
Celebrate Harbinger's first anniversary w/ a stacked deck of incredible guests to lament the hopeless and harrowing 2021 Federal Election on part 3 of an absolutely epic 12 hour-long Twitchstream telethon featuring The Alberta Advantage, Tech Won't Save Us host Paris Marx, the 30-months-in-the-making News You Can Use reunion with Drew Brown, Tannara Yelland and James Wilt, Sweater Weather's Aaron Giovannone, Darts & Letters' Gordon Katic, The Maple managing editor Alex Cosh, The Hoser co-fou...
Sep 20, 2021•2 hr 53 min
Celebrate Harbinger's first anniversary w/ a stacked deck of incredible guests to lament the hopeless and harrowing 2021 Federal Election on part 1 of an absolutely epic 12 hour-long Twitchstream telethon featuring hosts Jeremy Appel, Marino Greco and Andre Goulet and Broadbent Institute executive director Jen Hassum, Press Progress investigative reporters Emily Leedham and Stephen Magusiak, Ricochet managing editor Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours, Progress Report host and Alberta Senator-in-Waiting ...
Sep 19, 2021•2 hr 56 min
Celebrate Harbinger's first anniversary w/ a stacked deck of incredible guests to lament the hopeless and harrowing 2021 Federal Election on part 1 of an absolutely epic 12 hour-long Twitchstream telethon featuring hosts Rob Rousseau and Hilary Agro w/ Nora Loreto, Martin Lukacs, OffCourt's Abdul Malik and Eytan Tobin & climate policy scholar Dr. Jess Green from our Board of Directors. Find Rob at https://www.twitch.tv/robrousseau Hear Hilary at https://anchor.fm/bread-and-poppies Read Nora ...
Sep 19, 2021•2 hr 53 min
Julie DuFort and Ludvic Moquin-Beaudry of election show Le Plancher des Vaches and pop culture feminist podcast Les Ficelles hosts Amelie Faubert and Solene Paré join André Goulet and Ricochet Media editor-in-chief Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours to break down last week's debates as the panel examines the state of the race in Quebec. Plus: Montreal NDP candidate Mme. Christine Paré explains why it's time for a socialist, feminist Member of Parliament in Justin Trudeau's riding of Papineau and Atlanti...
Sep 11, 2021•44 min
On a deviously conspiratorial S4, E3 of Le Plancher des Vaches hosts Julie Dufort and Ludvic Moquin-Beaudry welcome comedians Mathieu Charlebois and Colin Boudrias and multidisciplinary artist Liane Décary-Chen for a power packed panel about conspiracy theories and the federal election including revelations regarding Trudeau's bitcoin half-brother, the QAnon influence in Quebec political discourse + more. Find Le Plancher des Vaches and Faisez Vos Recherches at ricochet.media/fr, at https://www....
Sep 08, 2021•39 min
It's episode 1 of The Rob Rousseau Show audio edition, featuring the best of Rob's Twitch stream, with Junk Filter Pod's Jesse Hawken! Subscribe on the new feed for future episodes at: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/473204.rss And on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rob-rousseau-show/id1584204650 Support Rob's work at https://www.patreon.com/robrousseau You can hear Junk Filter at https://podbay.fm/p/junk-filter...
Sep 06, 2021•42 min
On a super special Harbinger Society Presents late summer spectacular a galaxy of guests join host Andre Goulet for a safe and satisfying pandemic picnic in Toronto's Christie Pits' park including Offcourt's Eytan Tobin, thehoser.ca's Shannon Carranco & Kevin Tagabon, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham & Marino Greco, Work It's Sam Allemang, Harbinger Board of Director's member Dr. Jessica Green and Twitter superstar Hilary Agro. Plus: James Brown weighs in on his special relationship with Er...
Sep 02, 2021•45 min
On episode 19 Andre Goulet welcomes Left Turn Canada co-hosts Christo Aivalis & Andy Borkowski for a federal election week 2 review as the panel asks: is an NDP candidate getting trolled by the so-called Ottawa Small Landlord Association good for the discourse? Plus: Andy's take on why Andrew Scheer is probably *that type* of gamer, Christo dismantles O'Toole-mania and comedian James Brown considers Trudeau's much-diminished luster. Hear Left Turn Canada at https://leftturncanada.buzzsprout....
Aug 27, 2021•50 min
It's the end of an era as host Rob Rousseau welcomes Karen Geier, Nora Loreto, The DC Sentinel's Sam Knight and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East's Michael Bueckert to discuss Doug Ford, Quebec social solidarity, Canada's relationship to Israel/Palestine and more on the 49th Parahell ep100 series finale! Support Rob's work at https://www.patreon.com/robrousseau and catch his stream every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12-4 EST on Twitch TV at https://www.twitch.tv/robrousseau...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Streamer, pundit and possibly even retiring podcaster Rob Rousseau joins host Andre Goulet for the official HSP ELXN44 Campaign Launch and Airing of Grievances as the pair reflect on a summer ended too soon and the lasting legacy of 49th Parahell after a triumphant 39 month run at the top of the charts. Opening music on this episode courtesy of Henry Lee. Check out his radical left anthropological narrative show 'Deathnography' wherever you get your podcasts. The 'Neon Drip' closing theme is fro...
Aug 19, 2021•48 min