In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's passing, host Alex Cosh speaks to policy analyst and writer Chuka Ejeckam about the bloody imperialist legacy that the monarchy represents, the bizarre reactions to the queen's death in the UK and Canada, the case for why the monarchy should be replaced with a democratic alternative, and some of the obstacles that stand in the way of advancing such a project. Follow Chuka on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChukaEjeckam Support The Maple by subscribing to the dail...
Sep 20, 2022•41 min
Harbinger Society Presents returns from summer break as host Andre Goulet welcomes legacy left-wing Toronto Star and Globe and Mail columnist Rick Salutin to explain why Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre’s pledge to make Canada “the freest nation on earth” may be the silliest campaign promise on earth. Find Rick Salutin, Gideon Salutin and Toronto Star editorial cartoonist Dušan Petričić's new graphic novel 'Gideon's Bible' at https://ecwpress.com/products/gideons-bible Read his piece d...
Sep 07, 2022•49 min
Researchers with the best of intentions still get things wrong. “Who made you the expert” is a valid question that research subjects might ask… and frankly, they’re right to ask that. If you’re, say, a drug user in Vancouver’s downtown east side you probably don’t want some guy from Harvard telling you what paternalistic research he’s doing on you. You want to be a partner in research done with you. So what does it look like when the old paternalistic ways are dispensed of? Garth Mullins hosts C...
Aug 31, 2022•56 min
Three exceptional hosts from the Harbinger community join Andre Goulet for a casual conversation exploring their broadcasting origins, the challenges of launching a successful show and why the podcast medium is so ideal for popular education with Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton, Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell and Tech Won't Save Us' Paris Marx. Plus leadnow.com lead organizer Tim Ellis explains how Progress Champions is working to build a comprehensive resource hub for leftists to acc...
Aug 25, 2022•51 min
The overturning of Roe v Wade in the US puts the spotlight back on the politics of abortion. David speaks with Jocelyn Piercy about the movement organizing that eventually led to the decriminalization of abortion in so-called Canada and defeated the Mulroney Tory government's attempt to recriminalize it, and in particular the work of the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics. This experience is relevant today as we face emboldened right-wing forces intent on replacing liberal sexual and gender ...
Aug 10, 2022•34 min
Inspired by the recently released sixth season of The Kids in the Hall, Naomi and Aaron talk about this legendary sketch comedy show (1988-1995). We discuss the Kids' paths to becoming comic actors, and how the show was too dark for us to appreciate when we were kids ourselves. We breakdown some of their most notorious sketches, including Cabbage Head and The Chicken Lady, and pay special attention to their unfairly maligned feature film, Brain Candy (1996), which is actually very good! Finally,...
Jul 28, 2022•33 min
Hosts Christo Aivalis and Andy Borkowski reflect on British Columbia's disappointing John Horgan era as the provincial NDP leader prepares to step down as Premier. Plus: the possibilities of the Party's upcoming leadership race and what it means to ensure national access to reproductive rights in Canada. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/LeftTurnCanada
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min
On Harbinger Society Presents ep39 ‘Code White: Sounding the Alarm on Violence Against Healthcare Workers’ co-authors Margaret Keith and Jim Brophy and ‘Bent Out of Shape: Shame, Solidarity and Women’s Bodies at Work’ author Karen Messing join host Andre Goulet to discuss their recent books and how healthcare work, health and wellbeing, advocacy research and more intersect in a special co-presentation with publisher Between the Lines. Plus: Council of Canadians Trade and Privatization campaigner...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Colin et son Alter Ego fan de crypto monnaies explorent ce qui intéresse autant les gens avec le phénomène. L’humoriste Arnaud Soly explique le fonctionnement de Bitcoin en jouant de la flûte avec le nez… Sources: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ https://changelly.com/blog/proof-of-work/#Proof_of_Work_Purpose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BODyqM-V71E https://www.bitcoinmining.com/what-is-the-bitcoin-block-reward/ https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1869831/bitcoin-minage-cryptomonna...
Jun 18, 2022•22 min
On ep38 of Harbinger Society Presents host Andre Goulet sits down with Regina-based journalist Sara K. Birell to talk about the economy of land, ‘the hunger strategy’, prairie and gender and more in their exceptional new-ish podcast Unmaking Saskatchewan. Then, Worst Case Ontario's Fleck in Toronto and Max in Ottawa explain why Canada is totally ready to elect Pierre Shapirollievre as our first Incel Prime Minister and investigate what was really behind the federal government's February invocati...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 13 min
On a new Harbinger Society Presents the independent left media community come together for a picnic in Toronto's Christie Pits park with pals from The Hoser, Darts & Letters, Worst Case Ontario, Press Progress and others to answer the question that's on everyone's minds in the lead-up to the 2022 Ontario election: "What's Life Like in Doug Ford's Utopia?"
Jun 01, 2022•21 min
On Short Circuit ep3 hosts Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon take a look at the state of labour in Ontario in the run up to the June 2nd provincial election as they speak with: * University of Toronto frontline service workers fighting against the contracting out of secure, unionized public sector jobs * Worker's Action Centre in Toronto where executive director Deena Ladd unpacks strategies employed at the WAC and Justice for Workers' campaigns * Gig Workers United, an organization of app-bas...
May 24, 2022•55 min
This week, Martin and Pam break down the Ontario election: who we hate, who isn't great, and who can't communicate. El Jones joins Pam for an in-depth look at a new Senate report that calls for the exoneration of 12 imprisoned Indigenous women that provides insights in the systemic violence and discrimination of Canada's prison system. Plus, should police dogs have unions? And why are our elites so quick to unsee racism in Canada? Featuring Martin Lukacs, Pam Palmater and El Jones. Donya Ziaee i...
May 20, 2022•40 min
Although the train plays little part in the lives of most Saskatchewan residents today, there was a time when the rail line had almost unlimited power over the province's development. In this episode we'll talk about the legacy of the CP Rail. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan Support the Sask Dispatch: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/help-the-sask-dispatch-grow Transcript: https://wordpress.com/home/unmakingsaskatchewan.wordpress.com...
May 16, 2022•29 min
In his book ‘Saving the City: The Challenge of Transforming a Modern Metropolis’ journalist Daniel Sanger delivers equal parts reportage, oral history and memoir chronicling what grassroots eco-socialist municipal political party Projet Montreal did right, where it failed, and where it’s headed, drawn from his own experience working closely with the party for almost a decade. On this episode he joins host Andre Goulet for a conversation exploring the personalities and policies behind the rise to...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min
On a new episode of 'NORTH UNTAPPED' The Maple editor-in-chief Alex Cosh welcomes Edmonton and Montreal community organizers Audrey Redman and Jaggi Singh to explain why police treated February's far-right occupation of Ottawa and supportive convoys across Canada with kid gloves and why police sympathy with the convoy's far-right politics highlights a systemic problem. Follow @AudreyJRedman, @JaggiMontreal and @NoBordersMedia on Twitter. Support The Maple's reporting at https://www.readthemaple....
Apr 22, 2022•43 min
Live from the future, federal Minister of Just Transition Joy Ross-Jones explains how the Trudeau government's Ministry of Just Transition achieved it's ambitious climate targets at a 2025 press conference. Then, 350.org's Kathleen Lund explains why March 2022's national Day of Action showed what’s possible if political leaders invest in a bold and urgent Just Transition plan. And Divest McGill's Nathalie and Em describe the 2 week occupation of the McCall-McBain Arts Building and why their move...
Apr 19, 2022•45 min
On Harbinger Society Presents episode 34 hear highlights from the Broadbent Institute’s March 30th-April 1st 2022 Progress Summit, including barista Sarah Broad on a recent Starbucks union organizing campaign, Don’t Look Up screenwriter and Bernie Sanders scriptwriter David Sirota in conversation with journalist Hannah Sung, anti-convoy hero Zexi Li on discovering civic engagement during the Ottawa occupation plus our prize-winning journalist pals at Press Progress, Broadbent Institute executive...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr
A new collection launching in April 2022 from Between the Lines Books is bringing together a range of essays anchored in experience and solidarity with those putting their lives on the line to fight for police abolition in Canada. On Harbinger Society Presents ep33 University of Winnipeg criminal justice scholar Kevin Walby and University of Toronto sociology of criminalization professor Julius Haag join host Andre Goulet to discuss their contributions to the book 'Police Use of Force in Canada:...
Apr 07, 2022•34 min
Daniel Muessig is in a US federal prison where he will spend the next 5 years. In the year 2022, he is being caged because he sold a plant, cannabis, to people who wanted it. In this episode, he tells the story of how his life was stolen from him and explains why the justice system isn't actually broken—it's working exactly as intended. Bread and Poppies is hosted by Hilary Agro (@hilaryagro on social media), anthropologist and anti-prohibition activist. Produced by Marcel Rambo (@vee9zee). Musi...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Canada’s journalism landscape is changing, and smaller, independent media outlets are beginning to fill-in the gaps left by corporate media. PressProgress, an award-winning non-profit news organization, hosted a 3/29/22 virtual event called “Punching Above Our Weight: The Outsized Impact of Canadian Independent Media” featuring PressProgress’ Emily Leedham moderating a panel exploring how independent media is shifting perceptions about current events, politics and identity in Canada, including: ...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Deathnography speaks to academics and shares ethnographic analysis and fieldnotes in deep-dive conversations about anthropology, politics, memes, and more. On a new episode host Henry Lee speaks with Wósdéé Podcast host, University of Arizona PhD and member of the Navajo Nation Majerle Lister about sovereignty, the history of Navajo tribal government, red-baiting, and solidarity between Indigenous and white working people then sits down with Métis communist and organizer & Theory and Critici...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 52 min
Invisible Institutions is a new documentary podcast exploring the past and present of institutions for people labelled with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Canada On episode 3 host Megan Linton welcomes People First of Canada's Shelley Fletcher and MDC survivor David Weremy to investigate one of the few remaining large-scale government funded and operated institutions for people labelled with an intellectual/developmental disability in Western Canada, the Manitoba Development Cent...
Mar 24, 2022•53 min
On a new episode of the hard-hitting political analysis & satire podcast Worst Case Ontario hosts Judd Baldwin, Arthur Fleck and Max Alberta discuss western media’s coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russians living in Canada getting cancelled, the physics of nuclear missiles, the history of Canadian spies, and our deputy prime minister’s scarf. Support the show at www.patreon.com/wcontario
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr
Hosts Roberta Lexier, Scott Schmidt and Jeremy Appel welcome author Tyler Shipley for part one of a conversation about his acclaimed book from Fernwood Publishing 'Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination'. Find the book at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-the-world Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/forgottencornerpod...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 26 min
On episode 31 of Harbinger Society Presents Toronto scholar and drug user rights activist Hilary Agro sits down with host Andre Goulet in Montreal to talk about the re-launch of BREAD AND POPPIES and how the show explores the ways in which the War on Drugs intersects with a post-capitalist future, then academic Kristen Pue in Ottawa and researcher Kyla Hewson in Vancouver join Andre to unpack their show PULLBACK's long-running mission to demystify ethical consumption. Support Hilary's work at ht...
Mar 09, 2022•56 min
On a special Harbinger Society double feature Ottawa-based disability rights advocate and researcher Megan Linton joins host Andre Goulet to discuss her exceptional new podcast Invisible Institutions, then housing justice activist Dr. David DesBaillets welcomes Montrealer Rebecca Bain to share her story of successfully fighting back against a corporate landlord renoviction on a new segment of Housing Party. Find out more about Megan's work at http://invisibleinstitutions.com/ and find Invisible ...
Mar 03, 2022•55 min
Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in the 2nd of a two part conversation. Plus: a very special 'A Fairytale of Ottawa' presentation. Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681 Support the shows at https://w...
Feb 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in part one of a two part conversation. Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigs...
Feb 18, 2022•58 min
On Harbinger Society Presents ep28 Dr. Jess Green, Kai Nagata and Dr. Roberta Lexier from Harbinger's board of directors join host/executive director Andre Goulet to explore where the Gitxsan blockade, academic strike organizing and re-thinking climate policy intersect. Plus: what role does new media play as a space for popular education in confronting the far-right? And: Gordon Katic reveals the origins of the exceptional Darts & Letters podcast and Atlantic correspondent James Brown says g...
Feb 14, 2022•53 min
