The fiercely independent, proudly polemical and reader-supported BRIARPATCH has been publishing award-winning, hard-hitting journalism and critical commentary out of Regina, Saskatchewan since 1973. In it's 50th anniversary year Unpacking the News is excited to partner with so-called Canada's oldest legacy Left media space for bi-monthly episodes featuring journalists talking about their original insight, analysis and grassroots reporting from the magazine's latest issue. On this episode social ...
May 01, 2023•48 min
Trailblazing progressive podcast UNPACKING THE NEWS is back after a 30 month hiatus for an all-new Season 2! In this kick-off episode BERRYGROUNDS ' Justin Brake joins host Andre Goulet to explore how his work as The Independent interim editor will be afflicting the comfortable in Newfoundland and Labrador society and politics, his background in unapologetic, confrontational journalism and how Pierre Poilievre’s attacks on the CBC distort the reality of public broadcasting in so-called Canada. W...
Apr 26, 2023•48 min
Hosts Stefan and David Hostetter in Toronto and Lauren Latour in Ottawa welcome world-renown geneticist and environmentalist David Suzuki and filmmakers Mark Starowicz and Caitlin Starovicz for an in-depth conversation discussing his new CBC documentary Apocalypse Plan B, delving into ideas for artificially trying to cool the earth and asking if a rise in “geoengineering” could risk mass flooding, droughts, or ultimately an era of international climate wars among nations. Watch it at https://www...
Apr 04, 2023•55 min
Chris Smalls was a worker at an Amazon packing facility in Staten Island when he was fired from the company for speaking out about unsafe working conditions during the pandemic. About a year later, he was instrumental in the creation of the first Amazon union in US history after a long fight with the union-busting corporate giant. Smalls eventually became the face of the movement and the architect behind “new school of labour” that changed the face of what labour leadership looks like and how wo...
Mar 19, 2023•18 min
For the first time since Canada's premiere politically and socially progressive conference launched in 2014 this year's Progress Summit included a workshop exploring how podcasts can be a force for change in a time of division in a special showcase convened by the Harbinger community. An astonishing 14 network hosts sat down for the 90 minute panel including TECH WON’T SAVE US' Paris Marx, INVISIBLE INSTITUTIONS' Megan Linton, BIG SHINY TAKES' Eric Wickham, PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES' Stephen Magusi...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 15 min
The 2023 Progress Summit conference, happening March 8-10 in Ottawa, is an ambitious event bringing together hundreds of socialists, social democrats, leftists, NGOs, labour organizers and rank and file union members from around the country, featuring compelling speakers and big ideas from around the world. The annual Summit is convened by the Broadbent Institute, an influential left-ish think tank that works on movement building around income inequality, a green economy and democratic renewal, ...
Mar 06, 2023•37 min
On Harbinger Society Presents ep49 the Council of Canadians' Nikolas Barry-Shaw joins host Andre Goulet to discuss the Fight for Pharmacare Alliance, a national coalition coming together to raise political pressure and convince the feds that universal pharmacare needs to happen in a conversation unpacking the patient voices and patient advocacy groups represented in the alliance, how Big Pharma lobbying has increased since the Liberal/NDP confidence and supply agreement, what kind of timeline fo...
Feb 27, 2023•34 min
The Harbinger Media Network's showcase at next month's 2023 Progress Summit will pick up on this year’s conference theme of ‘Stronger Together: Forging Unity in a Time of Division’. On episode 48 of Harbinger Society Presents Megan Linton from Invisible Institutions, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Tech Won't Save Us host Paris Marx join Andre Goulet to explain why solidarity, collaboration and mutual aid are some of the key characteristics of Harbinger’s approach to building a media community...
Feb 20, 2023•41 min
The tuition freeze is over. Anger is growing over how the university is being managed. And now faculty members are on strike. The crisis at Memorial University cannot be understood without considering the institution's slide into corporatization. On the inaugural episode of BERRYGROUNDS former Provost and Vice President Academic Noreen Golfman joins host Justin Brake for an inside look at the deeply entrenched idea that MUNL exists first and foremost to serve Newfoundland and Labrador's corporat...
Feb 13, 2023•49 min
As Quebec’s political and media class continue their attack on Amira Elghawaby, the federal government’s new lead on Islamophobia in Canada, independent journalist Taylor C. Noakes (CBC, The Maple, Canadian Dimension, Jacobin) joins host Andre Goulet for a critical conversation exploring where public discourse, social values, discriminatory legislation and xenophobia intersect in the not-so-belle-province. Read Noakes' recent piece at https://cultmtl.com/2023/02/treatment-of-amira-elghawaby-expo...
Feb 07, 2023•50 min
The law-defying strike by the 55, 000 workers in CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions in November 2022 was brief but arguably the most important strike in so-called Canada in almost two decades. On ep25 of Victor's Children Spring magazine's Peter Hogarth joins host David Camfield about the background to the strike, how it unfolded, why it ended the way it did, and its lessons.
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr
On November 1st, Israelis completed their fifth election in four years, returning Benjamin Netanyahu to power with the support of extreme, far-right figures who are about to play a major role in the emerging coalition government. Although negotiations to form the government are still underway, it is commonly said that this may be Israel’s most far-right government in history. On this episode of CJPME DEBRIEF host Michael Bueckert is joined by Natasha Roth-Rowland of +972 Magazine to break down t...
Jan 03, 2023•56 min
In his new book 'Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change' Winnipeg academic David Camfield argues that a just transition from fossil fuels won’t be delivered by businesspeople or politicians. On Harbinger Society Presents episode 46 he joins host Andre Goulet to talk about the book and his podcast VICTOR'S CHILDREN exploring "socialism from below" which joined the network in May 2022. Plus: the long-running Green Majority community radio programme and podcast joined Harbing...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Hosts Christo Aivalis and Andy Borkowski welcome the almost-elected 2021 Green Party leadership candidate runner-up activist and advocate Dmitri Lascaris for a conversation unpacking the failures of the Green Party of Canada and exploring how to build an ecosocialist Canada that goes beyond the limited scope of Green or NDP policy proposals. Support the show and join the Discord for just $1/month at https://www.patreon.com/LeftTurnCanada...
Dec 05, 2022•39 min
What and who are the main drivers of anti-Muslim hate in Canada? On a new CJPME DEBRIEF hosts Michael Bueckert and Tom Woodley are joined by Jasmin Zine, author of a new report on the Canadian “Islamophobia Industry” for a conversation exploring some of the key organizations, personalities, and discourses responsible for perpetuating anti-Muslim hate in Canada, how the connections between them form an ecosystem of hate and the role of certain fringe-right, pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian voices ...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Host Steffan Hostetter welcomes Sean Holman for a conversation exploring information, democracy and how his work with the Climate Disaster Project is helping climate disaster survivors to share their stories, creating community and change. Find the show's sprawling archives at http://www.greenmajority.ca/ Find out more about the CDP at https://climatedisasterproject.com/
Nov 17, 2022•53 min
On the frightening finale of Harbinger's I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON Scott Schmidt in Medicine Hat and Jeremy Appel in Calgary welcome Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Bridget Sterling in Edmonton to The Forgotten Corner to hate-watch Danielle Smith's unhinged victory speech, then Dogwood comms director and Harbinger board member Kai Nagata sits down with Gisxtan land defender Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, the Suzuki Foundation's Janelle Lapointe and Harsha Walia to unpack the past and present ...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 44 min
The bone-chilling I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume V as Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole talk pop culture, racial capitalism and the unmatched excellence of Toronto's water quality, then The Alberta Advantage advocate for gamer's rights in a provocative and competitive survivor round of Left For Dead. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever y...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 44 min
The I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume IV as Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton and Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell talk Briarpatch's 50th birthday with Saima Desai and John Cameron, then Pullback's Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson sit down with Green Majority Radio's Lauren Latour to talk with Victor's Children host David Camfield about his new book 'Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change'. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show ...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 44 min
Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Darts & Letters Gordon Katic and Jay Cockburn sit down with Press Progress' Mitchell Thompson to review spooky PSAs, then Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours, Alexis Ross, Fanny Tan and Sam Harper celebrate the first birthday of Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative PIVOT. Plus: National Observer hack Max Fawcett and Globe & Mail polemicist Robyn Urback explain how they're creating a safe space for centrist takes on Harbin...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Dru Oja Jay talks about The Breach Media's journalism for transformation and Community University Television station manager Sophia Barsoski unpacks the 50 year legacy of CUTV, then Shannon Carranco, Amy Cunningham and Leah Borts-Kuperman explain how The Hoser Media is re-inventing local journalism in the GTA and David Gray-Donald reveals the origins of Toronto underground newspaper The Grind, a new journalism collaboration ...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 42 min
Harbinger Society Presents presents a terrifying excerpt from our October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON as Bread and Poppies' Hilary Agro and Harbinger board member Dr. Jess Green in Toronto talk COP 27 and leftist parenting strategies for Halloween, then Stephen Magusiak and Romy Garrido in Calgary, Emily Leedham in Winnipeg, Rumneek Johal in Surrey and Mitchell Thompson in Toronto discuss Press Progress' recent reporting and the organization's new podcast 'Sources'. Hear the entire 6 ...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 46 min
On Fernwood Publishing's 30th anniversary podcast THIRTYWOOD host Nora Loreto discusses new book 'Frequently Asked White Questions' with authors Alex Khasnabish and Ajay Parasram. Ajay Parasram is a multigenerational transnational byproduct of the British empire, with roots in South Asia, the Caribbean and the settler cities of Halifax, Ottawa and Vancouver. He is an associate professor in the Departments of International Development Studies, History and Political Science at Dalhousie University...
Nov 06, 2022•45 min
Technocracy is the idea that experts should govern. For the common good, presumably. It makes a certain amount of sense, given how irrational our politics seem to be right now. So, technocracy is seductive. In fact, it’s an idea as old as politics itself. On this episode Darts & Letters begins the first of a three-part series telling stories of technocracies past, present, and future. In this first part, Ira Basen tells the story of Technocracy, Inc. This 1930s movement aimed to install non-...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 3 min
How do academia and independent Canadian media collaborate to amplify public scholarship and popular education? Join The Walrus magazine's Carmine Starnino, Pivot's Fanny Tan, CUTV's Sophia Barsoski, Harbinger's Andre Goulet and moderator Fenwick McKelvey from Concordia University's Department of Communications for an in-depth conversation exploring how scholarly research, graduate studies and independent journalism intersect in Canada's media ecosystem. Find out more at https://thewalrus.ca/ ht...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Press Progress' Calgary correspondent Stephen Magusiak welcomes climate journalist Geoff Dembicki for a conversation exploring his new book 'The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'. Drawing from internal oil industry documents spanning decades, The Petroleum Papers examines how major players in the Alberta oilsands suppressed their own research about the climate crisis, and created the playbook to spread climate change denialism in Canada and the US. Fin...
Oct 23, 2022•31 min
You see, the woke establishment wants to control what media Albertans see, what vaccines we take, the resources we develop — and even what we are allowed to grow and eat. Independent journalist Jeremy Appel joins Team Advantage to explore Danielle Smith Thought. Follow Jeremy @JeremyAppel1025 and subscribe to his newsletter, The Orchard, at theorchard.substack.com. You can also hear him on Big Shiny Takes and The Forgotten Corner. Support Alberta Advantage, watch their livestream and sign up for...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 26 min
In her sweeping new book on gentrification, Leslie Kern expertly weaves theory, concepts, and up-to-date debates together, making it accessible to both urban scholars and general readers. On a new episode of Harbinger Society Presents she joins host Andre Goulet to discuss 'Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies' available now from Verso and Between the Lines press. Plus: David DesBaillets’ and law professor Daniel Crespo Villareal explore strategies for how to defend tenants from wrongful ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 14 min
On an extra-length episode Nora Loreto joins host Andre Goulet to unpack the results of Quebec’s nightmare-scenario 2022 election, then The Breach's Maya Amoah presents highlights from Monday's election livestream with conversations on the ongoing healthcare collapse, the ecological challenges facing the province, the rise of the far-right and the future of the Quebec left with independent journalist Taylor C. Noakes and Sam Harper, Coralie Beaumont, Alexis Ross and Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours fr...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Host Andre Goulet warmly welcomes back to the podcast our pundit pulverizing pals from the Big Shiny Takes Institute and Kino Lefter in a few-holds-barred conversation on the ascension of toxic dweeb Pierre Poilievre to the very top of Canada’s mendaciously mediocre political class in an episode we just had to call ‘Revenge of the Nerd’. Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/andregoulet https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min
