With so much going on in the world, how could we possibly cover it all on one Short Cuts? By breaking it up into digestible chunks of varying levels of importance, that’s how! Jonathan and Karyn reteam for an all–Duly Noted edition of Short Cuts, spanning everything from the National Post ’s somehow-even-more-conservative-than-before coverage of Israel to that one baseball man who people thought was on his way to Toronto but wasn’t. And did a whistleblower actually deliver anonymous, in-person t...
Dec 14, 2023•37 min•Ep 945•Transcript available on Metacast Usually when Canadaland does a story on reporters in conflict we’re talking to a reporter who has had boots on the ground, someone who’s dodged bullets in hot zones and has the scars and the PTSD to prove it. But not this time. This time we’re speaking with Anthony Feinstein a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He specializes in the psychological distress of journalists. He treats journalists as patients, and he does research into the kind of psychological trauma tha...
Dec 11, 2023•43 min•Ep 944•Transcript available on Metacast À la suite de son mandat de députée de Québec solidaire à l'Assemblée nationale de 2018 à 2022, Catherine Dorion s'est lancée dans l'écriture d'un livre. Paru le 13 novembre dernier, Les têtes brûlées : Carnets d'espoir punk raconte l'attention médiatique qui a entouré Catherine durant son mandat. L’ex-députée se joint à Émilie, qui a elle aussi grandi dans la région de Québec, pour réfléchir à l'influence des médias – en particulier de la radio-poubelle – non seulement sur la politique provinci...
Dec 09, 2023•44 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast David Suzuki spent decades of his life sounding the alarm about environmental destruction, as host of the CBC TV show The Nature of Things and other radio programs. When he looks at the world today, he’s frustrated. “We haven’t done a goddamn thing about the issues being raised,” he tells Jesse. He also talks about the failures of Capitalism, the people who have tried to take him down, and his concerns with the state of discourse today. This conversation was recorded in September, 2023 Sponsors:...
Dec 09, 2023•37 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast CBC makes huge cuts - with plans to eliminate 600 positions. Is it time for a good hard look in the mirror to figure out what its future could look like? And Pierre Poilievre turns to documentary film to explain the housing crisis. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Paul Wells Further reading: CBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of ...
Dec 07, 2023•36 min•Ep 943•Transcript available on Metacast Editor’s note: An earlier version of this episode contained characterizations of slain Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar that Canadaland has been unable to independently verify, and as such have been removed. To put it lightly, Canada’s relations with India and China have lately been a mess, with allegations of assassination, retaliation, interference, and spying. And that was before a recent Globe report raised new questions about why China detained the “Michaels,” and before U.S. prosec...
Dec 04, 2023•40 min•Ep 942•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret Atwood returns to talk about getting in trouble, being treated in the media as some sort of prophet, and whether there are times when authoritarianism could in fact help us solve major problems. This conversation was recorded in September, 2023 Sponsors: Communauto , Better Help , University of King’s College If you value this podcast, support us ! You’ll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You’ll also get our exclusive newslett...
Dec 02, 2023•37 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act is like trying to get away with amending the Constitution via a hastily-scrawled Post-it note, flimsily affixed while no one’s looking. Spare a thought for the poor Alberta reporters who have to explain that, on top of their normal work of attempting to make energy policy engaging. And if 10 years is a long time in the life of a digital media company, how do we describe 20 for an indie magazine? The Narwhal’s Drew Anderson co-hosts. Host: Jonathan Goldsbie...
Nov 30, 2023•36 min•Ep 941•Transcript available on Metacast Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown has been asked to stop talking about antisemitism. He's also been asked whether he will denounce Israel, or if he is in fact a Zionist. In this opinion piece, Jesse tries to clear things up once and for all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 29, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Journalists report the news. They hear about a story, write it up, verify the facts, and then hit “publish”. But, occasionally a story comes in from someone else and then they, more or less, just hit “publish”. Public relations professionals are master spin doctors. They know how to get the story they want to tell, which may or may not be true (or at least not the full truth), published in major newspapers and sites across the country. Everyone does this: governments, corporations, institu...
Nov 27, 2023•43 min•Ep 940•Transcript available on Metacast Une mobilisation citoyenne à grande échelle a lieu au Canada pour inciter le gouvernement Trudeau à demander un cessez-le-feu entre Israël et la Palestine. Jonathan McPhedran Waitzer se joint à Emilie pour discuter de la place des personnes alliées au sein des mouvements sociaux, soulignant particulièrement le rôle des personnes juives solidaires avec le peuple palestinien. Dans un deuxième temps, Jonathan, membre de l'équipe d'organisation nationale de Ressources en mouvement, met en lumière ce...
Nov 25, 2023•33 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Rick Mercer started his career as a media critic of sorts. He broke into the national consciousness with a one man show taking on an establishment journalist, called Show Me the Button: I'll Push It (or Charles Lynch Must Die) . He talks to Jesse about his path from angry young outsider to palling around with politicians on TV. He also talks about developing his pioneering blend of news and comedy in This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Mercer Report, why he wouldn’t do Talking to Americans in the Y...
Nov 25, 2023•42 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast As news breaks of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Emilie Nicolas and Mattea Roach discuss anti-Palestinian media bias in media as well as look at the deaths of over 50 journalists in the region. They also talk about dwindling faith in Canadian media as more layoffs rock the industry. Host: Emilie Nicolas Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Mattea Roach Furth...
Nov 23, 2023•45 min•Ep 939•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the police, the coroners, and the canary in a coal mine for death investigations across the province. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Jon Thompson (Reporter), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Ryan McMahon (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese ...
Nov 20, 2023•37 min•Ep 938•Transcript available on Metacast As sexual assault convictions stack up for Peter Nygard, another alleged predator is walking free in Montreal. And an Ontario teacher under fire for teaching about socialist economics - in his economics class. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Jan Wong Further reading: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-girls-around-robert-...
Nov 16, 2023•31 min•Ep 937•Transcript available on Metacast What defines someone’s national identity? Is it a drop of blood from a distant relative? Is it living in a community? Is it being accepted by that community as a member? Do we approach that question differently if we have Italian ancestry versus Indigenous ancestry? Justin continues his conversations with Qalipu leaders, community members, and distant relatives in his search to understand what it means to be Mi’kmaq, whether it’s right to claim a Mi’kmaq identity, and what he should tell his kid...
Nov 14, 2023•32 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many unanswered questions around the deaths of Indigenous people in this one Ontario town. We have looked at the cops. The schools. The courts. The government. The people in the town itself. But we never looked at the coroners and the forensic pathologists who are a central part of death investigations. And once we started to do so, freedom of infor...
Nov 13, 2023•42 min•Ep 936•Transcript available on Metacast Un nouveau documentaire, Ados et armés, traite de la question de l’usage croissant des armes à feu chez les adolescents québécois. Le film donne la chance aux adolescents concernés de parler pour eux-mêmes. Le réalisateur du film, Fabrice Vil, se joint à nous pour parler des problèmes systémiques qui nous ont amenés ici. Nous parlons aussi de racisme dans le sport, suite à une histoire dans Le Droit concernant le traitement choquant infligé à deux joueurs racisés dans une ligue de hockey jeuness...
Nov 11, 2023•42 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Support Canadaland now! Click here: canadaland.com/join You’ve heard a lot from Jesse this crowdfunding campaign, it's time for Editor in Chief Karyn Pugliese (Pabàmàdiz) to share her vision for Canadaland. Karyn has seen journalism change Canada before, knows that it actually can make a difference in the conversations we have in this country, and in our democracy. We are in the final days of our 10th anniversary crowdfunding campaign. Support from listeners like you has never been more vital. H...
Nov 10, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The new refrain in the press gallery is that Trudeau has got to go. How seriously should we take this? And the world of deep fakes has come for Canadian news anchors. Glen McGregor co-hosts. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Glen McGregor Further reading: Justin Trudeau is a problem for his party — and even if he quits, it might no...
Nov 09, 2023•40 min•Ep 935•Transcript available on Metacast This is chapter 2 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/join When Newfoundland joined Canada as the tenth province in 1949, both the new province and the federal government neglected to mention in their terms of union that any indigenous people lived there. That meant Canada had no legal obligations to Mi’kmaq or Innu under the Indian Act. So First Nations peoples there were left out. Over the decades, Mi’kmaq on the island fought for official ...
Nov 07, 2023•34 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Jill Heinerth is one of the most accomplished aquanauts in the world. With over 8500 dives, she is hired by some of the most notable names in film and television, from David Suzuki, to James Cameron. But her life isn’t all about shooting epic underwater scenes for the big screen, a lot of her life is doing research in underwater caves, looking at organisms that few have ever seen before. She does this as part of scientific research that leads to groundbreaking medical discoveries, with app...
Nov 06, 2023•36 min•Ep 934•Transcript available on Metacast It was impossible to look away once CBC released the story and Fifth Estate documentary questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity. How well did the CBC do in its reporting? And an update on the Greenbelt scandal under Doug Ford - including an RCMP investigation. Kim Wheeler co-hosts. Host: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Kim ...
Nov 02, 2023•43 min•Ep 933•Transcript available on Metacast This is chapter 1 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/join In 2001, 9/11 forced airplanes from all over the world to suddenly land in Newfoundland. As communities responded to the crisis and welcomed people into their homes, there was a chance encounter between a Rabbi from England and an elderly person from Gander, Newfoundland: Edward Brake, grandfather of reporter Justin Brake. Edward told the Rabbi that he was a Holocaust survivor and had...
Oct 30, 2023•48 min•Ep 932•Transcript available on Metacast Support Canadaland now! Click here: canadaland.com/join We are way off our target for our crowdfunding goal this year. When we launched our campaign a few weeks ago, we had the best launch day ever. And then a war broke out…. We have so many really exciting stories to report and plans for the coming year to tell you about, and our ability to move on them depends on your support right now. New signups have slowed down substantially, but there is still time. Head to canadaland.co...
Oct 29, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Le gouvernement caquiste du Québec a récemment proposé une nouvelle mesure qui, selon le premier ministre François Legault, protégera la langue française. Cette mesure consiste à augmenter les frais de scolarité pour les personnes non-québécoises souhaitant étudier dans une université au Québec. Comme cette hausse aurait certainement un impact sur les universités anglophones qui accueillent un grand nombre d’étudiant.es de l'extérieur de la province, les médias à travers le pays ont rapidement e...
Oct 28, 2023•39 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre goes international by chomping on an apple. And journalist Tim Bousquet could face jail time for articles he published about a murder trial in Nova Scotia. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Tim Bousquet Further reading: Poilievre gets international attention for apple-eating viral moment - CBC N...
Oct 26, 2023•46 min•Ep 931•Transcript available on Metacast At ten years old, the Canadaland network has had its share of successes: investigative journalism, powerful accountability interviews, thoughtful analysis, critique of the media when it’s at its worst, and telling the weird, often untold stories about Canada. It has also had a few misses, like hiring the voice actor for Lisa Simpson to advertise for the company. Today’s episode features a few segments from the recent live show at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival, with hosts Mattea Roach, Jona...
Oct 23, 2023•38 min•Ep 930•Transcript available on Metacast As the conflict in Gaza and Israel continues to escalate, Pacinthe Mattar sits down with Jonathan to consider the ways in which narratives are shaped, journalists are obstructed, and parameters of discussion get enforced. They also look at the RCMP’s response to photojournalist Amber Bracken’s wrongful-arrest lawsuit, which somehow finds a new way to wring controversy from the term “occupation.” Correction: A previous version of this episode featured claims of an altercation between an alleged I...
Oct 19, 2023•42 min•Ep 929•Transcript available on Metacast Award-winning podcaster Connie Walker joins Jesse in studio to talk about the problems and racism she faced at the CBC, including the pushback she received when trying to tell stories about Indigenous women. But that racism and pushback didn’t deter her. During her time at the CBC, she created what is now known as CBC Indigenous. She also created the hit podcast series Missing & Murdered which, despite its success, was canceled after two seasons. She remains committed to telling those ...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep 928•Transcript available on Metacast 
