Archives: Episodes

WORK #3 – Bitter Harvest

April 3, 2024

To understand why the situation remains so bad, we need to go back in time to a moment when there was progress and hope. A moment when it looked like things might truly change for the better.

#976 An Oral History Of Just For Laughs Gags

April 1, 2024

The story that no one asked for, but must be told. The story of one of Canada’s most popular entertainment exports ever. An oral history of the hit show, Just For Laughs Gags.

#35 Culbuter le malheur

March 30, 2024

Que peut-on retenir d’un génocide ? Survivante Beata Umumbyeyi Mairesse embarque sur une réflexion profonde sur le génocide Tutsi du Rwanda et discute du rôle joué par les médias.

What can we learn from genocide? Survivor Beata Umumbyeyi Mairesse embarks on a deep reflection on the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, and discusses the role played by the media.

#975 Organ-Transplant Radio Bingo

March 28, 2024

Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canada’s Indigenous skyscrapers?

WORK #2 – State of Emergency Rooms

March 27, 2024

Across Canada, emergency rooms have been shutting down, leaving desperate people in the lurch. And at the heart of this health care crisis, is a labour crisis.

#86 The Convoy Keeps Rolling

March 26, 2024

When the trucks moved out of Ottawa in 2022, our public discourse changed. Grievance politics thrived, and our political parties adapted.

#974 We Spied on the Spies Who Spy on Activists

March 25, 2024

Of all the private intelligence firms in the English-language world, there appears to be just one whose speciality is tracking activists. And it has a branch office in Calgary.

#973 The Musk of Censorship

March 21, 2024

As Elon Musk rails against content moderation in a disastrous interview with Don Lemon, Jesse and Ivor Shapiro reconsider Canada’s new approach to online speech. 

WORK #1 – The War on Workers

March 20, 2024

The rise of gig work and temp agencies have made employment more precarious than ever

#64 Dougie Went a-Courtin’

March 20, 2024

Judicial independence is a foundational principle of Canadian democracy. Doug Ford sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.