Ranked #1
Episode 64 – we gotta fight for our rights to abooooortion
Episode 64 – we gotta fight for our rights to abooooortion
(This episode's title was not approved by Sandy)This episode is a difficult one. Nora and Sandy talk about the struggle ... Read more
29 May 2019
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44mins
Ranked #2
Episode 48 – Let’s Talk Bell Let’s Talk
Episode 48 – Let’s Talk Bell Let’s Talk
Bell Let's Talk happened again this year. Sandy and Nora deconstruct the campaign and examine how it gives cover for Bel... Read more
5 Feb 2019
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42mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 80 – does the left really eat itself?
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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how knowledge is disseminated and coopted, and how oftentimes we blame other ... Read more
29 Oct 2019
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49mins
Ranked #4
Episode 79 – Election’s over. What does anything mean?
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22 Oct 2019
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50mins
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Episode 77 – debate night and the fall of Canada’s old order
Episode 77 – debate night and the fall of Canada’s old order
Sandy and Nora stayed up very late to bring you a hot-off-the-press analysis of the only English-language federal electi... Read more
8 Oct 2019
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56mins
Ranked #6
Episode 69 – It’s time to talk about the Greens
Episode 69 – It’s time to talk about the Greens
The Green Party, what is it good for? Sandy and Nora ask this question in earnest and conclude that it might be time for... Read more
16 Jul 2019
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41mins
Ranked #7
Episode 47 – Covington MAGA teens buy their redemption
Episode 47 – Covington MAGA teens buy their redemption
Last week, journalists were played by an invented viral controversy. In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the raci... Read more
30 Jan 2019
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45mins
Ranked #8
Episode 52 – the NDP at a crossroads
Episode 52 – the NDP at a crossroads
With the Liberals melting down and the Conservatives more brazen in their support for racist organizing, the NDP is at a... Read more
5 Mar 2019
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48mins
Ranked #9
Episode 59 – Can we learn from what just happened in Alberta?
Episode 59 – Can we learn from what just happened in Alberta?
Sandy and Nora talk Alberta — finally! There are many lessons to be learned from how the Alberta NDP governed, how Jason... Read more
23 Apr 2019
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48mins
Ranked #10
Episode 83 – hockey, whiteness and Canadian identity
Episode 83 – hockey, whiteness and Canadian identity
Hockey is Canada and Canada is Hockey. This adage is seemingly lodged in the brains of a few too many people in Canada, ... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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46mins
Ranked #11
Episode 56 – the unbearable whiteness of Canadian media
Episode 56 – the unbearable whiteness of Canadian media
Talking about systemic racism in Canadian media is a bottomless well of content. This week, Sandy and Nora discuss Pam S... Read more
2 Apr 2019
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42mins
Ranked #12
Episode 55 — Liberals tokenize to make SNC affair go away
Episode 55 — Liberals tokenize to make SNC affair go away
Despite their best efforts, the Liberals are still stuck in the SNC-Lavalin scandal. And they've trotted out some old ti... Read more
26 Mar 2019
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50mins
Ranked #13
Episode 87 – Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
Episode 87 – Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the important work of Land Defenders, both at Wet'suwet'en and across Canada.... Read more
4 Feb 2020
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42mins
Ranked #14
Episode 74 – a truly boring election
Episode 74 – a truly boring election
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Andrew Scheer's racist/homophobic candidate problem, each of the party's stra... Read more
17 Sep 2019
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42mins
Ranked #15
Episode 51 – Corruption and racism, as Canadian as Maple Pie
Episode 51 – Corruption and racism, as Canadian as Maple Pie
From SNC-Lavalin to the Yellow Vest Movement, Canada's Two Natural Governing Parties (TM) are in a deep dive into those ... Read more
26 Feb 2019
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45mins
Ranked #16
Episode 92 – COVID-19 and the crisis of neoliberalism
Episode 92 – COVID-19 and the crisis of neoliberalism
In this episode, Sandy and Nora grapple with the calm before the storm and try to explain why different generations of p... Read more
17 Mar 2020
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49mins
Ranked #17
Episode 84 – 2019 has sucked. Let’s make media in 2020
Episode 84 – 2019 has sucked. Let’s make media in 2020
Sandy and Nora sign off for 2019 with a look-back at the year and how, as media continues to crumble, average people nee... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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42mins
Ranked #18
Episode 75 – #BlackFaceTrudeau and Canadian white supremacy
Episode 75 – #BlackFaceTrudeau and Canadian white supremacy
It feels like so long ago: Justin Trudeau in Blackface hit the election cycle like an atomic bomb. What did journalists ... Read more
24 Sep 2019
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51mins
Ranked #19
Episode 50 – free the news
Episode 50 – free the news
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk paywalls. On their always-free, listener-funded platform, they talk about what's wr... Read more
19 Feb 2019
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42mins
Ranked #20
Episode 46 – Doug vs. student democracy
Episode 46 – Doug vs. student democracy
In part 2 of 2 episodes on the Ford government's higher education announcement, Nora and Sandy break down “voluntary stu... Read more
23 Jan 2019
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53mins
