Episodios

  • We're in the Fight of Our Lives
    Oct 20 2025

    Canadaland covers Canada, period.


    If there was ever a time to support Canadian news, it’s now. Go to canadaland.com/join and become a supporter today.


    Host: Jesse Brown

    Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)


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    13 m
  • What the Heck is a “Newsfluencer”?
    Oct 17 2025

    A new study suggests influencers had the “loudest voices” and “dominated” the election online. Are newsfluencers the future of news coverage or is their impact overstated? Sam Konnert joins Noor Azrieh to discuss whether the influence of the newsfluencer is for real.


    Host: Noor Azrieh

    Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Jules Bugiel (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

    Guest: Sam Konnert


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    35 m
  • Carney So Nasty
    Oct 15 2025

    Carney and Trump share laughs in a hot mic moment and in the White House, but has the bromance narrative overshadowed the coverage of the trade war?


    Plus, is Mark Carney a good boss?


    Host: Noor Azrieh

    Credits: James Nicholson (Producer),Jules Bugiel (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer),, max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

    Guest: Sam Konnert

    Additional music by Audio Network


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    37 m
  • Can Newfoundland Finally Stand up to Quebec?
    Oct 14 2025

    It’s election time in Newfoundland and Labrador — and beef with Quebec is back on the menu.


    This week, host Sam unpacks how a 1969 deal turned Newfoundland’s mighty river into Quebec’s cash cow, earning Hydro-Québec billions while leaving Newfoundland with scraps. Now, decades later, the province says it’s finally taking back control.



    Host: Sam Konnert

    Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)


    Guests: Dr. Russell Williams, Senator David Wells


    Background reading:

    • Did Hydro-Québec Try to Silence One of Its Critics?
    • “The same deal as in 1969 at the end of the day” Why Newfoundland and Labrador Must Question the Gull Island MOU
    • What does the MOU mean to you? N.L. residents weigh in on Churchill Falls amid election campaigns | CBC News


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    39 m
  • Black Rights in Canada Took This Fight
    Oct 13 2025

    The Civil Rights Movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s in the United States gave the world iconic, inspiring, and sometimes horrific moments, burned by repetition into the public imagination. Even as a Canadian, you know the sights and sounds of that civil rights fight. You can picture MLK preaching his dream.


    But what did the civil rights struggle look and sound like in Canada? Does anything come to mind? Perhaps Viola Desmond, challenging segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, recently memorialized on the ten dollar bill.


    Why so few images in the collective conscience? Where are the Canadian sights and sounds of the era?


    Today’s guest has the answer, and the footage to back it up. Filmmaker Michèle Stephenson has just premiered her new film True North.



    Host: Jesse Brown

    Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

    Featured Guest: Michèle Stephenson


    Fact checking by Julian Abraham


    More information:


    • TRUE NORTH Trailer — YouTube
    • 50 years later: How racism allegations against a Montreal professor turned into the greatest student riot in Canadian history — National Post


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    30 m
  • Chrystia Freeland’s Ukraine Doctrine
    Oct 10 2025

    Chrystia Freeland makes the business and military case for supporting Ukraine.


    As the Carney government recommits to supporting Ukraine, Freeland argues that we need Ukraine more than it needs us (mostly because of the drones.) Plus, what’s happening with the Ukrainian refugees in Canada?


    Host: Jesse Brown

    Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Jules Bugiel (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

    Guest: Lisa Goldman


    Further Reading On Website

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    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 newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you’ll be a part of the solution to Canada’s journalism crisis, you’ll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.

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    31 m
  • Greta Thunberg's Dubious Agony in Gaza
    Oct 8 2025

    With new prospects for ceasefire in Gaza led by Trump, is Canada’s approach to the Middle East coherent?


    Plus, Greta Thunberg makes headlines after she’s detained en route by sea to Gaza. Eyewitnesses allege Israel “treated her like an animal,” but what really happened?



    Vote for Noor Azrieh as Best Host of a News and Politics show at the Signal Awards.


    Host: Jesse Brown

    Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Jules Bugiel (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor)

    Guest: Lisa Goldman


    Further Reading On Our Website

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    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 newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you’ll be a part of the solution to Canada’s journalism crisis, you’ll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.

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    39 m
  • BC is Forcing Drug Users into Rehab. Can it Work?
    Oct 7 2025

    British Columbia is rolling back safe supply and decriminalization, and moving toward something very different: forcibly detaining and treating people with severe addictions. Alberta is already doing it. Ontario is considering it. Canada is entering a new era of drug policy, one called involuntary care.


    Host Noor Azrieh sits down with legislative reporter Mark Page to unpack what’s happening in B.C., and then goes international to speak with Professor Alison Ritter about what Australia’s experience with involuntary care can teach us.

    Host: Noor Azrieh

    Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)


    Guests: Mark Page, Alison Ritter


    Background reading:

    • The Fight Over Forced Rehab – Macleans
    • Mixed reaction to B.C. premier's announcement of new involuntary care facilities – CBC News
    • One third of B.C.’s ‘publicly funded substance-use treatment beds’ don’t provide any treatment – The Investigative Journalism Foundation
    • Involuntary treatment for severe addiction is better than doing nothing – The Globe and Mail


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    43 m