Episodes

  • ep92: Alberta Labour's Existential Threat + Mark Carney's Harper-esque Budget

    ep92: Alberta Labour's Existential Threat + Mark Carney's Harper-esque Budget
    Nov 18 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we talk about the Liberal government’s new Harper-esque budget on THE BREACH SHOW, look back at a 19th century Montreal journalist who advocated for Quebec’s working poor on The Broadbent Institute’s PERSPECTIVES, discuss a new essential read for Canadians who want to advance reconciliation on REDEYE look at how organized labour in Alberta is responding to an existential threat as the province’s teachers are ordered back to work by Danielle Smith’s UCP on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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    58 mins
  • ep91: Inside the Budget Lockup + Wire Cutting American Tech

    ep91: Inside the Budget Lockup + Wire Cutting American Tech
    Nov 11 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we report from the federal budget journalist lockup on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, explore the bizarre pop culture of the far-right on BUBBLE POP, explain why we need to cut our American technology dependence on TECH WON’T SAVE US and develop a new parenting system to overcome the historical tension between fathers and sons on SRSLY WRONG.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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    58 mins
  • ep90: Political Cronyism and Corporate Landlords + Connecting Poverty and Climate Change

    ep90: Political Cronyism and Corporate Landlords + Connecting Poverty and Climate Change
    Nov 4 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we discuss how Doug Ford and Mark Carney’s housing policies heavily favour corporate landlords on THE BREACH SHOW, talk about the best case outcome of the NDP leadership race on THE NORTH STATE, speak with the World Bank’s Chief Climate Economist about the links between climate change and poverty on GREEN MAJORITY and explore Universal Basic Income and how its appeal relates to left-wing politics and strategy on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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    58 mins
  • ep89: Pushing the NDP to the Left + the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike

    ep89: Pushing the NDP to the Left + the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
    Oct 27 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we discuss how the NDP leadership race could turn the party into a vehicle for bold left politics or cement its decline on THE BREACH SHOW, talk about the health risks of zoonotic diseases and the political circus surrounding a flock of BC ostriches on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, look back at the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike on ANTI-EMPIRE PROJECT and explore Marxism, Chinese culture and ecology on CITED.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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    58 mins
  • ep87: AI's Illusion of Convenience + Challenging Complacency in a New Fascist Era

    ep87: AI's Illusion of Convenience + Challenging Complacency in a New Fascist Era
    Oct 14 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we look at the rise of the extreme-right in Canada on Rachel Gilmore's BUBBLE POP, talk about a recent report unpacking the changing status of endangered species in BC since 2010 on Sierra Club Canada's THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA, investigate the importance of challenging political complacency in a time of rising fascist politics on FREE CITY RADIO and discuss the illusion of convenience that AI offers on CYBORG GODDESS.

    This episode is brought to you by the new Between the Lines Books release Troubling Criminology by Michael C. K. Ma and Mike Larsen examining how crime, justice, and deviance are socially constructed, shaped by historical and cultural contexts and influenced by power, inequality, and systemic oppression. Find your copy of Troubling Criminology at btlbooks.com.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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    58 mins
  • ep86: The Carney Doctrine + Socialism and the CCF-NDP

    ep86: The Carney Doctrine + Socialism and the CCF-NDP
    Oct 7 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we explain how the Liberals’ harsher immigration policies negatively affect all workers on THE BREACH SHOW, examine the ‘Carney Doctrine’ with Jacobin’s Luke Savage on THE ORCHARD, talk about the Liberal government’ gaslighting around Indigenous relations on GREEN MAJORITY and examine Gary Teeple's 1972 essay, 'Liberals in a hurry': socialism and the CCF-NDP in a conversation asking if moralizing about capitalism's ill effects is a useful strategy to bring about political change on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    This episode is brought to you by Canada’s coalition of 31 progressive publishers at unrigged.ca and by your friends at The Alberta Advantage.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
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    58 mins
  • ep85: Unionizing Amazon and Uber in BC + Carney's Western Ideological Orientation

    ep85: Unionizing Amazon and Uber in BC + Carney's Western Ideological Orientation
    Sep 30 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we report on the recent successful union certification drives for Uber drivers and Amazon workers in BC on REDEYE, look at healthcare, colonialism, and liberation struggle on HABIBTI PLEASE, investigate the Prime Minister’s Western ideological orientation on the Broadbent Institute's PERSPECTIVES and look at the Canadian origins of "eco-development" and liberal environmentalism on CITED.

    This episode is brought to you by the new Between the Lines Books release ‘Strangely, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters', by Canada’s coalition of 31 progressive publishers at unrigged.ca and by your friends at The Alberta Advantage.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
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    58 mins
  • ep84: Rent Control is Good, Actually + 1971 New Brunswick NDP Trotskyists

    ep84: Rent Control is Good, Actually + 1971 New Brunswick NDP Trotskyists
    Sep 23 2025
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this episode we reveal why rent control is good, actually, on SRSLY WRONG, discuss ways the climate movement can be more inclusive on PULLBACK, explain why solution-focused energy reporting has become more important than ever on the Sierra Club’s THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA and unpack the story of how a small group of Waffle-aligned activists managed to briefly take over the 1971 New Brunswick NDP on THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    This episode is brought to you by the new Between the Lines Books release ‘Strangely, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters', by Canada’s coalition of 31 progressive publishers at unrigged.ca and by your friends at The Alberta Advantage.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
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    58 mins