Episodes

  • ep94: Champagne Neoliberalism + Alberta's NDP and the LEAP Manifesto

    ep94: Champagne Neoliberalism + Alberta's NDP and the LEAP Manifesto
    Dec 2 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 what Mark Carney’s 2025 budget contains and how the nation building rhetoric the Prime Minister campaigned on could actually have been implemented on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, unpack Carney's cringe path-to-pipeline MOU between Alberta and the feds on BUBBLE POP, look back on the impact of the LEAP Manifesto at the federal NDP's 2016 convention in Edmonton on THE PROGRESS REPORT and discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling made the country complicit in the war in Sudan on THE BREACH SHOW.

    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
  • ep93: BC’s Zoomer-led Greens + CANADALAND Wasteland

    ep93: BC’s Zoomer-led Greens + CANADALAND Wasteland
    Nov 25 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 Atlantic Canada’s lobster crisis on BERRYRGROUNDS, speak with BC’s new Zoomer Green Party leader Emily Lowan on BUBBLE POP, sift through the ashes of a post-CANADALAND wasteland on THE NORTH STATE and explain why the U.S. private equity owned Ksi Lisims LNG development project in British Columbia isn't nation building on THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA.

    This episode of Harbinger Showcase is brought to you by scholar-activist Nada Elia's new release 'Palestine and Feminist Liberation' from Between the Lines Books.

    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
  • 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.

    This episode of Harbinger Showcase is brought to you by Peggy Nash and Julie White's new release 'Women United: Stories of Women’s Struggles for Equality in the Canadian Auto Workers Union' from Between the Lines Books.

    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
  • ep88: Médéric Lanctôt, Canada's 1st Social Democrat + Three Mining Companies in a Trenchcoat

    ep88: Médéric Lanctôt, Canada's 1st Social Democrat + Three Mining Companies in a Trenchcoat
    Oct 21 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 the dismissal of a federal government lawyer for calling for Divestment from Israel on CJPME's PALESTINE DEBRIEF, explain why the federal government’s Bill C-9 legislation to combat hate crimes is a threat to civil liberties on REDEYE, explore the history of - 19th century Montreal journalist, politician, and union leader Médéric Lanctôt, Canada’s first social democrat on the Broadbent Institute’s PERSPECTIVES and dig into how the state facilitates resource extraction domestically and globally at the expense of the common good 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
  • 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.

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