What Canada’s Left Must Learn from Bernie and AOC
The American populist left has a roadmap for Canadian progressives. With the NDP wandering the political wilderness, the rise of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez points to where left-wing p...
30 Touko 202528min
The Big Scary Canada-US Border
Canadians and Americans alike are afraid of crossing the border, and for political commentators like Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks travel requires extra precautions. What’s behind Trump’s puzzling dec...
28 Touko 202527min
Endangered Species – an Interview with an NDP MP
Earlier this year, Jagmeet Singh laughed off the idea of losing. Now, he’s out and the NDP is in free fall. They lost official party status. They lost ground with key voters, organized labor, and thei...
27 Touko 202529min
Dave Thomas of SCTV on Why Canadians Rule Comedy
Canadian comedy legend Dave Thomas is here. What else is there to say? If you want to understand the last half century of comedy from SCTV to SNL to The Simpsons you only need to look to the comedic b...
26 Touko 202540min
The Mystery of the Disappearing Mystery Disease in New Brunswick
A new study suggests that New Brunswick’s mystery brain illness doesn’t exist, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Recent headlines declare the mystery is solved, but the new study only raises more q...
23 Touko 202528min
Inside the Lurid Hockey Canada Trial
What the coverage isn’t capturing about the Hockey Canada Trial.Five former junior hockey players are on trial for sexual assault, and the reporting is full of graphic details. Laura Robinson takes us...
21 Touko 202538min
Can Carney Run Canada Like a CEO?
After a couple of weeks of pats on the back and trying to find Pierre Poilievre a new home, we’re finally seeing how Mark Carney’s government plans to tackle the country’s biggest problems and who he’...
20 Touko 202533min
Confessions of a Girls Gone Wild Merch Girl
In 2005 Courtney Kocak was a “merch girl” on the Girls Gone Wild tour bus. She doled out the swag, T-shirts, thongs, drinks, to help get the GGW parties started. The GGW party on wheels rolled through...
19 Touko 202551min
