Jody Porter And A Complicated Legacy
Jody Porter worked for CBC in Thunder Bay for more than two decades. Her work on the injustices faced by Indigenous people in Northwestern Ontario from Grassy Narrows to Thunder Bay was cited in many ...
1 Elo 202239min
(Short Cuts) Pope? Nope.
The media actually did a pretty good job of covering the Pope's apology. And Wendy Mesley's re-branding as a woman of ill repute. Karyn Pugliese co-hosts.Links:Canada's National Observer piece by Thai...
28 Heinä 202238min
Cindy Blackstock's Long Game
So many people encounter injustice and accept it as the way things are. Others refuse to accept the status quo and will not rest until those injustices are done away with. Cindy Blackstock is one of t...
25 Heinä 202232min
(Short Cuts) Hot Off The Press
Our changing perception of the Nova Scotia mass shooter's partner Lisa Banfield. And thwarting the apocalypse through journalism. Sarah Lawrynuik co-hosts. Links:Halifax Examiner piece re: The witchif...
21 Heinä 202230min
Pardon My French
When a CBC host used the N-word in pre-production meetings, she was taken off the air. When the French arm of the public broadcaster, Radio-Canada, had a program just months later where the N-word was...
18 Heinä 202241min
(Short Cuts) Wet Hot Antitrust Summer
Three telecoms in a trench coat and other Canadian oligopolies. And we need a new playbook when it comes to engaging with Pierre Poilievre. Vass Bednar co-hostsLinks:CBC piece re: Rogers outage and th...
14 Heinä 202237min
CPC F*ckery
Patrick Brown was disqualified from the Conservative Leadership race. He's denied allegations filed by a whistleblower that he was knowingly mismanaging how campaign staff were being paid. He's vowed ...
11 Heinä 202228min
(Détours) Le coût de l’expression
Plus d’une cinquantaine de têtes d’affiches de Radio-Canada contestent la décision du CRTC concernant l’utilisation du ‘mot en n’ sur l’émission radiophonique Le 15-18 en août 2020. Puis dans le clima...
9 Heinä 202245min
