92: The Quiet Part, Loud (w/Sara Aniano and dappergander)
"Freedom Convoy" leader, Pat King, recently live-streamed his arrest on Facebook. His racist public incitements to violence belie claims that the convoy was non-partisan and peaceful. As with other co...
24 Feb 20221h 37min
Bonus Sample: Carpetbagger Pharaohs
They couldn’t be more different: the self-made, self-help guru to the stars, the antisemitic Black-separatist, the blue-blood anti-vax lawyer, and the founder of a science-fiction religion. But in the...
21 Feb 20226min
91: We Need to Talk About Stephanie
When Stephanie Sibbio, owner of Glowing Mama Fitness in Toronto, livestreamed herself harassing workers in her local health food store over COVID policy, the world was introduced to a now-familiar arc...
17 Feb 20221h 46min
Bonus Sample: Spiritual, Um—Sorry—Canadian Bypassing
"An essential pleasure of white liberal identity in Canada is the schadenfreude of looking down our noses when we consider what’s south of us. It’s an unearned pride that says: “We’re not like that.” ...
14 Feb 202210min
90: The Convoy is an Occupation (w/Elizabeth Simons)
We cover a lot of ground in this episode. But to introduce it in seed form, we want to draw your attention to a 15-second video we’ve posted to our Instagram. It shows a little boy, clearly stressed, ...
10 Feb 20221h 51min
Bonus Sample: The Ritual of Healing
Despite the binary conversations around vaccinations, healing has never been an either/or dependent on one factor. What works for one person isn't necessarily the correct course of action for someone ...
7 Feb 20226min
89: Till Death Do Us Part (w/Mary)
Mary joins Matthew for an extended interview about the last year of her husband’s life. Louis died of pancreatic cancer almost exactly a year ago, at the age of 45. Mary—who has asked that her last na...
4 Feb 20221h 45min
Bonus Sample: Misinformation Millionaires
Last week’s Defeat The Mandate March in Washington D.C. saw a who’s-who of conspiracists address thousands from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Live-streaming and mic’d up— some fresh from massive ...
31 Jan 20229min
