
The Imposter - I Pity The Country Part 1
The Imposter's "I Pity The Country" sits alongside Radiolab and The Heart on Constant Listener's 8 best podcast episodes of 2017. You can read that list here: http://constantlistener.com/best-podcasts...
28 Dec 201743min

COMMONS - Invisible Victims: How Police Botched The Robert Pickton Case
Over the holidays, we're presenting some of the best episodes from across CANADALAND Media. "If the police don't want you to see a file, you're never gonna know it exists." Lorimer Shenher, author...
25 Dec 201737min

SHORT CUTS #147 - Officially Suspicious: The Sherman Deaths
Last week, billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were found dead in their Toronto home. As we parse through language in the press like "suspicious" and "police sources," what do we know and which inter...
21 Dec 201732min

Ep. 212 - Meet the New Partisan Press
PressProgress calls itself "Canada’s most shared source for progressive news and information." They get real scoops, using the traditional tools of journalism, like access to information requests, fa...
18 Dec 201731min

SHORTCUTS #146 - Terrible Documentary Silenced by Basic Decency
A terrible BBC documentary about transgender kids was pulled from CBC scheduling. A journalists' materials were seized from a Niagara Regional Council meeting by staff who were exercising "enthusiasti...
14 Dec 201737min

Ep. 211 - Inside A Right-Wing Meme Machine
After working in media, PR and politics, Jeff Ballingall understands the political power of Facebook. His top Facebook page gets more engagement than the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star combined. ...
11 Dec 201728min

SHORT CUTS #145 - News From The Upside Down
The Globe and Mail recently launched their re-designed newspaper much to the dismay of old people everywhere. Editor-in-Chief David Walmsley claims they're "actually expanding" a print edition that ha...
7 Dec 201737min

Ep. 210 - Why Newspapers Don't Have To Die
After 34 newspapers were abruptly killed by Postmedia and Torstar last week, Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey made the case that it was just part of an inevitable decline in the industry. Chris Powell vehem...
4 Dec 201741min



















