SHORT CUTS #140 - Weekend With Bernie
A series of media scoops have shown that some politicians are actually rich people who want to keep their money. Bernie Sanders comes to Canada to tell us about our healthcare system. The government h...
2 Nov 201743min
Ep. 205 - Out Of My Depth With Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik lived out a certain Canadian fantasy. He left the country and became a prominent New York intellectual. He writes about the move in his new book, At the Stranger's Gate. Gopnik is now a st...
30 Okt 201745min
SHORT CUTS #139 - Distorted Sermon, Coercive Mattress
Quebec passes a racist law. A bunch of media outlets ran a story that used video manipulation and questionable translation to make it look like an imam was calling for the slaughter of Jews. After he ...
26 Okt 201746min
Daniel Dale
The Toronto Star's Daniel Dale has become one of the most-watched journalists in Washington in part by simply enumerating Donald Trump's lies (Dale counted 720 as of last week). He got his start cover...
23 Okt 201743min
SHORT CUTS #138 - Andrew Scheer Does Not Want His Name In Headlines With The Rebel
The Conservative Party leader walked away from a scrum when pressed about his campaign manager working in far right media company The Rebel's office during his campaign. We look at the language aro...
19 Okt 201742min
My Awkward Date With Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley talks about how she helped Jesse break a major story. And she discusses domestic abuse, sexual harassment and assault, and the culture that fuels it. Support us at patreon.com/CANADALAN...
16 Okt 201754min
SHORT CUTS #137 - Sour Gas, Racist Soap
An "unprecedented national collaboration" between The National Observer, Global, The Toronto Star and more exposes the dangers of sour gas in Saskatchewan. But as OurSask.ca points out, they forgot to...
12 Okt 201740min
It's The End Of CanCon As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The way we make culture in Canada is finished. The CanCon system was built around radio frequency and cable subscriptions. That's done. Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly had the thankless task of crafti...
9 Okt 201748min
