Archives: Episodes

WORK #14 – The Colossus of Roads

June 19, 2024

She expected to face opposition from tech companies and governments that are hostile to workers. But what she didn’t anticipate was that one of the biggest obstacles in her path would be a labour union. 

#67 To All the Booze Who’ve Loved Beer Store

June 19, 2024

Who doesn’t love an ice-cold beer from a bar, a pub, a liquor store… a gas station?

#92 The Spy Who Loved MPs

June 18, 2024

On June 3, a cross-party committee released a redacted document alleging some parliamentarians have been “semi-witting or witting” participants in the efforts of foreign states to interfere in Canadian politics. 

#6 Indigenish

June 18, 2024

In the Season Finale of Pretendians we explore what makes people fake being Native

#998 Nature is SO Gay

June 17, 2024

25 years ago, one Canadian scientist wrote a book that detailed the history and science of gay animals: Biological Exuberance. And then he disappeared…

GAY TIME

June 13, 2024

In the first episode of A Field Guide to Gay Animals, Owen, Laine, and a 200-year-old gay tortoise explore the history of scientific research into gay animals, with the help of a seminal book that defined nature for what it is – queer as f*ck.

WORK #13 – Flying Under the Radar

June 12, 2024

Mandalena Lewis is one of far too many flight attendants who have been harassed or assaulted on the job. And her story is just one example of a culture of sexism and abuse that she alleges pervades the airline industry.

#5 Johnny Depp and the Hollywood Phonies

June 11, 2024

Being a Pretendian is a Hollywood tradition!

Dear Taliban: Part One

June 10, 2024

Investigative reporter Molly Thomas was hell-bent on not letting the
plight of women in Afghanistan fall from the headlines. But the battle
to tell that story wasn’t where she first thought it was.