Archives: Episodes

#117 Man of Steel, Nation of Bloat

February 11, 2025

The government hired 110,000 workers over the past 10 years, did we get 110,000 times more efficient?

#1104 Perverts, Punks, and Queers: a Tribute to the Zine Underground

February 10, 2025

What does Gavin McInnes, founder of registered terrorist entity the Proud Boys, have in common with Jonathan Goldstein, creator of the heartbreaking and hilarious podcast Heavyweight?

#1103 Has Poilievre Peaked?

February 7, 2025

Poilievre’s slogans can’t compete with “Buy Canadian.” 

#4 The Extradition

February 5, 2025

France requests that Hassan be brought to Paris to stand trial. One of Canada’s most respected lawyers takes the case and fights the extradition. As the hearings drag on for years, more people start to question the French evidence against Diab.

#1102 You Got a Fentanyl Czar, I Got a Plan to Get Us Out of Here

February 5, 2025

A tariff reprieve and the trade war that wasn’t. 

#116 Three Businesses Jerked Around by Trump

February 4, 2025

A trade war is bad, but some businesses might fare better than others.

#1100 A Weird Way to Win the Trade War with Trump

February 3, 2025

Hitting America where it hurts: right in the dongle.

#1099 Why Poilievre is “Unaware” of Transgender People

January 31, 2025

Emboldened by Trump, Poilievre denies the existence of trans people in an interview on CP24.

#3 The Professor

January 29, 2025

Hassan Diab, a sociology professor living in Ottawa, is finishing up his classes for the day when he learns that he is the primary suspect in France’s investigation into the Copernic synagogue bombing. At first, he doesn’t believe this. But he begins to sense that he’s being surveilled. Then early one morning, he hears an unexpected knock on his door.

#1098 Big Doug Energy

January 29, 2025

Doug Ford cashes in his “Captain Canada” chips