Short Cuts is a weekly media criticism show where our hosts talk shit about the news.

Short Cuts

Hosted by Jesse Brown

Each week we take you behind the headlines – bringing you expert analysis, heated opinion and thoughtful debate on the stories everybody is talking about and the ones they aren’t but should be.

Latest Episodes

#1103 Has Poilievre Peaked?

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

February 7, 2025

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

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

February 5, 2025

#1099 Why Poilievre is “Unaware” of Transgender People

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

January 31, 2025

#1098 Big Doug Energy

Doug Ford cashes in his “Captain Canada” chips

January 29, 2025

#1095 Zuckerberg and Musk are Just like Edison and Ford: A**holes

Social media is a mess and the tech oligarchs are to blame

January 24, 2025

#1094 The Real Reason Elon Musk Threw Up A Sieg Heil

What Trump’s inauguration lacked in tariffs, it made up for in egregious salutes.

January 22, 2025

#1091 A Conservative on How Canada Is Already F’Ing up With Trump

Why Canada needs to get its sh*t together NOW.

January 17, 2025

#1090 Should Jesse Run for Parliament?

Amid an exodus in the Liberal Party, Mark Carney teases a leadership bid on the Daily Show, and Jesse ponders a future in politics.

January 15, 2025

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