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

#1087 Gaze Ye Upon the Viral Success of Jordan Peterson’s Poilievre Interview, and Despair!

Was Pierre Poilievre’s conversation with Jordan Peterson the most popular political interview in Canadian history?

January 10, 2025

#1086 Lame Duck L’Orange

How bad has Trudeau F’d Canada?

January 8, 2025

#1083 Democracy Under Threat: Anne Applebaum and Timothy Snyder

Two acclaimed historians talk about the state of democracy and freedom in the world today.

January 3, 2025

#1079 Trudeau’s Next Move, and the Truth About the Gig Economy

What Toronto Star got wrong about UberEats, plus an update on the shaky Trudeau government.

December 20, 2024

#1078 Overthrown for the Holidays

Justin Trudeau won’t walk in the snow.

December 18, 2024

#1075 Did Trudeau Just Hand Trump Canada’s Arctic?

What’s the deal with the “North American Arctic”?

December 13, 2024

#1074 A Canadian Politician Just Admitted to Taking Orders From India

Testifying in Parliament last week, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown revealed how India affected his 2022 bid to lead the Conservative Party of Canada

December 11, 2024

#1071 The Real Reason Why Newspapers Are Suing ChatGPT

Canada’s legacy media is suing OpenAI, alleging they’re “strip-mining journalism” by using news articles to train its popular ChatGPT software.

December 6, 2024

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