Thousands of people in Canada have access to top secret government documents, but if any of them are considering following in the footsteps of Edward...
March 19, 2015
By Tim Groves
Does the Globe and Mail Understand What Reasonable Accommodation Means?
The assertion that the niqab has nothing to do with Islam is a kind of catnip for liberals who are somewhat uncomfortable with the practice of...
March 17, 2015
By Idil Issa
Short Cuts
#9 Two Annoying Jerks
Simon Houpt and Jesse talk about their own journalism
January 22, 2015
Short Cuts
#6 Torture/Payola/Oscar Clip Journalism
Jan Wong returns to talk about Canada's war criminals, the CBC on the take, and the Globe and Mail fishing for awards
December 10, 2014
CANADALAND
#55 Glenn Greenwald Knows Things About Canada
An on-stage interview with Pultizer-prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald on his troubled relationship with the Canadian media and what he knows but has yet to report on CSEC spying.
CANADALAND has learned that last year the CBC acquired NSA documents describing a major CSEC surveillance program, but the public broadcaster has been...
October 23, 2014
By Jesse Brown
CANADALAND
#50 The Last Music Critic
Carl Wilson changed the way music is discussed. His "poptimist" manifesto, Let's Talk About Love, made it okay to talk seriously about bubbly pop, and went pop itself- that rare work of criticism that becomes a bestseller. He rose to a top job in his field, senior critic at SPIN. But he almost instantly lost that job. He explains why, and talks about the rapid decline of music criticism itself.
September 28, 2014
You Know What Russell Smith Should try Writing About? Hipsters.
Nobody calls themself a hipster, but thankfully Russell Smith is around to sort it all out.
September 19, 2014
By Ishmael Daro
CANADALAND
#41 (A Fate Worse Than) Death Of The Newspaper
Veteran journalist John Barber has written a fire-breathing, bridge-burning polemic on the state of Canada's newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, where he spent most of his career. He explains why he had to say it.
July 20, 2014
CANADALAND
Michael Enright (repeat)
The veteran CBC broadcaster as you've never heard him before. A candid, combative, and lubricated conversation about the state of journalism, the CBC, Canada in general, and Jesse's life choices in particular.