Adam Gopnik lived out a certain Canadian fantasy. He left the country and became a prominent New York intellectual.
October 30, 2017
THE IMPOSTER
The Heart Says No
In the new season of The Heart podcast, Kaitlin Prest gets men to open up about that time when they didn't get consent, but did it anyway. We ask how she pulled it off.
June 22, 2017
CANADALAND
#159 The Surveillance of Patrick Lagacé
La Presse journalist Patrick Lagacé tells all about why the Montreal police spied on him and other journalists, and why the free press is under attack.
November 14, 2016
THE IMPOSTER
Happy Lucky Accident Stories
Walter Scott doodles on a napkin and gets big in Japan. Mike Carrozza breaks down the bear joke. Anni Spadafora unlearns music. Mister Quickly, Amazon's greatest wit, revealed.
October 26, 2016
CANADALAND
#84 My Socalled Friend
Josh Dolgin is one of Canada's most idiosyncratic talents. He is a rapper, a producer, an accordian player, a magician, a cartoonist, a puppeteer, and a cook book author. He is also Jesse's former creative partner, and this conversation should probably have taken place in private, if at all.
May 31, 2015
CANADALAND
#35 Ricochet: Crowdfunding The Next Journalism
A people-powered journalism startup from Montreal has quickly earned the support of hundreds of backers. So what is Ricochet and who’s paying for it? Editor Ethan Cox explains.
June 1, 2014
CANADALAND
#18 VICE: An Oral History
VICE's Montreal origin, remembered by those who were there.
February 3, 2014
CANADALAND
#15 Death of the Alt-Weekly
Former Montreal Mirror editor Rupert Bottenberg on the end of an era.