In this episode, Sandy and Nora take stock of a difficult week in American news and pose the question: what would it take for Canada to actually ditch the monarchy?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora ask: what is the point of public broadcasting, and how should CBC respond to attacks against it levelled by Pierre Poilievre? Probably not by quoting and featuring him extensively!
Story 1 – Canadian government has been declaring people who are not dead, dead. Story 2 – Calls for sodium nitrate to be restricted grow as more suicides emerge...
Story 1: Teens give money to coworker who can’t afford maternity leave; journalist forgets to actually interview anyone with the power to give worker the maternity leave. Story 2:...
Story 1 – Some Canadians are having their tax returns withheld because of CERB overpayments. Except they’ve already repaid. Story 2 – Wildfires continue to burn across Alberta and...
Story 1 – Hamilton Police cannot say what their armoured vehicle is being used for, unless CBC coughs up $5000 Story 2 – Commission report finds that Baby Tanner...
Story 1 – Very low number of people who have been hired through a new pilot program to fill healthcare jobs with refugees have actually been able to come...
Episode 239 – Canada’s royal problem
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take stock of a difficult week in American news and pose the question: what would it take for Canada to actually ditch the monarchy?
Episode 238 – Whose safety trumps whose safety?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what happens when there are competing safeties and one side has structural power over another side.
Episode 237 – Are we too critical? (Not us, everyone)
In this episode, Sandy and Nora ask — are we too critical? How can we avoid falling into nihilism? Plus: what about the Canadians in Sudan?
Episode 236 – What’s wrong with public broadcasting?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora ask: what is the point of public broadcasting, and how should CBC respond to attacks against it levelled by Pierre Poilievre? Probably not by quoting and featuring him extensively!
SN on Vacation — Nora x Pam Palmater
In this episode, Nora talks with Pam Palmater about writing, activism and life.