Year: 2023

Episode 246 – Camp Morgan cuts to the core of Canada

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the foundations of Canada and how we are seemingly stuck in a loop of talking points that renders colonisation invisible. Plus labour! action! everywhere!

 

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Episode 245 – Are we allowed to criticize the war?

In this episide, Sandy and Nora talk about Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and ask: are we allowed to be critical of how the West has reacted? Plus, they talk about Pierre Poilievre’s new eyes, Olivia Chow’s new faults and Canada’s new search and rescue bill for the Titan sub.

Episode 244 – How do we defeat Transphobic violence?

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the forces that create random acts of violence in the name of transmisogyny. Plus, they talk about the US Supreme Court, Google and Facebook threatening Canada with good time and we ask: is it ok to feel good about Olivia Chow?

Episode 243 – Pressure imploding the ultra rich

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about imploding at the bottom of the ocean. Plus, how media strung us along in a movie-like narrative while it couldn’t figure out what was going on in Russia with an extremely short-lived coup. The tie that binds both issues is decreasing media coverage.

Episode 242 – When is a bus accident a national tragedy?

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about why Canadians seem to only care about certain tragedies. Plus, they talk about BLM YYC, the Safe Third Country Agreement, cuts at Bell Media and victory for Indian international students.

Episode 241 – What is a social movement?

In this episode, Sandy and Nora explain what exactly a social movement is and why it has power. They also talk about the Toronto election and a bit about press freedom in Ukraine.

Episode 240 – Deconstructing Alberta’s election

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Alberta election: authenticity, Danielle Smith and playing to people’s emotions rather than people’s brains.

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.

Daily News – April 28

Story 1 – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/homeless-homicide-quebec-city-1.6824099

Story 2 – https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1974806/nunavik-kuujjuaq-meteo-temperature-printemps-fonte

Story 3 – https://globalnews.ca/news/9654900/james-smith-cree-nation-murder-timeline/

Story 4 – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/27/rohingya-yemeni-and-syrian-refugees-plead-for-help-in-sudan

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.

Episode 235 – Whose budget is it anyway?

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the federal budget: the winners, the losers, the cringe, the military spending, the laughter. Plus, they talk about CSIS agents sniffing around on campus and Canada’s deadly border policies.

Control and censorship in the digital age

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how we need public interventions into the digital realm before companies like Meta and Google lock everything away from average people.

Episode 233 – The police sphincter of information

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how police turn on and turn off the information tap however they want, leaving communities in the dark on what’s going on. They look at the Edmonton police shooting and how police downplayed certain aspects to ensure that coverage was exactly how they wanted it to be.

Episode 232 – Singh vs. Weston, Cooper vs. Joly

In this episode, Sandy and Nora deconstruct Jagmeet Singh’s stunt with Galen Weston plus we ask: is it sexist to mock a Liberal?