Month: July 2025

Episode 334 – Only social movements can save us

How can Canadians resist the rightwing politics of the Liberal-Conservative convergance? Sandy and Nora talk about this and more in front of a live audience. Originally recorded on April 29, 2025 but never released.

Weekend Morning – UCP donors get “non partisan” appointments from UCP government

Jeremy Appel writes for The Orchard on Substack. Jeremy finds that the Alberta Next panel is full of UCP donors. Read more here: https://www.theprogressreport.ca/alberta_next_appointees_have_donated_more_than_40k_to_the_ucp

Weekend Morning – BC Energy Regulator investigation by the IJF-Narwhal

Zak Vescera with the Investigative Journalism Foundation shares his investigation into the BC Energy Regulator. Original reporting here: https://theijf.org/cnrl-broke-deal-bcer

Episode 333 – Palestine activism, campuses and a decades-long attack on free speech

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the connection between the attacks on campus organizing in solidarity with Palestine over the past two decades, and how these campaigns faced backlash that sought to silence Canadians who speak out about Israeli apartheid.

Episode 332 – Taking Canada apart piece by piece

In this episide, Sandy and Nora talk about the abrupt Liberal decision to defund the Canadian state while pouring money into the military.

Episode 331 – They are watching you

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about increasing state surveillance. Plus, understanding the attacks on Mamdani.

Episode 330 – PM for two months, Carney does damage already

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Carney’s decisions — from ramming through legislation that will give extraordinary powers to Ministers in the name of national security and interest, to sky-high deportations and removals, the signs are showing that Canadians were given the opposite of what they said they wanted in the last federal election.