Sandy and Nora
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?
Episode 231 – Building capacity and being OK with failure
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how difficult it can be to start something from scratch, especially when large, institutional NGO decide to throw money at people who have never experienced the pressures of creating something from scratch with lots of money. Plus, they talk about layoffs at Global News and a self-driving car.
Episode 230 – China and the new (old) Red Scare
In this episode, Sandy and Nora dissect the allegations made about Chinese interference in Canadian elections, and talk about the fallout that Chinese Canadians and visitors will experience. Plus, they discuss crime reporting and how inadequate it is when it’s hived off from other stories from other jurisdictions.
Episode 229 – Baby, you can call me AI
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about AI — what we should be excited by and what we should absolutely not at all be excited by.
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Daily news – Feb. 15
Daily news headlines for Feb. 15 2023
Episode 228 – A week of politics!
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the boring to the exciting: from healthcare transfer payments to the US gleefully shooting missiles into the sky to kill aliens.
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Daily News – Feb. 14, 2023
Story 1: Story 1 – Imperial Oil submits plan to clean up the largest oil spill in Alberta’s history (the largest oil spill in Alberta’s history … yet!)
Story 2 – Airdrie RCMP shoot and critically injure woman in mental distress
Story 3 – Horrifying details in a Feb 3 decision from an Ontario judge about sadistic abuse in minor hockey
Daily News – Feb 13
Story 1: What was the Friday shelter-in-place order in eastern Ontario about, and how come five journalists could not get the OPP to spill?
Story 2: Anglo Montrealers plead to businessmen who do not *at all* care that the Montreal Gazette is important to English speakers, asks for help from Trudeau rather than looking to buy the newspaper (ok this is me editorializing)
Story 3: Canada’s army will fast track the purchase of new military equpment, no procurement, for ongoing operation in Eastern Europe
Story 4: Turkey goes after building developers as the death toll from last week’s earthquakes rises above 33,000
Episode 227 – Liberals love to coopt everything
In this episode, Sandy and Nora discuss the habit of the Trudeau Liberals to coopt and defang activist movements and important days of commemoration to bolster their brand.
Episode 226 – Can we stop pretending policing has ever not sucked?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about policing, again, and there is only two ways to believe that police are helpful: either you’ve never had any contact with police, or you depend on police repression to protect your wealth.
Episode 225 – The descent of media into propaganda
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how close most media in Canada is propaganda, intended either to distract or influence how we understand power.
Episode 224 – Non-profit hell, cops out of Capoeira and jokes from the floor
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take lively questions from the audience and talk about: organizing in non-profits, dealing with cops within community groups, organizing in non-traditional workplaces.
Episode 223 – Staying radical, Anti-war and inter-generational organizing
In this episode, Sandy and Nora respond to audience questions like “what happens when you win but institutional power takes over?” and “How do we build inter-generational solidarity inside our movements?
Episode 222 – Sandy and Nora live in Vancouver
Live show recorded in Vancouver at the Maritime Labour Centre on November 29. They talk about organizing against a self-described leftwing government, Internet celebrity and why we should be skeptical of people who post for clout alone.
Episode 221 – We’re through with 2022
In this episode, Sandy and Nora look back — war in Ukraine, individualism and left wing politics, and social media as brain poison. Plus, we have many announcements to make!
Episode 220 – Theft is only good when the rich do it
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how theft is only bad when poor people do it. Otherwise, it’s the foundation on which our economy is based. They also examine a Globe and Mail editorial that argues that shoplifting is a significant cause of inflation. Except, was this article itself shoplifted?
Episode 219 – White supremacist serial killer? It’s just not national news.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about a serial killer preying on Indigenous women in Winnipeg, and what the lack of coverage says about Canada.
Episode 218 – The Convoy Inquiry: a narrative is juiced
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Emergencies Act inquiry and how the narrative of what happened is spinning out in to defend its use.
Episode 217 – Who benefits from far-right hatred?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the recent attack on a queer bar in Colorado Springs, and untangle the question: who benefits from far-right violence? Plus they discuss COP 27 and ask what it is.
Episode 216 – The trap of mask discourse
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the healthcare crisis and how focusing so closely on masks is letting people with power off the hook for their inaction. Plus, they talk about what comes after Doug Ford repealed his attack on workers bill and Remembrance Day at the Toronto Stock Exchange?
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Episode 215 – Notwithstanding a labour struggle
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about labour’s struggle against the notwithstanding clause, even though Doug Ford lost and the bill has been repealed. Plus they talk the future of Twitter and give several Freeland Watch updates.
Episode 214 – Live show in Montreal – part 2
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take audience questions and talk about the suburbs, police, online harm, neoliberalism and mutual aid.
Episode 213 – Sandy and Nora Live in Montreal – Part 1
Listen to Sandy and Nora LIVE in Montreal, recorded on October 20 in front of a jam-packed audience. They talk about individualism and isolation, and how it’s destroying social cohesion.
Part one features Sandy and Nora’s conversation. Part two will feature the Q&A.
Episode 212 – The struggle from below
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about municipal elections in Vancouver and the struggle happening in Haiti. Plus, Chrystia Freeland says something racist, protecting Canada’s international brand.
Episode 211 – War and hockey
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Hockey Canada, and what is not allowed to be said about war in Ukraine. Plus, the Liberals do something good for international students … but promise that it’s only a temporary measure.
Episode 210 – The struggle for freedom in Iran
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the protests in Iran and around the work opposing the oppressive regime in Iran, and also how all police, really, are morality police. Plus, they talk about the Quebec election and ask: where is Chrystia Freeland?
Episode 209 – Survival and nothingness
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about hurricane Fiona, it’s devastating impact and how we need to have pre-disaster networks to help us weather any storm. Plus, we talk about the BC NDP, the Quebec election and why nothingness is critical to our happiness.
Episode 208 – Cops and extra-judicial killings
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what happens when police kill suspects rather than taking them into custody. They also look at amber alerts, and ask: why are we OK with police having direct access to our phones?
Episode 207 – Poli-evre After
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the coronation of Pierre Poilievre and the election win of King Charles the Third. Wait, no, reverse that.
Episode 206 – Searching for power in stories of harassment
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about harassment, the far right and what is to be done all about it.
Episode 205 – Canada’s news crisis
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how Canada’s news ecosystem is incapable of challenging power, and as a result what we learn from the news isn’t the whole story. Plus, Elizabeth May gets a two-minute mention.
The Pope, hockey and Canada’s foundation of sexualized violence
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about institutionalized sexual violence, from the Papal visit to Hockey Canada. Plus, they talk about the climate crisis and why we need to think through clandestine approaches to getting us ready for several weather.
In this episode, Sandy mentions that Trump is speaking at the Capitol this week. She misspoke and meant to say “capital” aka Washington DC.
Episode 203 – Freedom of speech for who?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora deconstruct freedom of speech in Canada and argue that we should all be concerned that it’s under tremendous attack.
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Episode 202 – Telecomaggedon
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how incredible it is that a single communications company is responsible for basically everything. They also talk about Yesterday’s Man Patrick Brown.
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