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.
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...
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. Image is AI generated from: https://creator.nightcafe.studio/creation/D6fBfapAO3LNMy0S7Inx
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?