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Host Steffan Hostetter welcomes Sean Holman for a conversation exploring information, democracy and how his work with the Climate Disaster Project is helping climate disaster survivors to share their stories, creating community and change. Find the show's sprawling archives at http://www.greenmajority.ca/ Find out more about the CDP at https://climatedisasterproject.com/

On the frightening finale of Harbinger's I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON Scott Schmidt in Medicine Hat and Jeremy Appel in Calgary welcome Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Bridget Sterling in Edmonton to The Forgotten Corner to hate-watch Danielle Smith's unhinged victory speech, then Dogwood comms director and Harbinger board member Kai Nagata sits down with Gisxtan land defender Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, the Suzuki Foundation's Janelle Lapointe and Harsha Walia to unpack the past and present history of colonialism in 'progressive' so-called British Columbia. Hear the 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

The bone-chilling I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume V as Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole talk pop culture, racial capitalism and the unmatched excellence of Toronto's water quality, then The Alberta Advantage advocate for gamer's rights in a provocative and competitive survivor round of Left For Dead. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

The I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume IV as Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton and Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell talk Briarpatch's 50th birthday with Saima Desai and John Cameron, then Pullback's Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson sit down with Green Majority Radio's Lauren Latour to talk with Victor's Children host David Camfield about his new book 'Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change'. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Find David's book at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/future-on-fire Watch the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Darts & Letters Gordon Katic and Jay Cockburn sit down with Press Progress' Mitchell Thompson to review spooky PSAs, then Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours, Alexis Ross, Fanny Tan and Sam Harper celebrate the first birthday of Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative PIVOT. Plus: National Observer hack Max Fawcett and Globe & Mail polemicist Robyn Urback explain how they're creating a safe space for centrist takes on Harbinger's new OPPO reboot 'Leaky Fawcetts'. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Find the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Dru Oja Jay talks about The Breach Media's journalism for transformation and Community University Television station manager Sophia Barsoski unpacks the 50 year legacy of CUTV, then Shannon Carranco, Amy Cunningham and Leah Borts-Kuperman explain how The Hoser Media is re-inventing local journalism in the GTA and David Gray-Donald reveals the origins of Toronto underground newspaper The Grind, a new journalism collaboration between Briarpatch, Press Progress, The Hoser and other independent progressive media spaces. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Find the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

Harbinger Society Presents presents a terrifying excerpt from our October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON as Bread and Poppies' Hilary Agro and Harbinger board member Dr. Jess Green in Toronto talk COP 27 and leftist parenting strategies for Halloween, then Stephen Magusiak and Romy Garrido in Calgary, Emily Leedham in Winnipeg, Rumneek Johal in Surrey and Mitchell Thompson in Toronto discuss Press Progress' recent reporting and the organization's new podcast 'Sources'. Hear the entire 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Find the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

On Fernwood Publishing's 30th anniversary podcast THIRTYWOOD host Nora Loreto discusses new book 'Frequently Asked White Questions' with authors Alex Khasnabish and Ajay Parasram. Ajay Parasram is a multigenerational transnational byproduct of the British empire, with roots in South Asia, the Caribbean and the settler cities of Halifax, Ottawa and Vancouver. He is an associate professor in the Departments of International Development Studies, History and Political Science at Dalhousie University in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), unceded Mi’kma’ki. His research interests surround the colonial present, or the many ways through which strings of historical colonial entanglements continue to tighten the limit of political action today, and how those strings might be undone. Alex Khasnabish is a writer, researcher and teacher committed to collective liberation living in Halifax, on unceded and unsurrendered Mi’kmaw territory. He is a professor in sociology and anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. His research fo

Technocracy is the idea that experts should govern. For the common good, presumably. It makes a certain amount of sense, given how irrational our politics seem to be right now. So, technocracy is seductive. In fact, it’s an idea as old as politics itself. On this episode Darts & Letters begins the first of a three-part series telling stories of technocracies past, present, and future. In this first part, Ira Basen tells the story of Technocracy, Inc. This 1930s movement aimed to install non-democratic North American “technate” where we only work from the ages of 25 to 45, for 16 hours a week. It might surprise you to learn that Elon Musk’s grandfather was one of its leaders. Basen produced an extended CBC: Ideas documentary on the movement, and it’s worth checking out. Then, perhaps the most influential intellectual today: Noam Chomsky. What is the place of technical expertise in a radical left project? Chomsky’s famous “Responsibility of Intellectuals” is one of the best critiques of the liberal tech

How do academia and independent Canadian media collaborate to amplify public scholarship and popular education? Join The Walrus magazine's Carmine Starnino, Pivot's Fanny Tan, CUTV's Sophia Barsoski, Harbinger's Andre Goulet and moderator Fenwick McKelvey from Concordia University's Department of Communications for an in-depth conversation exploring how scholarly research, graduate studies and independent journalism intersect in Canada's media ecosystem. Find out more at https://thewalrus.ca/ https://www.cutvmontreal.org/ https://pivot.quebec/ This panel was recorded virtually on October 21st, 2022.

Press Progress' Calgary correspondent Stephen Magusiak welcomes climate journalist Geoff Dembicki for a conversation exploring his new book 'The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'. Drawing from internal oil industry documents spanning decades, The Petroleum Papers examines how major players in the Alberta oilsands suppressed their own research about the climate crisis, and created the playbook to spread climate change denialism in Canada and the US. Find the book at your local library or at https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-petroleum-papers For more of Press Progress' investigative reporting visit at https://pressprogress.ca/

You see, the woke establishment wants to control what media Albertans see, what vaccines we take, the resources we develop — and even what we are allowed to grow and eat. Independent journalist Jeremy Appel joins Team Advantage to explore Danielle Smith Thought. Follow Jeremy @JeremyAppel1025 and subscribe to his newsletter, The Orchard, at theorchard.substack.com. You can also hear him on Big Shiny Takes and The Forgotten Corner. Support Alberta Advantage, watch their livestream and sign up for the AA newsletter at https://albertaadvantagepod.com/

In her sweeping new book on gentrification, Leslie Kern expertly weaves theory, concepts, and up-to-date debates together, making it accessible to both urban scholars and general readers. On a new episode of Harbinger Society Presents she joins host Andre Goulet to discuss 'Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies' available now from Verso and Between the Lines press. Plus: David DesBaillets’ and law professor Daniel Crespo Villareal explore strategies for how to defend tenants from wrongful evictions and explain how suspicious evictions and renovictions are swamping the legal system on a new segment of Housing Party. Order Leslie Kern's book at https://btlbooks.com/book/gentrification-is-inevitable-and-other-lies Find more of Housing Party composer Paul Cargnello's music at https://paulcargnello.bandcamp.com/

On an extra-length episode Nora Loreto joins host Andre Goulet to unpack the results of Quebec’s nightmare-scenario 2022 election, then The Breach's Maya Amoah presents highlights from Monday's election livestream with conversations on the ongoing healthcare collapse, the ecological challenges facing the province, the rise of the far-right and the future of the Quebec left with independent journalist Taylor C. Noakes and Sam Harper, Coralie Beaumont, Alexis Ross and Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours from solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot. This episode is a special co-presentation with Canada's oldest campus-based broadcaster CUTV. Find out more at https://www.cutvmontreal.org/ and watch the full 2 hour-long broadcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC5nbo4T608 Find more great journalism at Quebec's best progressive media outlet https://pivot.quebec/ Read Taylor C. Noakes piece 'Quebec is Trading Social Solidarity for the Politics of Exclusion' at https://jacobin.com/2022/10/quebec-elections-bill-96-frenc

Host Andre Goulet warmly welcomes back to the podcast our pundit pulverizing pals from the Big Shiny Takes Institute and Kino Lefter in a few-holds-barred conversation on the ascension of toxic dweeb Pierre Poilievre to the very top of Canada’s mendaciously mediocre political class in an episode we just had to call ‘Revenge of the Nerd’. Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/andregoulet https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter

In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's passing, host Alex Cosh speaks to policy analyst and writer Chuka Ejeckam about the bloody imperialist legacy that the monarchy represents, the bizarre reactions to the queen's death in the UK and Canada, the case for why the monarchy should be replaced with a democratic alternative, and some of the obstacles that stand in the way of advancing such a project. Follow Chuka on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChukaEjeckam Support The Maple by subscribing to the daily newsletter for as little as $7 per month. https://www.readthemaple.com/ Music credit: "Fluidity," by tobylane.

Harbinger Society Presents returns from summer break as host Andre Goulet welcomes legacy left-wing Toronto Star and Globe and Mail columnist Rick Salutin to explain why Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre’s pledge to make Canada “the freest nation on earth” may be the silliest campaign promise on earth. Find Rick Salutin, Gideon Salutin and Toronto Star editorial cartoonist Dušan Petričić's new graphic novel 'Gideon's Bible' at https://ecwpress.com/products/gideons-bible Read his piece debunking right-wing talking points on 'Freedom' at https://rabble.ca/columnists/poilievres-pledge-to-make-canada-the-freest-nation/ Find Leslie Kern's new book 'Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies' at https://btlbooks.com/book/gentrification-is-inevitable-and-other-lies

Researchers with the best of intentions still get things wrong. “Who made you the expert” is a valid question that research subjects might ask… and frankly, they’re right to ask that. If you’re, say, a drug user in Vancouver’s downtown east side you probably don’t want some guy from Harvard telling you what paternalistic research he’s doing on you. You want to be a partner in research done with you. So what does it look like when the old paternalistic ways are dispensed of? Garth Mullins hosts Crackdown, a podcast about the drug war in Vancouver covered by the drug users themselves. Gordon talks to him about being the researcher and the researched in the downtown east side, a place where activists and academics have come together to develop better methods. We also talk to Michelle Fine of City University of New York. She’s a leading proponent of “critical participatory action research“. That’s a way of researching that de-centres the academic. We find out the theory, and what that means for expertise more b

Three exceptional hosts from the Harbinger community join Andre Goulet for a casual conversation exploring their broadcasting origins, the challenges of launching a successful show and why the podcast medium is so ideal for popular education with Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton, Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell and Tech Won't Save Us' Paris Marx. Plus leadnow.com lead organizer Tim Ellis explains how Progress Champions is working to build a comprehensive resource hub for leftists to access modern skills without the barrier of high-priced consultants and traditional gatekeepers. Find out more at https://www.progresschampions.com/ http://invisibleinstitutions.com/ https://techwontsave.us/ https://www.spreaker.com/show/unmaking-saskatchewan

The overturning of Roe v Wade in the US puts the spotlight back on the politics of abortion. David speaks with Jocelyn Piercy about the movement organizing that eventually led to the decriminalization of abortion in so-called Canada and defeated the Mulroney Tory government's attempt to recriminalize it, and in particular the work of the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics. This experience is relevant today as we face emboldened right-wing forces intent on replacing liberal sexual and gender rights with its reactionary sexual hegemony. Recommended reading: Jocelyn Piercy, Canada: History and strategies in the fight for reproductive justice http://links.org.au/canada-history-abortion-rights-campaign Misha Falk, "Neither Liberalism Nor Fascism But Trans Liberation and Socialism" https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/neither-liberalism-nor-fascism-but-trans-liberation-and-socialism/ Rebel Girls' Rag, the publication of Toronto Socialist Feminist Action (1987-1992) https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/publications/reb