Ricochet's Unpacking The News

On a super stoked pre-convention panel housing activist and Etobicoke NDP organizer Bri Gardner and co-president of the Jeunes Néodémocrates du Québec Gabriel Masi join host Andre Goulet to discuss policy priorities, shifting the party to the left, Jagmeet's vibes and the mixed legacy of Thomas Mulcair. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown suffers Mulcair nostalgia and places a pensive personal ad, community and political organizer Jessa McLean explains why she's campaigning to bring the NDP back to its roots as a socialist alternative to the mainstream and we pull out a warm welcome for anti-capitalist sketch comedy podcast Work It as new Harbinger community members Janet Mowat and Sam Allemang pitch a variety of questionable new show ideas at the HMN corporate head office in episode opener 'The Big Deal'. Music on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) and 'Dwarf Planet' (Gurdonark) is courtesy of Creative Commons. Opening track 'Not Epic Just Light' was composed by Henry Lee. Find Henry's narra