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Jordan Peterson sold his Toronto home, but what’s the next move for Canada’s biggest media export?
Tracing the arc of Peterson’s ambitions from media-hungry U of T prof to global media personality. J.J. McCullough joins to explain why Peterson is leaving Canada and trying to take over the world.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio and Fact Checker), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: J.J. McCullough
Additional music by Audio Network
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Some of you had simple questions about our office space, and what Victoria's non-profit campus & community radio station does for Canadaland. And some of you wanted to know what happened with former shows and hosts at the company. Plus did Jesse Brown FORCE Noor to work while sick?
Today on Off The Record, an “Ask Me Anything” with the Canadaland staff.
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)
Guests: Julian Abraham, Noor Azrieh, Caleb Thompson, Farheya Ahmed, James Nicholson
Additional music by Audio Network
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Why are we reporting on American news when we have more than enough to cover here in Canada?
Canadian media has been breathlessly covering Trump, Epstein, Stephen Colbert, and The Wall Street Journal, but all this reporting doesn’t add much to the conversation.
Is it time to decouple Canadian news from the US news cycle?
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: J.J. McCullough
Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Canada is obsessed with dairy. It’s quite literally part of our culture…we’re talking soccer medals with the little blue milk logo on them. But someone else is also utterly obsessed with Canadian dairy. Donald Trump. What does Trump want…and why?
And if Carney caved on the NATO budget, and on the Digital Services tax - Is he going to cave on Trumps demands on dairy too?
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Jason Erskine, Bruce Muirhead, Ryan Cardwell
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It’s now common to get AI generated answers from Google when searching the web. The whole concept of searching Google to find actual websites is almost over.
Google does not want you to click on a link and go to a website. Instead, they're giving users as the first thing you see, an AI overview that analyzes hundreds, thousands, (possibly) millions of websites to give you an answer right there on the Google page. Convenient? Yes. User friendly? Yup. Causing news publishers to lose their minds? Absofrigginlutely.
Today our guest is Ben Smith. He literally wrote the book on web traffic. It's called Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral.
He's the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief at Semafor and co-host of the Mixed Signals podcast.
Ben helps us figure out what this fundamental change in how we use the web means for you the news consumer and what it could mean for the future of Canadaland.
Credits:
Host: Jesse Brown
Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
Additional music by Audio Network
Further Reading
Follow Ben Smith’s Semafor Podcast
Decoder Podcast Referenced in the Intro
What Happens to the News Business When People Stop Clicking? - The Logic
AI is Killing the Web. Can Anything Save it? - The Economist
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A closer look at Travis Dhanraj’s public breakup with the CBC.
In a fiery open letter, former host of Canada Tonight, Travis Dhanraj, excoriated the CBC for its “performative diversity, tokenism, a system designed to elevate certain voices and diminish others.” He also called out “a small circle of senior Ottawa-based journalists.” He says he’s ready to “pull the curtain back” on CBC’s toxic culture. What’s he waiting for?
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Jen Gerson
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Carney’s sprawling ethics screen covers over 100 companies and reveals the details of what went into his blind trust. Did he lie to Canadians about his conflicts of interest? Jen Gerson joins to make sense of the documents.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Jen Gerson
Photo: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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A 230km all-season road and deep water port could be one of Carney’s first major “nation-building projects.” Is everyone on board?
The Grays Bay Port and Road would connect the Northwest Territories to Nunavut to the hotly contested Northwest Passage. It would provide shipping routes, better access and Arctic security, but some hunters are worried about the environmental impact.
Will this get built? Who’s going to pay? What are the impacts?
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Jane George, Brendan Bell, Jeffrey Niptanatiak
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Today we unmask the mastermind behind one of the most unlikely mysteries in hip hop history.
Digging through old FBI files to reveal the name of the arch villain who orchestrated a transnational scam that duped some of rap's biggest players. And here's a spoiler, the culprit was a teenager in Ottawa who juggled his international hip hop swindle with his high school math homework.
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Host: Jesse Brown
Julian Abraham (Reporter and Composer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Lucie Laumonier
Additional music by Audio Network & Julian Abraham
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Too often, climate issues like wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather are reported in a way that ignores the root cause of these issues. How can climate and environmental coverage engage and inform an audience, while holding the powerful accountable? Geoff Dembicki of DeSmog co-hosts.
Host: San Grewal
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Geoff Dembicki
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