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“ When talking about immigration, you shouldn't use the word sweep because it implies that immigrants are something undesirable to be swept away. Notably, they don't say the same thing about homeless people.” -Alex Skopic
Protestor or Protester? Anti-Vaxxer or vaccine hesitant? Riot or Uprising? Every word in the news carries weight, and every choice behind those words shapes how we see the world.
Style guides dictate not just grammar and spelling, but power, perspective, and politics. The Associated Press Stylebook has long been considered the journalist’s bible, but who gets to write it? And whose voices get left out?
Alex Skopic of Current Affairs is an outspoken critic of the AP style guide. He pulls back the curtain on how language is used, who decides what’s "neutral," and why seemingly small word choices can have massive consequences.
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)
Guests: Alex Skopic
Photo: m01229
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Carney gets a pass in the “No Kings” moment.
A flurry of omnibus bills include significant government overreach, but the Canadian coverage is reluctant to call out Carney. Should we be outraged or is this really in the best interest of Canadians?
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: Stephen Marche
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Mark Carney promised one Canadian economy. Now, his signature bill is one step closer to law as Bill C-5 rocketed through parliament with some amendments. The changes haven't quelled concerns from Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith, who broke ranks in the final vote. Host Noor sits down with MP Erskine-Smith to talk about why he voted no, and what he really thinks of Carney’s CEO-style politics.
And, you’ll hear concerns from the Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak about the process and lack of consultation. Plus some regulatory mythbusting by BC professors, Jess Dempsey, and Rosemary Collard.
Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Nate Erskine-Smith, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Jess Dempsey, Rosemary Collard
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There’s a secret club in Canada. And trust me, you don’t want to be a member.
If you’re in this club, your first response when you hear news about bombs and death and carnage in the Middle East is not to hop onto Twitter or Facebook to post your political opinion about it. Your first response is to make a long-distance phone call to try to find out if your family and friends over there are still alive.
Lebanese Canadians are in this club, Palestinian Canadians are in this club, Jewish Canadians are in this club. And last week, hundreds of thousands of Iranian Canadians joined the club too.
Today we talk to two Iranian-Canadians with very different perspectives about what’s happened since Israel attacked Iran last week and what it could mean in the future.
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Host: Jesse Brown
Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Max Collins
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Rescinding an almost 50-year-old coal mining moratorium to get out of lawsuits, Greenbelt FOI code words, mayoral power-fuelled bike lane challenges…the latest transparency breaches from provincial and municipal governments across Canada are almost too numerous to count. Does democracy mean nothing in this country?
Host: San Grewal
Credits: Jess Schmidt (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Co-host: Cole Bennett
Photo: James Wheeler (modified)
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From chatting about pancake toppings, to kissing boys, to fixing America’s public schools, kids are turning to podcasts to say what’s on their minds. But is that a good thing?
Child podcasting is exploding, but children in entertainment is fraught with complexities. Are they being controlled by exploitative parents, production companies or shadowy forces?
This week, the team dives deep into the world of tweens cosplaying adults on mic.
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)
Guests: Julian Abraham, Noor Azrieh
Photo: Murry Lee
Additional music by Audio Network
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Remember when you were a little kid and the first 100 days of school was a huge landmark? Well, yesterday Carney celebrated that milestone in his Liberal party leadership — but instead of learning the alphabet and how to get along with his classmates, he cancelled the carbon tax, tried to rush two problematic bills through parliament, and reinvited the already uninvited Modi to G7. Where are this guy’s Value(s) headed?
Host: San Grewal
Credits: Jess Schmidt (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Co-host: Cole Bennett
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Canada is hosting the G-7 in Alberta, one of the most consequential meetings yet. Is this Carney’s moment to become a world leader, reorient our economy, and possibly the world order?
With the predictably unpredictable Trump, growing regional wars, rampaging wildfires, and some controversial invitations, there’s a lot of room for error. Could Carney play the role of global power broker?
And the latest on Pierre Poilievre’s one-on-one phone calls, our rekindling relationship with India, and another Liberal bill rushing through.
Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Matthew Holmes
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A couple silver foxes from the Mink Mile took Jesse Brown for a ride. They said their names were Walter and Beverly. The Mink Mile, for those of you who aren’t from Toronto or don’t regularly drop three figures for socks, is a strip of upscale boutiques in the city’s downtown. Anyway, the characters claiming to be Walter and Beverly offered to sell Mr. Brown an elegant cardigan. But that’s not what he got.
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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
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This episode makes use of generative A.I. for the following purposes: Text-to-speech generation.
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A flock of BC ostriches becomes a far-right circus.
Why do RFK, Dr Oz, and an American billionaire want to save our ostriches? A BC Ostrich farm garners international attention after resisting a call to cull over 400 birds following an Avian flu outbreak.
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: Jan Wong
Photos: Adriaan Greyling & Pixabay
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