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Episode 40 – Doug Ford dougs forward Nov 20, 2018

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It's scary times in Ontario and Doug Ford has his foot on the gas. In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about his party's attack on government watchdogs and Trans and gender non-conforming Ontarians, and ways in which we can fight back.DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Episode 39 – Sandy and Nora live in Toronto Q&A part 2 Nov 15, 2018

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In part 3 of 3 of Sandy and Nora's Nov. 2 live show in Toronto, the audience exchange continues. It starts with a critical question: how can activists navigate spaces like a university, when the university claims to want to fight oppression while at the same time, reinforcing it? There is also a discussion about the necessity of using moments of success to fight for more and mobilize others, and how that even when a campaign seems like an impossible victory, the long-game tells us that nothing is impossible.

Listen to the first half of the Q&A here: http://sandyandnora.com/episode-38-toronto-live-show-qa/

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Episode 38 – Toronto live show Q&A Nov 13, 2018

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Should progressives engage with the mainstream media? How do we make space for families in our movements? How do we gauge success? In Part 2 of 3 of our live event in Toronto, Sandy and Nora cover a wide range of topics that are mostly unrelated to the Munk Debates. You don't need to listen to Episode 37 to enjoy this, but we recommend you do anyway!Stay tuned for Episode 39 – the second half of the Q&A. DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Episode 37 – Sandy and Nora vs. The Munk “Debate” Nov 07, 2018

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Live from Toronto on Nov. 2, Sandy and Nora take on The Munk Debate. From Frum and Bannon to Bay Street's continued colonial exploitation of locations across the globe for mining, they tie together extremely obvious links that everyone in the mainstream media somehow forgot the week prior to this debate.

Special thanks to the Black Liberation Collective at Ryerson, volunteers at CJRU and Noah for capturing this sound, staff at the Ryerson Student Centre and the folks who arrived early enough to help us set up and take down the chairs. It was greatly appreciated.

This is part one of two parts. The second part, the Q&A, is Episode 38.

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Episode 36 – What is civil disobedience? Oct 30, 2018

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Many listeners have asked: what is civil disobedience? Sandy and Nora talk about what it is, what it isn't, how to do it and how to be effective. Get in touch if you have your own favourite story of civil disobedience!

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Episode 35 – How to fight hate in Toronto Oct 23, 2018

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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fallout from the Toronto election, and how progressives need to think about fighting the rising visibility of hatred in the GTA.

And: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

You're invited to a live show in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 2. Please RSVP here so we can order enough food: https://www.facebook.com/events/1874457432673162/

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Episode 34 – Kavanaugh (and wtf CBC?) Oct 10, 2018

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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the feminist movement, and how distorted our lens on Kavanaugh is due the absence of an effective feminist presence in social movement organizing. They also touch on Quebec politics and CBC's decision to not air a debate because John Tory wont agree to debate Jen Keesmaat one on one.Note from Nora: much to my embarrassment, I misstate Tori Stafford's name in this episode, and I couldn't edit it out. The overall intervention was important enough to leave with the error, which I regret.DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Episode 33 – Changing of the guard in Quebec Oct 01, 2018

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On Oct. 1, Quebecers go to the polls. They're likely to boot out the Liberals and replace them with — something. Probably the CAQ. But the surge in support for the left-wing Québec solidaire is important. Sandy and Nora talk about the election, the politics and why Canadians need to pay close attention to QS.This episode was recorded despite a record-number of technical issues. Thanks for understanding that the sound changes a little throughout. And that's it's Nora-heavy.DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Episode 32 – Doug Ford attacks free speech on campus Sep 25, 2018

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At the end of August, the Ford government issued a directive to Ontario colleges and universities that threatened sanctions if institutions didn't pass free speech policies that were favourable to his government. Sandy and Nora break down the policy and ask: how and who are resisting this attack on institutional autonomy?

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Episode 31 – Constitutional crisising in Toronto Sep 18, 2018

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Sandy and Nora are back! They took some time off so that things could get really, really bad so that their debut episode for the 2018-19 season could be full of gasping, laughter and doom.In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the electoral crisis that Doug Ford's PC government has plunged Toronto into, Section 33 of the constitution and how the broad left should be fighting back.DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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