49th Parahell

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What's 49th Parahell about?

where we explore the hellish nightmare world of modern reality together

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49th Parahell episodes:

03.15.2024
105: Empire of Mediocrity (with Vijay Prashad)
Vijay Prashad, director of the Tricontinental Institute and author of books such as Washington Bullets and The Darker Nations joins the show for a wide ranging conversation that touches on everything from The Kate Middleton Conspiracy, the absurdity of the coming...
02.22.2024
104: Truth to Power (with Sarah Jama)
Newly-independent Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama joined me to talk about her censure in Ontario Parliament and expulsion from the NDP caucus following the statement she released shortly after Oct 7th, how Canadian political culture stifles free expression, some of the things...
12.20.2023
103: Canada is Cooked (with Camila Escalante)
I talked with Camila Escalante (TeleSUR, Kawsachun News) about Canada and the rest of the Anglo American Empire's ongoing decline, our western values, the global south, with some additional analysis on the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute and what it means to...
11.28.2023
102: A Tale of Two Michaels (with Jesse Hawken)
Jesse Hawken of the Junk Filter podcast joins the show to talk about the latest chapter in the ongoing Two Michaels saga that has captivated the nation. Were the Michaels two good old Canadian lads who were unjustly held captive...
11.20.2023
101: Gaza Holocaust (with Justin Podur and Jon Elmer)
Hello. Yes, it's true. The podcast is back. I spoke with Justin Podur of the Anti-Empire Project and Jon Elmer of Electronic Intifada about the unfolding horrific violence in Gaza. support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/robrousseau
09.02.2021
The Rob Rousseau Show: Election-Mania with Jesse Hawken
It's episode 1 of The Rob Rousseau Show audio edition, with Jesse Hawken of Junk Filter Pod. please make sure you subscribe on the new feed or you'll miss future episodes! new podcast feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/473204.rss apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rob-rousseau-show/id1584204650
08.13.2021
100: Series Finale (with Karen Geier, Nora Loreto, Sam Knight and Michael Bueckert)
Yes, you read that right. It's the last episode of 49th Parahell. Moving forward I am going to be doing all my interviews and commentary on my live show on Twitch, with an audio version coming soon, so this week...
07.01.2021
99: Abolish Canada (with Abdul Malik)
I talked to writer and low-key hustle guy Abdul Malik about the Toronto Raptors as an avatar for Canadian nationalism, the climate crisis, how taking a day off is good but celebrating genocide is bad, and much more. www.patreon.com/robrousseau
06.03.2021
98: Dark Chapter (with Kolin Sutherland-Wilson and Kai Nagata)
The uncovering of a mass grave outside a former "residential school" in Kamloops has made international headlines and once again forced people in what we know as Canada to talk about the brutal violence, cruelty and genocide that this nation...
05.14.2021
97: Radio Free Palestine (with Amy Kishek and Omar Burgan)
Forced expulsions in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah have led to another cycle of Palestinian opposition and brutal repression by the Israeli government. Why does only one side of this "conflict" have the right to defend itself? How has...
04.23.2021
96: Fordpocalypse III Beyond Ontariodome (with John Semley and Jesse Hawken)
We regret to inform you that Doug Ford is, in fact, "at it again." I've got writer/researcher John Semley and Junk Filter Pod host Jesse Hawken joining me here in riff city to talk about Doug's very bad week and...
03.31.2021
95: National Mythbusters (with Tyler Shipley)
One thing we've tried to do throughout the run of this show is debunk the lies we like to tell ourselves about what Canada is all about. So this week it was a pleasure to talk to Tyler Shipley, author...
03.12.2021
94: Ides of March (with Naomi Klein)
It's the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, and there's a whole lot to feel disillusioned by. Fortunately, none other than renowned author & activist Naomi Klein is joining the show to express maybe the most radical idea of all: that,...
02.05.2021
93: Amazon Planet (with Paris Marx)
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as head of Amazon, so obviously that means we won't have to hear from him ever again, right? Unfortunately not. Paris Marx, host of Harbinger podcast Tech Won't Save Us, joins me to talk about...
01.20.2021
92: Meet Me in Mar-a-Lago (with Lana Polansky)
The Trump era is over. It was simultaneously horrifying and very, very stupid. Lana Polansky & I talk about our favorite Trump moments, what this all means, whether Canada's right wing populist moment has passed, the coming decade of neoliberal...
01.01.2021
91: Year of Hell (with Dan Boeckner)
It's the final 49th Parahell of the year and what a hellish nightmare it has been, huh? Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade & Operators returns to the show to talk about how he and other artists are surviving the pandemic...
12.10.2020
90: Less Than Net Zero (with Jessica Green)
U of T poli-sci professor and Harbinger Media board of directors member Jessica Green returns to the show to break down how Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party are failing on climate, how "net zero emissions" is nothing more than...
11.23.2020
89: New Democracy (with Niki Ashton)
The NDP's Niki Ashton joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on Justin Trudeau's inadequate Covid response, whether New Democrats have done enough to reach out to young voters, the rise of the far right, Donald Trump, the disappointing Democratic...
11.02.2020
88: What Is To Be Done (with Jay Watts)
This week I'm joined by Jay Watts, central organizer of the Communist Party of Canada, to talk about why the Canadian Leftist Podcaster Community needs to move on from incessant magical thinking about how to make the NDP good. We...
10.08.2020
87: Stenographic Design (with Nashwa Lina Khan)
The one and only Nashwa of Muslim Rumspringa and Habibti Please joins the show for a great conversation about why Canadian media sucks, how we are planning on changing that, the problem with Liberals, establishment journalist gatekeepers learning nothing from...
09.25.2020
86: Throne of Games (with Martin Lukacs)
Returning champion Martin Lukacs joins me to break down Justin Trudeau's low-on-substance, high-on-vague-platitudes throne speech, the escalating conflict between the Mi'kmaw people and white settler fishermen in NS, and the plan to do Green Party entryism and push them to...
08.28.2020
85: Revenge of the Girlboss (with Duncan Kinney)
Progress Alberta's Duncan Kinney joins the show to talk about "Black Ribbon Day" and why talking about Chrystia Freeland's Nazi grandfather is important, new Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole and where the conservative movement is headed, the NBA wildcat strike...
08.21.2020
84: The Green Zone (with Meryam Haddad)
This week I'm joined by Green Party leadership candidate Meryam Haddad to talk about her vision for the Party, how capitalism and sustainability are diametrically opposed, overcoming the political generational divide, why we need stand up for Palestinian human rights...
07.30.2020
83: Landback to the Future (with Susan Blight)
This week I take a few minutes to strike a balance between laughing at the state of the canadian far right and being alarmed by what they're up to and where they could be going, then artist, writer and activist...
07.18.2020
82: Libentology (with Karen Geier)
Karen Geier makes her long-awaited return to the show to break down Trudeau's latest corruption scandal and explain a little about the bizarre cult-like WE charity at the centre of it. I also ask the question that was on a...
06.23.2020
81: Amnesiac Nation (with Matthew Green)
After a few words on the RCMP's potential involvement in last month's brutal mass killing in Nova Scotia, NDP MP Matthew Green joins the show and holds nothing back during a conversation on his career from activist to city councillor...
06.13.2020
80: Dystopia Now (with Jay Baruchel)
I'm back from a brief pandemic-related hiatus with none other than Jay Baruchel -- we talk about how our current reality relates to various 80s dystopia movies, Trump as a groteseque symbol of america, how canadians pathologically avoid confronting structural...
05.01.2020
79: Covideodrome (with Nora Loreto)
Friend of the show Nora Loreto returns to talk about COVID-19, Trudeau's inadequate response getting worldwide praise, Francois Legault's ludicrous plan to re-open Quebec schools in two weeks, the horrific mass shooting in Nova Scotia and the RCMP trying to...
04.13.2020
78: Corona Revelations (with Andray Domise)
It's a super-seized pandemic episode as returning guest Andray Domise and I break down quaranatine parenting, Bernie coming up short, what people take for granted about black voters, the dangers of reformism, the CERB, our coming dystopian surveillance nightmare, and...
03.23.2020
77: Pandemic Imperialism (with Ajit Singh)
After a few words on parenting & self-care in the apocalypse, Ajit Singh joins the show to talk about current western narratives on China, a possible new global order rising and how our already-devastating sanctions on countries like Iran and...
03.15.2020
76: Smells Like Quarantine Spirit (with Ada McVean)
I'm back. And quite a lot has happened in the last three weeks. Primary season has rapidly deteriorated into pandemic season and no one really knows how bad it's gonna get over the next few weeks and months. Scientist and...
02.14.2020
75: Fake Country Shutdown (with Romy Garrido & Rayne Fisher-Quan)
The RCMP raid of the Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink blockade has inspired nationwide solidarity protests and also an extremely ugly reactionary backlash. Political organizer and frequent commentator on ethnic, migration and climate issues Romy Garrido joins me to talk about the...
01.29.2020
74: Libs Last Stand (with Kyle Kulinski)
We're a few days away from the Iowa caucuses, Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls, are everyone is losing their minds. It's great. Kyle Kulinski joins me to break down the ongoing liberal meltdown, also a few words on...
01.20.2020
73: The Warren Terror (with Katie Halper)
It's a few weeks away from the democratic primary actually beginning and things are starting to get extremely stupid, so Katie Halper from Rolling Stone's Useful Idiots podcast joins me to break down last week's Bernie/Warren feud. Also some stuff...
01.11.2020
72: Last Exit (with Will Menaker)
Chapo Trap House's Will Menaker joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on the seemingly de-escalating Iran conflict, Bernie's campaign, Jeffrey Epstein/all-powerful mastermind Kevin Spacey and much more. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell Support the Edmonton families of Iranian...
01.05.2020
71: No War For Midnight Oil (with Andrew Law)
It's a new year, a new episode and the world sucks just as much as ever. After a few comments on Trump's dangerous escalation with Iran, Boonta Vista's Andrew Law reports in from the increasingly uninhabitable wasteland once known as...
12.20.2019
episode 70: Drumpf Wars (with Jordan Uhl)
It's the last episode of the year, so I return to the US Presidential election that I've been mostly ignoring over the last few months, and friend of the show/PMC neoliberal shill Jordan Uhl joins me to break everything down....
12.13.2019
Episode 69: Toryworld (with Luke Savage)
Well, this feels pretty bad. Luke Savage returns to break down The Labour Party's devastating loss in the UK election and I try to offer some words of encouragement for anyone who's feeling hopeless right now. support the show on...
12.06.2019
Episode 68: Jezza Time (with Eleanor Penny)
We're approaching election day in the United Kingdom so Novara Media's Eleanor Penny returns to the show to break down the completely upside down, madness-inducing UK media environment, British Tories fully embracing their death cult status, and we dare to...
11.29.2019
Episode 67: Money Trains (with James Wilt)
There's another global climate strike going on, not to mention an ongoing radical movement of organized transit fare evasion from Chile to Toronto, so James Wilt returns to the show to talk about how free public transport might just be...
11.22.2019
Episode 66: Cycles of Struggle (with Sean KB)
It's a very special Antifada/49th Parahell crossover as Sean KB joins the program and we step outside the neverending horror of the news cycle and examine what it's like to be alive at a time when major social upheaval seems...
11.17.2019
Episode 65: Little Deuce Coup (with Derrick O'Keefe)
After I express frustration that my good faith advice re: the Trump impeachment proceedings is being completely ignored, Derrick O'Keefe from Ricochet joins the show to talk about the ongoing coup in Bolivia which Canada is, of course, enthusiastically supporting....
11.08.2019
Episode 64: About an Absolute Boy (with Riley Quinn)
We're back. After a few minutes on Bill Gates and the utter scam that is billionaire philanthropy, Riley Quinn of Trashfuture joins the show to talk about the high stakes UK Season Finale that is December's general election. support the...
10.25.2019
Episode 63: Minority Report (with Martin Lukacs)
Election season has come to a merciful end, and Martin Lukacs (author of The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent) to help me break down Canada's new electoral map. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
10.18.2019
Episode 62: Optimists Anonymous (with Hilary Agro)
After my definitive, highly-informed take on Syria/the Kurds, Hilary Agro returns to the show to talk about AOC endorsing Bernie, our feelings on election eve, strategic voting, drug policy and much more. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
10.11.2019
BONUS EPISODE: Rob vs The Serfs
It's an extra special bonus episode: a re-broadcast of my appearance on The Serfs' twitch channel from the night of the global climate strike. We talk about the march, Greta, Bernie, Jeremy Corbyn, why the Green New Deal is the...
10.04.2019
Episode 61: Dynamic Dippers (with Christo Aivalis)
I talk a bit about my experience last week at the Montreal Climate Strike, then Christo Aivalis joins the program to weigh in on the NDP's prospects in the upcoming federal election, where they've gone wrong in the past, Jagmeet...
09.27.2019
Episode 60: Climate Weak (with Jessica Green)
This week UofT poli sci prof Jessica Green joins the show to talk about the UN climate summit, Greta, why we need to ditch carbon pricing, a Canadian Green New Deal and what climate justice should look like. Also I...
09.20.2019
Episode 59: Journalism Schism (with Davide Mastracci)
After a passionate defence of our embattled PM and his unique brand of Radical Empathy, Davide Mastracci joins the show to talk about Ezra Levant's Globe & Mail op-ed and how the media class obsession with vague journalistic ideals is...
09.13.2019
Episode 58: Electile Dysfunction (with Andrew Neville)
It's election season, baby! In Canada now, too. So Andrew Neville of Dog Island joins the show for a super special election preview spectacular. Also a few words on Joe Biden's ongoing physical and cognitive decline. Support the show on...

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49th Parahell episodes:

105: Empire of Mediocrity (with Vijay Prashad)

104: Truth to Power (with Sarah Jama)

103: Canada is Cooked (with Camila Escalante)

102: A Tale of Two Michaels (with Jesse Hawken)

101: Gaza Holocaust (with Justin Podur and Jon Elmer)

The Rob Rousseau Show: Election-Mania with Jesse Hawken

100: Series Finale (with Karen Geier, Nora Loreto, Sam Knight and Michael Bueckert)

99: Abolish Canada (with Abdul Malik)

98: Dark Chapter (with Kolin Sutherland-Wilson and Kai Nagata)

97: Radio Free Palestine (with Amy Kishek and Omar Burgan)

96: Fordpocalypse III Beyond Ontariodome (with John Semley and Jesse Hawken)

95: National Mythbusters (with Tyler Shipley)

94: Ides of March (with Naomi Klein)

93: Amazon Planet (with Paris Marx)

92: Meet Me in Mar-a-Lago (with Lana Polansky)

91: Year of Hell (with Dan Boeckner)

90: Less Than Net Zero (with Jessica Green)

89: New Democracy (with Niki Ashton)

88: What Is To Be Done (with Jay Watts)

87: Stenographic Design (with Nashwa Lina Khan)

86: Throne of Games (with Martin Lukacs)

85: Revenge of the Girlboss (with Duncan Kinney)

84: The Green Zone (with Meryam Haddad)

83: Landback to the Future (with Susan Blight)

82: Libentology (with Karen Geier)

81: Amnesiac Nation (with Matthew Green)

80: Dystopia Now (with Jay Baruchel)

79: Covideodrome (with Nora Loreto)

78: Corona Revelations (with Andray Domise)

77: Pandemic Imperialism (with Ajit Singh)

76: Smells Like Quarantine Spirit (with Ada McVean)

75: Fake Country Shutdown (with Romy Garrido & Rayne Fisher-Quan)

74: Libs Last Stand (with Kyle Kulinski)

73: The Warren Terror (with Katie Halper)

72: Last Exit (with Will Menaker)

71: No War For Midnight Oil (with Andrew Law)

episode 70: Drumpf Wars (with Jordan Uhl)

Episode 69: Toryworld (with Luke Savage)

Episode 68: Jezza Time (with Eleanor Penny)

Episode 67: Money Trains (with James Wilt)

Episode 66: Cycles of Struggle (with Sean KB)

Episode 65: Little Deuce Coup (with Derrick O'Keefe)

Episode 64: About an Absolute Boy (with Riley Quinn)

Episode 63: Minority Report (with Martin Lukacs)

Episode 62: Optimists Anonymous (with Hilary Agro)

BONUS EPISODE: Rob vs The Serfs

Episode 61: Dynamic Dippers (with Christo Aivalis)

Episode 60: Climate Weak (with Jessica Green)

Episode 59: Journalism Schism (with Davide Mastracci)

Episode 58: Electile Dysfunction (with Andrew Neville)