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There was no City Council Meeting this week but we had plenty to talk about! Everything from MP Michelle Ferreri's Twitter Account being hacked to Marit Stiles visiting Peterborough. We also discussed the defunding of The Theatre on King (TTOK) and the diesel leak into Jackson's Creek. Lastly, we were finally able to sneak in a little DRAMA concerning the Trent Student Levy Council and the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA). Thanks for listening!

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Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.

Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.

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Episode 4! We are excited about a couple of things. The first being is that we finally have local music to serve as the official #PtboPoliPod theme! Big shout out to Garbageface for supplying us with these bangers. The second is that we hosted our first guest on the show, Councillor Matt Crowley, who joined us to talk about his experience being a new City Councillor in Peterborough. Before we talked to Matt, we had the chance to go over the past Peterborough City Council meeting, which saw a slew of amendments to bylaws, some grants made out to the community, and the report from adviser Reem Ali about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. One major topic was the switch to private guards, away from city staff and police, to enforce people living in tents. Thanks for listening.

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.

Danny Taro, a.k.a. @myhomie2taro, is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.

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Episode 3! We're getting the hang of things! In this episode, we talk about the passing of Jack Doris, the former Mayor and Councillor of Peterborough, before digging into a substantial conversation about City Council hiring a new CAO (Chief Administrative Officer). We also discuss the City of Peterborough's rescinding of the vaccination policy, Councillor Alex Bierk's motion in Support Bill 5, the relationship between former mayor Diane Therrien and outgoing CAO Sandra Clancy, and an update about Primary Physicians and Walk-In Clinics. We also had a little chat about how difficult it is to access information about local politics before finally answering some great questions from chatters and tweeters. Thanks for Listening!

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies Ph.D. Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.

Danny Taro, a.k.a.  @myhomie2taro, is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has previously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.

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We're back at it again like clockwork for Episode 2 of the Peterborough Politics Podcast. This week we delved into the latest city council meeting, specifically about the deferral to add stronger language surrounding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to the community safety and well-being plan. We talked about delegations from Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri, former Mayor Diane Therrien, and former Councillor Stephen Wright. Next, we had some hot garbage takes about the new waste collection plan: clear bags, composting, and garbage pickup every other week. Lastly, we saved a little time for some drama we encountered around Drag Story Time. It was a busy week!

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Canadian Studies PhD Candidate at Trent University and the Coordinating Editor of Arthur, the independent student newspaper for Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong.

Danny Taro, a.k.a.  @myhomie2taro , is a livestreamer and content creator based out of Peterborough, Ontario, who focuses on Canadian news, politics and culture. He is also the Website Designer for Arthur and has prevously sat on Arthur's Board of Directors.

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Introducing the Peterborough Politics Podcast, a weekly podcast with Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay and Danny Taro. Episode 1 "Catching Up" is all about getting up to speed with the municipal politics of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. We discuss how City Council has been responding to Transit, Policing, the Opioid Epidemic, the Housing Crisis and more.

Growing Pains is an Arthur Newspaper podcast about the corporatization of Trent University and how it affects students, faculty, and the surrounding community. We want to tell you the story of how this small, collegial, liberal arts university has grown into something else… something perhaps unrecognizable from its original form.

Part 2 of our episode about student activism is here! In Part one, we told you the story of how eight students occupied an administrator’s office at Trent University in 2001 to protest the undemocratic decision to sell off Peter Robinson College.

Now, we’re going to analyze these events, and bring this conversation into the present to ask, what has happened to Trent student activism in the two decades since? We examine the structural factors that shape and constrain student autonomy, and talk about ways forward for the student movement today.

Thanks to Dr. David Tough, Dr. Alison Hearn, and Ziysah von Bieberstein for their stories and contributions to this episode.

Podcast music: Sportsman Lucifer.

Growing Pains graphic: Cameron Noble.

Writing/Editing/Voice: Nick Taylor and Brazil Gaffney-Knox

Growing Pains is BACK! After a bit of an accidental hiatus, we have returned to bring you two episodes all about student activism. In Part 1, we revisit the events of 1999-2001 that we discussed in 'The Company Trent Keeps,' the closing of Peter Robinson College, the shifts in Trent's governance, the structural changes that are still playing out today -- but this time, from the students' perspective. Much of the radical, direct action based culture that once attracted students to Trent has faded over the 20 years since. 

In Part 2 of this episode we try to answer this question of why? What happened to this culture of revolution, and can we revive it?

Thanks to Dr. David Tough, Dr. Alison Hearn, and Ziysah von Bieberstein for their stories and contributions to this episode.

Our podcast music is by Sportsman Lucifer. 

Please consider supporting our work through a monthly donation. You can donate on our website: trentarthur.ca/donate.

Growing Pains is an Arthur Newspaper podcast about the corporatization of Trent University and how it affects students, faculty, and the community in which our university lies. We want to tell you the story of how this small, collegial, liberal arts university has grown into something else… something perhaps unrecognizable from its original form.

In this episode, 'Bleeding Green', we unpack Trent's Cleantech Commons development project and how it typifies the marriage between academy and industry on our campus. We sit down with former Cultural Studies professor, Andrew Wernick, to talk about the promotional university, and the project of branding. We also chat with Cleantech Executive Director, Martin Yuill, about what it means to attract the right kind of business. Ultimately, we explain how and why Peterborough's most wealthy have their hands in Trent Lands. 

Growing Pains graphic: Cameron Noble.

Music: Sportsman Lucifer

Writing/Editing/Voice: Nick Taylor & Brazil Gaffney-Knox

Growing Pains is an Arthur Newspaper podcast about the corporatization of Trent University and how it affects students, faculty, and the community in which our university lies. We want to tell you the story of how this small, collegial, liberal arts university has grown into something else… something perhaps unrecognizable from its original form.

In our first episode, ‘The Company Trent Keeps,’ we break down Trent’s Board of Governors and attempt to explain how and why a small group of corporate elites make all the most important decisions at our university. Dr. David Tough takes us on a walk down memory lane to help us piece together how we got here, and how we might imagine a more democratic way forward.

This week we have arranged interviews with the candidates for the TCSA Spring Elections! In all honesty, this has been the most difficult audio-project we have embarked upon. In making this podcast - in conducting the interviews, and throughout the audio-editing process, we had to balance our obligations towards fairness and objectivity, while still making this podcast listenable.

If you want to jump to specific candidates:

10:33 - VP Campaigns and Equity: Morgan Carl and Zoe Litow-Daye

37:35 - VP Health and Wellness: Teika Viducis, Carter Tongs and Brook Bartlett

59:05 - President: Wendy Walker

*We had conducted an interview with the candidate for VP University and College Affairs, who has since dropped out of the race. We have yet to hear from the TCSA about what will be done to fill this role for the upcoming academic year, but we will be sure to keep you in the know.

Check out the platforms for the executive and other board positions on our website! Voting runs March 12-18, Trent students will receive a ballot in their inbox.