Arthur Newspaper

The girls return to Studio A for one final ride across the airwaves with appropriately climactic news for this last Wednesday afternoon: the Otonabee River Man has been identified.

It's a big news week, as a matter of fact, as since the entry of Radio Free Arthur a CEO has been shot, a suspect identified, and the public at large lost their minds over this ripped Italian-American Bi-chad.

What, if anything, does this say about society? Does working at a grocery for a minimum wage really suck that much? Our haggard hostesses may not have all the answers, but that sure won't stop them from talking.

Until next year, then.

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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This episode, the editors welcome the event that signals crying students, raging seasonal depression, and a flood of Instagram stories: Spotify Wrapped.

Abbigale, as to be rather expected, has a relatively tame lineup that is mostly unchanged in several years, apart from hit Canadian band of the 2010's making a resurgence in her lineup.

She also streamed "Casual" by Chappel Roan 77 times.

Evan, on the other hand, had a more, uh, flavourful lineup.

Tune in to find out what cancelled band made her top 5 and why Spotify Wrapped is, well, kind of horrible.

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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It's slow goings in the settled dust of the Budget month, but nonetheless we continue to go on the air.

This week Abby and Evan discuss houseplants, petty theft, the Only Cafe, and the 67th Annual Recording Academy Awards.

Also, staff writers Kiki Paterson and Ian Vansegbrook introduce themselves after two-ish months of radio silence, and Evan talks about a book she read from BookTok.

All in a week's work, innit?

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Attention listeners of Radio Free Arthur: we, the editors of Arthur, are proud to announce that we have single-handedly solved the 2025 Draft Budget.

Every cut you personally disagreed with has been reversed, and everything you thought was a waste of money has been axed.

Speaking of wastes of money, friend of the show Taylor Swift is in Toronto. We don't have tickets and are not at all bitter.

While we may not have an eras tour to call our own, what we do have is a night of glitz and glamour in the form of our Annual General Meeting, TONIGHT at 5:00 PM in the John.

Be there or be a conscientious objector!

In other matters, Evan turns the subject of her ire to Large Language Models and AI, and the City's decision to spend $20,000 on Microsoft CoPilot.

Speaking of things which are allegedly products of systemic plagiarism, our City Hall Bingo is the talk of the town!

Finally, Evan speaks to today's status as Trans Day of Remembrance in what could be characterized as "a jarring shift in tone" for this comedic current affairs program.

As we like to say, "It's been a week."

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Breaking news out of The Borough this week: Hundreds of protestors showed up at City Hall to contest the 2025 Draft Budget, which could see funding to arts and social services cut to accommodate council's will of a strict 5% tax increase.

Co-editor Evan Robins hailed from City Hall for several hours, documenting the protest and lengthy meeting (which started late). Camera in one hand, Monster in the other: locking the fuck in.

Across the city, Abbigale bumped Phoebe Bridger's Christmas rotation and vanilla protein shakes while she paginated the new issue of this very rag.

Equally as thrilling, some would say.

This episode is a culmination of the lack of sleep and budget brain your editors have endured. The laugh, they sigh, they correct misinformation, they talk about what is new at Arthur (allegedly).

If you noticed this episode is two days late, mind your business.

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Well. You didn't hear it here first, but you know what we're talking about. The American Presidential election results are in, and rather unsurprising at that.

It's a heavier episode than last week's "which vampire is the hottest vampire" debate, but such is the nature of news.

Plus on a municipal level, Evan has been pouring over the 2025 staff recommended municipal budget, which includes a 7.8% tax rate increase, much to the chagrin of councillors who had previously approved a 5% increase.

Unsurprising once again, "cops want more money" inflates and already strained budget. Will this mean they finally show up to calls? Will shopping carts finally meet their match?

Only time will tell.

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this spooky edition of Radio Free Arthur, the editors talk for majority of the hour about lesbians, vampires, and why Carmilla is not only hot, but also cool.

While not a lesbian, Abbigale does look phenomenal in a trench coat.

While not a vampire, multiple women have credibly accused Evan of listening to Fiona Apple and owning Calvin Klein underwear.

The gals also read some spooky articles from their staff about haunted house hunting, Skynet taking over the TCSA elections and—the scariest thing of all—the Peterborough Police Service.

Whatever, man. We just write the news.

Keeping in the spirit of mythical women, Arthur's Lilith insert is coming to a page near you. Are you a woman? One that likes to write about your gender, perhaps? Drop us a line at [email protected] to learn how this can get you in print.

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

It's a time-travelling, rip-roaring, closet-recording RFA this week, as the show known for only the most breaking of news brings you the stale knowledge that beloved boy bandmate and (alleged) domestic abuser Liam Payne has died.

This is, of course, tragic news for co-editor Abbigale Kernya, though her co-host Evan Robins seems more torn up about not being able to see some manner of messed-up movie at Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough.

Besides these topics and a sneak-peak at the upcoming Issue 1, Arthur's inimitable tag-team talk the TCSA, whose elections have just imploded, and answer the question at the front of everyone's minds: is this what Charli xcx would really have wanted?

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

EDIT: Whoops! It appears we uploaded the same audio two weeks in a row. This was not a bit. The issue should be fixed now, and we're sorry. Thanks to Big Son Ian Vansegbrook for informing us of this (hilarious) oversight.

They call us the Jokers...that's why we're so serious.

What's up with that movie that everybody hates that's also a musical? We don't know, we just talk about Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Dakota Johnson for an hour.

And also the new articles from our staff, which are equally as compelling and interesting as the spooky season draws in cinephiles and freaks alike.

One film analysis even got Co-host Evan Robins to (allegedly) spark an interest in Alien: Romulus which she has previously stated can "blow my [redacted]".

Find out why, and watch the all the October madness roll in at trentarthur.ca.

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

What level of brainrot are you suffering from? Is your digital footprint demure? Is Nancy Pelosi really the mother of dragons who bratted before brat was brat?

Idk man, we're just as tired of it as you are.

That said, the girls talk about the funniest fascists, and how nobody understands the nuances of shit posting on Twitter (we support deadnaming when it comes to the bird app) like to former president of the US of A.

No, this isn't a safe space for Republicans, or Linked In influencers, or poets.

We also formally introduce two of our shining journalists, David King and Liam Andrews who unveil themselves to the airwaves and talk about, um, car discrimination?

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Radio Free Arthur broadcasts live on Wednesdays @ 1PM through the facilities of Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong and online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentradio.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Arthur Newspaper has been Trent University's Radical Independent Student and Community Press since 1966. You can reach the Editors at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up to date on local Peterborough news by regularly checking our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trentarthur.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Courier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.