Blackballed With James Di Fiore

Max Fawcett is a writer/essayist/columnist for Canada's National Observer.

Based in Alberta, Max will give us his thoughts on how Premier Danielle Smith is doing so far, what his thoughts are re free speech stalwarts like Jordan Peterson, and whether or not Pierre Poilievre's decision to go all-in with the right wing fringe is still holding.

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Some people spend years getting their law degree and practice law until they retire.

Others abandon law after realizing their life path wasn't them being their authentic self, add a subsequent experience with ayahuasca that helped cement the transformation and you have Tara Mesensky.

She is a brilliant mind, and a personal friend of James. She spoke about her therapy practice, and how mind altering substances are finding their way into therapeutics.

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She was never a member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, but Terri Smith worked with and for several members in the town of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.

She claims she not only witnessed sexual assaults by PBCC members, but was a victim herself.

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Casual Friday is back with Canadian comedy legend Spenny and co-host of the Eager Beaver podcast Paul Atkinson.

This week we venture into circumcision, tattoos and various references to Paul's penis.

Guests attempt to manhandle James but he is having none of it.

Hilarity ensued.

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Nobody wants to talk about it. Everybody deals with it.

Mental health.

It's gonna be ok.

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F Is For Family was a stand-alone animated television series. It was funny, sometimes dark, nostalgic, and had more staying power than the 5 seasons implied.

James is joined by Executive Producer Michael Price, writer/story editor Joe Heslinga, writer Emily Towers, and writer/script supervisor Henry Gammill.

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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo went from reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine to enlisting into the Ukrainian military.

And just to make her story more interesting, she was once an opposition research professional for Republican candidates...as a transwoman.

Sarah joined us from Kviv.

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Casual Friday is a weekly roundtable show where James gets high, Ryan gets drunk, and a bunch of colleagues and randoms call in.

This episode was particularly envelope-pushing because James had a couple of panic attacks this week. Don't worry, he did lots of shrooms to heal his brain.

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Melissa Lauren shares her back story; she was adopted but it turns out she is Italian, her singing career has never been better, and she shares the exact same name as a French porn star, which kept the lolz coming for years!

She's authentic, hilarious and one of the best humans James knows.

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The Sherman Murders remains unsolved, and David Wallace is here to make us more confused, and more concerned.

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