Blackballed With James Di Fiore

David Wallace is back again, and this time he has an email from the Western Standard who attempted to get Wallace to incriminate himself by asking a series of ridiculous questions.

We do the Western Standard a solid and attempt to answer those questions.

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Damian Hastie is the founder of openandcandid.com - a web site dedicated to researching and exposing the vast business and political connections of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

His work is extensive, and he speaks with James about the extent of the political relationships and how they are leveraged for millions of dollars in often sole-sourced contracts inside the UK.

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David Wallace is back, and he was just sued by Shane Homes.

But now David gets to fire back, by deposing all of the witnesses in the Naheed Nanshi plot where various Alberta conservatives allegedly conspired to remove Nenshi from office.

Why anyone would want to tempt David to fight when he has nothing to lose is beyond me, but we are here for all of it.

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Jeff Pearlman is one of the most prolific sports biographers in America. He has written 14 books, nine of which have gone on to become best-sellers.

His latest book is The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson. He shares the greatest "holy shit" moments of Jackson's life, and tells us that the some of the most legendary tales are often factual, and that Bo Jackson's folklore was probably well-deserved.

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Like most members, Lara Payne was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. She was abused by several members of the church between the ages of 4 and 11.

She shares her heartbreaking story on this episode of Blackballed.

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Sean Kelly is the founder of the band Crash Kelly, and has played with Helix, Lee Aaron, Nelly Furtado and others.

He is also a teacher. He joins us to talk rock n roll, life, and how he started his journey from beginner to guitar god.

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Chip Fu was there in the Golden Era contributing to one of the most important times in hip hop history. Learn about how he came up, what it meant that Eminem shouted out Fu Schnickens when he was inducted in the Rock N Roll hall Of Fame, and what he thinks of the art form today.

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CANADALAND concluded its pod series Ratfucker. David Wallace, Richard Marsh and James talk about the potential impact of the show, why much of the final episode was old news to us at the Dean Blundell Network, and if it will resonate enough to bring the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church to justice.

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There are fans of famous musicians, and then there are fanatics. There are fanatics, and then there is Toronto teacher and musician, Mark Baker.

Baker has been dubbed the most famous U2 fan on the planet, and was even given a nickname by Bono himself - U2BROTHR.

Oh yeah, and he's had a documentary film cover his admiration for U2 as well.

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Only a handful of journalists have investigated AND published stories found inside the David Wallace dossier known as the #klondikepapers. Stephen Magusiak is one of them. Stephen tells us what it has been like working on these stories given the enormous size of the document, and how the main source of the material, Wallace, is easily one of the most fascinating political operatives in Canadian political history.

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