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Canada is obsessed with dairy. It’s quite literally part of our culture…we’re talking soccer medals with the little blue milk logo on them. But someone else is also utterly obsessed with Canadian dairy. Donald Trump. What does Trump want…and why?

And if Carney caved on the NATO budget, and on the Digital Services tax - Is he going to cave on Trumps demands on dairy too? 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Jason Erskine, Bruce Muirhead, Ryan Cardwell

Background reading:

• New supply management law won't save the system from Trump, experts say – CBC News
• Dairy supply management could sour Canada-US trade talks – Reuters
• The dairy industry’s outsized political influence, explained in charts – The Globe and Mail
• Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says – Yahoo News

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It’s now common to get AI generated answers from Google when searching the web. The whole concept of searching Google to find actual websites is almost over. 

Google does not want you to click on a link and go to a website. Instead, they're giving users as the first thing you see, an AI overview that analyzes hundreds, thousands, (possibly) millions of websites to give you an answer right there on the Google page. Convenient? Yes. User friendly? Yup. Causing news publishers to lose their minds? Absofrigginlutely.

Today our guest is Ben Smith. He literally wrote the book on web traffic. It's called Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral.

He's the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief at Semafor and co-host of the Mixed Signals podcast.

Ben helps us figure out what this fundamental change in how we use the web means for you the news consumer and what it could mean for the future of Canadaland.

Credits: 

Host: Jesse Brown

Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

Further Reading

Follow Ben Smith’s Semafor Podcast

Decoder Podcast Referenced in the Intro

What Happens to the News Business When People Stop Clicking? - The Logic

AI is Killing the Web. Can Anything Save it? - The Economist

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A closer look at Travis Dhanraj’s public breakup with the CBC. 

In a fiery open letter, former host of Canada Tonight, Travis Dhanraj, excoriated the CBC for its “performative diversity, tokenism, a system designed to elevate certain voices and diminish others.” He also called out “a small circle of senior Ottawa-based journalists.” He says he’s ready to “pull the curtain back” on CBC’s toxic culture. What’s he waiting for?

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Jen Gerson

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading: 

• LILLEY: Former CBC host blasts state broadcaster on way out the door - Toronto Sun
• Chris Selley: We'll thank Travis Dhanraj for 'pulling back the curtain' on CBC News - National Post
• Lawyer of CBC whistleblower SPEAKS OUT about Travis Dhanraj’s treatment at the state broadcaster. It’s WORSE than you think! - Juno News
• Julia Malott: I am the wrong kind of transwoman for CBC. Travis Dhanraj made me a regular - National Post  
• Jamil Jivani sues Bell Media, alleging he was fired for not fitting 'Black stereotype' | National Post
• Carney campaign director launches strategic firm as new Liberal government gets to work - The Globe and Mail
• The (alleged) anatomy of the $10-million heist that rocked Canadian music - The Globe and Mail  

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Carney’s sprawling ethics screen covers over 100 companies and reveals the details of what went into his blind trust. Did he lie to Canadians about his conflicts of interest? Jen Gerson joins to make sense of the documents. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Jen Gerson

Photo: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Further reading: 

• Carney to recuse himself from dealings with over 100 companies in sprawling government conflict screen - National Post
• Carney’s ethics filing shows more than 100 entities under conflict-of-interest screen - The Globe and Mail
• Investigation: What Mark Carney Won’t Say About Brookfield - CANADALAND [Podcast]
• Ethics Screen - List of Companies [PDF]
• Ethics Screen - List of Investments [PDF]
• https://x.com/HertzBarry/status/1945113658247311799 
• That white guy who can't get a job at Tim Hortons? He's AI | CBC News    

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A 230km all-season road and deep water port could be one of Carney’s first major “nation-building projects.” Is everyone on board?

The Grays Bay Port and Road would connect the Northwest Territories to Nunavut to the hotly contested Northwest Passage. It would provide shipping routes, better access and Arctic security, but some hunters are worried about the environmental impact.

Will this get built? Who’s going to pay? What are the impacts?

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Jane George, Brendan Bell, Jeffrey Niptanatiak

Background reading:

• Carney points to Grays Bay as key nation-building project - Nunatsiaq News
• Arctic road and port project meets opposition and support as Nunavut board recommends environmental review - CBC News
• Nunavut Inuit org breathes new life into Grays Bay project with $7.25M loan - Nunatsiaq News
• Email scammers con Nunavut corporation out of $300K - CBC News
• Australians run riot, face liquor charges in Northwest Passage transit
• Canadian Coast Guard rescues American jet-skiers from Nunavut waters - Nunatsiaq News

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Today we unmask the mastermind behind one of the most unlikely mysteries in hip hop history.

Digging through old FBI files to reveal the name of the arch villain who orchestrated a transnational scam that duped some of rap's biggest players. And here's a spoiler, the culprit was a teenager in Ottawa who juggled his international hip hop swindle with his high school math homework.

Further Reading:

Ben Westhoff Substack Article 

FBI Files

More FBI Files

Credits

Host: Jesse Brown

Julian Abraham (Reporter and Composer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Lucie Laumonier

Additional music by Audio Network & Julian Abraham

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Too often, climate issues like wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather are reported in a way that ignores the root cause of these issues. How can climate and environmental coverage engage and inform an audience, while holding the powerful accountable? Geoff Dembicki of DeSmog co-hosts.

Host: San Grewal

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Geoff Dembicki

 Further reading: 

• Climate Change And Wildfires In Canada’s National Media – Re.Climate
• Claims Canadian wildfires are caused by arson and not climate change are misleading – The Canadian Press Fact Check
• Doug Ford said he ordered new waterbombers to fight Ontario’s wildfires. But when will we see them? - Toronto Star 
• Daniel Debow Wants Canada To Get Rich Quicker — Maclean’s
• These Vancouver neighbourhoods could be next up for the 'Broadway plan' treatment - Vancouver Sun 
• BONUS: Who Writes the Rules of News? -Off the Record [Podcast]

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Today we’re bringing you all the trash that’s not fit for the feed. But one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.

Look, we record a lot of stuff… and we cut a lot of stuff. That’s just part of the biz.

We often have to cut stuff we love, a process usually called “killing your babies”—because you love them so much, and they’re just so perfect… but nope, they gotta go.

So we went dumpster diving through producer James Nicholson’s 20+ hours of tape to bring you all the good stuff we didn’t air on his recent documentary for Canadaland, Canada’s Greatest Game (No, Not That One). 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Guests: James Nicholson

Additional music by Audio Network

Extra information:

• Canada’s Greatest Game (No, Not That One) — CANADALAND
• Watch: The Subterranean Stadium — Tudor Games
• 2024 World Crokinole Championship — TVO
• Welcome to Crokinole, the greatest game you’ve never heard of — The Pudding

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Carney’s clean energy disappearing act. 

Trump’s all out war on clean energy could be a huge economic opportunity for Canada’s energy future, but Carney’s focus on pipelines and carbon capture has us heading backwards. 

Host: San Grewal

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Geoff Dembicki

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading: 

• How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ impacts Canada and the clean energy push - National | Globalnews.ca 
• Trump’s green-bashing is precisely why it’s a good time to buy green - The Globe and Mail 
• Donald Trump's disdain for wind energy could create windfall for Nova Scotia: experts | CBC News 
• Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again - The New York Times 
• Carbon Capture ‘Not Going to Happen,’ Top Fossil Fuel Advocate Predicts - DeSmog 
• What Canada can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York ⋆ The Breach 
• Ex-CBC host Travis Dhanraj says he was ‘forced to resign,’ slams public broadcaster in all-staff email

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It’s been over 100 days since Mark Carney became Prime Minister. It’s time for a performance review! 

Last week, we held a call-in show where host Noor heard all your praises and complaints of the new(ish) government. Today, you can listen to what your fellow Canadians from across Canada think of the man in charge

So, how will YOU know if Carney’s agenda is working?

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Canadaland listeners!

Background reading:

• Mark Carney has a winking habit. Could it grow as stale as Justin Trudeau's novelty socks? — National Post
• Carney promised big changes by Canada Day. Did he deliver? — CBC News
• Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU? — The Guardian

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