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For the first time since 2021, the Liberals are beating the Conservatives in a recent poll. We’ll find out on March 9th if Carney is officially sticking around for the long haul. And then? He’s going to be the Prime Minister - at least for a little while. Carney-mania is going around - is it real? Or seriously overblown? Is he Canada's Kamala Harris - mild, overhyped, and fated to lose - or a serious contender? Host Noor Azrieh and Luke Savage try to diagnose what's behind Carney-mania– how a socially conscious banker became the man of the moment. 

And the latest, on the ongoing saga of Trump’s tariffs. Also, King Charles’s sit-down with PM Justin Trudeau over “matters of importance” to Canadians. And BREAKING NEWS, Donald Trump doesn't like Chrystia Freeland or Pierre Poilievre. 

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: Luke Savage

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It's so normal to complain about the CBC that it's hard to imagine that one day, maybe one day soon, there may no longer be a CBC to complain about. The Conservatives are campaigning on defunding it. The Mother Corp. itself can’t seem to figure out which way is up, particularly when it comes to television ratings. Sure, radio still pulls in the numbers, but what is the future of radio itself?

So, is CBC f*cked, like f*cked as in doomed? How do we unf*ck it? F*ck if I know. So we’re asking you, dear listener, how to fix it. The lines are open caller…

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Guests: Listeners like you

Fact checking by max collins

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading:

• Bang for our buck — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

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Why not being American is at the core of Canadian identity. 

With Canada’s big win at the 4 Nations and SNL’s 50th anniversary, Canada entered the American zeitgeist. But is there more to Canadian identity than hockey, poutine, and not being American?  

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Rahim Mohamed

Further reading: 

• Opinion: This was the weekend that Canada dominated the zeitgeist - The Globe and Mail 
• Most Canadians believe hockey is core to Canada's national identity | Toronto Sun
• Canadian fans irked by Wayne Gretzky's affiliations with Trump amid tensions - Sportsnet.ca 
• Trump defends Gretzky, says ‘the Great One’ wants Canada to remain Canadian | Globalnews.ca 
• Canada Is Taking Trump Seriously and Personally - The Atlantic
•  Opinion: Wab Kinew has the makings of a great national leader - The Globe and Mail 

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Canadians are furious at CBC’s Cross Country Checkup trainwreck.  

Plus, why did CBC’s new mandate sit on Trudeau’s desk for months? National Post’s Rahim Mohamed co-hosts. 

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Host: Jesse Brown

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Guest: Rahim Mohamed

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The Arctic is quickly becoming the center of a geopolitical shitstorm. We’re talking power, resources, and territory at stake. And everyone wants a piece of it. Donald Trump floated taking Greenland and Canada to make his claim. But he’s not the only one. Russia’s making moves. So is China. And Canada? Politicians, left and right, are talking about it. Host Noor Azrieh sits down with Gavin John, a freelance journalist embedded in the Arctic, and asks, what’s really at stake for Canada in the Arctic? Is this frozen tundra our greatest vulnerability or our most valuable asset?

And the latest on, the crash and burn of Liberal candidate Ruby Dhalla, and PM Justin Trudeau’s Ukraine visit. Oh, and don’t forget the Ontario election. 

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: Gavin John

Background reading:

• Canada Tries to Break the Ice With Trump – Foreign Policy
• Trump’s Manifest Destiny in the Arctic: The Greenland Gamble – Modern Diplomacy
• Poilievre's Arctic follies – The Hill Times
• Canada to open consulates, appoint Arctic ambassador under new foreign policy – CBC News
• Poilievre promises new military base in Nunavut as part of Arctic defence plan – CBC News

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Has everybody lost their minds? Are we buying guns and deploying troops and making plans to fend off a U.S. invasion?  Are some of us pre-emptively surrendering, trying to be the first to bend a knee and curry favour with our inevitable orange overlord?  What happened to our steely northern resolve?  We’re supposed to survey the histrionics of our melodramatic American neighbours, and then we make measured, sober, judicious decisions. When did we forget how to do that?

Maybe right now we need a bit of dad-like, prairie common sense. Maybe what we need is a bit of Preston Manning.  

You know the name, or did you forget about Manning and how Reform roared out of the West to reshape Parliament and the conservative movement? He may come across as a Prairie-land Mr. Rogers, a local pastor who happened to be in Parliament.  But the truth is, if you want to understand populism, particularly populism in Canada, Manning just might be your man.  Populism is not a dirty word to him.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Guests: Preston Manning

Fact checking by Sam Konnert

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Further reading:

• Preston Manning: Canada's response to Trump needs common sense, not mindless hysterics — The National Post

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Pierre Poilievre’s patriotic pivot. 

At his “Canada First” rally, Pierre Poilievre unveiled his new messaging, but will it be enough to counter his sudden decline in the polls? 

Dani Paradis joins to assess the Pierre 3.0 rebrand. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Sam Konnert (Fact Checking), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Dani Paradis

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The $6 million lawsuit that killed an indie Alberta podcast. 

Nate Pike’s The Breakdown has been covering allegations of corruption in Danielle Smith’s government until a court order forced him to shut down. 

Plus, how Donald Trump Jr. hooked Canada’s premiers up with an $85 000 a month lobbying contract.

Host: Jesse Brown

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Guest: Dani Paradis

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Jagmeet Singh has taken a lot of shit: his nice watch, his ambivalence on taking down the Liberals, and of course his polling. But he says he’s not giving up. He says he’s here to win.

Sit down with Noor as she goes past the “corporate interest” talking points and grills the leader on all things NDP. Why doesn’t he have a successor? Why won’t he step down? Why is he so fancy for a lefty?

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: Jagmeet Singh

Background reading:

• #115 Did Jagmeet Singh Miss His Big Chance? - CANADALAND
• Get ready for an early federal election, NDP tells candidates in an internal memo – CBC News
• Jagmeet Singh's NDP is in deep trouble – National Observer
• Singh says he will bring down government in March but wants to pass Trump tariff relief first – CBC News

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The documentary Russians at War shows the invasion of Ukraine from the point of view of Moscow's troops. The doc was supposed to screen during the Toronto International Film Festival, but organisers cancelled a screening amid protests and over threats to festival operations and public safety.

A large part of the film’s funding came through TVO, Ontario's public broadcaster. The filmmaker is a Russian-Canadian, Anastasia Trofimova, who once worked for Russian state-funded broadcaster RT. Trofimova made the film while living with front-line Russian troops for seven months.

How exactly did she do that? Not without the consent of the Russian army, one would assume.  We are told again and again that Russia controls one of the most sophisticated misinformation, disinformation, propaganda machines the world has ever known. 

Russia is in our algorithms, spreading fake news and skewing our elections. So, clearly, this Anastasia Trofimova is not somebody who we should be handing large sums of Canadian public money to so that she can tell us a story of sympathy for Russian troops.

But what actually happened here? Is this a story about Russian propaganda or is it really a tale of Canadian censorship? Those questions are tackled when Jesse sits down with the producers of Russians at War and its director, filmmaker and journalist, Anastasia Trofimova.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Guests: Cornelia Principe, Sean Farnel, Anastasia Trofimova

Fact checking by Sam Konnert

Further reading:

• Statement regarding TIFF’s decision to screen Russian propaganda — Ukrainian Canadian Congress
• TIFF suspends screening of film on Russian soldiers after threats — CBC
• TIFF turfs controversial documentary — CBC, Metro Morning

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