our guest today is the Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and head of Carleton’s journalism program, Allan Thompson.

Professor Thompson is a lifelong journalist who's reported from newsrooms around the world—from Washington, to England, to Rwanda.

Thompson joined us to examine the current state of American political journalism in the Trump era, and to tell us why he still has faith in the future of news media thanks to the passion and energy shown by the next gen of j-schoolers.

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Our Galentine's Day guest this year is the magnificent Miss Julie S. Lalonde—a dear friend of ours as well as a bestselling author, an internationally recognized women’s rights advocate, and a public educator.

Franco-ontarienne du nord de l’Ontario, elle est basée à Ottawa. Julie holds a BA and MA in Canadian Studies and Women’s Studies from Carleton University with a focus on the lives of economically disadvantaged elderly women.

Julie and Jenn discussed how to discuss Epstein while centering survivors, the many brosocialist losers lurking on the left, harassment and bystander intervention, and the urgent need for strong millennial feminist friends (like us!) to lift eachother up and stop tearing eachother down (shine theory, baby!).

Learn more about Julie and support her work :

https://yellowmanteau.com/

https://outsideoftheshadows.ca/

https://righttobe.org/show-support/

https://btlbooks.com/book/resilience-is-futile

https://writersfestival.org/blog/resilience-is-futile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BqRqTr9tQ

Sources, mentions, and suggested reading :

https://artsfile.ca/the-unsinkable-julie-s-lalonde/

https://carleton.ca/equity/focus/sexual-violence-prevention-survivor-support/

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pauline-jewett

https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/43-2/FEWO/meeting-24/evidence

https://www.cpac.ca/in-committee-from-the-house-of-commons/episode/status-of-women-committee-discusses-sexual-misconduct-in-the-military?id=e86e2dd4-1d36-4c07-9bb6-0acebb347b2b

https://globalnews.ca/news/7745993/military-sexual-misconduct-national-embarrassment/

https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/02/stop-memeing-the-epstein-files

https://nawl.ca/remembering-feminist-activist-kate-mcinturff/

https://www.bigfriendship.com/shine-theory

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everyone's fav indie media critics on the American left, Gavin and Zac, joined Jenn to talk democratic socialism, the upcoming U.S. midterms, the wealth gap, and lots more.

Gavin and Zac co-host the popular American podcast and youtube channel The Vanguard where they create videos, documentaries and podcasts from a fierce and unabashedly leftist perspective.

check out The Vanguard here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98DCNPM9B3ZP4TiDANonIA

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one of our besties the talented award-winning author of The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau and veteran political journalist Stephen Maher stopped by to catch us up on some of the latest headlines.

> you can find Maher's incredibly juicy chronology of the Trudeau years wherever fine books are sold, and learn more about his fantastic award-winning work here: https://sjmaher.ca/

> follow Maher on Twitter.

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the mensch behind Canadaland has launched an investigative podcast series called What Is Happening Here? which documents the frightening rise of antisemitism in Canada.

Jesse Brown joins us to share what he learned and shed some light on the many worries and daunting questions plaguing Canadian Jews right now.

also : we revisit the luminous and defiantly feminist character Rachel Menken of Menken's Department Store (from Mad Men).

this Canadaland series on the threats posed by anti-semitism is powerful and provocative (and absolutely worth your time) but please exercise caution if you plan to listen to it as a lot of what you'll hear is not for the faint of heart (trigger/content warning) :

https://www.canadaland.com/shows/what-is-happening-here/

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are the Carney Liberals kowtowing to India? does anyone care about the NDP leadership race? will Mamdani’s abundant rizz ever be replicated? does everything just generally suck right now?!

the brilliant Supriya Dwivedi joined us to contemplate these and other questions and to spill some tea from her time as a senior advisor to Canada's former PM Justin Trudeau. Supriya is a political pundit on CBC's Power & Politics and a columnist for the Toronto Star and National Observer. she joined us from Toronto in December 2025.

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Sources and further reading

• Rob Gillies for the Associated Press: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPc4aSbCak
• Beisan Zubi for the Ottawa Citizen: https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/zubi-this-is-why-we-need-journalists-of-colour-covering-politics
• Ashley Burke for CBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_wG-uDBPY
• The Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJaiL8DDG7M&t=5s
• Global News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I74-xp2TBkI
• Today Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3T-OA3C218
• New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4X0hI40a8A
• MeidasTouch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ammj-V7YXK8
• CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zq2x-Tm7dI
• Carole Cadwalladr on The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7CvbccdVM
• Canadian Press: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhXLWPndUE

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your intrepid co-hosts Maïtée and Jenn are reunited at last for a long meandering year-end yap 'n holiday wrap. we talk Fiddy vs Diddy, cosplay Kristi's melting face, pipelines, sus tech spending, 'Murican clown cars, and lots more.

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City and Nuuchimii is an independently produced non-partisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Follow us @citynuuchimii