City and Nuuchimii

By City and Nuuchimii

We're an independent, non-partisan current affairs podcast hosted by Jenn Jefferys (in the city) and Maïtée Saganash (in nuuchimii).... more

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May 09, 2025 hope for a woke pope (with Riley Yesno)
Queer Anishinaabe scholar and political pundit Riley Yesno is back on the show to dig into whatever the heck just happened during #elxn45, whether queer and trans rights have fallen by the wayside, and whether or not the new pope is (as rumored) woke.
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent nonpartisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. follow us @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected]. if you liked this episode, please support us by liking, sharing, and subscribing wherever you get your podcasts.
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May 08, 2025 queering #cdnpoli with Canary Quinn
today we caught up with Ottawa-based queer burlesque performer Canary Quinn whose work went viral recently with a little help from Laura Jane Grace. we talk queer politics, trans and nonbinary empowerment in the face of fascism, and what the latest Canadian federal election results mean for the queer community.
music for this episode was sourced from Against Me!, Chappell Roan, The Prodigy, and Diplo featuring Nicky da B.
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent nonpartisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. follow us @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected]. if you liked this episode, please support us by liking, sharing, and subscribing wherever you get your podcasts.
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May 01, 2025 fashy survival skills with Jesse Duquette (part three)
welcome to part three of our three-part conversation with American political cartoonist (and perhaps the most censored guy on the internet) Jesse Duquette.
Jesse Duquette is the author of a bestselling book documenting Donald Trump's first presidency called 'The Daily Don.'
Jesse joined us from his home in Chicago, Illinois in early April, just before Canada's 45th federal election on April 28 2025. we talked fascism, censorship, white nationalism, populism, and channeling our collective MAGA-induced rage through comedy.
music for this episode was sourced from Blue Rodeo, Serial Joe, Kid Rock, and Against Me!
to learn more about Jesse Duquette or to support his work, you can find him on substack and instagram.
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent non-partisan podcast produced and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. follow us at @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected]
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April 26, 2025 fashy survival skills with Jesse Duquette (part two)
welcome to part two of our three part special conversation with Chicago-based cartoonist and perhaps the most censored guy on the internet, Jesse Duquette.
Jesse joined Jenn to talk about comedy, art therapy, patriotism, surviving American fascism, Mike Myers' killer comeback on Saturday Night Live, and much more.
consider this three-part series free therapy as we all struggle to navigate the nightmare that is the new world order.
enjoy this podcast? please like, share, and pay to subscribe.
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City and Nuuchimii is a nonpartisan non-profit current affairs podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. reach us at @citynuuchimii or [email protected]
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April 15, 2025 Cree girls against the world (with Sheila North)

Maïtée is in the host chair today to welcome Sheila North for a wide-ranging discussion on Cree sovereignty, building solidarity across First Nations, and Native women reclaiming our rightful place as matriarchs.

Sheila North — also known as Wikahsko Iskwew (Sweetgrass Woman) — hails from Bunibonibee Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba and has worn a whole lotta hats. She's a former journalist, the former Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, a past candidate for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and a longtime activist for MMIW2S.

These days Sheila is serving as the Executive Director of Indigenous engagement at the University of Winnipeg, and has recently authored a memoir called My Privilege, My Responsibility.

* finally as a small side production note: according to Facebook the day that this episode goes live also happens to be Sheila North's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHEILA!!!

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City and Nuuchimii podcast is independently produced and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Reach us at [email protected] or @citynuuchimii.

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April 08, 2025 fashy survival skills with Jesse Duquette (part one)
how are you feeling right now? anxious? stressed? depressed? contemplating putting your fist through a wall?
girl, same. but we gotcha.
given (gestures broadly) all this, we've got American political cartoonist Jesse Duquette with us today to commiserate.
he's been documenting the bleak state of the world under he who shall not be named for years now, culminating in a couple books and many viral pieces that you've no doubt come across.
think of this multi-part episode as a free therapy session.
and wherever you are right now - Canada, US, elsewhere - hang in there honey. orange man bad but together we'll through this (uh, hopefully).
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City and Nuuchimii is a nonpartisan nonprofit independent podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. follow us @citynuuchimii.
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October 16, 2024 the fight for Black lives and better angels
the one and only Desmond Cole (aka. one of our fav humans ever) joined us to talk harm reduction, white fragility, Libservativism, PM resignation rumours, and much more.
for the few who don't already know, Cole is an award-winning journalist, the bestselling author of The Skin We're In and a fearless advocate for racialized communities. he was also recently awarded an Honourary Doctorate of Laws from Ontario Tech University in recognition of his leadership as one of Canada’s strongest voices in anti-Black racism and for his work as an advocate, activist, and journalist.
we're so grateful to our friend Desmond for taking the time to join us. be sure to check out his latest work through Yes, Everything! and please do yourself a favour and go buy a copy of his book. you'll thank(sgiving) us later. happy weird settler colonialism holiday weekend to all who celebrate btw :)
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent nonpartisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Follow us @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected].
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October 10, 2024 decolonizing politics
today we're joined by two of our fav Anishinaabe intellectuals to break down the latest political headlines.
guests in order of appearance:
— Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (PhD) is Anishinaabe from St. Peter’s/Little Peguis. he's a columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press and an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba, and he's regularly featured on APTN and CBC's Power & Politics. he's also the bestselling author of Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre.
—Dara Wawatie-Chabot is Anishnaabekwe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg in South-Western Quebec — a reserve located two hours from Parliament Hill and on the unceded and unsurrendered ancestral lands of the Algonquin and Anishinaabe nations. Dara is a single parent who studies political science full-time at the University of Ottawa and works part-time as a researcher for the Iron + Earth organization. they support their small family by creating art and working remote contracts fighting for environmental justice in so-called Canada.
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent nonpartisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Follow us @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected]
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October 03, 2024 shop talk with the Bloc
all the politics have been ultra spicy lately (loves it) so we're back to bless your podcast feed for the fall 2024 szn after a very brat summer. joining us today are the lovely Deputy Leader of the Bloc, Christine Normandin, as well as our pal Hill Times parliamentary reporter Stu Benson.
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent nonpartisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Follow us @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected]
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57min
June 27, 2024 governing in troubled times
Today we're joined again by one of our fav Canadian writers, Paul Wells. Wells has written a fantastic book about the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (and the son of the 15th Prime Minister of Canada), Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal government has been in power federally here in Canada since 2015. Wells' new book is Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times. Be sure to snag yourself a copy to add to your summer reading list.
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City and Nuuchimii is an independent nonpartisan podcast created and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Follow us @citynuuchimii or reach us at [email protected]
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