The Orchardcast

By Jeremy Appel

The Orchard, but for your ears

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The podcast currently has 93 episodes available.

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June 05, 2026 DeCyphering the Middle East

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1h 52min
June 03, 2026 Headlines - 06/03/26
Featured Stories
* Retired judge appointed to electoral boundary panel donated to UCP, Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News
* Former Alberta judge tapped to chair panel redrawing electoral boundaries, Lisa Johnson, Canadian Press
* Carney government follows CUSMA letter with proposals to revive U.S. trade talks, Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star
* Some Palestinian student visas being expedited after long wait, David Baxter, Canadian Press
* Shopify paid Kenneth Law $149K for deadly poison sales to at-risk buyers, court records show, Thomas Daigle, CBC News

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12min
May 29, 2026 Referendum Madness

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1h 34min
May 27, 2026 Headlines - 05/26/26
Featured Stories
* Guilbeault to resign as an MP over Carney government’s climate policies, Vassy Kapelos and Stephanie Ha, CTV News
* Steven Guilbeault expected to quit Liberal caucus as early as Wednesday, sources say, Marieke Walsh and Stephanie Levitz, Globe and Mail
* Carney says House of Commons won’t weigh in on Alberta’s referendum question, Darren Major, CBC News
* Alberta separatist leader planning to challenge Danielle Smith’s leadership or change referendum question, Jason Markusoff, CBC News
* CANSEC Arms Fair Bars Multiple Independent Journalists From Attending, Alex Cosh, The Maple

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12min
May 21, 2026 How U.S. Media Sold the Gaza Genocide
You may know Adam H. Johnson as the co-host of the Citations Needed podcast. He has a new book out, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, which provides a rigorous, data-driven critique of how liberal American media outlets helped facilitate the Gaza genocide.
Related Links
* How to Sell a Genocide (Pluto Press, 2026)
* We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media, The Intercept
* How the Media Sold a Genocide, Current Affairs
* How the corporate media helped fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Mondoweiss

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50min
May 11, 2026 Did NES’s Ontario Liberal leadership campaign get sabotaged?

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1h 13min
May 06, 2026 The Breakdown x The Orchard

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1h 43min
May 01, 2026 What the HELL is happening with Elections Alberta?

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1h 7min
April 29, 2026 Alberta Separatism's Stubborn Persistence
Globe and Mail opinion page editor and former National Post Alberta reporter Tyler Dawson charts the rise of Alberta separatist sentiment in his new book, The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away. He joins me to discuss how the Alberta independence movement went from fringe to mainstream.
Related Links
* The Republic of Alberta (Sutherland House, 2026)
* Separating from Canada Would Be an Economic Disaster for Alberta, The Walrus
* The west wants out, Globe and Mail
* Support for Alberta separatism flat, struggling high earners more likely supporters: poll, CBC
* Smith Talked about Heading an Independent Alberta, Says Separatist Leader, The Tyee
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1h 12min
April 24, 2026 The Myth of Red Texas
You may know David Griscom as the co-host of Left Reckoning or host of the Jacobin Show. He’s now also an author, having released The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South.
David joins the podcast to discuss the hidden history of Texas socialism. Albertans might recognize some parallels.
Related Links
* The Myth of Red Texas (O/R Books, 2026)
* Unlearning the Myth of Red Texas, Current Affairs
* Left Reckoning

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1h 3min

FAQs about The Orchardcast:

How many episodes does The Orchardcast have?

The podcast currently has 93 episodes available.