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Can a newspaper commit treason? The NSICOP report singles out China as the biggest foreign influence on Canadian media (and it’s more than just advertorial inserts.) Joanna Chiu joins us to unpack the scale and scope of foreign propaganda campaigns in Canada.
Is the daily coverage of campus protest encampments a form of bias, and what sorts of stories are getting missed as a result? Jesse responds to some tough questions about bias in the coverage of the war in Gaza.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Max Collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)
Guest: Joanna Chiu
 
Further reading: 
Marc Edge: If the NSICOP report on foreign interference won’t name Canadian media outlets, I will - The HubA website spread disinformation about Canada. Why did major Indian outlets treat it as news? - Toronto Star  Toronto 'Walk with Israel' event held amid high security, faceoffs with protesters | Ontario News | thecanadianpressnews.caYouth's death shows more mental health supports needed in Winnipeg, Muslim community members say | CBC News  Grade 3 students ‘terrorized’ after Ontario man walks into gym class, goes on tirade | Globalnews.caHow a student petition on Israel sent a law school’s progressive ideals crashing into Bay Street’s hard realities - The Globe and MailRCMP arrest Quebec man with 3D-printed gun, charge him with anti-Jewish hate speech - Montreal GazetteHow we’re tracking AI Incidents around global elections - Rest of World 
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When Canadaland commissioned its new series “A Field Guide to Gay Animals” (listen to it here), the topic wasn’t really in the news. But since then, it’s started to take the world by storm. From rage on the extreme right, a documentary series on Peacock, to the first photos of humpback whale sex being male-male.
And the relevance is more important than ever, legislation across Canada and the United States regularly denies queer rights, sometimes based on old-school notions that sex is about reproduction and the animal kingdom proves it. Except it doesn’t… 25 years ago, one Canadian scientist wrote a book that detailed the history and science of gay animals: Biological Exuberance.
Today, podcast hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan Levenson join Jesse to talk about the wonderful world of gay animals.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)
Additional music by Audio Network
Further reading:

Biological Exuberance, by Bruce Bagemihl — Macmillan PublishersHumpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male — The GuardianPeacock’s ‘Queer Planet’ features lion ‘bromances,’ pansexual monkeys and more — NBCA Field Guide to Gay Animals — Canadaland
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With Jesse away, Justin Ling takes over to talk about Google’s $100 million payment for Canadian news and how a ragtag group of independent publishers will end up deciding who gets the money. Is Google trolling us? 
Plus, Canada has entered its foreign interference era, but are we too polite to name names? Paul McLeod helps unpack new allegations of treason in Ottawa, and what we should do about it.

Host: Justin Ling
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)
Guest: Paul McLeod
 
Further reading: 
Google signs deal with organization to distribute $100M to Canadian news companies | Politics | thecanadianpressnews.ca Canadian Journalism Collective to represent Canadian news businesses under Online News Act - The Canadian Journalism CollectiveHow we’re moving forward with the Canadian news ecosystem - Google The Behind-the-Scenes Bill C-18 Battle: How Newspapers, Big Broadcasters and the CBC Are Trying to Seize Control Over How Google Money is Allocated to Canadian Media - Michael Geist  Password Sharing OK: Judge | Blacklock's Reporter The Logic announces $4M capital raise, led by FT Ventures - The Logic Some MPs helping foreign actors like China and India meddle in Canadian politics: report | CBC News Green Leader Elizabeth May says there's no list of disloyal current MPs in unredacted NSICOP report | CBC News  
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Less than a year ago, Investigative Reporter and former Network Anchor Molly Thomas had her dream job as a Correspondent for CTV’s flagship show, W5; with the backing of this team, she applied for the most prestigious fellowship in Canadian journalism, the Michener-Deacon Award.
Molly won the Michener-Deacon fellowship for her special project on education in Afghanistan, the only country in the world where women and girls can't go to school. 
Then, as part of a series of nation-wide cuts from Bellmedia (who owns CTV), Molly was laid off and the story was shelved.
That’s where Canadaland stepped in.                
We’ve teamed up with Molly and the Michener-Deacon Fellowship to produce Dear Taliban, a new 3-part investigation that begins today.
Dear Taliban spans three continents, taking listeners to the vice-regal pomp and ceremony of Rideau Hall, to one of the toughest hostile training programs in the world - all to prepare her for a complex and volatile area of South Asia.
Host: Molly Thomas 
Credits: Tristan Capacchione and Caleb Thompson (Audio Editing and Technical Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)
Additional music by Audio Network
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En politique municipale, provinciale et fédérale, les départs de femmes s’enchaînent. En cause, l’intimidation dont elles sont victimes, la remise en question de leurs compétences, ou encore leur relégation à des rôles de moindre importance. Emilie reçoit l’autrice, essayiste et activiste Alexa Conradi pour mieux comprendre les racines du problème et les obstacles qui se dressent devant les femmes politiques. Dans la deuxième partie de l’émission, Alexa Conradi explique ce que signifierait faire de la politique en féministe, et comment intégrer pleinement les valeurs de ce mouvement dans notre paysage politique actuel. 
Women keep leaving municipal, provincial and federal politics, due to intimidation, the questioning of their skills, or their relegation to less important roles. Emilie sits down with author, essayist and activist Alexa Conradi to better understand the roots of the problem and the obstacles that stand before female politicians. In the second part of the show, Alexa Conradi explains what it would mean to do politics in a feminist fashion, and how to fully integrate the values ​​of this movement into our current political landscape.

Animation : Emilie Nicolas
Générique : Lucie Laumonier (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique), Karyn Pugliese (Rédactrice en chef) 
Coanimation : Alexa Conradi
Pour en savoir plus :

Une crise féministe à Québec Solidaire – Le DevoirCatherine Dorion, celle qui dérange – CanadalandMettre fin au gaslighting racial: une question de gouvernance – PivotYara El-Ghadban : le deuil, mais aussi les rêves – CanadalandJournalisme cathartique – CanadalandSuivre la tragédie qui se déroule en Palestine: la couverture du GuardianLes angles morts: perspectives sur le Québec actuel - Éditions du remue-ménage
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Trump’s 34 felony convictions made history in the U.S., but will his efforts to undermine the Rule of Law have an effect on Canadian attitudes towards the legal system? 
And the CBC is (once again) accused of anti-Palestinian bias, this time in its documentary division. Lawyer and journalist Julie Sobowale helps us unpack the legal and labour implications of a series of inflammatory tweets.
Host: Jonathan Goldsbie
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Max Collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)
Guest: Julie Sobowale
 
Further reading: 
Democracy is at risk when courts come under fire, Canada's top judge warns - Toronto StarOpinion: Donald Trump is a criminal – and his conviction is a catastrophe for America - The Globe and MailHAMMER: Post-Trump verdict, will the American Right finally wake up? - Toronto SunDon’t save local journalism – reinvent it - The Philanthropist JournalTop Canadian scientist alleges in leaked emails he was barred from studying mystery brain illness - The GuardianMedical Lies from the Maritimes (2023) - CANADALANDCBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand - The BreachOn covering one of the most divisive stories in years - CBC News Editor’s BlogCBC’s Palestine Exception (2022) - Review of Journalism
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