Lockdown Toronto

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Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lockdown in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. info@pod6ix.com

  1. 04/23/2021

    ClusterSchmuck Onterrible with Special Guest, MPP Tom Rakocevic

    The failure of Ontario's pandemic response is palpable. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has dropped the ball with what seems like reactionary and nonsensical policy measures from closing down playgrounds, to arbitrary stop and search powers given to police, to permitting Covid hotspots such as construction and warehouses to continue operating. Ontario it seems has has had enough.   Sitting member of the official opposition, Member of Provincial Parliament Tom Rakocevic (NDP - Humber River—Black Creek) returns to Lockdown Toronto for our one-year anniversary episode and helps us understand the current frustrations with Ontario's terrible leadership.  You can follow Tom at: https://twitter.com/RakocevicT Cited in this cast: Washington Post: Doug Ford Must Resign Ottawa Citizen: COVID-19 science advisory table says it did not select hot spot postal codes CBC: Doug Ford's popularity plummets as pandemic takes its toll CBC: The inside story of Doug Ford's COVID-19 climbdowns ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. FB https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98s... Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    59 min

  2. 02/17/2021

    The "Ugly" third wave of Covid-19 with Colin Furness PhD MPH - Lockdown Toronto Ep.15

    Colin Furness is an infection control epidemiologist, and has spent the bulk of his work developing tools that track the spread of infectious diseases and he currently works at the University of Toronto as an assistant professor at the faculty of information. He joins us in this episode to speak on Covid 19, what its potential "ugly" third wave looks like, and the future of how Toronto and the world will and should deal with this disease. We go local to global in our exploration of this topic, infection spread, opening of schools, and more. It's a great show and informative on the new variants of Covid-19 and what to expect with society opening up. It's a long overdue discussion on Lockdown Toronto and a great listen. Enjoy. Colin Furness, contact info. Cited in this cast: New York Times: In Hunt for Virus Source, W.H.O. Let China Take Charge Time Magazine: Taiwan Says It Tried to Warn the World About Coronavirus. Here’s What It Really Knew and When Globe and Mail: China points finger at U.S. as WHO experts offer vindication to Wuhan lab Globe and Mail: White House cites ‘deep concerns’ about WHO COVID-19 report, demands early data from China NPR.org: Coronavirus Was In U.S. Weeks Earlier Than Previously Known, Study Says ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    1h 12m

  3. 02/03/2021

    Politician FIRED for opposing Ontario Lockdown - MPP Roman Baber - Lockdown Toronto Ep.14

    On Jan 15, 2021, MPP Roman Baber (York Centre) made public a letter to his boss, Premier of Ontario Doug Ford just as Ontario was at the height of its second wave of Covid-19 cases and announced its second Provincial Emergency. Roman Baber is a member Doug Ford's progressive conservatives and argued in his letter for the exact opposite approach: end lockdown. He was fired from his party as a result, and now sits in Queen's Park as an independent.   In this episode we explore why he wrote the letter, the politics of opposing your own party and the fallout. We also go into why he believes a lockdown is doing more harm than good.  NOTE: Lockdown Toronto is a show that explores aspects of our collective experience in lockdown during the pandemic. It has always been a show that elevates nuance over absolutes. It is not about validating one viewpoint over another but providing a space for conversations happening around the policies and effects of lockdown in Toronto.  Cited in this cast: MPP Roman Baber's Letter: https://twitter.com/Roman_Baber/status/1350039239090601984 Government of Ontario's Fact Sheet issued in response to Roman Baber's letter. https://www.scribd.com/document/490849502/Government-s-fact-sheet MPP Roman Baber's Petition https://www.romanbaber.ca ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network and powered by P6 Media Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    54 min

  4. 09/03/2020

    ...And Basic Income for All - With Floyd Marinescu of UBI Works Canada - Lockdown Toronto Ep.13

    Floyd Marinescu is the co-founder of InfoQ and QCon - a conference on software innovation and also the CEO and activist for UBI Works Canada, an organization that encourages the support of a universal basic income (UBI)  Canada. We discuss the need for UBI, the criticisms of it, the effect of automation on Canadian jobs, and why the time is now to implement UBI during a pandemic and economic crisis.  Cited in this cast: CEOs Case For Basic Income https://CEOsForBasicIncome.ca/ Motion 46 on UBI in Canada, 43rd Parliament https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/leah-gazan(87121)/motions/10852236 Recovery UBI https://www.ubiworks.ca/recovery UBI Works https://www.ubiworks.ca UBI Works Twitter https://twitter.com/ubi_works Floyd Marinescu on Twitter https://twitter.com/floydmarinescu ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    53 min

  5. 08/20/2020

    Covid Conspiracies & Misinfo with Aengus Bridgman - Lockdown Toronto Ep.12

    Aengus Bridgman is a Political Scientist and PHD Candidate at McGill University, a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship and works with the Media Ecosystem Observatory. Aengus is also the co-author of the study "The causes and consequences of COVID-19 misperceptions: understanding the role of news and social media" and joins Lockdown Toronto to discuss its findings and futher implications and ideas regarding coronavirus, conspiracy theory in a larger context, data sharing, and the role of social media companies and governments in regulating misinformation. It is an incredibly interesting discussion. Enjoy. Aengus Bridgman can be reached at: https://abridgman.ca/ https://twitter.com/aengusbridgman Media Ecosystem Observatory https://mediaecosystemobservatory.com/ Cited in this cast: STUDY: The causes and consequences of COVID-19 misperceptions: understanding the role of news and social media CBC: COVID-19 conspiracy theories creating a 'public health crisis' in Canada, experts say CBC: When it comes to COVID-19 misinformation, even some health-care workers fall prey, study finds ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    1h 13m

  6. 07/24/2020

    $#!+ Covidiots Say - The Anti-Mask Movement w/Brian Tao - Lockdown Toronto Ep.11

    Brian Tao is a professional photographer and amateur documentarian of the anti-mask movement in Toronto. His videos depicting some of the anti-mask rallies have gone viral and we spend this episode discussing them, the anti-mask movement, the motivations of its participants and other forces at play. Cited in this show: Brian Tao's Youtube Page https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianTao/videos $#!+ Covidiots Say Video Series Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax0ZWF30Wow Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kgNM_Fr4s Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TInQ0CpSY6A "Ontario Civil Liberties Association"  http://ocla.ca/ Letitia Montana at CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-hospital-masks-refusal-1.5639057 Brian Tao Coverage at the Toronto Sun https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/my-iq-is-195-video-of-karen-at-toronto-anti-mask-protest-goes-viral Dunning–Kruger effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    1h 11m

  7. 06/25/2020

    Justice Delayed is Justice Denied with Joe Killoran - Lockdown Toronto Ep.10

    Joe Killoran associate lawyer at Jensen Law in Kamloops British Columbia, practising criminal defense, and writes frequently for many publications including the Sun, the Star, Ottawa Citizen, Huffington Post and more with a focus on law, politics, social justice and constitutional rights. In this episode we discuss how lock down has affected the criminal justice system, how the Courts have unilateral decision making powers over their operations, how many accused and convicted are languishing in intolerable conditions simply because of the timing of the pandemic, the concept of prison abolitionism, the lack of supports and recidivism and how reform is necessary at all levels. Cited in this cast: Contact Joe Killoran directly at: jrkm79@hotmail.com Professionally: https://www.jensenlaw.ca/our-team/joe-killoran/ Vancouver Sun: Joe Killoran: Police and Crown counsels must avoid detaining people for petty crimes whenever possible during pandemic https://vancouversun.com/opinion/joe-killoran-police-and-prosecutors-must-avoid-detaining-people-for-petty-crimes-whenever-possible-during-pandemic The TYEE: Bars Are Open. Why Aren’t BC’s Courts? https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/09/Bars-Open-Courts-Remain-Closed/ Joe Killoran At The Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/author/joe-killoran/ Lockdown Toronto Ep.02 - Dr. Warren Wang – Taiwan to Toronto; what doing it right looks like https://pod6ix.com/lockdown-toronto-ep-02-dr-warren-wang-taiwan-to-toronto-what-doing-it-right-looks-like/ ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    57 min

  8. 06/11/2020

    Lockdown Toronto Ep.09 - Density is not to blame; Defund Police & PLAN-demic Part 2 with Matt Elliott

    Density is not to blame; Defund Police & PLAN-demic Part II with Matt Elliott  Matt Elliott is a Toronto-based freelance contributing columnist for the Toronto Star, also writes for CBC Toronto, and is the author of City Hall Watcher, an independent City Hall newsletter. You can follow him on twitter @graphicmatt In this episode we go over the ideas around Defunding the police, the effects the lockdown and the pandemic is having on the future of the city, debunk the idea that density is a multiplier variable for Covid-19 (it's poverty) discuss developer exploitation, sidewalk labs, the fate of the financial district, and much more. We go deep and it's interesting! Cited in this cast Subscribe to Matt Elliott's City Hall Watcher Newsletter https://graphicmatt.substack.com/ Matt Elliott on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GraphicMatt Toronto Star: Matt Elliott's Column COVID-19 hot spots shouldn’t make us rethink cities. They should make us rethink poverty https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/06/02/covid-19-hot-spots-shouldnt-make-us-rethink-cities-they-should-make-us-rethink-poverty.html Globe & Mail: Ontario issues special orders to approve developers’ plans and quash opposition https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-ontario-issues-special-orders-to-approve-developers-plans-and-quash/ Toronto Star: With investors shying away from condos, developers are marketing to end users https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/06/09/condo-seller-changes-tactics-to-attract-live-in-buyers-rather-than-investors.html Toronto Public Health: COVID-19: Status of Cases in Toronto https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/ HuffPost: Rich Torontonians Eyeing An Exodus From City After Pandemic: Agency https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/toronto-real-estate-pandemic_ca_5ece8c2cc5b68bd699260325 ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

    58 min
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Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lockdown in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. info@pod6ix.com

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  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    16
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