Blackballed With James Di Fiore

Meghan Murphy is the founder of The Feminist Current who made news in 2018 after she allegedly deadnamed a person, resulting in her being banned from Twitter for life. The ban has been lifted, so we caught up with the firebrand from her home in Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kira Rudik is leader of the Golos Party & Member of Ukrainian Parliament. She is also considered one of the most influential people in all of Ukraine. Alex Dayrabekov also joins us to give his perspective on Ukraine's parliamentary unity, and how civilians have played a massive role in the fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hélène Buzzetti is a veteran journalist and the author of Plaidoyer Pour L'extremes Centre/Plea For The Extreme Center, an indictment of societal polarization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James didn't book a guest tonight, so he decided 20 minutes before going live that he was going to do a call-in show with Ryan Lindley. They sorted out some shit, told some jokes, and relaxed for once. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Cliche is a Canadian actress of film/television and the star of the new cooking show Veg Moi ça She is also a teacher, spiritualist, and talks to us about her transition during this pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine Anderson is a MEP and the leader of the Alternative for Germany party. She is also a fierce critic of Justin Trudeau, calling his #COVID related policies dictatorial. She joins us today to talk about her views on the pandemic, what her party stands for, and why a free speech advocate endorses the notion of not allowing Trudeau to speak in front of the European Parliament. Learn more abou...

The under-the-radar scandal inside Alberta is growing. #PeeGate - another WTF is happening in Alberta moment, unearthed through the #KlondikePapers, involves all the same people involved with Operation Peacock, a scheme hatched by poltical-fixer-turned-whistleblower, David Wallace, who was hired and paid by well known Alberta operatives, developers and lawyers, many of whom have deep ties with Pie...

Spenny recently inducted Mark Breslin into the Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame, so we thought we would surprise Spenny by inviting Breslin on the show. Hilarity ensued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Denis is a former Attorney General of Alberta and has recently become one of the most controversial public figures in the country. Just before this podcast, Denis associates Mike and Maurizio Terrigno appeared to send emails to James admitting their role in the harassment of Daivd Wallace via the theft and subsequent desecration of his kids' toys, as well as the ashes of his deceased chil...

Caryma is back, and she brought a can of whoop ass with her. Caryma breaks down the saga between her and members/affiliates of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, including having to lock down her Twitter account and serve one of her harassers a libel notice earlier today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee Aaron knows music. She's not juste a legendary rocker, but also an accomplished jazz singer and opera singer. She is about to release her new album 'Elevate' and talks to James about her career, what she has learned about the business side of music, and why she makes music for herself rather than for labels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding is a epidemiologist and the Chief of COVID Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute. He joins us to talk about COVID, where we are in the pandemic, vaccines, and why he wants people to boycott the World Cup in Qatar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Wallace is back again, and this time he has an email from the Western Standard who attempted to get Wallace to incriminate himself by asking a series of ridiculous questions. We do the Western Standard a solid and attempt to answer those questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Damian Hastie is the founder of openandcandid.com - a web site dedicated to researching and exposing the vast business and political connections of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. His work is extensive, and he speaks with James about the extent of the political relationships and how they are leveraged for millions of dollars in often sole-sourced contracts inside the UK. Learn more about y...

David Wallace is back, and he was just sued by Shane Homes. But now David gets to fire back, by deposing all of the witnesses in the Naheed Nanshi plot where various Alberta conservatives allegedly conspired to remove Nenshi from office. Why anyone would want to tempt David to fight when he has nothing to lose is beyond me, but we are here for all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Jeff Pearlman is one of the most prolific sports biographers in America. He has written 14 books, nine of which have gone on to become best-sellers. His latest book is The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson. He shares the greatest "holy shit" moments of Jackson's life, and tells us that the some of the most legendary tales are often factual, and that Bo Jackson's folklore was probably...

Like most members, Lara Payne was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. She was abused by several members of the church between the ages of 4 and 11. She shares her heartbreaking story on this episode of Blackballed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Kelly is the founder of the band Crash Kelly, and has played with Helix, Lee Aaron, Nelly Furtado and others. He is also a teacher. He joins us to talk rock n roll, life, and how he started his journey from beginner to guitar god. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chip Fu was there in the Golden Era contributing to one of the most important times in hip hop history. Learn about how he came up, what it meant that Eminem shouted out Fu Schnickens when he was inducted in the Rock N Roll hall Of Fame, and what he thinks of the art form today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CANADALAND concluded its pod series Ratfucker. David Wallace, Richard Marsh and James talk about the potential impact of the show, why much of the final episode was old news to us at the Dean Blundell Network, and if it will resonate enough to bring the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are fans of famous musicians, and then there are fanatics. There are fanatics, and then there is Toronto teacher and musician, Mark Baker. Baker has been dubbed the most famous U2 fan on the planet, and was even given a nickname by Bono himself - U2BROTHR. Oh yeah, and he's had a documentary film cover his admiration for U2 as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Only a handful of journalists have investigated AND published stories found inside the David Wallace dossier known as the #klondikepapers. Stephen Magusiak is one of them. Stephen tells us what it has been like working on these stories given the enormous size of the document, and how the main source of the material, Wallace, is easily one of the most fascinating political operatives in Canadian po...

They say we are too polarized as a country to sit down with our political opposites. The far right and the far left might not be the biggest factions in Canada, but they definitely the loudest. In this episode of Blackballed, two members from the far right and far left sit on the same panel, along with counter-terrorism expert Mubin Shaikh, to talk about what it is like to be in the thick of polit...

David breaks down the blue print behind the job he had where the primary target was Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Wallace breaks down how he was hired, who hired him, and ultimately why Operation Peacock failed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caryma Sa'd is a tireless political personality. She also understands the bad actors on all sides of politics. On this episode of Blackballed, Caryma takes us through her journey as a law student, how the Hot Box Cafe was her first law office, and how society's worst flaws are it's decisions based on capitalist motivations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices