Blackballed With James Di Fiore

Rob Davis is a former city councilor who is running for mayor of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heidi McCamley had the fortitude to fight back against her abusive husband. She just left the cult known as the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church and is currently waiting for her ex husband to go on trial for the horrendous abuse he delivered to Heidi. This is her story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noam Chomsky is back on Blackballed, and he has a message - all of us can do something in order to fight the deteriorating climate on this planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Casual Friday is back. James is sober and reflecting on love and relationships with Douglas and Paul from the Eager Beaver Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you spend a few days in a mental hospital, you need some Spenny when you get out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is only one political dark arts source we can trust in Canada, and his name is David Wallace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Price has been writing episodes for The Simpsons for 2 decades. He joins us to talk about what it is like to write for the best animated television series of all-time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friday was so casual that Ryan did not show up, but Canadian rapper D-SISIVE filled in and held it down. Paul and Douglas also joined in, as did several voices inside James' head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D-SISIVE has had a long and challenging career in music. One of those artists who is super-respected among other rappers and musicians. He's back. And he's still got bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hal Sparks has had a great career, going from iconic roles in Dude, Where's My Car and Queer As Folk to hosting his own daily podcast, MEGAWORLDWIDE. He joins James to talk politics, his career, and how he has lent his profile to worthy causes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Friday, and we suggest something casual. This week the boys unload some of their frustrations re where we work, but in the end James offered to blow Douglas so it all worked out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Riss has one of those bios that people find insane. His eclectic background includes being top in his field as a director of prestigious ad campaigns, and in his spare time an avid birder. Paul spent a big year getting the Latin names of all the birds he spotted that year tattooed on his body. Oh, and once upon a time Paul was married to James' sister, Kelley. Learn more about your ad choices...

Urban warfare expert John Spencer joins us to discuss the latest in the Russia/Ukraine conflict, how drones are playing a role, and whether or not this is a proxy war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maxime Bernier is the leader of the People's Party of Canada, and last week he was given a gift from Pierre Poilievre after Poilievre denounced German politician Christine Anderson who was in Canada to visit with convoy protestors. We spoke with Bernier about that, his party's future and why he thinks they will let him in the debates during the next federal election. Learn more about your ad choic...

He speaks Cryptonian, meaning he understands BitCoin...maybe. Stock market whiz and crypto-currency expert Scott Trades joins us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He just wrapped up his Retrospected tour and it went very well. What did Classified learn about his audience, and will he do this type of tour again? Show less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some producers work with a select stable of artists their whole career. Then there are super producers who have seemingly worked with everybody. Domingo is one of those super producers. Hear how the hip hop industry has changed, how legendary rappers navigate the booth, and what it is like being known as a humble guy when you have a catalogue as eclectic and massive as his. Learn more about your a...

The far left and the far right have one thing in common - they both behave exactly the same when they feel like they are on the right side of history. Why are they so alike, and how is it possible they do not know how similar they are? Why do so many people now subscribe the an ends justifies the means philosophy? Caryma Sa'd is back, and with her she has brought some disturbing footage of the Unh...

It's Casual Friday, and James is on cloud 9. He just interviewed Jully Black and it was easily the best interview he's ever done. That was mostly because Jully Black told him it was the best interview SHE ever had. So he ate carrot cake the whole night. James is joined by Ryan & Ashley Lindley, Army Kris, Kristy O'Heir and a dude named Josh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

**Jully Black called this Blackballed interview her "best interview of all-time."** She just came off a whirlwind week after changing one lyric in the national anthem that changed the political conversation. She's also part of the fabric of hip hop culture in Canada. Her name is Jully Black Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alka Pradhan is an American human rights attorney who has represented Guantanamo Bay detainees, civilian drone strike victims, and other torture victims. She is a tireless advocate for victims of torture, and currently represents Ammar al-Baluchi who was held at a CIA black site, tortured, and then put on trial for allegedly helping to facilitate 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

He is a PHD and an expert on the Russia/Ukraine conflict. He is also raising awareness re the alleged Russian kidnapping of Ukrainian children who are then reportedly adopted by Russian parents. Michael MacKay joins us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who broke the Mỹ Lai Massacre and the Abu Ghraib stories... His latest implicates the Biden administration in the sabotaging of the Nord Stream pipeline. Seymour Hersh joins us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Lindley took the day off, so everything was disorganized, and so James brought on Emmalene to talk sex. And did they ever talk sex. SO much sex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billy Vera is a Grammy-award winning artist and a 4 time nominee. He won for the hit 'At This Moment' a song that made James cry in grade 5 because of a girl he had a crush on. But Billy Vera has had a career that is much more than just that one hit. He's a legend among his peers. Also, James brings on a special guest tonight, and you won't believe who it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...