Canuck is a Slur

Canada is a land of contrasts. So is Pierre Trudeau: a man charismatic enough to date the likes of Barbara Streisand, Kim Cattrall, and Margot Kidder...and yet, still found himself cucked by Fidel Castro. Allegedly. In The Greatest Canadian —itself a land of contrasts—Pierre is presented by a black hole of charisma who got to be on TV for a century anyway: a sentient catcher's mitt named Rex Murph...

Victor from Guys Will Be Talking helps break down France's 2005 contest to name the 102 greatest French people of all time. Are there more women or sex pests on it? Tune in to find out! MINOR CORRECTION: I have conflated current Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (with the Cybertruck and fake Ukraine combat footage) with his father, Akhmat Kadyrov (colluded with Putin in the Second Chechen War). Apolog...

Francis from What a Hell of a Way to Dad is back to learn about the time the city of Winnipeg surrendered to a decidedly small Wehrmacht unit...and other stunts they pulled in order to sell war bonds. You can watch the full "If Day" documentary on YouTube or Patreon. Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here. Suppo...

Charles Star from the No Homework podcast (and more) stops by on his relentless guest tour to learn about Conrad Black, the only member of the UK's House of Lords to be deported to Canada on a private jet by ICE. Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our...

The Odyssey! You can't avoid it. Everyone's been talking about this lately. Not sure why, honestly...I'd never seen it before. There's a kid with a magical head injury? Children rove in gangs of librarians, rollerblading ravers, and fire-bombing terrorists? Ryan Reynolds plays a teenage Nazi general? What is going on Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckI...

Jamie Loftus returns to explore the life of "Janey Canuck" (the #74 Greatest Canadian) as a public figure, and all of the issues she encountered: Sexism! Racism! Temperance! Opium! Birth control! Sex work! Alimony! Eugenics! Which ones did she support or oppose? The fun part is finding out :) Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the vi...

One of the biggest legal battles in Canadian feminist history was orchestrated by "The Famous Five": a group of women's rights activists in early-20th-century Alberta. Jamie Loftus , host of many podcasts and author of Raw Dog , is on the show to learn about their top dog: Emily Murphy. In Part 1: Emily's family and early life, her first books, and her sudden ascension to a position never before h...

Alexander Graham Bell: you know him! Is he Canadian? Kinda! I guess? Not really. But the same man who made the 100 Greatest Americans list, and finished as the #57 Greatest Briton, was voted into the top 10 finalists of the Greatest Canadians in 2004...so they had no choice but to make a TV episode to sell you on it. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https:...

Healthcare is fraught. Mental healthcare is even more fraught. Few things are as illustrative of this as trying to get Alberta Health Services to assess you for ASD. As the audience insert in this episode, Nicole is here to learn about this by way of hearing me read through the most comprehensive assault on my character ever composed: my actual diagnostic report. Support us on Patreon for access t...

Victoria Fraser (co-chair of the Squamish Language Commission), is here to teach us about Skwxwú7mesh sníchim —a critically endangered language of the Coast Salish family, effectively spoken by only a handful of people at present. Here is the article we discuss regarding the renaming of several BC Ferries ships. Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You ca...

Caitlin Durante from The Bechdel Cast brings you the rare "guest's choice" episode, in order to answer the question: can two goofy white dudes truly make a good movie? The answer may surprise you! Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: h...

Goon (2011) is a bad movie that I decided wasn't worth subjecting an upcoming guest to. However, my partner had already sat through it...so I decided to double down and make her watch Slap Shot (1977), on the promise that it was a markedly better film. Here's how that went. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/...

Billy Wayne Davis is back for the second half of the voyages of Jacques Cartier, amidst the increasingly absurd promises of a wonderland of riches and mythical creatures...somewhere up the Saguenay River. Will they find it this time? Will they kidnap anyone else? Will people die from more than just scurvy? Tune in to find out! Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video,...

Comedian Billy Wayne Davis brings his expertise to the age-old question: "What if El Dorado was in Québec?" This proposition will carry us through two episodes covering the three 16th-century voyages of the Breton ship captain Jakez Karter—better known to history as "Jacques Cartier." Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the video on Y...

Chris, Chris and the Goo Gimp from Failure to Launch all enter the sick, twisted world of Twink Yahoo and come out slimier at the end of it. Topics include the Canadian/American goo gap, whether the Goo Gimp was complicit in 9/11, and what the Slime Master is up to today. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RC...

Comedian Rick Green (The Frantics), co-creator of The Red Green Show and the creator of History Bites , is on the show to share his experience of trying to make pop history for television. We also talk a little Red Green, a little neo-fascism, and a little neurodivergence. We think one of those things is bad, to be clear. Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if yo...

A.J. Ditty from The Worst of All Possible Worlds brings his media analysis to the only fictional feature written and directed by American activist filmmaker Michael Moore: Canadian Bacon , in which an unpopular U.S. president (Alan Alda) flirts with waging war against Canada—as an intrepid American sheriff (John Candy) decides to become the tip of the spear. Please note that there is a version of...

Musician & writer Jordan Mandel facilitates a crash course on Marshall McLuhan, the 62nd Greatest Canadian. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28 Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur Find Jordan's album under the title "The Music is the Message" and the artist name "Spoke an...

Nicole (noted friend-, host-, and Nicole-of-the-show) is back for another round of punishment. This time, it's to read a book Kelly found in a trash bag: "Decoy Ops: Fighting Street Crime Undercover", which is about what happens when imaginative kids aren't allowed to join theatre groups and are forced to become cops instead. Does this relate to the established themes of this show? As it turns out...

In 1980, Terry Fox tried to run across the country on one leg to raise money for cancer research. Can we take this unproblematic, universally beloved, unequivocal hero and still extract a downer episode out of it? Tune in to find out! Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides+video, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon...

Cariad finishes the story of the first computer crime in Canada, and we discuss its effects on the subsequent evolution of the theft of ones and zeros. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28 Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur Follow Cariad on Bluesky: https://cariad.bsky.social

Before Shoresy , before even Letterkenny , Jared Keeso was just some unknown hockey-player turned actor...portraying friend-of-the-show Don Cherry in a TV-movie series. And he's looking GOOD doing it, folks. I mean, REALLY hot. Jules and Lucas, our Australian subject matter experts, return to the show to cover Part 1—but first, we catch up on what Grapes has gotten up to since last year's recordin...

Cariad returns to the show to explain computers to Kelly like he's an idiot (because he is), and answer his questions on why they're evil. This is all to explain how the first-ever computer crime took place at the University of Alberta—which will be discussed in further detail in Part 2. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https...

It's the Albanian Bunker Episode! It's an episode recorded in a bunker in Albania. Topics include: bunkers, tourism, and animal welfare. Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28 Follow our various socials: https://l...

Like many podcasts, we decided to give the public a free bonus episode for the holidays—and there's no holiday more important in the annals of Canuck is a Slur than Orthodox Christmas! Or, more accurately, Christmas according to the Julian calendar. By popular vote in the Discord server, the clear winner was Bonus #6, "Canuxploitation." Here is the original description: Bryan and Dave from Bring M...