The Beaverton Weekly Report

Luke and the Panel (Ryan Dillon, Rebecca Reeds and Scott Montgomery) talk about Quebec's new Niqab ban, Quebec's distinct Islamophobia, the Liberals 'choose your own adventure' approach to business taxes, the latest in the NAFTA negotiations, and how Trump saying Obama never called the parents of dead soldiers was a quiet week for him. Then the approximately ten minute long quiz finds out it is po...

Luke is joined by comedians Andrew Ivimey and Freddie Rivas as well as writer Tom Conway. Together they discuss the CBC's dog whistling Jagmeet Singh interview (3:00), why people who don't look like what white Canadians think a Canadian looks like have to constantly prove their Canadianess (10:00), the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal (18:00), the hypocrisy of celebrities finally condemning Weinstein...

Luke and the Panel (Aisha Brown, Tim Rabnett and Aaron Hagey-MacKay) discuss the absurdity of the 'don't politicize this issue' point after the tragedy in Las Vegas (2:30), why some Americans believe gun control laws won't work (8:00), the fact that millions of Americans are convinced the shooter was in ISIS with no evidence (12:00), Donald Trump's inept 'warmest condolences' response (17:00), Tru...

Luke is live at the JFL42 Comedy Festival with an all-star panel of Kyle Kinane, Ali Siddiq and D.J. Mausner. Together they discuss what visitors think when they visit Toronto (2:00), Trump's strategy of disinviting people who weren't coming to the White House (6:00), why it's finally appropriate for Canadians to look down on Americans (10:00), when hockey players will finally take a stand (14:30)...

Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre and Nour Hadidi) discuss the #Rocketman speech (2:00), detail why Donald Trump is like an embarrassing mom (5:30), pray for Mueller and his investigative team (9:00), consider how Manafort could be the Wee-Bey of this investigation (13:00), pile on the Sean Spicer at the Emmy's moment (15:00), question whether this is Colbert's hair tussle moment (22:00) and wonde...

Luke and the Panel (Andrew Ivimey, Cathryn Naiker and Sebastian Fazio) break down why the Ted Cruz porn story is the greatest news story of the year so far (2:00), debunk the 'unnamed staffer' excuse (6:30), detail the levels of dumbness of the racist woman who heckled Jagmeet Singh (11:00), discuss how unfair it is for people of colour to have to be calm and reasonable in the face of white hatred...

Luke and panelists Jocelyn Geddie, Leonard Chan and Carol Zoccoli discuss how Trudeau finally acted like the progressive icon American media think he is by rescuing gay Chechens (2:00), plot the Ben Affleck movie about this that gives credit to the CIA (7:30), detail why the opposition to the Liberal tax reform is bullshit (11:00), predict that Doug Ford will win the 2018 mayoral election (19:00)...

Luke is joined by Miguel Rivas, Andrew Barr and Nile Seguin. They get into the furor over how the Maple Leafs will now play in a building named after a different corporation (3:00), the campaign to remove John A. MacDonald's name from school (9:45), why no Canadian politician deserves a statue (15:00), Donald Trump being surprisingly impressed and positive about Hurricane Harvey (19:30), the left'...

Luke is joined by writers Anthony Bothelo and Joel Buxton as well as stand up Tracy Hamilton. They discuss the childlike wonder with which Donald Trump stared at the eclipse (2:30), how the war in Afghanistan will never end (6:00), why Donald Trump's 'we don't tell our enemies our plans' claim is just him covering up for not doing his homework (10:30), the true story of how Donald Trump was convin...

Luke is joined by stand-up comedians Amanda Day, Joe Vu and Thomas Calnan for a valiant attempt to understand Charlottesville and Donald Trump's reaction. Specifically they discuss how dumb it is to protest the removal of confederate statues ( 2:00 ), why white supremacists are never good looking white people ( 7:00 ), Donald Trump's brief apology/conversion into the Manchurian candidate ( 12:00 )...

Luke is joined by Jordan Foisy, Alexander Saxton and Lauren Messervey for this final podcast before the nuclear apocalypse. They discuss how North Korea went from global joke to our worst nightmare (4:30), why we should be afraid of Tommy Wiseau (8:00), the "fire and the fury" of Donald Trump (11:30), the tragic and completely predictable failure of the MMIWG Commission (19:30), and the latest exa...

Luke is joined by Andrew Ivimey, Ned Petrie and Samuel Smith. Together they ask the question we are all wondering: Four hosts of the National? Four? ( 3:00 ). But also: will this turn into a Fleetwood Mac during Rumors situation ( 7:00 )? And in a year will there be less hosts of the National, or even more ( 10:00 )? Then: Is the Mooch the greatest political operative of all time ( 12:00 )? And wh...

Luke and the Panel (Kevin Dowse and Wendy Litner) break down why the Russia-Trump story is like watching Lost (2:00), speculate on why Donald Trump keeps asking people if he can pardon himself (8:00), question whether Eric Trump could be the real mastermind behind it all (13:30), come up with better names for the Alberta United Conservative Party (16:00) and get into why financial news now needs t...

Luke is joined by Pat Smith, Kristy LaPointe and Tom Conway for a look at how the US really doesn't care about Canadian news. They talk about how little the facts in the Omar Khadr case are being discussed (3:30), treating the case like a bad insurance claim (7:30), how the GOP's biggest bill was getting shot down while Trump was driving a fire truck (13:00), how the US NAFTA wish-list seems too g...

Luke is joined by Alex Huntley, Jess Beaulieu and Aisha Brown for a deep dive on the Donald Trump Jr. scandal. They break down how this is like hearing The Beatles for the first time (2:00), the absurdity of Jr.'s 'adopting Russian babies' defence (5:00), how Donald Trump describes people the way other people describe cuts of steak (11:00), why this is like watergate only if Nixon had an idiot son...

Luke and the Panel (Jon Blair, Alice Moran and Dave Barclay) discuss Trudeau's Canada Day 150 faux pas (2:00), why Alberta is so mad all the time (6:00), how the Proud Boys movement is giving rise to Ashamed Moms (11:00), the latest round of "international press gushes over Justin Trudeau (16:30) and how Donald Trump has learned to lean in (23:00). Then the Approximately Ten Minute Long Quiz deter...

Luke and the Panel break down how the GOP lets Donald Trump distract everyone while they pass horrific laws.

This week Luke is joined by comedians Rhiannon Archer and Dena Jackson as well as writer Pat Dussault. The four of them wonder whether Andrew Scheer's Tory win is going to become the plot for a lame sequel to the Florida Recount (2:00), discuss how Kellie Leitch didn't win because she reminded us of our evil stepmom (7:00), break down the absurdity of a sitting President criticizing the mayor of a...

Luke is joined by podcaster Todd Van Allen, writer Eric Turkienicz and Second Jen creator/star Amanda Joy. They discuss the question on everyone's minds: who the fuck is Andrew Scheer (3:00)? But also: how great it feels to see Kellie Leitch lose so badly (6:00), missing Maxime Bernier's dank memes (9:30), how the Liberals will deal with Andrew Scheer (15:00), the NDP/Green Party deal in B.C. (18:...

Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field is joined by Beaverton anchor Miguel Rivas, writer Tristan Bradley and comedian/podcaster Cathryn Naiker to talk about the best and worst news of the week. They tackle Donald Trump's 'an idiot abroad' tour (3:00), that fucking orb (7:30), Trump's latest Israel gaffe (13:00), the upcoming NATO Summit (15:30) and why old people's inability to use photocopi...

Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field is joined by stand-up comedian Nour Hadidi, improviser Diana Frances and Beaverton editor Aaron Hagey-Mackay to talk about the insanity of the past week. They dive right in on the Trump-Russia scandal (2:00), why the Conservative media will never report on Trump's scandals (5:00), question who the fuck really won the B.C. election (10:00), wonder if anyo...

Beaverton editor-in-chief welcomes Buzzfeed staff writer Kat Angus and comedian/television writer Ian MacIntyre to discuss the burning tire fire that is America. They get into the Republicans desire to kill poor people (3:00), the sexual assault as pre-existing condition portion of the AHCA (9:00), the media bubble Conservatives live in (12:00), and why seeing Barack Obama again is like running in...

Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field welcomes actress Kristy LaPointe, writer Alexander Saxton and the Beaverton's foreign correspondent Marilla Wex to discuss international news. Together they riff on the U.K. election (4:00), the fallout from Brexit (8:00), why Labour is failing (13:00), the French election results (17:00), what Angela Merkel is thinking (23:00), and how Donald Trump's fi...

Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field welcomes an all-star panel made up of stand-up comedian Andrew Ivimey, podcaster Jocelyn Geddie and television writer Jacob Duarte Spiel. Together they tackle the B.C. election (3:00), Kevin O'Leary dropping out of the Conservative Leadership Race (6:00) What Andrew Scheer looks like (10:00), Why Quebec politics is basically The Wire (14:00), the Harjit...