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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org That’s right, we’re talking about sports this episode. Andrew Stoeten of THE BATFLIP and Blue Jays Happy Hour joins me to discuss the Toronto Blue Jays’ unwatchable 2024 season, in which they sit dead last in the American League East division, and what brought the team to this point. What moves should they have ma...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Rumneek Johal, associate editor and B.C. reporter at PressProgress , joins the Orchardcast to discuss recent reporting in the Globe and Mail suggesting former defence minister Harjeet Sajjan put Canadian Forces and diplomats at risk during the fall of Kabul to rescue Afghan Sikh asylum seekers. We talked about Rum...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Friend of the Orchard David Moscrop makes his Orchardcast debut to discuss whether a Conservative majority government is an inevitability in the next Canadian election, just as a Labour majority was inevitable in the U.K. election. We talk about how the Liberal Party’s bland centrism has failed to rise to the chal...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Independent Iranian-Canadian journalist Samira Mohyeddin (@SMohyeddin) joins the Orchardcast to talk about the nuances of Iranian diaspora politics, the presence of Iranian war criminals in Canada and differing views on an Iranian future without the Islamic Republic. We then change track to discuss Samira’s covera...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Shannon Phillips announced a couple weeks ago that she’s resigning her Lethbridge-West seat effective July 1, citing the growing toxicity of political discourse, not just in Alberta but internationally. We spoke about how media amplifies and bolsters far-right narratives but also sometimes combats them, Lethbridge...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Podcaster Eiynah (@nicemangos) used to be a New Atheist fellow traveller, admiring the likes of Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. But as the movement’s right-wing, Western chauvinist worldview became more explicit, she’s since emerged as one of its sharpest critics. She joins the Orchardcast to...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Jake Landau is a progressive Liberal politico and author of the Jake Landau Is Getting Tired newsletter. We actually agreed on a lot more than I expected in this discussion. My position is that NATO plays a belligerent, needlessly provocative role in international affairs, largely at the behest of the U.S., and se...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Lev has the distinction of being the first journalist to report that Yaroslav Hunka, the man who received a standing ovation in Canadian Parliament during Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit in September, was a veteran of a Nazi unit. We spoke about the crimes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and SS Gal...

Welcome to the first episode of the new and improved Orchardcast ! Shree and I discuss the state of Canadian media, similarities between Hindutva and Zionism, why the Palestinian cause resonates with so many people, the difference between pushback and abuse, and, yes, Jesse Brown. Theme music is by Amaksi. I plan on making future episodes of the podcast for paid subscribers only, so if you like wh...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org I managed to snag a soundboard recording of my book launch last night for those who couldn’t make it. Thanks to the Aviary for hosting the event, Colin Gallant for agreeing to MC, and Graham Thomson for interviewing me about the book, which you should buy if you haven’t yet. Here are some other book events I’ve go...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Today’s question, and it’s a big one, is from Jason Rockwell: If you were to lay out a plot for peace in the Middle East what would that look like? I have my own ideas but I’m interested to see yours. I’d also love to hear your thoughts on how you envision a future for Israelis and Palestinians. As usual, if you h...

This weekend, I had the privilege of participating in a dialogue with Road to Nowhere author and Tech Won’t Save Us podcaster Paris Marx, as part of an event co-hosted by Edmonton city councillor Michael Janz and Climate Justice Edmonton. After he delivered a half-hour presentation, I sat down with Paris to ask a couple questions of my own before moderating a Q&A session. We talked about how to fi...

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This is the first part of my critique of media coverage of the PSAC strike. The second part is for paid subscribers only. Read part one, and part two if you’re a paid subscriber, here : This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe

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This part deals with a panel on Alberta sovereignty and energy policy. Part 2, which is for paid subscribers only, deals with crime, mental health and addiction. Read the story’s first part, and second part if you’re a paid subscriber, here : This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe

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For those of you who enjoyed reading my Q&A with two co-authors of The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada can now listen to the full, lightly-edited interview. If you haven’t yet, read the edited and condensed transcript here : This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe

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