Sandy and Nora talk politics

Sandy Hudson & Nora Loreto

Canada's best political podcast

  • 46 minutes 13 seconds
    Preparing for Canada's migrant crisis
    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the beginnings of a migrant crisis in the United States, and how Canadian politicians and journalists are seemingly incapable of imagining how Canada would navigate one.

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    2 December 2025, 2:10 pm
  • 59 minutes 27 seconds
    Radical politics through community, care and struggle
    In this live episode, Sandy is joined by Syrus Marcus Ware and Matthew Green to discuss the current state of the left, and all the possibilities that exist to save ourselves.

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    25 November 2025, 3:16 pm
  • 49 minutes 41 seconds
    Actually, war is bad.
    In this episode, Sandy and Nora take a hard look at war and remind listeners that it is very, very bad.

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    18 November 2025, 9:00 am
  • 50 minutes 1 second
    Who is Canada's Mamdani?
    Zohran Mamdani has inspired progressives across the English-speaking world (and French-speaking, at least in Quebec). But who is Canada's Mamdani? And what are the conditions necessary for someone like this to emerge?

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    11 November 2025, 2:33 pm
  • 47 minutes 19 seconds
    2025 Budget - Liberal Carnage

    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the 2025 Liberal budget -- Mark Carney's first -- and how he blurs the line between Liberals and Tories like never before.


    CORRECTION: One of our eagle-eyed listeners realized a figure I (Sandy) mention in this episode several times was misunderstood. In referencing a somewhat unclear infographic appearing on page 25 of the budget, I said that $5M was being allocated to dental care and several other figures. In fact, that infographic is meant to refer to the number of Canadians that use the dental care plan and services. There are no new dollars being allocated to the program. Apologies for the error! We were really working fast to try to understand what we could and get a relevant episode out asap. Thanks for always being such a great audience and stepping in to help when we need it. As our project slowly grows, we hope to eventually have a team that can make sure this kind of error doesn't happen. But the analysis remains the same. Much love!

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    5 November 2025, 9:00 am
  • 1 minute 29 seconds
    Budget episode to drop tomorrow morning
    The federal budget will be released today at 4:00 EST. To give you the most up-to-date episode possible, we are recording after the budget release. Look for this week's episode first thing Wednesday morning.

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    4 November 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 51 seconds
    Live view from the border on trade, immigration and Gaza
    In this episiode, Sandy is joined by Travis Laver and Elizabeth Ha to talk about racism, immigration, the trade war and living in a border town when the US is being belligerant.

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    28 October 2025, 2:32 pm
  • 49 minutes 4 seconds
    Are protests ... useless?

    In this episode, Sandy and Nora take apart the argument that the No Kings protests were useless and explain what the purpose of a protest is, and what a protest cannot do.


    Transcript available here.

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    21 October 2025, 3:33 pm
  • 44 minutes 59 seconds
    Who's afraid of Antifa?
    In this episode, Sandy and Nora explain why the US administration has decided to go after "Antifa" -- what that is and what it isn't.

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    14 October 2025, 2:55 pm
  • 46 minutes 47 seconds
    Our Unfree Press
    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Ellison project of money laundering through purchasing a blog for $150M to suck up even closer to the empire as the US collapses. And what does this all mean for Canada?

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    7 October 2025, 4:41 pm
  • 50 minutes 8 seconds
    The cops are out of control
    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the police murder of Nooran Rizayi in Saint-Hubert, and how the police in Canada are totally out of control. Plus, they talk about Canada Post and what we stand to lose if the corporation makes the changes that the federal government is allowing them to make.

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    30 September 2025, 2:45 pm
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