The surprising Canadian connections to an alt-right influencer network that is alleged to have been funded by Russia. How Lauren Chen, Lauren Southern, and some of the biggest names in the US alt-right took millions from the Kremlin, and why Tenet Media is probably just the tip of the iceberg. 

Plus, Jan Wong on Peter Nygard’s long overdue sentencing for sexual assault, and Jesse takes stock of the state of terrorism in Canada.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson(Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer)

Guest: Jan Wong

Further reading: 

• Far-Right Media Outlet Linked to Secret Russian Influence Campaign Produced 50+ Videos Focused on Canada - Press Progress
• Canadian right-wing influencer’s alleged dealings with Russian media company took place despite sanctions - The Globe and Mail
• Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme | CBC News 
• 'Sexual predator' Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years for 4 counts of sexual assault | CBC News  
• Toronto man accused of plotting terror attack at Jewish centre in New York City | CBC News 

Photo Credit: Lauren Southern

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Getting an IUD can be painful. Really painful. Last month, new regulations came out in the US about managing this pain. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that before anyone gets an IUD, patients should be counseled on pain management ahead of time. But what about Canada?

Featured in this episode: Parisa Rezaiefar, Mariana Schuetze, James Murray, Rachel Murray, Adele and Sammi.

Credits: Mia Johnson (Reporter and Journalism Fellow), Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Production Manager), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Special thanks: Cherise Seucharan, Noor Azrieh, Arshy Mann, and Jordan Cornish

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading:

• IUD insertions can hurt – a lot. Can Canada learn from new U.S. pain management guidelines? | CBC News
• IUD most effective birth control method, Canadian pediatricians declare | CBC News
• B.C. doctors say pay boost for IUD insertions will reduce patient pain, waitlists | CTV News
• Why Haven’t We Figured Out How to Make IUDs Less Excruciating? | Mother Jones
• Contraceptive Use and Ten-Year Trends in Canadian Women of Reproductive Age | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 
• Medical records in litigation: the Dalkon Shield story | U.S. National Library of Medicine 
• Statement on Intrauterine Devices, Counseling and Pain Management | The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 

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Riley Yesno joins Emilie Nicolas to unpack the editorial sh*tshow at Elle Canada, as well as big changes at APTN. 

To celebrate its 25th year as a national broadcaster, APTN is betting big on languages (18 of them to be precise) with the launch of the APTN languages channel. But can language preservation preserve the bottom line? 

Then, how a list of groundbreaking Canadian women led to online backlash and a series of questionable editorial decisions at Elle Canada. Is Canadian media about to get a lot more boring?

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Host: Emilie Nicolas

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Guest: Riley Yesno

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In this primer episode of The Worst Podcast, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown reflects on why he’s backing The Worst Podcast. Host (and acclaimed underground documentary filmmaker) Alan Zweig expresses major doubts about all of it.

Follow The Worst Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Season one launches September 4.

The Worst Podcast is a production of Double Double, a new imprint from Canadaland, publishing podcasts that are not a product of our newsroom.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Kevin Sexton (Producer), Julie Shapiro (Executive Producer), Alan Black (Commissioning Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Production Manager)

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Depuis l’investiture de Kamala Harris à la candidature démocrate, le parti a le vent dans les voiles et devance le camp de Donald Trump de quelques points de pourcentage. Pour comprendre ce qui se joue en coulisse, Emilie reçoit Kara Sheppard-Jones, spécialiste de mobilisation politique et sociale. Américaine et Canadienne, Sheppard-Jones a œuvré pour plusieurs campagnes électorales, notamment aux États-Unis. Elle décrypte pour nous les enjeux qui sous-tendent la campagne de Kamala Harris et les divisions qui menacent le camp démocrate, avant d’analyser les stratégies de communication du parti Républicain. Dans la deuxième partie de l’émission, Emilie et Kara reviennent sur l’art de mobiliser, la professionnalisation grandissante de ce champ d’activité, et les différences culturelles entre l’activisme politique américain et québécois.

Since the nomination of Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate, the party leads the race by a few percentage points. To better understand what is at play behind the scenes, Emilie speaks with Kara Sheppard-Jones, a Canadian-American political and social movement expert. Sheppard-Jones has worked for several electoral campaigns, including in the United States. She deciphers for us the stakes underlying Kamala Harris' campaign and the divisions that threaten the Democratic camp, before analyzing the Republican Party's communication strategies. In the second part of the show, Emilie and Kara look at the art of mobilizing, the growing professionalization of this field of work, and the cultural differences between American and Quebec political activism.

Animation : Emilie Nicolas

Générique : Lucie Laumonier (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique), max collins (Coordination de production), Karyn Pugliese (Rédactrice en chef) 

Coanimation : Kara Sheppard-Jones

Pour en savoir plus:

• Kara Sheppard-Jones sur LinkedIn
• The DNC should have had a Palestinian American speaker – The Atlantic
• Are Trump’s campaign rallies energizing his base – or sowing doubt? – The Guardian
• ‘Being on camera is no longer sensible’: persecuted Venezuelan journalists turn to AI – The Guardian
• France: Tapis rouge pour l’extrême droite – Détours #41
• Power from below: State-society relations and intersectional organizing in Montreal – MA thesis, McGill University

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With Postmedia ending daily print editions of The Telegram — leaving Newfoundland and Labrador without a single daily paper — we wonder how to keep talking shit about the news when the news itself keeps on disappearing. 

Plus, while National Post columnist Adam Zivo’s unlikely foray into international espionage makes for a great anecdote, there's good reason why journalists shouldn’t moonlight as spies.

Karyn Pugliese joins for this very special farewell to Jonathan Goldsbie.  

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), max collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Karyn Pugliese

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Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in May that Canada’s temporary visa program for Gazans would be expanded, from 1000 to 5000. But eight months into the program, only 206 people have actually made it over to Canada  - and to do so, they had to find their own ways out of Gaza.

Meanwhile, thousands of Gazans are still waiting to hear back on the status of their applications. 

What is going on? And has Canada misled people hoping for a way out of a crisis?  

Host: Karyn Pugliese 

Credits: Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Production Manager), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

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It’s all optimism at the Democratic National Convention, and Canadian headlines are reflecting the enthusiasm around Kamala Harris, but is all this hope just wishful thinking? TikToker Frank Domenic joins to assess the return of optimism to political discourse in the US and Canada. 

Plus, Pierre Poilievre promptly removes a promo video after it’s dragged online. Why stock images are only part of the problem with Poilievre’s campy cowboy vision of Canada. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), max collins (Production Manager), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer)

Guest: Frank Domenic

Further reading: 

• The return of (dare we say it) optimism to politics - The Globe and Mail 
• Opinion: Can Kamala Harris sustain the momentum until November? - The Globe and Mail 
• Manitoba Chiefs ask Trudeau, GG to rescind senate appointment of broadcaster Charles Adler | CBC News 
• Poilievre Deleted Promo Video [Youtube]
• @disorderedyyc thread [Twitter/X]

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Part family-owned theme park and part roadside zoo, Marineland was once the kind of place where you could get kissed by an orca and feed corn pops to bears.

But then it kept being that kind of place, well into this century, and the problems piled up: newspaper exposés, official investigations, a federal law designed to end the captivity of whales and dolphins once and for all. Yet the Niagara Falls mainstay would defiantly reopen year after year. 

Until this year. Marineland still welcomes visitors, but, like a dead mall, nearly everything inside is now closed. Recently, we trekked there to learn what this limbo looks like for Canada’s last captive cetaceans.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Mia Johnson (Journalism Fellow), max collins (Production Manager), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

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Further reading:

• Marineland guilty of charges for keeping 3 bears in cramped quarters – The Canadian Press
• Two more belugas dead at Marineland, bringing total whale deaths to 17 since 2019 – The Canadian Press
• Scaled down Marineland to open in June without rides, animal exhibits – Global News
• A Message from the Owner – Marineland

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Cette année à Montréal, le Festival de la Fierté a pris la forme d’une véritable vignette de l’année 2024, marquée par des pluies diluviennes et des inondations dues aux changements climatiques, des manifestations pro-Palestine, des policiers en grand nombre, et des droits civils toujours plus menacés pour les personnes de la communauté LGBTQIA+. Emilie revient sur ces événements avec Gabrielle Drolet, journaliste indépendante et illustratrice, qui était présente lors de la marche du 11 août. En plus de livrer son témoignage, Gabrielle revient sur l’histoire et les valeurs de la Fierté, un moment caractérisé par la joie et la fête, mais aussi la lutte et l’inclusion. En deuxième partie d’émission, l’illustratrice partage ses réflexions sur son rôle de cartoonist pour le Globe & Mail où elle publie chaque semaine un dessin d’opinion, et son travail de journaliste culturelle.

This year, the Montreal Pride Festival has been a veritable vignette of 2024, with torrential rains and floods due to climate change, pro-Palestine demonstrations, police in large numbers, and civil rights still at greater risk for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Emilie analyzes these events with Gabrielle Drolet, an independent journalist and illustrator, who was present during the August 11 parade. Gabrielle tells Emilie what she saw and looks back on the history and values ​​of Pride, characterized by joy and celebration, but also struggle and inclusion. In the second part of the show, Gabrielle shares her thoughts on her work as a cultural journalist and on her role as a cartoonist for the Globe & Mail, where she publishes a weekly opinion cartoon. 

Animation : Emilie Nicolas

Générique : Lucie Laumonier (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique), max collins (coordination de production), Karyn Pugliese (Rédactrice en chef) 

Coanimation : Gabrielle Drolet

Pour en savoir plus :

• Montreal Pride Parade interrupted by pro-Palestinian Protesters – CBC News
• Des manifestants propalestiniens ont interrompu le défilé de la Fierté – Le Devoir
• Chappell Roan Can’t be Stopped – Los Angeles Times
• Canada’s temporary foreign worker program a ‘breeding ground’ for modern slavery, UN report concludes – The Globe & Mail
• Besoin de légèreté - Détours #43
• Marche de la Fierté à Montréal – Youtube
• Crédit photo: Gabrielle Drolet, via Twitter

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Bots are buzzing about Pierre Pollievre and the McGill campus protests, but is it worth reporting? Elie Cantin-Nantel joins Justin Ling to assess the impact of two questionable “bot attacks” recently making headlines in Canada. 

Plus, gonzo-style tactics have been adopted by conservative outlets in Canada. What an ambush of Justin Trudeau on a beach in Tofino tells us about the current state of independent media.

Host: Justin Ling

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins, (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Elie Cantin-Nantel

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