Ricochet's Unpacking the News

Ricochet's Unpacking the News

Ricochet Media's Unpacking the News is a weekly podcast featuring conversations highlighting Canada’s cultural and political diversity from coast to coast.

  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep56 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PALESTINE DEBRIEF, THE BREACH SHOW + 49th PARAHELL)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. 

    On this week's episode Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani discusses the expanding conflict in Syria and its broader implications for the region on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, Desmond Cole sits down with Mississauga mayor Carolyn Parrish to talk about out of control police budgets on THE BREACH SHOW, Duncan Kinney talks about Edmonton cops targeting Progress Alberta’s journalism on 49th PARAHELL and The Maple labour scholar Adam D. King looks back on 2024 as a year of labour unrest and considers if the union movement should be thinking and planning beyond the Rand Formula on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE - find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    17 December 2024, 2:43 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep55 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, OATS FOR BREAKFAST, VICTOR'S CHILDREN + BROADBENT INSTITUTE'S PERSPECTIVES)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we explore what the US election results could mean for Gaza and the Middle East with Norman Finkelstein on OATS FOR BREAKFAST, respond to Trump’s return with Spectre Magazine and the Democratic Socialists of America on VICTOR’S CHILDREN, exorcize the ghosts of neoliberalism haunting Canadian progressive movements on The Broadbent Institute’s PERSPECTIVES and speak with political cartoonists Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors about their new Ahoy Comics satire Justice Warriors: Vote Harder on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE - find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    10 December 2024, 1:03 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep54 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, EXPATS & ALLIES + THE BREACH SHOW)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we explore the parallel lives of Chrystia Freeland's Nazi collaborator grandfather and Holocaust survivor Anne Charney on EXPATS & ALLIES, hear from Progress Report’s Duncan Kinney about facing ten years in jail for mischief charges over allegedly spraypainting antifash grafitti on an Edmonton Waffen SS memorial on THE BREACH SHOW and explain how socialism presents an alternative to corporate feminism on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE - find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    3 December 2024, 3:05 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep53 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PALESTINE DEBRIEF, REDEYE + CITED)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we speak with Canadians who have suffered mentally, emotionally and financially in their attempts to reunite with family under the government's Temporary Resident Visa Program for Gazans on CJPME's PALESTINE DEBRIEF, unpack a report revealing millions of dollars in Canadian charitable donations have been funneled to organizations implicated in supporting illegal Israeli settlements, violent settler groups, and military activities on REDEYE, explain why the return of inequality studies is the biggest change to happen in economics over the last decade on CITED and visit the picket line to hear what striking CUPW workers have to say on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com and from Between the Lines Books - pick up your copy of their new release And Sometimes They Kill You Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence at btlbooks.com and at your local independent bookstore. 

    Find this episode's end music 'Caught on Fire' by Apollonio here.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    26 November 2024, 1:59 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep52 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE BREACH SHOW, FREE CITY RADIO + SRSLY WRONG)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode Desmond Cole speaks with United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese on THE BREACH SHOW, the panel examine the weather phenomenon of Fire Season and the end of "cheap nature on THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, the Council of Canadians detail the ways grassroots activism plays a role in the struggle to implement a national Pharmacare program on FREE CITY RADIO and the Wrong Boys celebrate their 10 year anniversary on SRSLY WRONG.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    19 November 2024, 1:48 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep51 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE NORTH STATE, OATS FOR BREAKFAST + PULLBACK)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we look at Canada's foundational alignment with Israel on THE NORTH STATE, examine Trump’s unholy alliance of Silicon Valley tech billionaires and Christian nationalists on OATS FOR BREAKFAST,  lean into the Loblaws boycott on PULLBACK and dig into the history of coal mining and deindustrialization in Nova Scotia on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    12 November 2024, 1:40 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep50 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, THE BREACH SHOW, THE BROADBENT INSTITUTE'S PERSPECTIVES
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode Dimitri Lascasris reports on Israel’s invasion of Lebanon from Beirut on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, we examine how the rise of private nursing agencies is affecting public healthcare on The Broadbent Institute's PERSPECTIVES, Martin Lukacs and El Jones unpack the election campaign and an America on the edge of the abyss on THE BREACH SHOW and the team explore how the province under the leadership of Premier Danielle Smith has proclaimed itself "sovereign within a united Canada" (whatever that means) on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    5 November 2024, 2:07 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep49 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PALESTINE DEBRIEF, UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN + VICTOR'S CHILDREN)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we investigate the role Big Tech plays in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, dive into the history of prairie brute Scott Moe on UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN, explain how the most powerful country in the world came to the apocalyptic crossroads of 2024 election on VICTOR’S CHILDREN and ask what horror tell us about our fears and anxieties under capitalism in a conversation exploring David McNally's 2011 Haymarket Books release ‘Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism’ on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com and from Between the Lines Books - pick up your copy of their new release Standing on High Ground: Civil Disobedience on Burnaby Mountain at btlbooks.com and at your local independent bookstore. 
    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    29 October 2024, 12:46 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep48 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE BREACH SHOW, PULLBACK, MIDNIGHT CHOIR)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we introduce Citizen's Assemblies on PULLBACK, unpack the crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada on THE BREACH SHOW, and examine socialism or barbarism with the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives on THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR and discuss if it’s possible to like hockey from the left on the ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    22 October 2024, 12:36 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep47 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE NORTH STATE, GREEN MAJORITY, REDEYE)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode we investigate how Canadian news media has distorted coverage of Israel’s crimes in Gaza on THE NORTH STATE, discuss climate change as class war on GREEN MAJORITY, look at two major upcoming non-market housing developments in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on REDEYE and examine the role of corporate agribusiness in rural Alberta and the labour struggles that have shaped the industry on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 77 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, and at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Cape Breton.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.
    15 October 2024, 2:17 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep46 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, PERSPECTIVES + SWEATER WEATHER)
    Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.

    On this week's episode discuss Jewish anti-Zionism with Independent Jewish Voices founding member Sid Shniad on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan on the prairies on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, document the complex issue of consulting firms ripping off government programs and deskilling the public service on the Broadbent Institute’s PERSPECTIVES and re-visit Marian Engel’s Governor General's Award-winning 1976 novel Bear and its unconventional narrative about a woman's romantic relationship with a bear on SWEATER WEATHER.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 74 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.

    Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, and at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Cape Breton.

    Financial support on this episode is courtesy of THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.

    Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com
    8 October 2024, 5:35 pm
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