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 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
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    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.

    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
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep45 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PALESTINE DEBRIEF, PULLBACK + UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN)
    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 unpack the implications of the Canada Revenue Agency’s decision to revoke the Jewish National Fund of Canada's charitable status on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, argue for the end of exploitation in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program on PULLBACK, look back at how charismatic free market politician Brad Wall dramatically changed a province's political culture forever on UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN and ask what we can learn about the ongoing pandemic and how it's being handled and what that means for future global health crises on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    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
    1 October 2024, 12:16 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep44 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, SRSLY WRONG, THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR + STUDIO LA CONVERSE)
    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 the show welcomes three new podcasts to the community as we highlight solutions for the housing crisis on long-running Vancouver utopian socialist comedy show SRSLY WRONG, speak with federal immigration minister Marc Miller about the government’s troubled track record on accepting Palestinian refugees fleeing Israel’s genocide on THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR from Montreal investigative journalism pubilsher therover.ca, hear the hip hop journalism of 5 young musicians on the billingual track ‘Cest pas la fin du la hood’ on the series ‘MC Converse’ from Quebec BIPOC society and culture show STUDIO LA CONVERSE and learn why industrial policy is the sexiest topic on the left today in a conversation examining important aspects of technological advancement, Canadian regionalism and economic development on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 75 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 BETWEEN THE LINES BOOKS. Order your copy of of their new release When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance at btlbooks.com.

    Financial support on this episode is also 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
    24 September 2024, 1:07 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep43 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, TECH WON'T SAVE US, EXPATS & ALLIES, THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA)
    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 discuss the complicity of Google, Amazon, and Microsoft in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and how tech workers are organizing to stop it on TECH WON’T SAVE US, investigate Department of National Defence efforts to get ahead of stories about the relationship between the Canadian military and neo-Nazis in Ukraine on EXPATS & ALLIES, explore the ecumenical faith community’s fight to get Royal Bank out of oil and gas on THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA and unpack the history of Canada's second-oldest political party on its centennial anniversary in an in-depth examination of the Communist Party of Canada on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 72 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, 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
    17 September 2024, 3:31 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep42 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, 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 discuss Israel’s genocidal war with Middle East Council on Global Affairs analyst Mouin Rabbani on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, unpack the scale of effort it would take to meaningfully mitigate worsening wildfire risk in Alberta with provincial firefighter Matt Rieger on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, explore anti-Communism in Canada's Ukrainian diaspora with historian John-Paul Himka on VICTOR’S CHILDREN and talk about the unwaged and unpaid work that goes on "behind the scenes" of waged labour on THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 72 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, 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
    10 September 2024, 1:01 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Showcase ep41 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PALESTINE DEBRIEF, THE BREACH SHOW, TECH WON'T SAVE US)
    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 ask why Canada continues to support Israel with the Middle East at the brink of war on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, examine Shopify's connection to right-wing politics on TECH WON'T SAVE US, speak with Migrant Workers Alliance for Change organizer Syed Hussan about the bipartisan project to exploit migrant labour on THE BREACH SHOW and explore how state theory informs the approach we take to social transformation on THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.

    This episode is brought to you by Roles of Resistance: Game Plans for Teachers and Troublemakers - in the new Between the Lines Books release, authors John-Henry Harter and Mark Leier present thirteen lesson plans designed for educators and facilitators from the union hall to the lecture hall on political economy, labour history, and social activism and based on democratic, experiential teaching that will create vibrant learning experiences, enriching debates, and providing the main tool we need to change the world: collective action.

    The Harbinger Media Network includes 72 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, 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, CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria and at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver.

    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 September 2024, 4:36 pm
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