Dog Island

Sorry it's been a while but here is a new episode. We discuss the ongoing pandemic, the Portapique tragedy, a budding Nazi colony in Cape Breton, local Black liberation movements, our wretched city council, Matt Whitman's mayoral aspirations and finally discuss some exciting news for the future of Dog Island. It's a long episode but it is very good. 

We're back! Let's talk about Halifax's BOLD new INNOVATION DISTRICT. Afterwards, we'll learn the secret DARK ORIGINS of THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF CANADA, AMERICA. OUR LIVE SHOW FOR MAYWORKS IS TUESDAY MAY 12 AT 7PM AST! TUNE IN AT TWITCH.TV/DOGISLAND69

Everyone is still in their houses. Lots of callers in this one, people from all over "Canada" letting us know what's up their parts of the country. 

Hey folks, Gonna start doing weekly call in shows over at twitch.tv/dogisland69 every Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm EST, as long as we're all stuck indoors we might as well talk to one another. This one is a bit rough because we're still getting our bearings, but we'll get there!

Hugh and Andrew go to the NS NDP policy convention and cut their teeth as real journalists.  Lots of talks about policy and food including information about the NS NDP Socialist Caucus and a conversation with party leader Gary Burrill. 

We're back! The dog pound talks about Christie Blatchford's rotten legacy, the actions in support of the Wet'suwet'en, and the general abysmal state of punditry in "Canada". 

We're live from beautiful downtown Halifax at the Art Bar +Projects giving you a rundown of the best and worst of 2019.

It's a conspiracy theory episode, you'll love it. Chris presents the gang with some compelling Gerald Cotten and QuadrigaCX theories. We also talk about Mayor Pete's involvement in the Loblaws bread fixing scandal. To round it out Graeme teaches us about some record stores in the Mile End and we chat about small business. Buy tickets to our live show here End song: Bread Dough Rising by Muncho   

We're joined live in studio D by author Martin Lukacs to discuss his new book The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent.  Buy the book: http://www.trudeauformula.com/ Buy tickets to our next live show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dog-island-holiday-revue-tickets-84834268581    

We announce our new assistant position, an exciting opportunity for a career minded person. Other topics this week: The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and their merger with the Fraser Institute. More on how Air BnB is destroying our lives. Healthcare updates. Sex and dating stuff. Take the short term rental survey here: https://www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/short-term-rentals   Thanks!

We're all getting older and it kinda sucks. Not sure what this one is about but it's got politics and theory and that kind of stuff for sure.

We were too lazy to make a Halloween episode this year. Please enjoy this reposting of last year's radio play, "Dog Island and the Mystery of the Mindless Spectre".   Happy Halloween!

Episode 1 of our new Patreon exclusive series, every month we will come up with some incredible thoughts and share them with you, our loyal audience.  Subscribe to our Patreon to hear more.  https://www.patreon.com/dogisland69

Matt Whitman is running for mayor, Waye Mason probably is too, it's cool because their initials are mirrored, sometimes you need to think about that stuff I guess. Chris and Andrew go to the Climate Strike and talk to some people. We also talk about Moncton and how awful the city is being to street people. Thanks for listening to our show.

cw: conspiracy/Epsteingate stuff.  It's just Chris and Andrew this week, you will listen and like it anyway. Canadian bourgeois electoralism had an eventful week and we talk about it. In the back half we talk about a Cape Breton PPC candidate who is a full on QANON conspiracy theorist and try to parse any kind of deep meaning from it.  Plus a much aligned and misunderstood Dog Island character makes his long overdue return.  Read: A QAnon YouTuber Is Running for Office in Canada by Mack Lamoureux

In our massive third season premier we're talking about the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian and what reckoning with climate change locally should probably look like. We also talk about the looming hell election and do a run down of all the parties running for you, the listeners. Thanks for listening for two whole years, can't wait to see what the next two bring.  

CW: We talk about suicide and depression in this one.   Andrew talks to Jesse Locke about the recent sudden loss of David Berman, what his art has meant to them, and how hard it is to navigate a lonely world.    Read the obituary Jesse wrote: https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/david-berman-silver-jews-purple-mountains-in-memoriam/ Read Berman's Clip on Tie: https://thebaffler.com/stories/clip-on-tie  

henlo Sackville! We were lucky to perform at the big music style festival this weekend. Even luckier to be joined onstage by Cheryl Hann. We talk about New Brunswick's very own Ricardo Duchesne and go through a rundown of some of Canada's worst statues and public monuments. Thank you to Sappyfest and Thunder & Lightning for having us.

Hello again. Emily (@Emily_Leedham_ ) and James (@james_m_wilt ) stopped by our deluxe podcasting studio to talk about their visit to Atlantic Canada, as well as some of the organizing being done in Winnipeg in response to the securitization of the Millennium. We also all talk about Evangelical Christianity and all the cool music and art that comes from it.   Check out Bar None Winnipeg, Millennium For All, Rank and File Radio: Praries, and Rank and File. 

Chris is on a vacation or something so the gloves are off. We talk about how we're all cool hot guys and we love to snack on treats. We also talk about the Inverness Airport and the hilarious YIMBY twitter account in Halifax. There is a lot going on here tbh.     Donate to the Legal Defense Fund for NCA Counter Demonstrator: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-defense-fund-for-nca-counter-demonstrator   Listen to Graeme's new album: https://youtu.be/TE5d_FnDIgk  

Hugh details what went down when the NCA goons tried to speak in Parade Square on the weekend. We then talk to Jason Edwards and Lisa Cameron from the Halifax Workers Action Centre. They give us some general info about the centre and then answer questions submitted by our listeners.   Good episode TBH.   Call (902) 221-0755, email info@halifaxworkersaction or visit http://halifaxworkersaction.ca/   Thanks,   Dog Island xo

We're back, sorry for the long delay. Chris fills us all in on the public consultations regarding the cornwallis statue. We then talk about our experiences at the two different Green New Deals events the past few weeks. Finally we roast Chris for being wrong about the Raptors and talk about our upcoming live show at Sappyfest. For the full Sappyfest lineup and to buy tickets visit: http://www.sappyfest.com/ To submit questions for our upcoming worker's rights episode DM us on Twitter or email us at dogislandpod@gmail.com Thanks!

Drew Brown (@drewfoundland) calls in to teach us about Newfoundland's zany politics and recent provincial election.   Check out Drew's work with The NL Independent.    

I guess this one was gonna be about property and real estate in Halifax but mostly we're talking about the latent revolutionary potential of McDonalds. 

We talk about our summer styles and what we will be wearing for the hot months.    Full episode available to Patreon subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/dogisland69

Wow, we have all four of us on the show for the first time in months. We're talking about the police again because they're still bad and now they have a tank or something. There's some chat about electoralism in here too, maybe we kind of argue about its merits? Hard to say. Good jokes though.

Hugh and Andrew are joined by actual smart person Dan Joseph (@DanjoKaz00ie) to talk about video games, online market places, and the way that these things are informing the future of capitalism.  Further reading from Dan: Two-Faced: The culture of platform capitalism The Time Canada Wanted Its Own Internet Because It Thought the US Would Mess It Up

Topics include: The Christchurch Mosque attack, the college admissions scandal, craft beer, the fate of the Oxford, a cop being stupid, and a follow up on NSCAD.    Podcast Workshop Our Twitch Stream

Chris and Andrew talk to FUNSCAD Union President Mathew Reichertz about the strike happening at NSCAD University and the events that lead to it. To keep up to date with the labour action you can use the following: http://www.funscad.ca/ https://twitter.com/funscad https://www.facebook.com/Funscad/ https://www.instagram.com/funscad/   For more information the CFS-NS Rally Tomorrow visit:  https://www.facebook.com/events/426045097964417/  

Full house this week,  dog house that is. We talk about dead nazi John Tillman, make fun of the yellow vest truck convoy people and Hugh teaches us the true meaning of the blockchain.   Donate: https://patreon.com/dogisland69 Watch Us Game Sometimes: https://www.twitch.tv/dogisland69  

Best friends Andrew and Hugh take a trip across the Northumberland, to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to talk to Aimee Power (@powerhour) about the abysmal state of housing in the city.   PEI Fight For Affordable Housing

Live from our brand new deluxe podcasting and media incubation studio, we talk about the big bomb pit that Haliburton is bequeathing us and some other extremely cool business news right here in our province of Nova Scotia, Canada. If someone knows how we can get like $85,000 from the government for this please let us know. I am desperate for some cold hard cash.    

We talk about some human toilets and give you some fighting tips. There are some Patreon questions we answer too. I dunno, you try putting out great content all the time.

Our live show from December 29, 2018. Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) talks to us about American politics and our very own right wing pundit class. We also count down 2018's top grifts. Thank you to Tynan Dunfield for recording us.   You can find the slides here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/23715729

Listen to this one with your entire family at Christmas dinner please. Chris is back and keeping us in line by teaching us about all the bad bosses that have been misbehaving lately. He also yells at us about basketball.    Come to our live show   https://www.facebook.com/events/508023786383223/

Hey we are talking about what you all wanted us to talk about. Probably the best episode we've ever done. 

This week Graeme is talking to Samiha Hossain and Sasha Dyck about their neighbourhood, Parc Extension, in Montreal and the work happening around gentrification there. Also, we're doing a live show, more info HERE.  Vigil against Violence against Women Anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre December 6th, 2018 Parc Métro 4pm-6pm   Ressources Action-Alimentation  Comité d'Action Parc-Ex Association des Locataires  Montréal Populaire Afrique au Féminin 

Follow us into the depths of despair as we attend the Halifax International Security Forum. Afterwards with the help of Dr Isaac Saney we remember the importance of hoping and fighting for a better world. Canadian Peace Congress Revolution in Halifax! Halifax in Revolution! The Black Panthers, the Black United Front & the African Nova Scotian Struggle for Self-Determination

We're talking about the recent fascist violence in the United States, the stupid Munk debate, and the surge of white nationalism right here in Halifax. Pretty bad time!

Hugh and Graeme accompany Chris to a Magic: The Gathering event where things are not quite what they seem. Afterwards the podcasters find themselves at Hal-Con, Halifax's big sci-fi convention, there they talk about games or something and Hugh drinks a pop.   More info on the Tatamagouche centre: https://www.tatacentre.ca/ Thanks to Hal-Con for the allowing us to do journalism.

We talk about the smoking ban* and some other dumb bullshit before our friend Jeska calls in to talk about the recent and sort of ongoing New Brunswick provincial election.  Check out Jeska's good clothes here and follow her @jeskagrue *Dog Island 100% opposes the criminalization of anyone (but the wealthy) and thinks the dispensary raids are bad.

We discuss Media Mediocrity a book written by local children's entertainer and city councillor, Richard Zurawski. To hear this full episode and get more bonus content you can subscribe to our patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dogisland69

This is a special episode for all you new students. We're talking about the coolest spots and the things in town that you gotta check out.  When you work in our business it's so hard to find real people. This clout thing is fucked up -  fake friends everywhere just trying to get instagram likes. Graeme tries to navigate the shark infested waters at a party in Montreal. We also scope out the ocean in Halifax where the fins are popping up everywhere. Some biters are trying to open up private health clinics right in our backyards; so hard to trust people these days when they're all chasing clout.    

This week we're reading from Matt Whitman's Integrity Magazine so we can learn how to be successful business owners like God wants. We also read an essay about organized crime written by a nine year old. Pretty funny lots of jokes 8.5/10. 

We read and discuss the statement issued by incarcerated people about the conditions at the Burnside jail.    (there is some weird noises I'm sorry I was trying a new microphone and am bad - Andrew)   LINKS: Full Statement from the Prisoners at Burnside Women's Wellness Within Listen to the Black Power Hour on CKDU Vote for us in the damn Coast thing

Hi, Hugh and Graeme are still in New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of. Hugh is teaching his little brother about an exciting new show on TV

The two good brothers Hugh and Graeme are in New York City, the Big Apple, and they are making high power business deals. They do a special phone interview with Andrew (Dog Island) and talk business.

Hi sorry we lost the first half of the episode because Andrew is a luddite. We talk about a local art thief/nazi who keeps popping up in the news. We also talk about how you should vote for us in the Best of Halifax awards: https://bestofhalifax.com/#/gallery?group=288226   Jacob Boon on Tillmann for the Coast      

CW: Lots of gross bathroom talk at the end.  Three different segments for three different topics. First we're talking about smoking and the Halifax's asinine new bylaw. Second we've got Charlie from Glitter Bean Cafe talking about building a worker owned business and the importance of queer spaces. Finally we answer a disgusting Patreon question about toilet stuff.    Check out the Glitter Bean!

Robin Tress joins us to talk about BP, Alton Gas, Boat Harbour and building solidarity through resistance.    Robin's Blog: https://canadians.org/blogs/robin-tress For more on the resistance against Alton Gas and to donate: https://stopaltongas.wordpress.com/ Information on the #NOPIPE Rally this coming Friday: https://www.facebook.com/events/2074536972831568/    

The crime dogs do a deep investigative report on the recent epidemic of graffiti in Halifax. Afterwards we check in on our old friend Tristan and the state of housing in Halifax.