Harbinger Society Presents

It's another spectacular edition of the HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event! This edition, vol.3 - Edmonton: Purple City Blues features your friends Big Shiny Takes host Jeremy Appel, Emma Watson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney live, on Saturday, May 25th at the legacy housing co-operative located near Whyte avenue in a conversation rexamining the Alberta NDP leadership race, Transmountain trauma, municipal politics drama and a special exclusive interview with guests Nour Salhi, Abraar Alsilwadi and Ali Ansari discussing their experience participating in the Palestine solidarity encapment at the University of Alberta.

It's another spectacular edition of our heroic HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event!  This edition, vol.2 - Canada: What Are We Doing Here? features your friends 49th Parahell host Rob Rousseau, Nashwa Lina Khan from Habibti Please, and Tech Won't Save Us host Paris Marx live, on Saturday, March 23rd at the historic Eglise St. Jax basement venue l'Annexe located on rue Saint-Catherine in beautiful downtown Montreal on the same day as the Brian Mulroney state funeral happening a kilometer away, in a conversation talking Tiktok bans, ArriveCAN scandals, Dollar store drama and Israeli Apartheid Week.Hosts: Nashwa Lina Khan is a community educator, facilitator, and researcher. She is also a writer and poet exploring installation and narrative methodologies and has been published in Vice, Rewire, This Magazine, and The New York Times. Nashwa is the host and producer of the podcast projects Muslim Rumspringa and Habibti Please.Rob Rousseau is an independent journalist and political commentator, host of the podcasts 49th Parahell and The Insurgents, as well as the daily livestream TRRS on twitch.tv. His writing has appeared in VICE, Paste Magazine, Canadian Dimension and The Maple.Paris Marx is a Canadian tech writer and host of the award-winning Tech Won't Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and his work has been published by Time, Wired, CBC News, and more. Paris is also the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.Producer:André Goulet is executive director of Harbinger Media, national coordinator for the independent Canadian journalism community Unrigged, host of the nationally syndicated campus and community radio show Harbinger Showcase and the producer of more than 700 podcast episodes for Spacing Magazine,The Breach Media , the Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot and others.

Come hangout with Harbinger Media friends as they dig deep into the sorry state of Canadian journalism! Join Rob Rousseau (49th Parahell), Nashwa Lina Khan (Habibti Please), and Paris Marx (Tech Won't Save Us) on January 20th, 8pm at the historic Centre St. Jax basement venue l'Annexe located at1439 rue Saint-Catherine Ouest next to Concordia University in downtown Montreal.This event is licensed BYOB so bring your own beverage of choice with $15 admission or PWYC so bring some cash too. Doors are at 7, the show's at 8 and stay for the afterparty from 10pm till late see you there!Hosts: Nashwa Lina Khan is a community educator, facilitator, and researcher. She is also a writer and poet exploring installation and narrative methodologies and has been published in Vice, Rewire, This Magazine, and The New York Times. Nashwa is the host and producer of the podcast projects Muslim Rumspringa and Habibti Please.Rob Rousseau is an independent journalist and political commentator, host of the podcasts 49th Parahell and The Insurgents, as well as the daily livestream TRRS on twitch.tv. His writing has appeared in VICE, Paste Magazine, Canadian Dimension and The Maple.Paris Marx is a Canadian tech writer and host of the award-winning Tech Won't Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and his work has been published by Time, Wired, CBC News, and more. Paris is also the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.Producer:André Goulet is executive director of Harbinger Media, national coordinator for the independent Canadian journalism community Unrigged, host of the nationally syndicated campus and community radio show Harbinger Showcase and the producer of more than 700 podcast episodes for Spacing Magazine,The Breach Media , the Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot and others.

Dental care is excluded from Canada's universal healthcare system with services provided based on the ability to pay, leading large segments of the population to neglect care resulting in poor oral health and all its consequences.On a new Unpacking the News dentist and public healthcare activist Brandon Doucet joins host Andre Goulet for a conversation examining the little known history of dentistry in Canada, how private business interests have prevailed over public health, current trends in the industry like corporate ownership and cosmetic dentistry and more from his new Fernwood Publishing release ‘About Canada: Dental Care'. The ‘About Canada' series includes short, easy to read volumes on immigration, health care, disability rights, poverty, media among other topics. Find the series and more essential left Canadian books at www.fernwoodpublishing.ca.

Elizabeth Comack's work in the sociology of law and feminist criminology and as a member of the Manitoba Research Alliance, a consortium of academics and community partners engaged in research addressing poverty in Indigenous and inner-city communities, has informed 14 books she's written or edited including ‘Coming Back to Jail: Women, Trauma, and Criminalization' and ‘Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People's Encounters with Police'. On a new Unpacking the News she joins host Andre Goulet to talk about her latest book from Fernwood ‘Realizing a Good Life: Men's Pathways Out of Drugs and Crime'.Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore and at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/realizing-a-good-lifeFind 'Property Wrongs: The 70 Year Fight for Public Housing in Winnipeg' at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/property-wrongs

On a new Unpacking the News an amazing array of independent media convene at Christie Pits park as Replay's Shama Rangwala, The Breach coordinating editor Emma Paling, analyst Chuka Ekjam, cartoonist Haus of Decline and Big Shiny Takes Institute senior fellows Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel sit down with host Andre Goulet to break down the candidates and issues, hopes and dreams and traumas and fears of Toronto's 2023 Mayoral byelection.Plus stay tuned until the end of the episode for a very special 40th birthday best wishes segment recorded for Harbinger pal and friend of the show Rob Rousseau.

Former Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate Kaitlyn Harvey and Edmonton city council candidate Navjot Kaur join journalist Haseena Manek and host Andre Goulet for a conversation exploring the exclusionary reflex of provincial NDP parties in the 2nd in a series of episodes produced in collaboration with Briarpatch celebrating the magazine's 50th anniversary year.Read Maneek's piece athttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/who-is-the-ndp-forFind the new Fernwood Publishing release 'Making a Home' athttps://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/making-a-home

On May 5th through 7th the 2023 Mobilizing Data for Justice conference brought together activists, community leaders and critical researchers from around the world for skill building, community outreach and research collaboration at Concordia University's downtown campus in Montreal.On a new episode of Unpacking the News Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton and host Andre Goulet spoke with multiple presenters including conference lead organizer Dr. Chris Hurl, the Information Mobilization and Public Accountability Collective of Toronto's AJ Withers, Winnipeg scholar and activist Kevin Walby from the Centre for Access to Information and Justice, RenovictionsTO's Patricio Davilla and Montreal's Parc-ex Anti-Eviction Mapping Project about how activists and critical researchers are deploying techniques like mapping and countermapping to visualize social justice issues in new ways.Find out more at https://datajusticehub.ca/https://renovictionsto.com/https://antievictionmontreal.org/en/https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/caij/

NOTE: SUBSCRIBE TO UNPACKING THE NEWS AND RECEIVE NEW EPISODES ON YOUR FEED WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS!From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot!Every day we're releasing interviews and reports from Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including this episode featuring a speech from Amazon Labour Union president Chris Smalls.Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and find more about the Congress at https://liftingeveryoneup.ca/Theme music 'Judy is a Dick Slap' courtesy of the 2000 Belle and Sebastian EP 'Legal Man' on Jeepster Records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-thsncxieBg

NOTE: SUBSCRIBE TO UNPACKING THE NEWS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NEW EPISODES ON YOUR FEED WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS!From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot!Every day we're releasing interviews and reports from Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including this episode featuring a panel from the conference floor with Emmmy and Grammy nominated Korean-American comedian and LGBTQIA2s+ activist Margaret Cho.Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and find more about the Congress at https://liftingeveryoneup.ca/Watch the 30 Rock clip 'Kim Jong-il the Waiter' at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K-SmlP4U5wTheme music 'Judy is a Dick Slap' courtesy of the 2000 Belle and Sebastian EP 'Legal Man' on Jeepster Records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-thsncxieBg

NOTE: SUBSCRIBE TO UNPACKING THE NEWS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NEW EPISODES ON YOUR FEED WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS!From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS' daily show broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot!Every day we're releasing interviews and reports from Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including this episode featuring a panel from the conference floor moderated by activist Mary Shortall with a panel including the Climate Institute's Matt Waylan, the Broadbent Institute's Meg Gingrich and le Directeur syndical - Service Environnement et Transition juste at the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec Patrick RondeauSubscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and find more about the Congress at https://liftingeveryoneup.ca/Watch the CBC video clip 'Alberta wildfires force thousands from their homes' at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_dfrA_HSD0Theme music 'Judy is a Dick Slap' courtesy of the 2000 Belle and Sebastian EP 'Legal Man' on Jeepster Records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-thsncxieBg

From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS' daily show broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot!Every day we're releasing interviews and reports from the floor of Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including this episode featuring a panel from the conference floor moderated by Broadbent Institute director Jen Hassum in conversation with economists Jim Stanford, Angella MacEwan and Yasmine Yalnizyan on 'Fighting for Fairness: Workers and the Affordability Crisis'.Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and find more about the Congress at https://liftingeveryoneup.ca/

From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS' daily show every morning live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot! Each episode will feature interviews and reports from the floor of Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including this episode with prairie labour journalist Emily Leedham and host Andre Goulet exploring what to expect at convention this week, her new Press Progress piece about the PSAC-AFPC action 'Public Servants Forced Government to Improve Deal By Going on Strike' and more.Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and find more about the Congress at https://liftingeveryoneup.ca/Order your copy of Building A Better World: An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/building-a-better-world-4th-edition

The fiercely independent, proudly polemical and reader-supported BRIARPATCH has been publishing award-winning, hard-hitting journalism and critical commentary out of Regina, Saskatchewan since 1973. In it's 50th anniversary year Unpacking the News is excited to partner with so-called Canada's oldest legacy Left media space for bi-monthly episodes featuring journalists talking about their original insight, analysis and grassroots reporting from the magazine's latest issue. On this episode social service work educator Griffin Epstein and trauma-informed adult educator Kate Klein discuss disability justice as a lens for organizing collective safety in the labour movement and what the Left risks by erasing or “moving on” from COVID in their new piece 'THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT FOR THIS' in the May/June issue of Briarpatch, available now.For more visit briarpatchmag.comSupport Unpacking the News on Patreon.Subscribe to Unpacking the News wherever you get your podcasts.

Trailblazing progressive podcast UNPACKING THE NEWS is back after a 30 month hiatus for an all-new Season 2! In this kick-off episode BERRYGROUNDS' Justin Brake joins host Andre Goulet to explore how his work as The Independent interim editor will be afflicting the comfortable in Newfoundland and Labrador society and politics, his background in unapologetic, confrontational journalism and how Pierre Poilievre's attacks on the CBC distort the reality of public broadcasting in so-called Canada. Watch for new episodes this spring and summer co-produced with Briarpatch contributors celebrating the magazine's 50th anniversary, Fernwood Publishing authors discussing new releases, conversations with data activists at the Mobilizing Data for Justice conference May 5-7 plus a week-long daily show at the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress covering events at the year's big union conference happening May 8-12 in collaboration with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot. If you like the work we do consider supporting the show on Patreon.Find out more about Newfoundland and Labrador's #1 progressive news source at https://theindependent.ca/

We're back! Returning after a two and a half year hiatus Unpacking the News is a weekly progressive podcast featuring in-depth interviews and panel conversations on Canadian society, culture and politics with journalists, academics and activists from coast to coast. Hosted by André Goulet in Montréal, this season will include episodes co-produced with:Council of Canadians campaign organizersBriarpatch contributors celebrating the magazine's 50th anniversaryFernwood Publishing authors discussing new book releasesa week-long daily live series recorded at the 2023 Canadian Labour Congressa live episode recorded at Concordia University's Mobilizing Data for Justice conferenceand much more over a 15 episode seasonNew episodes drop every Wednesday in late April, May and June and it's going to be so much fun! Tell a friend, support the show at https://www.patreon.com/unpackingthenews and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.Music on this preview 'We're Coming Back' is courtesy of Titus Andronicus, from their 2022 album 'An Anomaly. Find out more about "The Rock Fan's Rock Band" at http://titusandronicus.net/

For the first time since Canada's premiere politically and socially progressive conference launched in 2014 this year's Progress Summit included a workshop exploring how podcasts can be a force for change in a time of division in a special showcase convened by the Harbinger community. An astonishing 14 network hosts sat down for the 90 minute panel including TECH WON'T SAVE US' Paris Marx, INVISIBLE INSTITUTIONS' Megan Linton, BIG SHINY TAKES' Eric Wickham, PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES' Stephen Magusiak and Rumneek Johal, PULLBACK's Kristen Pue, PIVOT QUEBEC's Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours, THE HOSER MEDIA's Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon, DARTS & LETTERS' Gordon Katic, ALBERTA ADVANTAGE's William Gillies and GREEN MAJORITY's Stefan Hostetter and Lauren Latour and moderator Andre Goulet. Big thanks to the Broadbent Institute for the opportunity to talk about how Harbinger values like collaboration, community and social justice are leading the fight against radical right-wing voices in Canadian media and working towards a more fair and progressive Canada. This panel was recorded on Friday, March 10th 2023 in Ottawa.

The 2023 Progress Summit conference, happening March 8-10 in Ottawa, is an ambitious event bringing together hundreds of socialists, social democrats, leftists, NGOs, labour organizers and rank and file union members from around the country, featuring compelling speakers and big ideas from around the world.The annual Summit is convened by the Broadbent Institute, an influential left-ish think tank that works on movement building around income inequality, a green economy and democratic renewal, creating a space for building stronger understanding and solidarity across a wide range of movements.On Harbinger Society Presents episode 50 Broadbent Institute director Jen Hassum and director of policy and engagement Clement Nocos join host Andre Goulet to talk about why this year's Summit theme of ‘Stronger Together: Forging Unity in a Time of Division' is strategically crucial for movement-building on the left.Find out more about the Summit at https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2023Learn more about the Institute at https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/

On a new episode the Council of Canadians' Nikolas Barry-Shaw joins host Andre Goulet to discuss the Fight for Pharmacare Alliance, a national coalition coming together to raise political pressure and convince the feds that universal pharmacare needs to happen in a conversation unpacking the patient voices and patient advocacy groups represented in the alliance, how Big Pharma lobbying has increased since the Liberal/NDP confidence and supply agreement, what kind of timeline for implementation the alliance is calling for and more.Plus: introducing 'About Canada: Dental Care', a new book providing a rare look behind the curtain of the dental corporation industry that describes the lack of access to dental care in relation to a broader picture of inequity, colonialism, ableism, and racism from Fernwood Publishing.Join the 'Pharamacare Now' campaign at https://canadians.org/pharmacare-now/?utm_source=Council+of+Canadians&utm_campaign=29430f47bd-2023-02-13-Pharmacare-Launch&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1fad8beee8-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#signupPre-order your copy of 'About Canada: Dental Care at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/about-canada-dental-care

The Harbinger Media Network's showcase at next month's 2023 Progress Summit will pick up on this year's conference theme of ‘Stronger Together: Forging Unity in a Time of Division'. On episode 48 of Harbinger Society Presents Megan Linton from Invisible Institutions, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Tech Won't Save Us host Paris Marx join Andre Goulet to explain why solidarity, collaboration and mutual aid are some of the key characteristics of Harbinger's approach to building a media community.The 2023 Progress Summit is happening March 8-10 in Ottawa! Join Eric, Megan, Paris, Andre plus Stephen Magusiak and Rumneek Johal (Press Progress), Kristen Pue (Pullback), Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours (Pivot), Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon (The Hoser), Gordon Katic (Darts & Letters), Will Gillies (Alberta Advantage) and Stefan Hostetter and Lauren Latour (Green Majority) for a 90 minute showcase/workshop begining at 1pm at the Delta Hotel.Tickets are available at broadbentinstitute.ca/summit202This panel was recorded for our campus and community radio pals at CKUW! Since 1963 CKUW 95.9FM has been Manitoba's #1 community radio station and hosts the Harbinger Spotlight, a weekly show highlighting new episodes from Canada's favourite podcast network. Their annual telethon goal is $60,000 - call now at 204-774-6877 to support their work or make a donation at ckuw.ca/donate before February 24th.

As Quebec's political and media class continue their attack on Amira Elghawaby, the federal government's new lead on Islamophobia in Canada, independent journalist Taylor C. Noakes (CBC, The Maple, Canadian Dimension, Jacobin) joins host Andre Goulet for a critical conversation exploring where public discourse, social values, discriminatory legislation and xenophobia intersect in the not-so-belle-province.Read Noakes' recent piece at https://cultmtl.com/2023/02/treatment-of-amira-elghawaby-exposes-islamophobia-she-was-hired-to-address-quebec-canada-bill-21/Find Drimonis' book at https://www.lindaleith.com/en/Pages/bookDetail/We_OthersThis conversation was recorded on February 6th, 2023.

In his new book 'Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change' Winnipeg academic David Camfield argues that a just transition from fossil fuels won't be delivered by businesspeople or politicians. On Harbinger Society Presents episode 46 he joins host Andre Goulet to talk about the book and his podcast VICTOR'S CHILDREN exploring "socialism from below" which joined the network in May 2022.Plus: the long-running Green Majority community radio programme and podcast joined Harbinger in October 2022; Stefan and David Hostetter in Toronto and Lauren Latour in Ottawa describe the origins of the show and Lauren's observations after having attended COP27 in Egypt last month and Montreal's COP15 in December.Order David's book at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/future-on-fireFind Victor's Children and Green Majority Radio at harbingermedianetwork.com and at https://soundcloud.com/user-737267994 and http://www.greenmajority.ca/

On the frightening finale of Harbinger's I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON Scott Schmidt in Medicine Hat and Jeremy Appel in Calgary welcome Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Bridget Sterling in Edmonton to The Forgotten Corner to hate-watch Danielle Smith's unhinged victory speech, then Dogwood comms director and Harbinger board member Kai Nagata sits down with Gisxtan land defender Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, the Suzuki Foundation's Janelle Lapointe and Harsha Walia to unpack the past and present history of colonialism in 'progressive' so-called British Columbia.Hear the 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts.Watch the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

The bone-chilling I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume V as Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole talk pop culture, racial capitalism and the unmatched excellence of Toronto's water quality, then The Alberta Advantage advocate for gamer's rights in a provocative and competitive survivor round of Left For Dead.Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts.Watch the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

The I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume IV as Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton and Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell talk Briarpatch's 50th birthday with Saima Desai and John Cameron, then Pullback's Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson sit down with Green Majority Radio's Lauren Latour to talk with Victor's Children host David Camfield about his new book 'Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change'.Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts.Find David's book at https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/future-on-fireWatch the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Darts & Letters Gordon Katic and Jay Cockburn sit down with Press Progress' Mitchell Thompson to review spooky PSAs, then Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours, Alexis Ross, Fanny Tan and Sam Harper celebrate the first birthday of Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative PIVOT. Plus: National Observer hack Max Fawcett and Globe & Mail polemicist Robyn Urback explain how they're creating a safe space for centrist takes on Harbinger's new OPPO reboot 'Leaky Fawcetts'.Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts.Find the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Dru Oja Jay talks about The Breach Media's journalism for transformation and Community University Television station manager Sophia Barsoski unpacks the 50 year legacy of CUTV, then Shannon Carranco, Amy Cunningham and Leah Borts-Kuperman explain how The Hoser Media is re-inventing local journalism in the GTA and David Gray-Donald reveals the origins of Toronto underground newspaper The Grind, a new journalism collaboration between Briarpatch, Press Progress, The Hoser and other independent progressive media spaces. Hear the full 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts.Find the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

Harbinger Society Presents presents a terrifying excerpt from our October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON as Bread and Poppies' Hilary Agro and Harbinger board member Dr. Jess Green in Toronto talk COP 27 and leftist parenting strategies for Halloween, then Stephen Magusiak and Romy Garrido in Calgary, Emily Leedham in Winnipeg, Rumneek Johal in Surrey and Mitchell Thompson in Toronto discuss Press Progress' recent reporting and the organization's new podcast 'Sources'. Hear the entire 6 part series at our flagship community show Harbinger Society Presents and on the Harbinger Spotlight network highlight show, both available wherever you get your podcasts. Find the full 12 hour telethon production at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1638776642

How do academia and independent Canadian media collaborate to amplify public scholarship and popular education? Join The Walrus magazine's Carmine Starnino, Pivot's Fanny Tan, CUTV's Sophia Barsoski, Harbinger's Andre Goulet and moderator Fenwick McKelvey from Concordia University's Department of Communications for an in-depth conversation exploring how scholarly research, graduate studies and independent journalism intersect in Canada's media ecosystem.Find out more at https://thewalrus.ca/https://www.cutvmontreal.org/https://pivot.quebec/This panel was recorded virtually on October 21st, 2022.

In her sweeping new book on gentrification, Leslie Kern expertly weaves theory, concepts, and up-to-date debates together, making it accessible to both urban scholars and general readers. In this conversation she joins host Andre Goulet to discuss 'Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies' available now from Verso and Between the Lines press.Plus: David DesBaillets' and law professor Daniel Crespo Villareal explore strategies for how to defend tenants from wrongful evictions and explain how suspicious evictions and renovictions are swamping the legal system on a new segment of Housing Party. Order Leslie Kern's book at https://btlbooks.com/book/gentrification-is-inevitable-and-other-liesFind more of Housing Party composer Paul Cargnello's music at https://paulcargnello.bandcamp.com/

On an extra-length episode Nora Loreto joins host Andre Goulet to unpack the results of Quebec's nightmare-scenario 2022 election, then The Breach's Maya Amoah presents highlights from Monday's election livestream with conversations on the ongoing healthcare collapse, the ecological challenges facing the province, the rise of the far-right and the future of the Quebec left with independent journalist Taylor C. Noakes and Sam Harper, Coralie Beaumont, Alexis Ross and Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours from solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot.This episode is a special co-presentation with Canada's oldest campus-based broadcaster CUTV. Find out more at https://www.cutvmontreal.org/ and watch the full 2 hour-long broadcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC5nbo4T608Find more great journalism at Quebec's best progressive media outlet https://pivot.quebec/Read Taylor C. Noakes piece 'Quebec is Trading Social Solidarity for the Politics of Exclusion' at https://jacobin.com/2022/10/quebec-elections-bill-96-french-legault-anglade-plamondon

Host Andre Goulet warmly welcomes back to the podcast your pundit pulverizing pals from the Big Shiny Takes Institute and with adjunct consultant Kino Lefter in a few-holds-barred conversation exploring the ascension of toxic dweeb Pierre Poilievre to the top of Canada's mendaciously mediocre political class in an episode we just had to call ‘Revenge of the Nerd'.Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/andregoulethttps://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakeshttps://www.patreon.com/kinolefter

On a new episode Andre Goulet welcomes legacy left-wing Toronto Star and Globe and Mail columnist Rick Salutin to explain why Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre's pledge to make Canada “the freest nation on earth” may be the silliest campaign promise on earth.Find Rick Salutin, Gideon Salutin and Toronto Star editorial cartoonist Dušan Petričić's new graphic novel 'Gideon's Bible' at https://ecwpress.com/products/gideons-bibleRead his piece debunking right-wing talking points on 'Freedom' at https://rabble.ca/columnists/poilievres-pledge-to-make-canada-the-freest-nation/Find Leslie Kern's new book 'Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies' at https://btlbooks.com/book/gentrification-is-inevitable-and-other-lies

Three exceptional hosts from the Harbinger community join Andre Goulet for a casual conversation exploring their broadcasting origins, the challenges of launching a successful show and why the podcast medium is ideal for popular education with Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton, Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell and Tech Won't Save Us' Paris Marx. Plus leadnow.com lead organizer Tim Ellis explains how Progress Champions is working to build a comprehensive resource hub for leftists to access modern skills without the barrier of high-priced consultants and traditional gatekeepers. Find out more athttps://www.progresschampions.com/http://invisibleinstitutions.com/https://techwontsave.us/https://www.spreaker.com/show/unmaking-saskatchewan

On this episode ‘Code White: Sounding the Alarm on Violence Against Healthcare Workers' co-authors Margaret Keith and Jim Brophy and ‘Bent Out of Shape: Shame, Solidarity and Women's Bodies at Work' author Karen Messing join host Andre Goulet to discuss their recent books and how healthcare work, health and wellbeing, advocacy research and more intersect in a special co-presentation with publisher Between the Lines.Plus: Council of Canadians Trade and Privatization campaigner Nik Barry-Shaw explains why we need a People's Vaccine and avid Ottawa-watcher and Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown dunks outrageously on Pierre Polievre from the safety of St. John's, Newfoundland.Get your copies of 'Code White' and 'Bent Out of Shape' and check out the 2022 Between the Lines line-up of outstanding left books at https://btlbooks.com/Find out more about the People's Vaccine campaign and get involved with the Council of Canadians at https://canadians.org/action/open-letter-vaccine-justice

Andre Goulet sits down with Regina-based journalist Sara K. Birell to talk about the economy of land, ‘the hunger strategy', prairie and gender and their exceptional new-ish podcast Unmaking Saskatchewan.Then, Worst Case Ontario's Fleck in Toronto and Max in Ottawa explain why Canada is totally ready to elect Pierre Shapirollievre as our first Incel Prime Minister and investigate what was really behind the federal government's February invocation of the Emergencies Act.Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan and at https://www.patreon.com/wcontario

The independent left media community come together for a picnic in Toronto's Christie Pits park with pals from The Hoser, Darts & Letters, Worst Case Ontario, Press Progress and others to answer the question that's on everyone's minds in the lead-up to the 2022 Ontario election: "What's Life Like in Doug Ford's Utopia?"

In his book ‘Saving the City: The Challenge of Transforming a Modern Metropolis' journalist Daniel Sanger delivers equal parts reportage, oral history and memoir chronicling what grassroots eco-socialist municipal political party Projet Montreal did right, where it failed, and where it's headed, drawn from his own experience working closely with the party for almost a decade.On this episode he joins host Andre Goulet for a conversation exploring the personalities and policies behind the rise to power of the most progressive Canadian municipal political movement in recent memory, and examines what the future might hold for their ambitious agenda to transform Montreal into a green, human-scale city.Plus: Newfoundland-bound comedian James Brown says 'au revoir' forever to his home of 7 years in a sweetly sentimental farewell to the sins and satisfactions of life in la belle ville.Order the book at https://www.vehiculepress.com/q.php?EAN=9781550655803

Live from the future, federal Minister of Just Transition Joy Ross-Jones explains how the Trudeau government's Ministry of Just Transition achieved it's ambitious climate targets at a 2025 press conference. Then, 350.org's Kathleen Lund explains why March 2022's national Day of Action showed what's possible if political leaders invest in a bold and urgent Just Transition plan. And Divest McGill's Nathalie and Em describe the 2 week occupation of the McCall-McBain Arts Building and why their movement is calling for a complete overhaul of a university system built on white supremacy and settler-colonialism. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown connects the future of climate with worker's rights on a new 'Solitary Thoughts'.Join the Ministry of Just Transition campaign at https://350.org/just-transition-day-of-action/Find out more about Divest McGill at https://www.divestmcgill.ca/

On episode 34 hear highlights from the Broadbent Institute's March 30th-April 1st 2022 Progress Summit, including barista Sarah Broad on a recent Starbucks union organizing campaign, Don't Look Up screenwriter and Bernie Sanders scriptwriter David Sirota in conversation with journalist Hannah Sung, anti-convoy hero Zexi Li on discovering civic engagement during the Ottawa occupation plus our prize-winning journalist pals at Press Progress, Broadbent Institute executive director Jen Hassum and a live spoken word piece from poet Komi Omaf.Find out more about the 2022 Progress Summit at https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2022Read about the Institute's 6 Principles at https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/principlesWatch the David Sirota interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhRoUYYgwE&t=3982s

A new collection launching in April 2022 from Between the Lines Books is bringing together a range of essays anchored in experience and solidarity with those putting their lives on the line to fight for police abolition in Canada.On Harbinger Society Presents ep33 University of Winnipeg criminal justice scholar Kevin Walby and University of Toronto sociology of criminalization professor Julius Haag join host Andre Goulet to discuss their contributions to the book 'Police Use of Force in Canada: Dispelling the Myth of Difference' and 'Against the Social Harms of Policing'.Order the book now at https://btlbooks.com/book/disarm-defund-dismantleRSVP to attend the virtual book launch event hosted by Desmond Cole and El Jones athttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/disarm-defund-dismantle-online-launch-tickets-311282583587

Canada's journalism landscape is changing, and smaller, independent media outlets are beginning to fill-in the gaps left by corporate media. PressProgress, an award-winning non-profit news organization, hosted a 3/29/22 virtual event called “Punching Above Our Weight: The Outsized Impact of Canadian Independent Media” featuring PressProgress' Emily Leedham moderating a panel exploring how independent media is shifting perceptions about current events, politics and identity in Canada, including:• Saima Desai: Editor of Briarpatch Magazine, a national magazine of grassroots politics based on Treaty 4 territory in Regina, Saskatchewan.• André Goulet: Executive director of the Harbinger Media Network, an independent media nonprofit amplifying the voices of a new generation of leftist media creators.• Kevin Taghabon: Editor at The Hoser, whose reporting focuses on labour, police violence and protests and demonstrations in Toronto.• Mel Woods: Associate culture editor at Xtra Magazine, a non-profit online magazine and community platform covering LGBTQ2S+ culture, politics, relationships and health.Find out more at https://pressprogress.ca/https://briarpatchmagazine.com/https://www.thehoser.ca/https://xtramagazine.com/https://harbingermedianetwork.com/Subscribe to Canada's #1 labour newsletter Shiftwork at https://pressprogress.ca/tag/shiftwork/

On episode 31 Toronto scholar and drug user rights activist Hilary Agro sits down with host Andre Goulet in Montreal to talk about the re-launch of BREAD AND POPPIES and how the show explores the ways in which the War on Drugs intersects with a post-capitalist future, then academic Kristen Pue in Ottawa and researcher Kyla Hewson in Vancouver join Andre to unpack their show PULLBACK's long-running mission to demystify ethical consumption.Support Hilary's work at https://www.patreon.com/hilaryagro Explore the Pullback archives at https://www.pullback.org/These conversations were recorded on March 6th and 7th, 2022.

On a special Harbinger Society double feature Ottawa-based disability rights advocate and researcher Megan Linton joins host Andre Goulet to discuss her exceptional new podcast Invisible Institutions, then housing justice activist Dr. David DesBaillets welcomes Montrealer Rebecca Bain to share her story of successfully fighting back against a corporate landlord renoviction on a new segment of Housing Party. Find out more about Megan's work at http://invisibleinstitutions.com/ and find Invisible Institutions wherever you get your podcasts.Hear more from Paul Cargnello at https://paulcargnello.bandcamp.com/

Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation in the 2nd of a two part conversation. Plus: a very special 'A Fairytale of Ottawa' presentation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at https://www.pedagogyandpraxis.com/replaypodcast

Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and occupation.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakesFind out more about Replay at https://www.pedagogyandpraxis.com/replaypodcast

On ep28 Dr. Jess Green, Kai Nagata and Dr. Roberta Lexier from Harbinger's board of directors join host Andre Goulet to explore where the Gitxsan blockade, academic strike organizing and re-thinking climate policy intersect. Plus: what role does new media play as a space for popular education in confronting the far-right?And: Gordon Katic reveals the origins of the exceptional Darts & Letters podcast and Atlantic correspondent James Brown says goodbye to Erin O'Toole's political career.

Harbinger's prestige premium podcast returns with all-new episodes exploring the latest additions to Canada's favourite podcast network as The Maple editor-in-chief Alex Cosh introduces NORTH UNTAPPED, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East's Tom Woodley and Michael Bueckert talk about DEBRIEF with host Andre Goulet and Atlantic correspondent James Brown suggests an elegant solution for the Ottawa occupation.Find The Maple's North Untapped at https://www.readthemaple.com/Subscribe to CJPME's Debrief at https://www.cjpme.org/Become a member of the Harbinger community and get early access to this and other exclusive shows at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/

The conversation continues as Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet consider the political electoral reality facing the patriotic demands of #FreedomConvoy2022 and Canadian conservatism in general, argue that Terry Fox would have been pro vaccine and ask if Pierre Pollievre has the most punchable face in Ottawa.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes

Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet survey the wreckage of a fallen nation as the #FreedomConvoy2022 patriots descend on Ottawa, featuring inspiring songs from the movement like Sandy Lambert's 'Trucker Convoy', Christ Sampson's 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and Marcel Irnie's 'Canada United'.Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1280281145Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes

Live on the Big Shiny Takes' TwitchTV stream Eric Wickham, Marino Greco, Jeremy Appel and Andre Goulet sit by the fire with carols, hot chocolate, and a warm and wholesome game of Pundit Grifter Bingo as they read an absolutely wild Western Standard column by Dave Makichuk. (warning: YouTube fireplace Christmas songs are consistent through this episode lol)Read Makichuk's insane piece at https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/12/makichuk-the-west-will-rise-its-only-a-matter-of-time/Watch and subscribe to Big Shiny Takes on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/bigshinytakesSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes