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Sandy and Nora talk politics, radical social change, what's currently wrong with the Left and what must happen to make it right.

Sandy Hudson & Nora Loreto


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 707 EPISODES


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    You gotta fight for your right to proooooootest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 44:34


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the attacks on Canadians' right to assemble -- from Toronto's so-called bubble law to PEI police telling peace activists to buy a $2 million insurance policy. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Save the mail

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 45:25


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about why the mail is so much more important than just a service to send letters through. Plus, they also talk about the Alberta government's plan to expand involuntary detention for people who struggle with addiction. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Policing and Corporate Domination

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 50:19


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about their latest books, and why as corporations continue to chase higher and higher profits, government relies more and more on the security apparatus to keep people in line. Plus -- Mark Carney's cabinet is out! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Carney, King and Country

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 46:29


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine Mark Carney's decision to have the King read the Speech from the Throne -- is he foring a new Canadian MAGA path? Also, the stunning silence from Canadian politicans about Israel. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Liberal Minority Hangover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 49:56


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Liberal victory, the Conservative vote gain and the bloodbath of NDP candidates. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Elxn 25 - The Home Stretch

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 48:56


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how journalists have gone soft on Poilievre and about how no one is talking about the big issue in this election: income inequality. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Elxn 25 - Crime and Punishment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 47:13


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora analyse the parties' platforms related to borders, policing, crime and punishment. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Elxn 25 - Media's abject failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 48:21


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how the imminent collapse of mainstream media in Canada is on full display in mainstream election coverage. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Elxn 25 - Jockeying to be the most boring

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 44:52


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how little imagination and creativity that the parties have on offer, and all the ways that they're hiding from Canadians the possibilites that abound in this moment. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Off to the races!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 53:50


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about federal election, how tax cuts are dominating discussion and how no one seemed ready despite the fact that we've all known for months this was coming. Plus, Israel re-ignites its bombardment of Gaza and so long, Hudson's Bay Company. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Fear and loathing in the Great Satan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 50:31


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora discuss Trump's attack on citizenship rights, due process and how its influencing people's decisions to travel. Plus, what does Mark Carney's cabinet say about his priorities? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    PM Mark Carney's tiny window of opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 44:44


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney, his rapid ascent to the top of Canada, and what it all means for everyone down below. Plus, the disapperance of Mahmoud Khalil. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    PM Mark Carney's tiny window of opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 44:44


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney, his rapid ascent to the top of Canada, and what it all means for everyone down below. Plus, the disapperance of Mahmoud Khalil. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Backlash, decline or both?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 44:05


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the chaos at the White House and how to buckle up for a world where the United States' empire is collapsing. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Fighting violence with more violence? Three years of Russia's war on Ukraine.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 47:35


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora take stock of where things are on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They also talk about defunding higher education and how Canada has chosen atrophy in the face of crumbling US hegemony. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It's white nationalism. Call it white nationalism.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 51:54


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how "anti-woke" politicians are just white nationalists, and how Liberals have so effectively coopted DEI. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Faux Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 50:00


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about nationalism, how this moment needs to be one where radical politics are put front and centre, and what's at stake if we get it wrong. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The cold tariff war

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 45:14


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about tariffs, free trade, our collective forgetting of 40 years ago and how Canada should stand up to Trump. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Anti-intellectualism and our fascist slide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 49:07


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora look at the connection between the anti-intellectualism that has swept Canadian institutions and how this has primed them to accept fascism whether they want to or not. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Day 1 of the fascist republic of the United States

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 47:38


    In this episode Sandy and Nora talk about how the tech world has so rapidly mobilized around Trump and how with regime change, they have shed the old vestiges of the former people in power. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Fires in LA and Ottawa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 46:44


    In this episode Sandy and Nora talk about fires in LA and political turmoil in Ottawa. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    A rear-end look at 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 57:04


    Sandy and Nora look back on the biggest news of the year. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It's the fall of a regime, not a tennis match: Understanding Syria

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 43:52


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, what it means for the broader region and why people shouldn't get too hung up on figuring out which side to cheer for. Plus, they talk about how the murder of a CEO brought the internet together, Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    High trouble in higher ed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 46:36


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the state of higher education, and how student organizing is the only force powerful enough to keep administrators in check. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The racism behind much of the support for Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 44:51


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how many supporters of Israel are using their support to express racism. Plus, a GST holiday? Where we going? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Towards bluer skies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 48:59


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora take a break from the stuff that matters to talk about the current migration from Twitter towards Bluesky and what it all means (and doesn't mean). Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Lessons from the Trump Victory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 44:38


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how to understand Trump's victory without being misanthropic. And critically, what it all means for Canada. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Democracy's Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 50:07


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the state of democracy in Canada, especially as we stare down a US election. Plus, police keep killing people. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Liberals' hard-right turn on immigration

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 48:22


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Liberals' cynical use of immigration, whether encouring more of it or cutting it, all for cheap points at the polls. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Liberals' hard-right turn on immigration - For Patreons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 48:22


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Liberals' cynical use of immigration, whether encouring more of it or cutting it, all for cheap points at the polls. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What is with British Columbia?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 47:06


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the BC election, Indian interference into Canadian politics and Israel's campaign to forcible displace and murder people in Northern Gaza. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The truth about uncivil discourse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 46:15


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora dissect what is behind the push to restore civility to discourse and what incivility should teach us. Plus they talk about more media failures related to tragedies that have happened to Black people. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    One year of genocide

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 50:18


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the view on Gaza one year after October 7, 2024. They discuss the failures of the federal government to do anything and ask: is there any point in continuing with the same tactics we've been doing for the past year? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Careening towards nuclear war?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 46:44


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Israel's invasion of Lebanon, and how incapable/unwilling Canadian media are at challenging Zionist narratives. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The war on Lebanon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 42:04


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Israel's attack on Lebanon and the assault by Canadian instutitutions on our free speech to condemn it. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    A country full of cowards

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 50:46


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about one of the barriers to taking action: a lack of courage. They examine how to find and build courage so that people feel supported enough to take on radical acts. Plus, no more cellphones in school: what problem is this trying to fix? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The NDP-Liberal coalition is finally over (and so is your right to protest on campus)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 45:23


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the political ramifications of the NDP ending the supply and confidence deal with the Liberals. Plus, increasing attacks on free speech on campus should worry everyone. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    New season starts next week and SWITCH NOW to the Daily News feed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 0:45


    Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Terror charges for dad and son, Canada approved $107M in Israeli weapons exports, Wagner group massacred in Mali

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 10:55


    Daily news - Aug. 2, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - PEI journos' union drive stuck, landslide at Chilcotin river and wildfires in Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 8:06


    Daily news for Aug. 1, 2024. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Cops shut down Halifax encampment, AirBnB is eating up rental stock, 100+ dead in IND and PAK from flooding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 8:01


    Daily news for July 31, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Only you can prevent forest fires (through our radical actions)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 48:41


    In this episode, Sandy and Nora think through what the left can learn from the strides made in Olympic-level gymnastics. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Ford buys cops helicopters, SK health workers aren't paid and far-right Israelis protest in favour of torture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 9:41


    Daily news for July 30, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Calgarians protest food costs, Postmedia buys Saltwire, Venezuela heads to the polls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 7:02


    Daily news for July 29, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Companies charged for refinery explosion, the Oilers wanted unhoused people out, JNF to lose charitable status

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 9:36


    Daily news for July 26, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Murder in Lindsay jail, Cdn company scammed $2B from people and 200,000 victims of abuse in New Zealand institutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 8:35


    Daily news for July 25, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SN - Jasper evacuates, Canadian charged with terrorism in the UK and France may undo anti-worker pension reforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 8:19


    Daily news for July 24, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Seizing the (tiny) space opened up by Kamala Harris' nomination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 45:22


    In this all-American episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the organizing space that's been created by the Harris-Biden switcheroo. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Health emerg at Manitoba Cree Nation, Cdn killed by Israeli forces near Gaza border, 40 Haitians die at sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 8:31


    Daily news for July 23, 2024. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - LCBO strike over! Protests disrupt Halifax Pride, Sudan and Iran re-start diplomatic relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 6:56


    Daily News for July 21, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DN - Kids on e-scooters are being injured more, VIU sues students over Gaza, 17 dead in Bangladesh protests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 6:54


    Daily news for July 19, 2024 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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