We used to talk about politics in Windsor, ON. Then we moved to Halifax, NS. So now we talk about sex and relationships and how they relate to capitalism.
This week on a very special episode of This is FalseEv and Travis kick it a little old school and talk about Netflix's new Adam McKay and David Sirota film Don't Look Up, the newest phase of Covid and the government response therein, before delving into our new segment “JUST BE POLY” and getting a little nihilistic. Oh, and then we find out the meaning of fart fetish.
In a long episode, Ev and Travis discuss their rough start in Halifax, mental health shizz, poly people being viewed as expendable by monogamists and the links between monogamy and capitalism and how traditional lifestyles are weaponized by fascism. You can find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
We're BACK! Ev and Travis discuss their move to Halifax and the new modus operandi of This Is False—things are going to be different now, biuy. Follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com, and do other stuff too I guess.
It's been a while. But we're coming back with a slightly different focus from a very different city.
Want to hear some dying gasps? You're in the right place! Ev and Travis chat about…everything. Travis' new job, Evvy in America, Jeffrey Bezos, Cuba, and a grab-bag of other things. Support us or whatever.
MURKA! Evelyn Irish is joined by American Boyfriend, aka Jeff, to discuss Ev's trip to the far off land of Southwest Detroit. Things discussed include: American fast food, the shite try-hard bougey fast food chain Del Taco, Baja Blast, Bang Energy Drink, Coney Dogs, and eventually American labour struggles in the industry. You can follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, support us on Patreon, or email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
LaSalle is a rough and tumble world. The faint-of-heart should probably avoid this episode. Flipped over Herby Curbies, litter in parks, Snowbirds not even doing loop-da-loops with our tax money! Emma Starr and Travis then talk about the loss of Canada Day and the weirdest three-way you'll ever wish you didn't have to imagine.
This week, Ev and Travis mostly lay and shoot the shit about whatever comes into their head. They did get around to talking about Bo Burnham's Inside and the brutal encampment eviction at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto on Tuesday afternoon. The GoFundMe for our friend in need is here.
This week, Travis sat down with Edmonton-based activist, writer, and podcaster Katie Robertson—an old friend from grade school—to talk about her life as an activist, her perspective on politics, her podcast Outside the House, and the current state of things in Alberta. We recorded this interview back on May 26th, a few days before news broke about the children found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, so while we do talk about issues of so-called reconciliation and Canada's treatment of Indigenous people, we did not have that background during the conversation. As always, you can follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, you can email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com, and you can support us at Patreon.com/ThisIsFalse
CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of genocide, Residential Schools, colonial violence. This week Ev, Mo, and Travis discussed the discovery of 215 children in a mass grave at Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia and the politician and media reaction to the news. It's a heavy one—so just a warning. Before we got into that, we kept it lighter by elucidating the Voice of the People—specifically snowbirds and their tragic separation from their property. You can support us on Patreon, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com 1492 Landback Lane Legal Fund Residential School Survivors Fund
Ev, Gladys, Mo, and Travis discuss gentrification in Windsor by looking at the role of Community Improvement Programs, the police, tiny homes, and more. You can support us on Patreon, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod or email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com For more information on the MAYWORKS event mentioned off the top, click on this link.
Travis is joined this week by the oft-mentioned, but never before heard from Emma Starr. They listened to the Voice of the People before giving an update on everyone's favourite racist Essex town councilor Chris Vander Doelen. Finally, they continued the conversation about Israel's continued genocide in Palestine and the media coverage here in Canada. Apologies for the audio technical difficulties throughout.
Ev, Mo, and Travis Respect The Grift™, discuss some Rex Murphy verbiage, and dive into the newest terrorist attacks on the people of Palestine by Israeli settlers. If you'd like to support ongoing efforts by Palestinians, consider the following: Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities Islamic Relief Canada: Palestine Emergency Appeal Here's a link to Al Jazeera's The Take episode from this week. You can support us on Patreon, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, or email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
After a two-week hiatus, This Is False returns with an episode that's all man. Gross. Mo and Travis discuss Doge Coin and the destruction of Laurentian University. Support us on Patreon and find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can also email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
We're going to let the Derek Chauvin verdict breathe and re-group for next week. Okaayyyy byyyyeeeeeeeeeeeee
Gladys, Kit, Mohammad, and Travis chat about former Windsor Star columnist and current Town of Essex councilor Chris Vander Doelen and his recent controversy before delving into a deep cut of his from 2014. Then we transition to the ongoing Derek Chauvin trail in Minneapolis and yet another police killing of a black person in nearby Brooklyn Center, Minnesota last Sunday when Kim Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright. If you have some extra cash and want to help the situation in Brooklyn Center, you can donate to a GoFundMe set up by Daunte Wright's family, or a GoFundMe for community mutual aid in Brooklyn Center. You can also donate to The Bail Project, a revolving fund used to pay for bail and legal fees of freedom fighters and protesters standing against police violence across the U.S. and Canada. You can support us on Patreon, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, or e-mail us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
Ev, Gladys, and Travis chatted about Doug Ford's revolving lockdowns and COVID fatigue, AOC's liberalism, and an update on Amazon's working conditions from The Intercept. Support us on Patreon, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
Mo, Ev, Kit, and Travis discuss the historic vote for unionization by the Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama as well as the debut of our new segment, ‘Respect the Grift'. You can support us on Patreon, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, and you can watch us on YouTube!
In this week's episode of This is False, Mo, Ev, and Travis introduce Kit Tea and yell about the cops. This time, they killed a dog in Windsor, shot a baby in Kawartha Lakes, and the RCMP did a racism in Saskatchewan. You know, the usual. You can support us on Patreon and follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can also email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com AND you can find us on YouTube where you can see our faces is stunning HD quality. Diane Scott's GoFundMe for Chloe's vet bills.
Ev, Mo, and Travis discuss cookies in a fairly sexual manner, the Amazon union drive in Alabama, how politics are removed from the working class, and more! You can support us on Patreon and follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com Pod Damn America's episode on the Amazon union drive The union is not for the boycotts!
A little extra content for you this week as Ev and Travis find themselves in a car for two hours with nothing to do but podcast. Support us on Patreon and follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod
Mo and Travis sit down with special guest co-host Gladys Shaffely to talk about the polite way to bomb Syria, the broken Canadian political system through the lens of the NDP's private member bill on Pharmacare, and CBC's The Fifth Estate and their look at anti-Black racism on Ontario university campuses. Support us on Patreon! Expose UWindsor's Facebook Page W.E. Trans GoFundMe
Travis is joined this week by Windsor-based artists April Morris and Teajai Travis. April is a painter and visual artist and progenitor of The Pylon Project; Teajai is a poet, storyteller, activist and now the Executive Director of Artcite. We sat down to talk about community-facing art, decolonizing art, artivism, and the history and role of Artcite. April's Insta Teajai's YouTube channel
We're delayed this week due to technical difficulties. The planned episode won't be out until Monday. In the meantime, Evelyn Irish and Travis Laver went off the damn rails. We celebrated the death of Rush Limbaugh, discussed r/Neoliberal, talked about the Green Party's insane Olympic plan, and then the centerpiece: Durham Region's Black History Month Scavenger Hunt. You can support us on Patreon and follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can also email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com Desmond Cole's Tweet of Durham's gaff
This week on the program, we welcome in Pindzer B, dear friend of the show and recipient of ODSP benefits. We talked to her about her life on ODSP and the barriers she faces trying to survive on the woefully inadequate service. That happens around the 33-minute mark and BIG content warning—discussions of suicide, drug use, drug overdoses, and living in poverty. Before that, we talked about some lighter stuff. Well, Ev and I did anyway. We chatted about the Windsor Police Services proposed budget increase, hamburger parties (with strippers), the ineffectual NDP, and baby shower cannons. If you're struggling with thoughts of suicide, please call the Canadian Suicide Prevention Service at 833-456-4566. You can support us on Patreon, find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and e-mail us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com.
Liz Singh is a delight! She's also a filmmaker, an activist, and an artist and she joins us on this week's episode to talk about her film The Lower Plateau--you know eventually. Before that, we chat about stonks, TikTok, James Cameron, and more. You can follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com. Also, you can give us all your money on Patreon. Oh, and follow us on Twitch as well.
In this, the latest episode of This Is False, Ev, Mo, and Travis talk about the following: The worm that must be hollowing out the brain of the American Liberal; Julie Payette's shameful behaviour and whether or not there should even be a Governor General; and our saviour Rick Mercer. Support us on Patreon and follow us on all the social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can also email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com We're going to stream on Twitch starting this week as well! Plugs: Union Hype House The Lower Plateau
In our first all-remote episode, we talked about why we hate Milton, ON, why we hate Quebec, and some other assorted things. Audio issues cut the episode short--our apologies. You can support us on Patreon and follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod.
Mo and Travis talk about the things you'd expect them to talk about: The coup that wasn't a coup, the new lockdown restrictions in Ontario, and late-stage capitalism's rapid descent toward eco-fascism. You can give us all your money by clicking here and you can follow us on all the social media @ThisIsFalsePod
Depressed, angry, and full of parody and satire, Ev, Mo, and Travis get some feelings out. Covid-19's brutal second wave is running roughshod over Windsor-Essex and we want to talk to Order of Ontario recipient Mike Harris about it. We also chatted about KFC's newest grift, the pro-gun Left, politicians on vacation, and Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens' Top 10 Windsor achievements for 2020. Try not to fall asleep on the last one. You can support us on Patreon and follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can also e-mail us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com Announcement naming Mike Harris to the Order of Ontario ‘an insult' - Anishinabek News
We send off 2020 with a bit of a lighter episode. Ev, Mo, and Travis talk about the town of Grafton, Vermont which was taken over by bears after the libertarians abolished the government. Then we chatted about the Bloc Québecois and their plot to salute sex positive people in Montréal before taking a look at the Financial Post's headlines. Buy Matthew Honglotz-Hetling's book A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear. Support us on Patreon and follow us @ThisIsFalsePod
Ev and Travis discuss Stephen Harper's second career, the Covid-19 response as liberalized genocide, the Landlord-Tenant Board going insane, long term care homes and the role of former Ontario Premier Mike Harris, and don't worry, Jubzi is here to take down capitalism. You can find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod, you can email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com, and you can give us all your money at Patreon.com/thisisfalse.
This week, Travis talks to legendary anti-poverty organizer John Clarke about the false hope of Universal Basic Income. Then Travis and Mo talk about the hopelessness of electoral politics without a corresponding and principled grassroots movement. And small business owners are pissbaby whiners and we're tired of pretending they're not. You can check out John's writing at johnclarkeblog.com You can check out the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty here. You can listen to John talk about his life as an organizer at Talking Radical here. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thisisfalse, follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
Evelyn, Mo, and Travis continue the conversation about the culture of institutional racism at the University of Windsor as Travis recounts a story about how the administration dealt with white supremacist students in his class. Then they briefly discuss the case of Jordan Afolabi, a Black student who was assaulted by a white student and then punished for it before being punished further when he sought justice from the University's administration. For more information about Jordan's case and other instances of anti-Black racism at the University, visit ExposeUWindsor.com You can support us on Patreon by going to patreon.com/thisisfalse, you can follow us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and you can email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com.
CONTENT WARNING: Around the 12-minute mark, there is a brief discussion about rape and sexual assault. In part one of a two-part series, Mo and Travis dig a little deeper into racism at the University of Windsor by talking about the Delta Chi social media posts before Mo recounts the story of how the University tried to ruin his (and others') life in response to a Boycott, Divest, and Sanction referendum by the University of Windsor Student Alliance (UWSA). You can support us on Patreon and add us on all social media @ThisIsFalsePod. You can also e-mail us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com. - @atUWindsor on Instagram - Expose UWindsor: Website
Ev, Travis, and Mo spend some time on ACAB for Cutie: Ottawa Edition before looking at the RCMP's web spying program. Then we dive into Drew Dilkens' ill-advised foray into the world and talk about the repercussions of City Council's move to outsource some jobs at City Hall. We're on Patreon now! You can also find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and you can email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com Plugs/references: - Ottawa Black Diaspora Coalition - Justice for Abdirahman - "Protester no longer interested in meeting police board after 'traumatic' arrest" - CBC - "‘You Have Zero Privacy' Says an Internal RCMP Presentation. Inside the Force's Web Spying Program" - The Tyee
No Ev Irish this week. She was involved in a dramatic dispute about the inherent value of Coke Zero vs. Diet Coke. Needless to say, there was blood when she entered Pepsi Zero Sugar as a viable contender. She'll be back next week once she deals with the legal issues she's now facing. Mo and Travis talk 90s pro wrestling and pro athletes' place in the labour movement before talking about the Green Party of Canada as a vehicle for change. Then, the main course--Travis sits down with Jane E. McArthur, PhD-Candidate in Sociology from the University of Windsor, to discuss her research on occupational causes of breast cancer and the problems with the megahospital location and its media coverage. You can support us on Patreon now! You can also follow us on all social media @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com Follow Jane on Twitter @JaneMcArthur11 Find some of Jane's writing at The Conversation Read Princess Doe's excellent article on Anti-Blackness in Windsor
Introducing the third Tiffer (Falsie? Faker?) Mohammad Akbar! Mo fits right in with Ev and Travis while they discuss a grab-bag of issues from the gangsta move Mi'kmaq purchase of Clearwater Seafoods; to the surging second wave of Covid in Canada, to Windsor city council's vote on the Mega-hospital location, and much more. And WE'RE ON PATREON! Go give us you money at patreon.com/thisisfalse. You can also follow us on all the social media @ThisIsFalsePod and e-mail us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com The poem at the outset is "Eviction Notice" by Port Hope/Peterborough poet LN Woodward. That piece will appear in the upcoming issue of The Fiddlehead.
Hey Rino, where were you, BAHD? WHERE WERE YOU? Ev and Travis run down the U.S. Election for a second before delving into the shitshow that was the City of Windsor's eviction of the Rail Cut Homeless Encampment on November 4th. Find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com Plugs: - Revolutionary Student Movement on Twitter @rsm_windsor - Windsor IWW
URGENT CALL TO ACTION. The City of Windsor has been empowered by Terracorp Management to remove a homeless encampment in Windsor's West End. Listen for details and reach out if you can help.
This time the training is realer than last time because it's real not training like last time.
We've been light on the ACAB content lately, so we decided to make up for it. The Windsor Police have a new, very expensive, toy to oppress the poor with; they also are still being dumb about the whole Naloxone thing; we give an update on 1492 Landback Lane in Caledonia and the OPP's brutal violence towards the Haudenosaunee people; then we shout out Bolivia for being bomb af. Follow us on all the things @ThisIsFalsePod and email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com. Plugs! - One Dish, One Mic - Pod Damn America
We're back! After two weeks of horrible life circumstances, your favourite leftist podcast from the Rose City is back and we're talking Igor (for the last time, hopefully), the new proposed location of the Downtown Mission, and the attacks on Mi'kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia and the role played by Clearwater Lobster in the conflict. For more information on the conflict, please see the following links: - APTN News - Ku'ku'kwes News - The Nova Scotia Advocate For the article wherein Clearwater is discussed click here. Ways to support Mi'kmaq Treaty Rights and Livelihood Fisheries. This Google Doc is stocked full of ways to help and resources to learn more. Please check it out.
In this, the fourteenth episode of This is False, Ev and Travis discuss a grab-bag of items. A little of the Trump tax return thing, a little Igor update, the Trudeau Liberals plan to end systemic racism by giving out loans to Black business owners, and how to survive in a post-CERB world according to the Financial Post. Rate, review, and share us widely on all the things. We are social @ThisIsFalsePod and you can e-mail us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com
Evelyn Irish is here to stay! Ev and Travis talk Notorious RBG and why the cult around her is a massive problem. Then we talk downtown Windsor condo developments and more gentrification before ending off briefly touching on the assault on Mi'kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia. Links & References - Condo story – Windsor Star - Mi'kmaw Fishing Rights videos - Mi'kmaw Lobster Boats Story - Help Trans student get out of abusive home - GoFundMe Email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.com and find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod
Travis is joined by Janet MacIssac (She/Her/They/Them) and Derrick Biso (They/Them) to discuss transphobia and cisnormativity in politics as it has manifested in the discussions around Ward 7 candidate Igor Dzaic's problematic statements. - Dan MacDonald Show – Ward 7 Candidate Responds to Backlash for Homophobic and Transphobic Tweets - TransPulse – Conversion Therapy - TransPulse – Transgender People in Ontario, Canada - TransPulse – Report – Health and health care access for trans and non-binary people in Canada - The Anatomy of an Apology - The Combahee River Collective Statement - 8 Transgender YA Books Written by Trans and Nonbinary Authors - Feminist Theory: From Margins to Center by bell hooks
In this, the second part, of our conversation with Derrick Biso, we focus up and talk more directly about the often less-visible violence of white supremacy as it manifests itself through gentrification, language, and interpersonal conflict. We discuss the new city council initiative that seeks to name alleys in Windsor, causing harm as a white person and how to handle being called out for it, and the need for reciprocity within our communities. Some plugs/references from the episode: -- Local critical feminist geographer and artist April Morris -- Jewel The Gem -- If They Come in the Morning by Angela Davis -- Writings for a Liberation Psychology by Ignacio Martin-Baró -- Leanna Betasamosake Simpson's “As We Have Done”
Pam and Travis welcomed non-binary artist, activist, researcher, lover, and community organizer Derrick Biso to the podcast. They talked so much that we had to split it into two parts. In this, the first part, topics discussed include politics on the job, Viola Desmond, and the responsibility that white folks have to not just reflect upon their role in extraction-based colonial-capitalism, but to dismantle that project actively. We plugged a lot of things in this episode, and here are the corresponding links: - Sonya Renée Taylor - Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent by Pryamvada Gopal - Viola Desmond: Her Life and Times by Graham Reynolds & Wanda Robson - One Dish, One Mic - CBC on Ostoro Petahtegoose - The Chubby Goddess - The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Pam and Travis welcome local artist, poet, activist, founder of the Bloomfield House, and all-around mensch Teajai Travis to the podcast as the inaugural guest. Teajai has been fighting the best fight for years in Windsor, and he joins the pod to talk about the Occupy movement and the recent history of left-wing activism in the city, Black Lives Matter and various ways of organizing a revolution, the Black history of Windsor that is too often ignored, and more. Find Teajai's work all over the internet by searching his name and his various projects: - Born Enslaved - Missing from History: Women of the Underground Railroad - Growing UP “Mixed”: An American Nightmare Email us at ThisIsFalsePodcast@protonmail.comand find us on social media @ThisIsFalsePod
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