Podcasts about big shiny takes

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we discuss how Silicon Valley thinking is creeping into Canadian politicson TECH WON'T SAVE US, talk to legendary Vancouver activist Sean Orr about running for office in the April 5th City Council by-election on SRSLY WRONG, bid a bittersweet goodbye to our pals at BIG SHINY TAKES and explore what can be learned from a lifetime on the Canadian left with long-time economist and policy advisor Andrew Jackson in a conversation unpacking his 2021 Between the Lines Books release The Fire and the Ashes: Rekindling Democratic Socialism on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 80 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.  This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we discuss how Silicon Valley thinking is creeping into Canadian politicson TECH WON'T SAVE US, talk to legendary Vancouver activist Sean Orr about running for office in the April 5th City Council by-election on SRSLY WRONG, bid a bittersweet goodbye to our pals at BIG SHINY TAKES and explore what can be learned from a lifetime on the Canadian left with long-time economist and policy advisor Andrew Jackson in a conversation unpacking his 2021 Between the Lines Books release The Fire and the Ashes: Rekindling Democratic Socialism on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 80 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.  This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

At this time of increased antisemitism, who better to give Jews free advice than Dr. Order and Chaos himself, Jordan Peterson?The problem is his piece, published in the Spectator (London), is riddled with antisemitic tropes and basic misunderstandings of Jewish liturgy.Polite Conversations host Eiynah (@nicemangos) joins us to talk about why Peterson might want to sit this one out.Plugs and RecsPolite Conversations - “The Gaza Ghetto Uprising w/Rev and Reve”Polite Conversations - “Pinker's Pernicious Politeness”The North State - “One Year of October”Tech Won't Save Us - “Data Vampires”ALSOCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

With Loblaws facing criticism for soaring grocery prices and record-high profits during a cost-of-living crisis, can a boycott drive real change? We talk to Emily Johnson, the lead organizer for the Loblaws boycott, and Eric Wickham, a Toronto-based journalist and host of Big Shiny Takes. Emily is a mental health and addictions worker and single mother of two living in the suburbs west of Toronto, and Eric has been working on a year-long investigation on the price of groceries for The Hosier, an independent digital media outlet based in the Greater Toronto Area. We are also joined by Robert Miller, climate activist, organizer, and “spooookiest” friend of the pod, to discuss more solutions to reduce the price of groceries and save Halloween for children nationwide. Want more episodes on the food system? Check out the episode where we go dumpster diving, our episode about Big Ag, or our episode on Food Rescue with Second Harvest. Pullback is a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network Enjoy our work? Support us on Patreon!

Jews are under attack on campuses! Actually, Zionism is, but that's good enough for Michael Geist to write about an apparent scourge of antisemitism at Canada's universities. We're joined by University of Alberta English and film professor Mike Litwack (@mikeylitwack) to take a look at a piece that purports that nobody who supports Israel can feel bad about things, ever.Plugs and RecsRifqa by Mohammed El-KurdGet Ghassan Kanafani: Selected political writings, OUT NOW!Keep an eye out for Muna Saleh's study on anti-Palestinian racism in the Edmonton school system ALSOCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

I had a great chat with Eric Wickham from Big Shiny Takes. We covered a range of topics from Canadian politics and homelessness to the state of media bias. It was a fun and informative conversation that I think you'll enjoy. Here are some links for stuff we talked about https://www.unrigged.ca/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/capital-gains-tax-budget-1.7176370 https://proof.utoronto.ca/2023/new-data-on-household-food-insecurity-in-2022/ https://theskepticalleftist.substack.com/p/homelessness-in-regina https://hosergrocerytracker.ca/  https://www.readtheorchard.org/p/who-the-fuck-is-the-food-professor Here are a couple links for finding Eric https://bigshinytakes.com/ https://x.com/ES_Wickham https://x.com/bigshinytakes  https://www.thehoser.ca/posts/grocery-graphs-tracking-time https://www.techwontsave.us/ https://pressprogress.ca/trending-topics/pressprogress-sources-podcast/ And check out my linktree https://linktr.ee/Skepticalleftist

Fancying himself some sort of Judge Dredd of protecting Canadian culture, Christopher Dummitt writes in a special to the National Post how such actions as land acknowledgments or taking a plaque down in an art gallery are giving China an edge. Canadian patriot Nora Loreto joins us to explain why having a deep-seated sense of national pride probably doesn't matter that much.Plugs and RecsNora Loreto | SubstackA political podcast. Just Listen. | Sandy & Nora Talk Politics (sandyandnora.com)Reserve The Social Safety Net – Canada in Decline Book One by Nora LoretoPathways Alliance knows it can't back up its claims | Canada's National Observer: Climate News by Jeremy AppelUK ‘tried to suppress criticism' of alleged UAE role in arming Sudan's RSF militia | The GuardianAs Revue Cinema faces closure, the fight to save Toronto culture reaches crisis point | The Globe and MailALSOCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.On this week's episode we speak with Dr. Chandni Desai about Israel, Canada, and settler-colonialism on GREEN MAJORITY, explain how Roy Romanow's reactionary 90's NDP government created the conditions for the rise of the political far-right on UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN, dismantle an incoherently Boomer Globe and Mail column of bisexual skepticism on BIG SHINY TAKES and unpack what's behind Alberta's rat-free jurisdiction and ask who stands to benefit from anti-rat ecosystem management on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 72 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on Winnipeg's CKUW 95.9FM, Montreal's CKUT 90.3FM, Victoria's CFUV 101.9FM, and at CiTR 101.9FM and Co-op Radio in VancouverFinancial support on this episode is courtesy of The Alberta Advantage. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts.On this week's episode we speak with Dr. Chandni Desai about Israel, Canada, and settler-colonialism on GREEN MAJORITY, explain how Roy Romanow's reactionary 90's NDP government created the conditions for the rise of the political far-right on UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN, dismantle an incoherently Boomer Globe and Mail column of bisexual skepticism on BIG SHINY TAKES and unpack what's behind Alberta's rat-free jurisdiction and ask who stands to benefit from anti-rat ecosystem management on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 72 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on Winnipeg's CKUW 95.9FM, Montreal's CKUT 90.3FM, Victoria's CFUV 101.9FM, and at CiTR 101.9FM and Co-op Radio in VancouverFinancial support on this episode is courtesy of The Alberta Advantage. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com

"Are all these bisexuals for real? Or is this 'el gee bee tee cue' stuff just a fashionable trend? I'm just asking questions." That is about the extent of the analysis in this week's column from the Phoebe Maltz Bovy in Globe and Mail. Nevertheless, we torture ourselves and writer/pal Sarah Rieger by unpacking it. Join us for yet another incoherent boomer moment.Plugs and RecsListen to Expats & Allies | A Podcast on Nazi RefugeesThe Hoser | Taking On a Grocery Empire: Understanding the Loblaw BoycottSurveillance and interference: Israel's covert war on the ICC exposedDiddy's Ex-Friends, Bad Boy Artists Detail Alleged Abuse, ViolenceWatch I Saw the TV GlowGo volunteer! If nothing else, there's likely free pizza.ALSOCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Canada's expert on the rising costs at the grocery store (no, not that one) joins host Stephen Magusiak to discuss his latest project, the Grocery Tracker, which monitors the price of food staplesEric Wickham is a data journalist for the Toronto-based Hoser. He co-hosts and produces the Big Shiny Takes podcast.Wickham recently wrote about the Loblaws boycott. He also produces Sources.Support the Show.

Oakville Town Hall is under siege from a red scourge and Sun journalist Joe Warmington is on the case after a hot tip. Can the People's Champion make sense of the situation? Will anyone talk some sense into these misguided youngsters? Freelance journalist Scott Martin (@YouCaughtScott) helps us unpack what really went on that day, since Joe failed to notice that he was actually just at the Fightback table at a pro-Palestine rally. Plugs and RecsScott Martin - The Catch (readthecatch.ca)Read Resisting Eviction by Andrew CrosbyRead Blackshirts And Reds by Michael ParentiNew 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity - The AtlanticSpacing | Canadian Urbanism Uncovered | SpacingWatch Trailer Park BoysALSOCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode 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 Jackson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney live, on Saturday, May 25th at a legacy housing co-operative located near Whyte avenue in a conversation examining the Alberta NDP leadership race, Trans Mountain 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 encampment at the University of Alberta.The Harbinger Media Network includes 69 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio at CIUT 89.5FM in Toronto, CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg and at Vancouver Co-op Radio.Financial support on this episode is courtesy of The Alberta Advantage. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode 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 Jackson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney live, on Saturday, May 25th at a legacy housing co-operative located near Whyte avenue in a conversation examining the Alberta NDP leadership race, Trans Mountain 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 encampment at the University of Alberta.The Harbinger Media Network includes 69 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio at CIUT 89.5FM in Toronto, CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg and at Vancouver Co-op Radio.Financial support on this episode is courtesy of The Alberta Advantage. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com

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.

Stop being mean to grocer oligarchs. Stop it! We're waring you. You should be thanking them, they stock your treats and only gouge you a to a moderate degree. Everybody's gotta make a living, and besides, they're probably creating your job anyway.Toronto-based writer Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) joins us to take in the view from the National Post and be properly tut-tutted as we learn about the success story that is Galen Weston being born at the right time.Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Buy The Dead Center by Luke Savage from your local booksellerWatch Eric talk Loblaw boycott on This is Vancolour Is a previously unheard-of First Nation just Canada's latest Pretendian case? | The GuardianCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookLuke says read War and Peace, Marino says read One Piece. Go to your library! Rex Murphy, sharp-witted intellectual and columnist, dies of cancer | National Post (lol)If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

American icon Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) joins the pod to talk about one of the most obnoxious Twitter personalities of the past several months, Joe Roberts. Roberts, co-founder of the Democratic Socialists of America - Canada and former co-host of New Left Radio, has gone full neocon since Oct. 7. So much so that he wrote a column for the National Post, where he's now a regular contributor, waxing nostalgic about George W. Bush, the guy everyone famously loves. Oh, and Sarah Palin too, because he's trying that hard. Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Anatomy of a Moral Panic - Jewish CurrentsPol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare - Phillip ShortThe Artist's Way - Julia CameronBound (1996), dir. WachowskisUniversity Of Toronto Encampment Organizers Call For Community Support Thursday Eve: "We Will Not Leave" - The HoserCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

We love whinging about the fertility rate, don't we folks? The implications are grave, lowered birth rates could mean fewer DoorDash employees to bring columnists treats. BST Institute fellow Stephen @Magusiak of @pressprogress returns to pick apart a Globe and Mail opinion piece by John Ibbitson. According to Ibby, the ever-dwindling number of babies Canada produces threatens to tear the country apart. Scary stuff!Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Get news coverage from PressProgress: Sign up for the ShiftWork newsletter and listen to the Sources Podcast Columbia Professor Shai Davidai's Family Tied to Weapons Manufacturing - CounterPunch.orgViolent Crackdown at Land Day March - The Grind MagazineDozens of International Students Are Dying in Canada. The Federal Government Isn't Doing Anything. (pressprogress.ca)Check out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Executive Director of @Wisdom2Action and @QueerMomentum and unstoppable dynamo @FaeJohnstone joins us to discuss how Sydney Sweeney's breasts fortell the death of wokeness – according to the National Post.In a column that reads like a horny Looney Tunes cartoon, Amy Hamm, who is a nurse apparently, brings the bizarre discourse around the young actress to a crescendo. Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Read The new generation of gay Conservative sellouts by Fae JohnstoneGo to +972 Magazine for news from Israel & PalestineBuy Kenneyism by Jeremy AppelCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerGo read Dragon Ball, One Piece and BerserkIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

The Big Shiny Takes Institute has returned to read a real stinker of a column by Rick Bell. Rick, a traditional dumb guy with a column, seems a little upset about how mean people are being to Calgary Chief of Police Mark Neufeld. We dig into this column (a glorified vanity piece about how the police are good, homeless people are super-criminals and everyone needs to shut up)  with friend of the Institute, Drug Data Decoded's Euan Thomson. Plugs and Recs  Kenneyism - Jeremy Appel UnriggedDrug Data DecodedIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Polite Conversations host and leading Intellectual Dark Web scholar Eiynah, a/k/a @NiceMangos, joins us to scrape the bottom of the IDW barrel. Gad Saad, who is now a National Post columnist, is a marketing professor who fashions himself as an expert in the defence of Western Civilization. He wrote a piece in the Post about how happy conservatives are, in which he informs the reader that he is very much not mad about the woke left.Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Listen to Jeremy on Polite Conversations, part 1Listen to Jeremy on Polite Conversations, part 2Pre-order Jeremy's book, KenneyismEiynah's Woking Up seriesCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Mount Royal University academic, Al Jazeera columnist and Al Shabaka fellow Muhannad Ayyash joins us to discuss how Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek cancelled Hanukkah. Calgary pundits lost their goddam minds over Gondek's decision to back out of at a totally apolitical menorah lighting ceremony that was billed as an opportunity to demonstrate "SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL." And according to reporting from Aryn Toombs at LiveWire Calgary, it didn't disappoint. Calgary Herald columnist Don Braid, who joined the paper as a filthy scab in 2000, went as far as to say the mayor isn't fit for office because of her disloyalty to Israel. Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Decolonize Palestine reading listRead some of Muhannad's Al Jazeera columnsEmma Paling - CBC featured more Israelis even as Palestinian casualties rose, data showsVincent Bevins - If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing RevolutionTareq Baconi - Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian ResistanceThe Deprogram - Free Palestine (ft. Decolonize Palestine)James Clear - Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable ResultsIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Chuka Ejeckam joins us again, this time to discuss the ongoing horror in Gaza and how Canadian pundits have assumed the role of IDF spokespeople.There's no better example of this trend than Andrew Coyne, who wrote a column boasting of how little he's learned since 9/11. Plugs and Recs UN Director for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Resignation LetterThe Hoser Grocery Tracker Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthyTech Won't Save Us - Elon Musk Unmasked, Ep. 1If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

The Big Shiny Takes Institute has returned after the editor (Eric) spent the last month traveling the world in search of the shiniest takes. It turns out they were all right here in Canada.This week we return to an old favourite, the people's champion Joe Warmington, for a column about remembering police officers who passed away this year. Before you ask, yes Don Cherry is featured in the column for some reason. This episode was recorded in late September and is a classic example of the Nightscrawler's obsession with venerating the police. Some people need heroes, other people are fully-functioning adults.  Plugs and RecsJeremy at the Progress ReportThe Hoser Grocery TrackerIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Jeremy and Marino are joined by The Breach co-ordinating editor Emma Paling (@emmapaling) to discuss a column from Carson Jerema, the National Post's comment editor, who in accordance with Post traditions doesn't seem to do much editing. According to Jerema, Pierre Poilievre's shrieking about the globalistsat the World Economic Forum isn't a conspiracy theory at all. In fact, it's exactly like Chrystia Freeland's tepid criticisms of the WEF in her book Plutocrats, which Jerema adds is a Marxist conspiracy theory. Read The Breach and subscribe to its newsletter.If you like our work, please consider donating to our Patreon. You'll get to join our community on Discord and hear occasional bonus episodes.Plugs and Recs (The Rinse)Emma: Listen to the band Wednesday and read Killernova by Omar Musa.Marino: Watch Ronin (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Frasier (1993-2004) and read Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber.Jeremy: Visit Banff and Jasper, subscribe to The Orchard and preorder Kenneyism: Jason Kenney's Pursuit of Power to your local independent book store.Big Shiny Takes is a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network, which includes other great shows, such as Tech Won't Save Us (produced by our beautiful boy Eric), Darts and Letters and The Progress Report. If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Things are so good in Canadian media. There's layoffs nearly every week. There's talk of the Toronto Star merging with Postmedia. The Online News Act was passed and as a result Google and Facebook are pulling Canadian news content from their platforms. (The Act isn't great and doesn't help independent media that much to begin with, but Google and Facebook pulling this move is baaaad). To celebrate the robust and healthy nature of our industry, Marino and Eric are joined by old j-school buddy Hunter Crowther (@HunterCrowther) to read some schlock from The Hub. The Hub is a relatively new publication, but they're not breaking any new ground with their work. Now I don't want to tell any tales out of school, but the more I hear about them, the less I care for them. The Hub was founded by former Postmedia employees and has plenty of space on their site for pieces from all sorts of right wing think tanks, lobbyists, and consultants. This week the Institute takes a long look at a bewildering column by Ginny Roth, proposing a way to solve our "National Identity Crisis (tm)", as well as our labour shortage in long-term care homes and in childcare with mandatory service. Lol. We spent a little extra on this one, so we hope you enjoy. We have not been keeping up with our recording schedule lately, and we're sorry but now that Eric is one job lighter, there's going to be way more time for this show. There are so many bad pieces being published, and we want to talk about them all. Plugs and RecsEmma Paling - Toronto strangers turned a Twitter chat into a mayoral election forceLegend of Zelda - Tears of the KingdomNot My Party - The rise and fall of Canadian Tories, from Robert Stanfield to Stephen Harper"Indian" in the Cabinet - Jody Wilson-RaybouldIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

What do opinion columnists in this country think about strikes? Nothing worth reading on your own. In this episode the Big Shiny Takes Institute takes a look at an awful column on the PSAC strike that took place near the end of April and extended into May. The conventional wisdom of punditry was that the public would not support a public sector strike, but in hindsight (and at the time) we could very clearly see how incorrect that opinion was. Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne had some choice things to say about the strike but it was very interesting to see - in the 20+ paragraphs Coyne had to work with - what he left out. The Institute was joined by friend of the show Abdul Malik to suffer through this incredibly useless piece of writing. Plugs and RecsThe Act of Killing The Orchard Hilary Agro - In defence of drug dealers' humanityJay Cockburn - Where did the gargoyles go? Toronto's architectural boredom is a problemThe Hoser Municipal Election Fundraiser If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

The unthinkable has happened in Canada. A public body has offered new health recommendations and people are overreacting. How will society even function on two drinks a week? According to some, not at all. This week we are joined by author James Wilt (Drinking Up the Revolution, Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars) and co-founder of The Hoser Kevin Taghabon to read an abysmal column from Peter Shawn Taylor in the Financial Post. In this column Taylor accuses the Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction, and anyone who repeats their findings of moralizing and scolding, of ignoring all the positive benefits of alcohol. Luckily Taylor is here to explain exactly how great he thinks alcohol is (very). Plugs and RecsDrinking Up the Revolution - James WiltThe Hoser:  How To Reclaim Working Class Joy In The Face Of Big Alcohol - Leah Borts-KupermanThe Hoser:  In Memory Of Angie Austin - Jacob PesarukStation 11 - HBO The Last of Us Part IIIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

The Big Shiny Takes Institute has returned! This episode, while Jeremy is in his self-imposed book-writing exile, Eric and Marino are joined by Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson of the Pullback podcast to read a baffling column by Jesse Kline. Jesse spends valuable column space concern-trolling about the Liberal's new luxury tax on vehicles, applicable to cars over $100k and boats over $250k. He admonishes the government for this reckless new tax, and claims that this will impact the working class much more than prospective boat owners. We examine these claims and come to some different conclusions. Editors note: Some names had to be removed from a story Eric shared early in the episode to protect their identities as nobody would ever trust them again after learning that they did not deliver on their cowboy boots promise. Plugs and Recs Pullback PodcastIPCC Report 2023 The Persuaders: Anand GiridharadasDrinking up the Revolution: James WiltIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Our old pal Abdul (@MarxGasol) joins us for a public policy thought experiment courtesy of UBC business lecturer Adam Pankratz in the National Post: Should we destigmatize stigma? Maybe if drug users and unhoused people simply understood that what they were doing is bad and they should feel bad, we'd all be better off!Kidding aside, this perverse serving of inhuman hogwash from a dude whose kids will surely grow to hate him was the worst thing we've read in a while. We're always saying that, aren't we folks?Plugs and RecsThe Dead Center by Luke SavageThe Orchard cast: It's the End of This World As We Know ItLast Chance U on NetflixGo play Metroid Prime: Remastered. I'm not linking to the eShop, figure it out.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

The last Kino standing, Evan Macdonald, joins us to talk about Dr. Jordan Bernt Peterson's latest made up scandal. The College of Psychiatrists of Ontario is asking him to take social media training, because he sucks at posting. The National Post's opinion page says this the greatest injustice of our day, but do any real people actually care? Tune in to find out!Plugs and RecsListen to Kino LefterSubscribe to The OrchardTove Lo - Dirt FemmeSZA - SOSNeedle Drop - Best Songs of 2022If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Hosts Marino Greco and Eric Wickham in Toronto and Jeremy Appel in Calgary sit down with political researcher Chuka Ekjam to read a bad Jesse Kline anti-union piece in the National Post which provocatively suggests that "if the virus didn't get our kids, the unions will". Join the BST Discord at https://discord.com/invite/2F5pxyDQjT Support the world's only anti-free speech podcast at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes

You see, the woke establishment wants to control what media Albertans see, what vaccines we take, the resources we develop — and even what we are allowed to grow and eat. Independent journalist Jeremy Appel joins Team Advantage to explore Danielle Smith Thought. Follow Jeremy @JeremyAppel1025 and subscribe to his newsletter, The Orchard, at theorchard.substack.com. You can also hear him on Big Shiny Takes and The Forgotten Corner. Support Alberta Advantage, watch their livestream and sign up for the AA newsletter at https://albertaadvantagepod.com/

Alex Jones gets the kid gloves treatment from TFW No GF director Alex Moyer in Alex's War, a sanitized look at Jones' career and InfoWars leading up to the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. We discuss how the post-left has embraced Jones and what this film means for the next phase of the MCU. Eric and Jeremy from Big Shiny Takes return. ReComradationsEvan: action figure YouTubers + Four Horsemen StudiosJeremy: [1] The South by Adolph Reed Jr [2] *Reverse Recomradation* writing a bookEric: The RehearsalCheck out Big Shiny Takes on Patreon and Jeremy's newsletter The OrchardRate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month.  

Host Andre Goulet warmly welcomes back to the podcast our pundit pulverizing pals from the Big Shiny Takes Institute and Kino Lefter in a few-holds-barred conversation on the ascension of toxic dweeb Pierre Poilievre to the very 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/andregoulet https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter

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/andregoulet https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter

Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel are back with another terrible column as Haus of Decline's Alex joins the panel to read an awful piece by Adam Zivo arguing that the cops should march in Toronto's Pride Parade. Subscribe to Jeremy Appel's substack at https://appelorchard.substack.com/ Find Haus of Decline comix, merch, the podcast and more at https://hausofdecline.com/ Support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes

Canadian media is full of galaxy brain columnists. Luckily there is a show who reads their crap so that you don't have to: Big Shiny Takes, aka Jeremy Appel, Eric Wickham and Marino Greco. We're featuring this episode because your esteemed host and editor Gordon Katic made an appearance to discuss the latest unfathomably smart take: Matthew McConaughey has a moral obligation to run for president of the United States. It's stunning intellectual work like this that has led Big Shiny Takes to become the world's first anti free speech podcast. It's a different vibe to our usual programming, but we think you'll like it because Big Shiny Takes is witty and anarchic and smart. The team really deserve a lot of recognition for doing the lord's work: shit-talking columnists.

Canadian media is full of galaxy brain columnists. Luckily there is a show who reads their crap so that you don't have to: Big Shiny Takes, aka Jeremy Appel, Eric Wickham and Marino Greco. We're featuring this episode because your esteemed host and editor Gordon Katic made an appearance to discuss the latest unfathomably smart take: Matthew McConaughey has a moral obligation to run for president of the United States. It's stunning intellectual work like this that has led Big Shiny Takes to become the world's first anti free speech podcast. They're also our colleagues, as part of the Harbinger Media Network It's a different vibe to our usual programming, but we think you'll like it because Big Shiny Takes is witty and anarchic and smart. The team really deserve a lot of recognition for doing the lord's work: shit-talking columnists.

We cover the week of April 4th to April 8th 2022, we talk about Elon Musk bringing freedom to Twitter, Noam Chomsky being a corporate shill because he believes the pandemic is real, Rebel News being denied having a tax designation, and what is really causing inflation. We were joined this week by our friend Eric Wickham of the Big Shiny Takes podcast! Follow him on Twitter: @ES_Wickham And check out Big Shiny Takes: https://bigshinytakes.com/ Support THE SHOW!!! https://www.patreon.com/imperialnews Vieno's Reading Recommendations: There is no such thing as the economy: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-economy-essays-on-capitalist-value/ Donate to London's Food Bank: https://www.londonfoodbank.ca/ FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WEAR A MASK! GET VACCINATED! Watch our live streams! https://www.twitch.tv/imperialnewz Check out the music by Mason, who makes the transition beats. https://masontikl.com Donate on Patreon! And check out our social media! https://compiled.social/imperialnews

On a new Big Shiny Takes our pals Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel welcome CANADALAND COMMONS host Arshy Mann to talk about the Trucker Convoy the dumbest political action in the entire world, which was not astroturfed at all, and which demanded that avowed Marxist-Leninist Justin Trudeau remove any vaccine mandates for truckers (conveniently ignoring the fact that 90% of truckers that cross into the United States from Canada are fully vaccinated). The gang also endure an Edmonton Journal column from noted political loser Nathan Steinke as they review his several hundred word piece fetishizing truckers as a symbol of working class purity. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes Listen to Arshy's new season of COMMONS exploring the dirty world of Canadian mining interests at https://www.canadaland.com/shows/commons/

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/1301505681 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes Find 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 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/1301505681 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes Find 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/1301505681 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes Find 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 in part one of a two part conversation. Watch the full conversation at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1301505681 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes Find out more about Replay at https://www.pedagogyandpraxis.com/replaypodcast

Jeremy from Big Shiny Takes and Forgotten Corner joins Dan and Riley to discuss the Freedom Convoy, which has arrived in Ottawa to get the freedom, and how our idiotic pundit class has - once again - fundamentally misunderstood what's going on. Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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/1280281145 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes

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/1280281145 Support 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/1280281145 Support 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/1280281145 Support the shows at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter and https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes