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$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. The confluence of the pandemic, reliance on police for information, and slashed newsroom budgets means that reporting on the Nova Scotia shooting was all but doomed from the start. And a tweak to government media subsidies makes more organizations eligible for the funding. Tim Bousquet co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by WealthBar and HelloFresh.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“This virus is a bitch, for sure.” Tanya Talaga is the author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations. She is also a former health reporter at the Toronto Star.  Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I’m helping other people to be safe." Surinder Mann is a cleaner who lives in North Delta, BC, and is also the mother of COMMONS' host, Arshy Mann.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. When journalist Eva Holland lost her mom, she went on a quest to understand the science behind her phobias, and conquer them. In her book, Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear, we learn why and how we are afraid, and why we don't want to live without fear.  This episode is brought to you by You&Yours Financial, VOX, and The New Yorker.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"My ten-year old got his first octopus all by himself" Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a writer, television host, and a board member of the David Suzuki Foundation. She lives in Haida Gwaii.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Do the same rules apply to Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer as to the rest of us? Do the rules matter any more? Could this finally be the end of conspiracy theories? Nora Loreto co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"If we are looking like we are one of the girls just dancing having fun, it's probably performative" Brad Allen and Andrés Sierra are two of the co-founders of Club Quarantine, a nightly queer party that meets on the video-conferencing platform Zoom. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I do participate in society." Kate Beaton is an excellent cartoonist. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. The Deplorables that surrounded the Trump presidential campaign have all but disappeared from the mainstream web, but New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz says it's the ideology of Silicon Valley that allowed them to prosper, and what catapulted them to fame remains. This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks and Article.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. For weeks, we’ve all been trying to flatten the curve. But how do we measure our success if the numbers informing that curve aren’t reliable? And how do the big newspaper chains justify taking government wage subsidies at the same time as laying off staff? Chris Selley co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by PolicyMe and Squarespace.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I got scolded by the deputy mayor of Los Angeles for not including Funyuns in my tweet" Choose wisely: https://twitter.com/_Matty_H_/status/1246596389607530496Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"This is the death of neoliberalism."Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Reporter Justin Ling speaks with prisoners across Canada terrified of COVID-19 sweeping through the prison population.  This episode is brought to you by WealthBar, Audible, and Hover. Additional music:  "Contention" "Scenery," and "Dark Alleys" by Kai Engel, "Unanswered Questions" by Kevin MacLeod, and "Cylinder Five" by Chris Zabriskie.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"When this is all over, I never want to Zoom again." David Sax's new book is coming out in the midst of a pandemic. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Has the messaging about whether to wear a face mask been contradictory? How do you report on sports in a world without them? And a roundup of the bad COVID-19 coverage from the last week. Morgan Campbell co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Audible and WealthBar.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I have been obsessed with virtual reality” Robert Jago is a writer and head of an education firm. He lives in Montreal.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I've been watching old NBA games and breaking them down on Instagram Live." Shad is an artist and host of Hip Hop Evolution, available on Netflix.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Our first ever call-in show. From Quebec to British Columbia to Nunavut to Brooklyn, Coronavirus has disrupted the lives of Canadaland listeners. Here's what they have to say.  This episode is brought to you by Audible.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Put on normal clothes, remember to stretch... That doesn't help. You're still in the prison of your own mind."  Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. COVID-19 coverage continues, for the most part, to be even-handed. But that’s not why you listen to this podcast. A look at what’s going wrong in Canadian reporting, as well as the personal and economic impact the pandemic is having on newsrooms. Jan Wong co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by PolicyMe, Audible, Article, and WealthBar.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.