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Welcome to your weekly report from Canada's #1 podcast community!  In this edition we:

 * spend an afternoon in Utopia
on SRSLY WRONG


* examine Mark Carney's tepid liberal centrism
on THE BREACH SHOW

* get existential about the NDP's future

on THE ORCHARD PODCAST

But first, did you know? - this weekend we're hosting Harbinger and Unrigged's 2nd Progressive Publics conference in Montreal! 




That's right - the second Progressive Publics Symposium is happening February 28th and March 1st at Concordia University featuring panels with scholars and the independent journalism community exploring surveillance and prison abolition, Canadian media and Palestine, data justice, the future of journalism and more with Harbinger hosts Paris Marx (Tech Won't Save Us), Megan Linton (Invisible Institutions), Shama Rangwala (Replay), Pivot's Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours (La shop est fermée) and Claire Ross (Autour de l'Info), Michael Bueckert (CJPME Debrief) The Rover's Chris Curtis and Isaac Peltz (The Midnight Choir) and the Data Justice Hub (Data Decoded), plus a live recording of The Breach Show with Desmond Cole and guests, Rob Rousseau in conversation with Palestinian Youth Movement, musical comedy from trans satirist Eve Parker-Finley and a lot more.  If you're in town just RSVP hopefully see you there!

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Now here's the latest in new releases:

  David Moscrop sits down with host Donya Ziaee to reflect on Carneygeddon in a conversation unpacking the ‘green banker’ and free market enthusiast who might just become Canada’s next prime minister.  (Montreal/Ottawa)

   Ontario School Board Council of Unions president Joe Tigani joins PressProgress‘ reporter Eric Wickham to talk about the compounding catastrophe's of an education system in crisis under Doug Ford.  (Toronto/Kitchener)

  On episode 59 Vancouver Centre NDP nominee Avi Lewis sits down Jeremy Appel to discuss why he thinks the NDP is the party Canadians need at this moment of intersecting crises. (Edmonton/Vancouver)

   Senior WIRED editor Makena Kelly joins Paris Marx to discuss how Elon Musk’s DOGE is reshaping the US government and the consequences that has for government employees and the wider public. (St. John's/New York City)

  On ep330 of the internationally acclaimed utopian leftist comedy podcast The Wrong Boys suggest that now that you're here why don't you stay awhile with a new episode exploring what it would be like to spend a leisurely afternoon in a Utopian society.  (Vancouver)

  On a new episode of Harbinger's weekly syndicated campus and community radio show we explain why Canada's economy could be facing an apocalyptic scenario under Trump’s terror tariffs on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, say a sad farewell to Duncan Kinney on his final episode of THE PROGRESS REPORT and more. (Edmonton/Ottawa/Montreal)

  On episode 4 hear highlights from last November's inaugural Progressive Publics conference in Toronto featuring Green Majority's Stefan Hostetter with guests Harbinger board director and University of Toronto political science scholar Dr. Jess Green and Re-Generation director Gareth Gransaull in a conversation exploring the state of the Climate Justice Movement in Canada.  (Toronto)

  On a new episode of the Perspectives Journal podcast Unifor and The Broadbent Institute present Parkdale–High Park first-time Ontario NDP candidate Alexa Gilmour and host Peggy Nash in a conversation explaining why progressive campaigning can be the antidote for despair.  (Toronto)

 
Alberta Worker editor Kim Siever joins Jim Storrie and Jeremy Appel to talk about his labour-focused journalism, the still-developing AHS procurement scandal and the province's ongoing education strike.  (Edmonton/Lethbridge)


  Vancouver Co-op Radio's flagship news and current affairs show's 46th season continues with interviews explaining why Canada needs an east-west electricity grid instead of another oil pipeline, a report on how the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Quebec's secularism law and more. (Vancouver/Victoria)

  On episode 955 Lauren Latour unpacks the most important energy news of the past four weeks with Mitchell Beer, founding publisher and managing editor of the website and weekly newsletter The Energy Mix(Ottawa) 

  Istanbul activist Şeyma Altundal joins Stefan Christoff to talk about youth activist organizing in Turkey to challenge the economic ties and relationships between Turkish corporations with the Israeli government. (Montreal/Istanbul)

 

                                                      IN OTHER MEDIA:                                            

* CANADIANS FOR TAX FAIRNESS and THE PARKLAND INSTITUTE are hosting an affordability town hall: Fair Taxes, Affordable Futures: Building an Economy for Everyone is happening Thursday, March 6 in room L1-490 at the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA), 11405 87 Ave NW, Edmonton. Doors at 6, event begins at 6:30pm

* THE END OF SPORT co-host Nathan Kalman-Lamb was prohibited from entering the US to speak at his own book event - find out more at The Nation and find his and Derik Silva's new book The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game, available now from UNC Press.

* VICTOR'S CHILDREN host David Camfield's new book Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future is available now for pre-order from Fernwood Publishing - use code 'DC15' for 15% off any of Camfield's books.

* TECH WON'T SAVE US host Paris Marx has a new weekly tech news show with critic Brian Merchant you won't want to miss called System Crash - find new episodes wherever you get your podcasts - and don't forget to vote in Round 2 of TWSU's annual 'The Worst Person in Tech' event beginning tomorrow!

* UNRIGGED is a national journalism community featuring 25 publishers covering news and current events including BriarpatchThe IndependentThe BreachThe Hoserle Co-op de Solidarité Pivot, the Harbinger community and nineteen others - find out more at unrigged.ca.

ROB ROUSSEAU discusses topics of interest to the left M-F from 12-4 EST on Twitch with highlights available on Youtube.

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We'll be back next Wednesday with a new newsletter featuring the best in progressive Canadian podcasts talk to you then ❄️❄️❄️
 

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