🔸🔷🔸 12 new episodes on The Week in Podcasts 🔸🔷🔸

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

* examine socialism or barbarism on THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR

* look at the price activists pay to protest Israel's genocide in Gaza on THE BREACH SHOW

* introduce Citizen's Assemblies on PULLBACK

But first: hey it's our 4th birthday!

That's right - since launching in October 2020 we've grown into an absolutely spectacular and expansive community of

⭐ seventy-seven entertaining and educational Canadian podcasts representing socially and politically progressive values

⭐ based in Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto, Lethbridge, Kingston, Calgary, Victoria, Surrey, Montreal, Benoit's Cove, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Val-David, Fredericton, London, Quebec City, Regina, Guelph, St. John's and internationally too and

⭐ partnered with exceptional journalism and activist organizations like The Breach, Press Progress, The Broadbent Institute, La Converse, CJPME, The Independent, la Coop de solidarité Pivot, The Rover, The Sierra Club, Cited Media, The Maple and many more

And tbh it's just such an amazing group of probably 200 journalists, activists and academics almost everywhere in so-called Canada and the unbelievable and really incredible thing is that so many of us are friends and allies in real life too like we really built a deliberate community here how cool is that 😭😭😭

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Now here's the latest in new releases:

El Jones and Martin Lukacs discuss the crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada over the past year and how to understand why it has been so severe and widespread. (Halifax/Montreal)

Pulitzer-prize winning Reign of Terror author Spencer Ackerman joins Paris Marx to discuss the past year of Israel's actions in Palestine and the innovations in war technology being used to carry out what the ICJ has deemed a "plausible" genocide in Gaza , then the show goes to Ireland, Spain, and Chile to learn about the effects of data centers on the ground and why some communities are fighting back on part 2 of a new four part series 'Data Vampires'. (Montreal/New York)

In a special Q&A episode of The Sierra Club's podcast hear an info session about why we focus on oil and gas corporations so much when discussing environmental blame and why finance is often made into an inaccessible topic to keep people out. (Toronto/Montreal)

Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation post-scholar Dimitri Courant joins Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson to explain what citizens assemblies are, how they can be used to address the climate crisis and how to design them to drive real change. (Ottawa/Vancouver/Cambridge, MA)

  Pieces of shit. What are they? Who are they? *turns to mirror* "Am I a piece of shit?" Join the Wrong Boys as they provide the answers to all these questions and more, right here, on a new episode of the international #1 smash hit "library socialism" podcast. (Vancouver)

The Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives' Jon Milton joins host Isaac Wylde on therover.ca's weekly podcast to sit down for a level-headed, practical conversation exploring socialism and how its fashy alternative leads to a dark place.  (Montreal)

  Vancouver Co-op Radio's flagship news and current affairs show's 45th season continues with interviews introducing a toolkit to help BC voters identify issues of concern for children and youth and explaining why involuntary treatment isn't the answer to BC's toxic drug crisis. (Vancouver)

Pour le cinquième épisode de la 7xième saison de Pivot's #1 balado de la reality TV Québecois les filles reçoivent Elkahna Talbi et ensemble elles discutent de la fausse ouverture, du ick et des illusions amoureuses (delulu). (Montreal)

  Harbinger Showcase is the community's weekly syndicated radio show featuring network highlights like on this week's episode investigating how Canadian news media distorts coverage of Israeli war crimes on THE NORTH STATE, examine the role of corporate agribusiness and the labour struggles that shape the industry on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE and more. (Calgary/Montreal/Kingston/Toronto)

Deceitful Media author Dr. Simone Natale joins host Jill Fellows to discuss his research into the legacy of the Turing Test and how the test for artificial intelligence has influenced subsequent AI research. (Vancouver/Turin)

Stefan Christoff welcomes filmmaker and artist Riar Rizaldo to talk about their project Tellurian Drama in a conversation exploring how recognized narratives around land and spirituality can shift depending on domestic political agenda. (Montreal/Jakarta)

Hosts David and Stefan Hostetter and Lauren Latour talk about prisoners locked in the path of storms and Israel’s war, then Replay host Dr. Shama Rangwala joins the show to talk about the life and legacy of Frederic Jemeson.  (Toronto/Ottawa)

IN OTHER MEDIA:

* CITED MEDIA presents a live panel discussion exploring 'CORPORATIONS ON CLIMATE: GREENWASHING OR PROGRESS' in collaboration with Harbinger, Another Story Bookshop and the National Observer on Wednesday, October 16th at the University of Toronto's Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue) you can register here.

* THE END OF SPORT co-hosts Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derik Silva's new book The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game is available now from UNC Press - use code 01SOCIAL30 to save 30%.

* UNRIGGED is a national journalism community featuring 25 publishers covering news and current events including Briarpatch, The Independent, The Breach, The Hoser, le Co-op de Solidarité Pivot, the Harbinger community and nineteen others - find out more at unrigged.ca.

* BIG SHINY TAKES & FORGOTTEN CORNER co-host Jeremy Appel's best-selling critical political biography 'Kenneyism' is available now at Dundurn Press and at your local library or bookstore.

* TAKE BACK THE FIGHT and THIRTYWOOD's Nora Loreto releases 10 minute news headlines every weekday morning on Sandy and Nora Talk Politics.

* 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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