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

* review Danielle Smith's 2025 Alberta budget
on THE PROGRESS REPORT

* debunk the UK's misguided embrace of AI hype

on TECH WON'T SAVE US

 * write the Great Canadian Novel
on SWEATER WEATHER


But first, did you know? Canada's independent journalism community Unrigged is announcing an expansion of three new publishers today! 



That's right - three new publications are joining Unrigged's community of 25 publishers from coast to coast like PivotThe Rover, Press Progress, BriarpatchThe Breach, The Maple and more:

founded as a non-profit journal in 2014 L'Esprit Libre's mission has been to fournir un cadre inclusif pour parler d’actualité, la comprendre et contribuer sainement au débat public featuring thoughtful french-language articles on culture, society and politics

Since 2020 La Converse has been the leading média francophone qui rapporte les réalités des communautés marginalisées dans Montreal featuring in-depth investigative journalism and reporting and L'École Converse's training for young journalists (now available in English on their website, too)

⭐ launching in late 2024, your least favourite person's least favourite independent investigative journalist Rachel Gilmore's Bubble Pop is a newsletter, podcast and Youtube show breaking down the main headlines you need to know

You can find Studio la Converse as one of Harbinger's slate of 80 socially and politically progressive shows on the website, and watch for Bubble Pop to join the podcast community this spring!

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Now here's the latest in new releases:

   Momentum's Fae Johnstone joins Press Progress Ontario reporter Eric Wickham to talk about why the time is right to build organizing infrastructure for the LGBTQ+ community and the national mass organizing call that happened on March 9. (Toronto/Ottawa)

   On episode 5 hear highlights from last November's inaugural Progressive Publics conference in Toronto featuring The Resolve editor Matt DimeraPress Forward lead Vicky Mochama and The Breach’s Desmond Cole in a conversation reflecting on their careers in Canadian journalism.  (Toronto)

  Macrodose host James Meadway joins Paris Marx to discuss how the UK Labour Party is embracing AI regardless of the cost and the consequences of allowing US companies to dominate the digital economy in so many other countries. (St. John's/London)

  Host Rachel Cairns sits down with 'Erica' to deconstruct the arbitrary limits we place on reproductive choices in a conversation challenging the stigma around abortion, especially when you need more than one. (Toronto)

 
On a new episode Dr. Wing Li from Support Our Students and Chris Gallaway from Friends of Medicare join Progress Alberta's Jim Storrie and Jeremy Appel to dissect Alberta's 2025 budget. (Edmonton)


  On a new episode of Harbinger's weekly syndicated campus and community radio show we introduce the BDS Movement’s official boycott app on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, ask what’s the NDP’s purpose with Avi Lewis on THE ORCHARDCAST and more. (Edmonton/Ottawa/Montreal)

  
Co-hosts Naomi K. Lewis and Aaron Giovannone discuss
 what constitutes The Great Canadian Novel, the complex question of national identity in literature and how Canadian literature often defines itself in opposition to American culture.  (Calgary)

  Vancouver Co-op Radio's flagship news and current affairs show's 46th season continues with interviews reporting on the BC NDP tabling a provincial budget as Trump continues to threaten tariffs, looking at how Trump's bullshit fits into historical patterns of authoritarian political speech and more. (Vancouver/Victoria)

  The panel talk about tipping-point early warning systems, the Indonesian nickel rush and Wet'suwet'en, Mi'kmaq, and Canadian insurance companies, then Dave Gray-Donald interviews Reverend Keyanna Jones Moore about the history of Atlanta's Cop City.  (Ottawa/Toronto/Atlanta) 

                                                    IN OTHER MEDIA:                                            

* THE PROGRESS REPORT host Duncan Kinney is being targeted by the Edmonton Police and Alberta Crown Prosecution for a 10 year prison sentence on the charge of vandalism of a 14th Waffen SS cenotaph. He has pled 'not guilty' you can support his legal defense fund here.

* 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, and find his new piece 'Against imperialism, without exception' at Briarpatch magazine. 

* 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.

* 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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