I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Two American ex-pats, separated by 7500 kilometers and their levels of optimism, take on the issues of the day in the United States, Canada, Europe and the world. They hunt down news you might have missed, sometimes provide good insights, and shake their heads at the rampant idiocy in the world more often than can be considered healthy ... good thing they live in countries with socialized medicine!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Austerity fever

April 9, 2012

| Austerity fever is catching, and it isn't a pleasant disease. Symptoms include unemployment, growing wealth gaps, crumbling infrastructure and more. We diagnose it and give some health tips.

38:26 minutes (35.19 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Below the belt: Politics and dirty tricks

March 20, 2012

| The robocall scandal to suppress the vote in Canada still has legs but Canadians aren't quite yet in the pro-league when it comes to vote suppression. Plus, mind-numbing attacks on women's rights.

38:03 minutes (34.84 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Does God hate vaginas? The religious right's attack on women's health

February 17, 2012

| Attempts to re-ignite the abortion debate in Canada, an all-male Congressional contraception hearing, the jaw-dropping remarks of Rick Santorum; women's health isn't on the right-wing God's agenda.

37:37 minutes (34.44 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Organized sports and Gingrich on the moon

January 27, 2012

| The players' association for the NFL in the U.S. comes out swinging against so-called "right to work" anti-union legislation and we talk labour and sports. Gingrich is over the moon for colonization.

33:04 minutes (30.27 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Below the fold: News you might have missed in 2011

December 21, 2011

| Our top choices from our feature Below The Fold where we seek out news that highlights the crazy, the frustrating and even the hopeful. Plus, bonus predictions for 2012.

46:13 minutes (42.31 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Official suckatude: Canada and the U.S. destroy the world

December 16, 2011

| It's official. The Harper government works to make the climate crisis worse. The U.S. government is officially giving itself the right to arrest and indefinitely detain its citizens.

36:01 minutes (32.98 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Democracy on the run: The Occupiers are told they can't, the U.S. 'supercommittee' isn't

November 22, 2011

| Challenges for the Occupy movement, the" supercommittee" isn't and technocratic governments start popping up. Plus climate crises news and other extremes.

38:45 minutes (35.48 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

A taxing conversation: Changing the tax debate

November 3, 2011

| Did you know 50 per cent of Americans don't pay tax? Neither do we, because despite what right-wing talking heads say, it isn't true. In fact, a lot of tax talk is misdirection.

36:30 minutes (50.13 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

World of class warfare

October 11, 2011

| Democracy in the streets is a good thing, and if people start talking about class and other privileges, it will be a good thing, though you wouldn't know it from the pundits.

33:14 minutes (45.64 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Fear and loathing, eh? Canadian PM brings the hate, where's the security?

September 27, 2011

| The PM goes all in with the hate, but where is the love for building communities and actually protecting people? Plus, the Koch brothers rear their ugly plans, and civil disobedience goes old school.

30:55 minutes (28.3 MB)