Dear rabble readers,
This week, we mark a special milestone for rabble.ca; this Friday marks our 500th episode of rabble radio!
In celebration, let’s take a trip down memory lane together and revisit some of our favourite episodes over the years…
Review some of our favourite interviews here…
We’ve been talking about restorative justice for a long time. From 2015, this episode of rabble radio explores the Dalhousie dentistry scandal through the lens of restorative justice, as reported by Moira Donovan. Featuring insights from Fia Jampolsky, El Jones, and Sue Goyette, the episode examines how restorative justice was applied—raising questions about privilege, systemic racism, and the role of empathy and art in healing and accountability. The conversation challenges whether the process truly served justice or protected the futures of those already in positions of power.
In this January 2018 episode, we reflect on the one-year anniversary of the historic Women’s Marches, which saw millions protest in response to Donald Trump’s inauguration. As the first year of his presidency brought worsening conditions for women in the U.S., the episode features renewed calls to action, including an interview with Vancouver organizer Samantha Monckton ahead of that year’s marches across North America.
In 2019, Graeme Truelove joined Victoria Fenner to talk about his book Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North, which looked specifically at Canada’s treatment and attitudes towards Muslim people. The book looks further back, and demonstrates that our treatment of Muslims isn’t all that different from our treatment of other people of non-white heritage throughout our history.
In December 2021, Brent Patterson interviewed Wet’suwet’en land defenders Eve Saint and Jocelyn Alec. Eve and Jocelyn are sisters who had been arrested and criminalized for defending their sovereign territory in northern British Columbia from a fracked gas pipeline being built on those lands without consent.
In early 2022, rabble partnered with the Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Unions. Together, we developed the Nurses’ Voices: Stories of courage and determination in the face of COVID-19 book. The book illustrates how the pandemic upended nurses’ lives – and how, despite it all, their commitment to their patients remained unwavering. We interviewed over 25 healthcare professionals from across the country and asked them to share what they’d like our audience to know about their experiences working through this deadly virus. In this episode, we shared snippets of those interviews.
From June 2023, national politics reporter Stephen Wentzell sat down with Red Buffalo Nova Weipert, an Ojibwe Two-Spirit, transgender artist, filmmaker, and storyteller to talk about how their multi-layered Indigenous identity informs their creative and professional work.
In 2024, Louise Smith from Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) joined rabble editor Nick Seebruch to talk about the work IJV does advocating for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine and how all forms of oppression are connected.
And this year, Devon Matthews, the head of programs at Rainbow Railroad joined our show to discuss the important work that organization is doing to support 2SLGBTQIA folks across the globe. Rahma Esslouani, a newcomer to Canada originally from Morocco, also joined and shared their story of pride and resilience.
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Wow. Narrowing down just a few favourites out of the 500 episode-catalog we have was certainly challenging! I’m sure I missed a personal favourite or two…
Do you have a favourite rabble radio episode? Let us know over social media! Tag @rabbleca on Twitter/X, BlueSky, Mastodon, Facebook and Instagram today and let us know what you think (and who you hope we feature in an upcoming episode)!
Finally, our 500th episode is being released as we enter week six of our summer fundraiser. If you love the podcast and want to support the work we do, please consider contributing a one-time or monthly donation. We can’t do this work without your support!
Thank you as always!
And happy listening!
Breanne Doyle, rabble radio host and producer
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