December 20, 2024
Best of rabble radio 2024
Another year, come and gone. Let’s review some of our favourite rabble radio interviews from 2024.
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December 13, 2024
Will closing down supervised consumption sites in Ontario really make communities safer?
Dr. Alexander Caudarella, the CEO from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, talks about the benefits and misconceptions of supervised consumption sites and how whole communities must work together to discover what feels safe for all.
December 6, 2024
The future of diversity, equity and inclusion in Canada
Amy Blanding joins rabble radio to discuss her recent departure from Northern Health after expressing her own personal solidarity with Palestine, and what the future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion might look like.
November 29, 2024
Protecting trans youth in Alberta and across the country with Egale Canada
Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Eleanor Wand sits down with Bennett Jensen, the director of legal at Egale Canada to discuss what’s at stake under proposed legislation targeting trans youth in Alberta.
November 22, 2024
Just how just is Canada’s justice system?
This week on rabble radio, we feature a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel, ‘How just is our justice system,’ featuring El Jones and Karl Nerenberg.
November 15, 2024
Efforts to unionize Amazon warehouses and improve working conditions for all
Félix Trudeau is the president of the first union to be certified at an Amazon warehouse in Canada. He joins labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga to talk about his efforts unionizing his colleagues and what other Canadian workers can learn from his experiences.
November 8, 2024
Donald Trump was just re-elected as president of the United States… Now what?
rabble editor Nick Seebruch sits down with parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg to discuss the results from this week’s presidential election in the States and how this will all inevitably influence Canada.
November 1, 2024
Demanding justice for Black federal employees and the power of collective healing
Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sat down with Bernadeth Betchi, a representative plaintiff for Thomas et al v. Canada, who shared why seeking justice through the court is meaningful to her.
October 25, 2024
Looking ahead to COP29 with the David Suzuki Foundation
Andréanne Brazeau from the David Suzuki Foundation sits down with Nick Seebruch to talk about COP29.
October 18, 2024
Catching up with Canadian – and U.S. – politics
Our panel featured NDP MP Niki Ashton; rabble columnist and policy analyst Chuka Ejeckam; poet and activist El Jones; and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg.
October 11, 2024
Solidarity with Palestine: How all forms of oppression are connected
This week on rabble radio, Louise Smith from Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) sits down with Nick Seebruch to talk about the work IJV does advocating for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine.
October 4, 2024
Fighting tip theft and protecting workers in Nova Scotia
Community organizer Syd Blum join us to talk about their work organizing workers in Nova Scotia and how they’re trying to bring the issue of tip theft to the attention of the provincial government.