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rabble radio brings you closer to the stories that matter to you. If you’re curious about the latest news in Canadian politics, labour, environment, or social justice, you’ve come to the right place. This is news for the rest of us – free of corporate influence.
Hello and welcome to rabble radio. It’s Friday, January 21, 2022. I’m Breanne Doyle, the host of rabble radio. Thanks for tuning in. rabble’s got its finger on the beat of the stories that matter to you. If you’re curious about the latest in Canadian politics, labour, environment, or health – you’ve come to the…
Hello and welcome to rabble radio. It’s Friday, January 14, 2022. I’m Breanne Doyle, your new host of rabble radio. Thanks for tuning in. Where is Chelsea? Where, indeed. Well, as some of you may be aware, our dear Chelsea Nash has taken a job at the Hill Times in Ottawa. We’ll miss her here…
Stephen Wentzell sits down with Chris Draenos of Vancouver’s Community Based Research Centre to discuss how his work is providing Canadians with accessible sexual healthcare.
Chelsea Nash looks back at rabble radio’s top stories of 2021 – including Brent Patterson’s Wetʼsuwetʼen coverage, all the political news that came out of the 2021 snap election, and much more.
This week on the podcast, rabble contributor Brent Patterson interviews Wet’suwet’en land defenders Eve Saint and Jocelyn, or Jocey, Alec. Eve and Jocey are sisters who have 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.
We share a clip from our most recent monthly political panel, Off the Hill, featuring El Jones, Clayton Thomas-Muller, and MP Leah Gazan.
Libby Davies sits down with Dr. Jeanette Ashe to discuss the barriers that continue to exist for women in Canadian politics, despite the fact that the electorate is actually more likely to support women candidates.
Libby Davies and Rita Wong discuss Fairy Creek — the site of ongoing protests against old-growth logging on the southern portion of Vancouver Island. The protests have been going on for over a year now, with many activists — Rita included — travelling to and from the region when they can at the invitation of Pacheedaht First Nation elder Bill Jones and hereditary leader Victor Peter, upon whose lands the logging is taking place.
This week on the show, Hamilton local Wayne MacPhail interviews rabble contributor and fellow Hamilton-area local Doreen Nicoll about what she sees as the threat of urban sprawl in Hamilton, Ontario.
Stephen Wentzell speaks with American legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky to talk about his new book: Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Trudeau introduced his new cabinet to the country, shaking up his inner circle and giving us a peek into who he trusts most. There’s a lot we can learn about a government from the PM’s cabinet picks. What regions are represented? Whose got the chops for the top portfolios, like finance or global affairs? While there aren’t any “official” demotions… who is being given a less prestigious portfolio and who is being cast out of cabinet completely? There’s a lot to unpack.
Some might say the unveiling of a new cabinet is like Christmas for political nerds…I guess here at rabble we are no exception. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Trudeau introduced his new cabinet to the country, shaking up his inner circle and giving us a peek into who he trusts most. There’s a lot we can…
