The Backbench
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Episodes: 173
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Description
Your Twitter feed is a dumpster fire, and dinner table discussions aren’t exactly what they used to be. That’s why in 2024, The Backbench is going to bring the issues that matter into focus — and have fun doing it.
With the next federal election looming, host Mattea Roach (Jeopardy! Super Champion) and featured guests will help you make sense of Canadian politics with a mix of engaging, myth-busting, rug-pulling analysis and personal stories straight from the mouths of those caught in the crosshairs.
New episodes every other Tuesday.
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Conservative Comic-Con
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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State of Emergency Rooms
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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The Convoy Keeps Rolling
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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The Hate U Post
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Failing Universities 101
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With Trans People?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Could Canada Be Complicit in a ‘Plausible Genocide’?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Selling Sunset, Buying Stress
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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2023 Was the Year of Political Nonsense
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Food Bank Industrial Complex
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Roots of Tension in Canada’s Israel-Palestine Discourse
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Yukon's Path to Indigenous Self-Governance
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Israel, Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Would You Listen to a Government Regulated Podcast?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The End of Canadaland
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Where Anti-Sikh Press Leads Us & Manitoba Marks the Ballot
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Students in Strip Malls
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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GenZ’s Political Apathy-ocalypse
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Backbench Catch Up
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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The Controversial Carbon Tax
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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What’s Up With Canada’s Political Left?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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The Musical Voice of the Nation
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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A Conversation With Erin O’Toole
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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These Rights Are Precarious: A History of LGBTQ+ Liberties
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: Can Canada's AI Act Save Us?
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May 30, 2023 |
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Alberta’s Wildfires Meet an Even Wilder Election
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May 16, 2023 |
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PSAC Strike and the Future of Labour
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May 02, 2023 |
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Who Benefits From Public Safety?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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The Federal Budget: Betting on Clean Tech
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Welcome to The Backbench
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Food Costs Soar, Banks Collapse
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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A Ruckus at Roxham Road
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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99 Spy Balloons & 1 Rouleau Report
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Bail Reform And National Reconciliation
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Should Canada Intervene In Haiti?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Flatlining On Healthcare
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Backbench Live: A Year in Review
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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A Matter Of Life And Death
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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TL;DR – Emergencies Act Inquiry
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Lost In Inflation
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Who's Afraid Of A Contested Election?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Introducing our new series: Ratfucker
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Guns And Wild Roses
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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NDP - New Dental Plan
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Picking Apart Pierre's Populism
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Meet Mattea Roach, Our New Host! (Teaser)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Fatima’s Last Episode
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Leaders Who Don't Lead
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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The Catastrophe Commissioner
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Why Don’t Women Run For Office?
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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All Policing Is Political
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Justinflation Or Chrystia Frecession
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Does Voting Have To Suck?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Notes From a Young Progressive Conservative
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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A Jason Kenney-Sized Hole
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May 31, 2022 |
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Is Canada Ready to Decriminalize Drugs?
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May 24, 2022 |
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What Do Women Want? Sexual Healthcare
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May 17, 2022 |
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Confessions Of An International Student
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May 10, 2022 |
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A Generation-Defining Inquiry
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May 03, 2022 |
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The Conservative Candidating Game
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Can Government Fix Housing?
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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An Audience With The Pope
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Screaming Children, Dying Planet
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Justin And Jagmeet's Experiment In Democracy
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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A Shit Ton of Energy Insecurity
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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A Conversation With Bob Rae
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Teaser: We're going weekly!
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Contradictions In Conflict
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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In Case of An Emergency
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Maximum Chaos
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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The NDP's Progressive Struggles
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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The So-Called Era Of Reconciliation
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Economy As Entertainment?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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A Bill That's Ideally Never Used
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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A Cynical Guide To COP26
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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A Money Manel: Equalization & Inflation
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Two Former MPs Dish On China & Climate
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Truth, Reconciliation and China
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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A Conversation With A PPC Voter
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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An Unconsequential Election
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Fairy Tales & Picture Books
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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An Emergency, But First An Election
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Health Vs. Healthcare
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Afghanistan & Affordability
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Teaser: An Election Means A Weekly Backbench
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Introducing The White Saviors
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Erin O'Toole Doesn't Want to Fight
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Border Politics
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Pandering Season
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 5 - A Two-Dose Election?
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 4 - The Politics Of Genocide: Kamloops Fallout
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 3 - Big Telecom, Big Quebec
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 2 - Justin Trudeau Has No Friends
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May 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 1 - Every Province For Itself
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May 04, 2021 |
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Introducing Our New Show: The Backbench
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 77 - Mao's Love Poetry and Chinese QAnon
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Ep. 76 - Biden's Clean Break
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Ep. 75 - What's The Point Of The NDP?
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Ep. 74 - The Pre-U.S. Election Anxiety Show
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 73 - Made In Canada Without Pride
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 72 - Snap Election Clapback, CERB Forever!
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Ep. 71 - Fall Political Preview
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Ep. 70 - Who's Afraid Of The COVID Alert App?
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Ep. 69 - QAnon Comes To Canada
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Ep. 68 - Why Working Moms Are Dreading September
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Ep. 67 - Everybody Else Is Abolishing The Police, So Why Can’t We?
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Ep. 66 - Get Me Outta Scheer
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 65 - Stuck In the Middle With Meng Wanzhou
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 64 - An Epidemic Of Racism
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May 19, 2020 |
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Ep. 63 - Under Cover Of Covid
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May 05, 2020 |
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Ep. 62 - Why This Recession Is Hitting Women Harder
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Ep. 61 - White Trash Hello Kitty
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Ep. 60 - A Virus Designed To Test Society’s Weak Points
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Ep. 59 - Double Trouble: Oil's Burst Bubble
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Introducing: Cool Mules
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 58 - A Seizure of Political Power In Wet'suwet'en Territory
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Ep. 57 - Peter MacKay's Yoga Tweet Apology Tour
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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Ep. 56 - A Huawei Executive Defends Their Record
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Ep. 55 - Canada Gets Kicked In The Teeth
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 54 - The Biggest Resignation Of The Year
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Ep. 53 - OPPO Goes Nuclear
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 52 - The Guy Behind Ontario Proud
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Ep. 51 - Ministry Of Pandering
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Ep. 50 - 50 Things We Want From The 43rd Parliament
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Ep. 49 - Lisa Raitt’s Conservative Party Autopsy
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Ep. 48 - Useful Losers
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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Ep. 47 - Is Scheer Done?
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Ep. 46 - About Last Night
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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Ep. 45 - We Haven't Gotten To Truth Yet
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Ep. 44 - OPPO's Big Queer Foreign Policy Extravaganza!
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Ep. 43 - The First Official Leaders' Debate
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Ep. 42 - Coasts With The Mosts
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Ep. 41 - Let's Talk Tech! ... And Blackface
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Ep. 40 - A Modest Plan To Eat The Rich
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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Ep. 39 - Who Has The Whitest Candidates? (It’s Not The PPC!)
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 38 - Our House In The Middle Of An Election
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Ep. 37 - Is Jason Kenney Stoking Aberta Separatism?
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Ep.36 - Fake News Election Panic
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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EP. 35 - How Alberta Got Weed Right
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Ep.34 - Does Québec Get A Pass On Racism?
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Ep.33 - Don't Worry Britain, Stephen Harper Will Fix Brexit
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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Ep.32 - You Have No Constitutional Right To An Abortion
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Ep.31 - Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Ep.30 - The Best And Worst Election Ads So Far
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May 21, 2019 |
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Ep.29 - The Case For Guns In Canada
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May 07, 2019 |
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Ep.28 - Provinces At War
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Ep.27 - Bozo Volcano
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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Ep.26 - Jason Kenney's $60,000 Problem
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Ep.25 - Trudeau's OTHER Festering Scandal
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Ep.24 - Everybody Loves Raybould
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Ep.23 - This Scandal Will Live And Die In February
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Ep.22 - The Political Parties' Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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Ep.21 - Sino The Times
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Ep.20 - Where's Jagmeet Singh? He's On OPPO!
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Ep.19 - All I Want For Christmas Is A New Justice Minister
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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Ep.18 - OPPO Flop House
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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Ep.17 - The Fascists Are Calling From Inside The House
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Ep.16 - The Canadian Military's Radicalism Problem
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Ep. 15 - Sure Climate Change Is Bad, But Do We Need Florida?
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Ep.14 - The Liberals Are Doing An Awful Job On Justice
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Ep. 13 - CAQ-Blocked
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Ep.12 - Weekend At Bernier's
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Ep.11 - This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Year In Review
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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Ep.10 - Why'd You NAFTA Go And Make Things So Complicated?
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Ep.9 - Ontario Election Spectacular!
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May 29, 2018 |
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Ep.8 - Quebec Explained and Antagonizing David Frum
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May 15, 2018 |
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Ep.7 - Convicted Criminal, Fraudster, Financial Bandit
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May 01, 2018 |
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Ep.6 - Decentralized Hot Mess
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Ep.5 - Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sussex Street?
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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Ep.4 - Counter-PsyOps is a Good Place to Start
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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Ep.3 - Oh Great, A Trade War
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Ep.2 - Patrick Brown Goes Full Sh**storm
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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So about those Justin Trudeau rumours...
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Feb 06, 2018 |