Episode 38 – Toronto live show Q&A | Sandy and Nora talk politics Podcast

Episode 13: Is the NDP supporting Jagmeet Singh enough?: This week, Sandy and Nora talk about how journalists have let racism take over their coverage of Jagmeet Singh, and whether or not the NDP is really doing what it must to support Singh through these attacks. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

40 min listen

Episode 1: How can anyone think Toronto road tolls are progressive?: In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine the arguments that some progressive men have made about the road tolls that had been proposed on the DVP and the Gardiner Expressway. They also sign on for the first time in what will certainly be, an historic show. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

25 min listen

Episode 8: From Me too Us: the limits of the Me Too movement: This episode explores the Me Too movement. From Patrick Brown, to the poisonous and pervasive sexism within politics, to broader movement issues and questions, we take a tour of the state of feminism today. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

44 min listen

Episode 15: fighting gentrification: Gentrification is one of the most pressing problems that currently faces the left — and yet, the left often struggles to identify, explain and effectively fight the forced displacement of poor, racialized and minority communities. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

41 min listen

Episode 4: police, Pride and protecting their own: In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Ottawa police and wristbands, remembering Abdirahman Abdi, Pride Toronto and the history of policing in general. The police show — not likely to be our last police show. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

34 min listen

Episode 7: No justice for Colten Boushie — Canada’s white supremacy problem: This episode starts off featuring Jade Tootootsis, Colten Boushie’s cousin, at a press conference following the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in Colten’s death. Jade reminds people to get organized and be mobilized to fight for justice. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

25 min listen

Episode 33 – Changing of the guard in Quebec: On Oct. 1, Quebecers go to the polls. They’re likely to boot out the Liberals and replace them with — something. Probably the CAQ. But the surge in support for the left-wing Québec solidaire is important. Sandy and Nora talk about the election, by Sandy and Nora talk politics

43 min listen

Episode 11: Post-mortem on the NDP convention: The NDP policy convention happened mid-February in Ottawa. Nora and Sandy talk about what happened, what didn’t happen, and why Palestinian solidarity remains so hard for the party apparatus to embrace. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

36 min listen

Episode 5: Scheming Liberals and their Schemey Schemes: Has there ever been a scheme with a progressive veneer and a regressive outcome that the Liberals haven’t loved? In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Ontario budget, Liberal Schemes and how progressives need to resist Liberal logic that is in... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

36 min listen

Episode 9: Injustice and Tina Fontaine: In this podcast, Sandy and Nora talk about the Raymond Cormier trial, his acquittal, and the racist, colonial systems at play that consistently deny justice to Indigenous women and girls, like Tina Fontaine. There can be no justice on stolen land. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

21 min listen

Episode 3: The white supremacy episode by Sandy and Nora talk politics

37 min listen

Episode 75 – #BlackFaceTrudeau and Canadian white supremacy: It feels like so long ago: Justin Trudeau in Blackface hit the election cycle like an atomic bomb. What did journalists miss? How bad was the coverage? And what does this affair tell us about who Canada really is? by Sandy and Nora talk politics

52 min listen

Episode 30 – Doug Ford, sex ed resistance, gender and effective trolling by Sandy and Nora talk politics

62 min listen

Episode 17, part one: the eye of the alt-right online hurricane: Nora and Sandy talk about the news that has bombarded them both this week: that it’s never the right time and it’s never the right place to talk about systemic injustice. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

42 min listen

Episode 2: “Feminist” Trudeau provides progressive cover for sexist Trump: In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Trudump: the meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump. Spoiler: feminism was used to hide deeply unfeminist cross-border cooperation plans. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

27 min listen

Episode 14: The Financial Literacy Hoax: The Ontario Liberals have announced that Grade 10 students will have new financial literacy education. Sandy and Nora ask: why? What’s missing in the curriculum that makes this a necessary promise? Or, is this a vacant and crass political promise that’... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

35 min listen

Episode 27 – Dutty Doug Ford: Doug Ford’s campaign of shock and awe is well underway. Sandy and Nora talk about some of the changes, and how Ford’s “For the People” rhetoric leaves behind anyone who isn’t white and male and healthy and rich. Since we recorded, by Sandy and Nora talk politics

42 min listen

Episode 29 – Online violence and grace under fire: This is Sandy and Nora’s first live taping. Sponsored by the YWCA-Hamilton Feminist Popular Education, Sandy and Nora talk about what it’s like to be a woman with an opinion, online. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

40 min listen

Episode 10: Liberal schemes redux: when the scheme intends to undermine organizing: What’s behind the Federation of Black Canadians? Sandy and Nora talk about everything they know about how the Liberals use, manipulate and influence organizations to help promote their own policies, and warn folks to be careful when an organization see... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

39 min listen

Episode 38 – Toronto live show Q&A: Should progressives engage with the mainstream media? How do we make space for families in our movements? How do we gauge success? In Part 2 of 3 of our live event in Toronto, Sandy and Nora cover a wide range of topics that are mostly unrelated to the... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

45 min listen

Episode 22: it’s time to shittalk #ONELXN: With just over one week to go, the Ontario election is spinning out to be the most exciting one to watch in a generation — if by exciting we mean hilarious, which we do! Sandy and Nora take time with each party and examine all the reasons for why they ... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

47 min listen

Episode 19: To be not a man online.: Sandy and Nora dive into the Toronto attack and what we know of the world that Alek Minassian is thought to have been a part of. From MRAs to real-life violence, why don’t men believe women, and where are men in responding to other men? by Sandy and Nora talk politics

46 min listen

Episode 12: Douggie F, the new leader of the Ontario PC Party: The people of the “Progressive” Conservative Party of Ontario have spoken, and Doug Ford is their leader. What does this mean for progressives, if anything? How should they respond, if at all? In this podcast, by Sandy and Nora talk politics

41 min listen

Episode 6: police, racism and journalists who just don’t get it: On the long-awaited Episode 6, Sandy and Nora talk about financial literacy curriculum, Nazis in the Toronto Library and police in schools, and how on each story, journalists keep getting it wrong. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

39 min listen

Episode 18: Right-wing extremism on trial: is Canada paying attention?: The shooter of the Quebec City mosque, Alexandre Bissonnette’s sentencing hearing is underway. What have we learned about his extremist views? Now that Islamophobia and racism have been clearly identified as his motivation, by Sandy and Nora talk politics

41 min listen

Episode 45 – Doug Ford reduces tuition fees, smashes OSAP, screws student: Just in time for Sandy and Nora’s first show of 2019, Doug Ford wages war on higher education. Sandy and Nora break down this announcement and offer arguments for how to push back against a Liberal frame that is just as much to blame. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

39 min listen

Episode 39 – Sandy and Nora live in Toronto Q&A part 2: In part 3 of 3 of Sandy and Nora’s Nov. 2 live show in Toronto, the audience exchange continues. It starts with a critical question: how can activists navigate spaces like a university, when the university claims to want to fight oppression while at th... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

39 min listen

Episode 21: Canada’s racist border policies: Sandy and Nora talk about Canada’s borders: from refugee claimants from the United States to CBSA, where innocent people are housed in maximum security facilities, Canadians need to start asking questions about what their government is doing to familie... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

42 min listen

Episode 59 – Can we learn from what just happened in Alberta?: Sandy and Nora talk Alberta — finally! There are many lessons to be learned from how the Alberta NDP governed, how Jason Kenney governs himself, and what they’ve said is in store for Alberta under a UCP government. by Sandy and Nora talk politics

49 min listen

Episode 35 – How to fight hate in Toronto: In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fallout from the Toronto election, and how progressives need to think about fighting the rising visibility of hatred in the GTA. And: MARK YOUR CALENDARS You’re invited to a live show in Toronto on Friday,... by Sandy and Nora talk politics

47 min listen

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