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- COMMONS: The Police - Dirty Tricks
Monday, December 28th 2020
A teenage boy and his friends start robbing banks in Toronto. A future Prime Minister is deported from Montreal. A Black Panther in Baltimore goes to prison for four decades. And the RCMP is split apart by the biggest scandal in the force's history. At the heart of it all is one man. He calls himself the General.
Featured in this episode: Ricky Atkinson, David Austin, Robin Philpot, Lennox Farrell, Gary Cristall
To learn more: The Life, Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson, Leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang by Richard Atkinson with Joe Fiorito Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex & Security in Sixties Montreal by David Austin Ninth Floor by Mina Shum Marshall Law: The Life & Times of a Baltimore Black Panther by Marshall “Eddie” Conway
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- Ep. 258 - Christmas In The Newsroom
Thursday, December 24th 2020
Stories of big news breaking when everyone else is on vacation.
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- Ep. 352 - Drunk Uncle Holiday Argument Simulator
Monday, December 21st 2020
The holidays, as we know them, are cancelled. So we asked people to call Jesse and argue about... whatever, in the true spirit of this festive season.
Featuring CBC Radio host Piya Chattopadhyay, 12:36 newsletter maker Marc Weisblott, journalist Kareem Shaheen, Maureen from Calgary, Simon from Toronto, and more.
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- Short Cuts #290 - Justice Is Served, Portions Are Small
Thursday, December 17th 2020
They're lobster criminals, not lobster vigilantes. Does the CBC's President live in Brooklyn or just sleep there in a house she owns? And Brayden Bushby's verdict offers a moment to reflect on who deserves humanity. Former CAJ President Karyn Pugliese co-hosts.
References:Here's MIT Technology Review's story on biased algorithms and Timnit Gebru getting fired: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/16/1014634/google-ai-ethics-lead-timnit-gebru-tells-story/
Here's our story on the President of the CBC living in Brooklyn: https://www.canadaland.com/the-president-of-the-cbc-lives-in-brooklyn/
This episode is sponsored by 18.8 , the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Wizard Pins, and HelloFresh.
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- Ep. 351 - A Uyghur Family Separated By China-Canada Politics
Monday, December 14th 2020
A Uyghur man imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for years was released over a decade ago, after the U.S. decided he wasn't an “enemy combatant” after all. But Ayoob Mohammed can't reunite with his wife and two kids who live in Canada. According to our immigration authorities, he was a member of an elusive terror organization. Our producer Tiffany Lam reports.
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