PressProgress Sources
An award-winning podcast that digs deeper into important and often unreported issues, by the non-profit digital news organization PressProgress. Join the PressProgress team for conversations with experts and newsmakers across the country, including Editor Luke LeBrun, Alberta reporter Stephen Magusiak, and Associate Editor Rumneek Johal. Produced by Eric Wickham, Publisher Romy Garrido.
Winner of the 2024 Canadian Podcast Awards "Outstanding News and Current Affairs Series" category.
Episodes
34 episodes
Organizing Against Queer and Trans Hate Ahead of Rumoured Election
As Justin Trudeau announced that he’s stepping down as Liberal leader, and many are saying that a federal election is just around the corner, one community is getting organized to make sure they’re needs are heard by politicians.A Mass O...
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Episode 34
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Why Ontario Schools Are in Crisis Under Doug Ford
As education workers in Ontario experience unprecedented levels of violence in the workplace, staff shortages and burnout, experts say education is in crisis under Doug Ford.Educational assistants, custodians, secretaries, lunch supervis...
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Episode 33
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Donald Trump’s Tariff War Against Canada
Canada and the United States walked back from the brink of a full-blown trade war after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on products from Canada.While Trump has granted Canada a temporary 30-day "pause" on his t...
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Episode 32
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46:01
Why 3 Ontario Cities Just Declared Food Insecurity Emergencies
While Ontario is gearing up for Doug Ford’s early election, many Ontarians are struggling to make ends meet....
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24:07
Edmonton Police Versus Duncan Kinney
Duncan Kinney is an Edmonton-based journalist and editor of a digital publication focused on Alberta politics called The Progress Report.From scrutinizing police budgets, shining a light on how police handle the city's
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19:20
Stopping the Infernos: Alberta After the Jasper Fire
Residents of Jasper Alberta are finally returning to the town that made international headlines after it was devastated by a monster wildfire in July.Nearly a third of the town was damaged or destroyed, and the spot is currently closed t...
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33:33
My Dinner With Eric: Grocery Prices and the Loblaws Boycott
Canada’s expert on the rising costs at the grocery store (no, not that one) joins host Stephen Magusiak to discuss his latest project, the Grocery Tracker, which monitors the price of food ...
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34:05
After the assassination of a Canadian Sikh on Canadian soil, what did (or didn’t) the foreign interference commission reveal?
The foreign interference commission published its preliminary report — but the Sikh community in Canada says the inquiry largely overlooked India despite their role as a major threat of foreign interference in Canada. In the foreign...
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50:43
Rainbow Rallies: How Canada is Fighting Back Against a Wave of Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate
Canada has been seeing an unusual wave of anti-LGBTQ+ protests over the last year. These rallies and marches targeted drag storytime events at libraries
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24:14
Capital Gains Taxes: What Are They and Why Are Canada’s Ultra Rich Freaking Out?
Capital gains – what are they and why is everyone talking about them?This year’s federal budget, released on April 16, is
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52:23
Jason Kenney's rocky and scandal ridden pursuit of power, with Jeremy Appel
Author and journalist Jeremy Appel joins host Stephen Magusiak to discuss (almost) all things Jason Kenney: his quest for power, his influence in building the Conservative Party of Canada, his u...
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48:47
Ed Broadbent Spent a Lifetime Seeking Democracy, Equality and Real Freedom
You might know Ed Broadbent as the former leader of Canada's federal NDP.But Broadbent was more than just a political party leader -- he also spent a lifetime seeking social and democratic change outside partisan politics in academia and...
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58:38
Wrongdoing, threats to security, or something of that nature: The CSIS investigation into an Ontario Conservative nomination race
Canada’s spy agency is investigating the nomination of an Ontario Conservative MP, according to evidence from a re...
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26:35
Quebec's Common Front w/ Francis Hébert-Bernier
Francis Hébert-Bernier, a reporter with Quebec’s independent news outlet Pivot, speaks about the historic public sector strikes currently underway in the province.These strikes are part of the ...
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18:27
"Not In My Name" with Dr. Roberta Lexier
Dr. Roberta Lexier joins Stephen Magusiak to discuss her recent OpEd in Medicine Hat News, where, as a Jewish Canadian, she strongly condemne...
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44:47
Social Media Censorship of Canadian Sikhs
Social media companies are enforcing an Indian Law that censors social media content critical of the Indian government and its ongoing crackdown in the Punjab state.Canadian Sikhs have found themselves in the crosshairs of this aggressiv...
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33:53
Big Money and the Manitoba Election
Dark money networks from out of province have set their sights on Manitoba. Emily Leedham joins Stephen Magusiak to discuss her
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26:22
A Million Man March on Toronto
Far-right groups are planning a convoy to Toronto to “Save the Children,” and it’s already spinning out of control. PressProgress Editor Luke Lebrun joins Host Stephen Magusiak to talk about the convoy movement’s
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39:08
Pride Flags and Chemtrails w/ Kurt Phillips
Researcher Kurt Phillips with Canadian Anti-Hate Network joins Stephen Magusiak for a look at the recent wave of anti-LGBTQ2SA+ protests and hate crimes happ...
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35:45
The Sound and the Furey
PressProgress Ontario Reporter Mitchell Thompson joins Stephen Magusiak to talk about the Toronto mayoral race, and one unlikely candidate who stands out in the crowded field of conservative hopefuls.Though still a long shot, f...
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27:05
Commodification of Education in Alberta
As funding for charter schools in Alberta increases rapidly, public schools are under attack. Rumneek Johal is joined by Wing Li with Support Our Students to discuss the rapid expansion of Charter schools in Alberta under conservati...
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32:36
The Strange Story of Take Back Alberta w/ Jeremy Appel
Stephen Magusiak is joined by journalist Jeremy Appel to discuss what we know so far about the right wing group that appeared on the Alberta political landscape after the Coutts border blockade....
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31:49
Mapping Canada's Right-Wing Networks
The PressProgress team is joined by investigative reporter Sam Harper with Pivot to talk about the common threads and the common funders behind the right-wing networks that stretch across Canada.We talk conspiracy theories, astro...
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41:43
Why Labour Journalism Matters with Faiz Shakir
Today’s episode of Sources features an interview with Faiz Shakir, Executive Director of the labour news site More Perfect Union and Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign manager. More Perfect Union was founded in 2020 to tell working class stories thr...
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