Best Vancouver Co Op Radio Podcasts (2024)

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-08-21: Squeeze in Next to August’s Lasting

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Here’s a little breather, a music-focused episode of Accordion Noir between two weeks leaning on guest interviews. Last week Bruce chatted with Emily-Rose Šárkova, and next week he’ll be talking polkas (again) with “Weird” Al! This week, though, he just played his standard mellow mix of outstanding squeezebox recordings. If your Apple or Android (o…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-08-14: Emily-Rose Šárkova, Hey, Wow and How!

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(different interview, but the thumbnail was so applicable to our situation we couldn’t resist reusing it.) This past Sunday we learned about a traveling accordion performer who was scheduled to be performing in our town the following night and across our country in the following days and weeks. Jaron Freeman-Fox pointed her in our direction […]…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-08-07: Phonograph Emoji Proposal Episode

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(Note: despite the obvious superficial similarities in names and appearances, phonographs and gramophones are different things. One is the horned music player that plays from wax cylinders, and the other is the horned music player that plays from flat records. Like mixing up a VHS and a Betamax — very different!) Not content to rest […]…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-07-31: Post Folk Fest Haul

26d ago

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The wild thing about a festival of the age and breadth of scope of our Vancouver Folk Music Festival, is that in addition to the main draw — all the incredible international performers demonstrating their regional specialities typically not on tap locally — also if you go by the “merch table” tent, you have one […]…

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barbara findlay - How Language Structures our Perceptions 42:56

18d ago42:56

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barbara findlay is an old white cisgender queer lawyer with disabilities who was raised working-class and christian on the prairies. In this episode, we explore barbara's extensive career and contributions to social justice, her involvement in fighting against oppression, and her continuous advocacy work. The conversation touches on significant top…

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Showcase ep40 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, FREE CITY RADIO, OATS FOR BREAKFAST) 58:01

24d ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we speak with the World Peace Foundation about Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, hear voices from spaces of solidarity organizing for Pale…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-07-18: Vancouver Folk Fest Warm Up & Up & Up

25d ago

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Greetings out there! If you were wondering what happened to this week’s episode of Accordion Noir, you’re not alone! No worries — it did end up airing on Co-Op Radio, and now it has gone up online with this very post. The focus of this week’s episode is this weekend’s return of the recently-frail Vancouver […]…

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Showcase ep39 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN MAJORITY, BIG SHINY TAKES, UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN) 58:01

28d ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we speak with Dr. Chandni Desai about Israel, Canada, and settler-colonialism on GREEN MAJORITY, explain how Roy Romanow’s reactionary 90’s NDP government created the conditio…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-07-10: Getting Warmer for a Change

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Perhaps Bruce meant that the accordion music is emotionally heating up in anticipation of a key change? Hot weather in July is nothing extraordinary, but hey — here’s an AI-generated illustration to underscore the theme of accordion heat by burning real electricity to negatively impact climate change and generating genuine heat at a data centre […]…

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Showcase ep38 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PALESTINE DEBRIEF, EXPATS & ALLIES, CITED) 58:01

1M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we speak with Dr. Yipeng Ge about Israel’s targeted assault on hospitals and healthcare workers in Gaza on CJPME's PALESTINE DEBRIEF, explore the history of fascist movements …

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-07-03: Four out of Five Dentists Recommend the Accordion

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Inspiration is where you find it. Your host Bruce recently visited the dentist, and consequently last night’s episode of our weekly broadcast includes a lot of squeezy songs about mouths and the teeth in (and sometimes not in) them! After this many years of weekly episodes, it’s rare for such a starkly fresh episode theme […]…

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Showcase ep37 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE END OF SPORT, PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES + SWEATER WEATHER) 58:01

1M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we speak with York University athlete Charlotte Phillips about playing on the Palestinian National Soccer Team member on THE END OF SPORT, discuss grocery prices and the Lobla…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-06-26: Last Junesday in June

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Yesterday was the birthday of the late, great zydeco hero Clifton Chenier, so it lent itself to the occasion of an hour of accordion music, such as we air every Wednesday night on CFRO Co-Op Radio! Chenier only provides zydeco bookends to a set that wanders all over the place, musically, but it definitely informed […]…

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Showcase ep36 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, VICTOR'S CHILDREN, GREEN MAJORITY) 58:01

2M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we examine how big corporations benefit from small businesses being the friendly face of modern capitalism on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, speak with UN Special Rapporteur on the Right …

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-06-18: Juntacular Suntacular

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It’s that time of week again to slip on your headphones and enjoy a blissful hour of sweet squeezebox music. The theme is… here we are in June, and Bruce wanted to play you some excellent squeezebox music, just like he does every week. It’s a good theme, that has gotten us through a lot! […]By unwashedmass

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Showcase ep35 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, OATS FOR BREAKFAST, FREE CITY RADIO, THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA) 58:01

2M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we speak with Montreal-based journalist Anaïs Elboujdaïni about her reporting from Gaza on OATS FOR BREAKFAST, sit down with anti poverty organizer John Clarke for a conversat…

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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-06-12: Bruce’s Birthday Bellows Bash!

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Yesterday was Accordion Noir host Bruce’s birthday! But since he has the “big picture” perspective, he knows of many other important birthday and anniversaries in the accordion world also taking place at this time of year, and last night’s episode of our weekly broadcast engages all of them! If your Apple or Android (or plain old RSS) podcast subsc…

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Showcase ep34 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, BROADBENT INSTITUTE'S PERSPECTIVES, CLIMATE ORGANIZING SHORTS) 58:01

2M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we speak to Palestine solidarity encampment supporters about their experiences with violent police crackdowns and explore how student movements of the past inform the present …

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Showcase ep33 (LIVE SHOW #3 w/ Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson & Duncan Kinney) 58:01

2M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode it’s another spectacular edition of the HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event! This edition, vol.3 - Edmonton: Purple City Blues features your fr…

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Showcase ep32 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE BREACH SHOW, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, THE FORGOTTEN CORNER) 58:01

4M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we dissect Canada’s participation in military occupations and failed elections in Haiti on THE BREACH SHOW, visit Palestine’s Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability and…

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Showcase ep31 (UNRIGGED AT THE 2024 PROGRESS SUMMIT w/ THE BREACH. PIVOT, BRIARPATCH, THE HOSER and PRESS PROGRESS) 56:33

4M ago56:33

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode: Ever since Facebook banned Canadian news in 2023, the task of building spaces for independent journalism to thrive has become more crucial than ever. Last November the indepe…

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Showcase ep30 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA, FREE CITY RADIO, CLIMATE ORGANIZING SHORTS) 58:01

4M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we unpack the real costs of carbon pricing on The Sierra Club’s THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA, learn how to lead de-escalation workshops and confront counter-protesters on CLIMATE…

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Showcase ep29 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, GREEN PLANET MONITOR, THE PROGRESS REPORT & GREEN MAJORITY) 58:01

4M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode: Sarah Hoffman explores her vision for the future of the province In the first in a series of interviews with candidates for the Alberta NDP leadership race on THE PROGRESS RE…

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Showcase ep28 (LIVE SHOW #2 w/ Rob Rousseau, Nashwa Khan + Paris Marx) 57:59

5M ago57:59

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode It’s another spectacular edition of our HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event. This edition, vol.2 - Canada: What Are We Doing Here? features you…

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Showcase ep27 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, VICTOR'S CHILDREN, ANTI-EMPIRE PROJECT, TECH WON'T SAVE US) 57:57

5M ago57:57

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode We discuss The Palestine Solidarity Movement In Canada on VICTOR’S CHILDREN, look at the history of the Gaza blockade and how Israel has ghettoized the Palestinian population …

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Showcase ep26 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE BREACH SHOW, 49th PARAHELL & THE END OF SPORT) 58:00

5M ago58:00

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we expose Canada’s $28.5 million in military exports to Israel on The Breach Show, Sarah Jama talks about her expulsion from the Ontario NDP caucus and how Canadian political …

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Showcase ep25 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, THE BREACH SHOW, PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES & REDEYE) 58:01

6M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we report on Israel's targeted attacks on education, knowledge and culture in Gaza on REDEYE, explore how the late NDP leader Ed Broadbent spent a lifetime seeking democracy a…

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Showcase ep24 (ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, The Independent's LOCK & KEY, The Broadbent Institute's PERSPECTIVES, THE ANTI-EMPIRE PROJECT 58:00

6M ago58:00

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we discuss the realities of the province's drug poisoning crisis on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, spend two nights with the residents of Tent City for Change in St. John’s on The Indepen…

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Showcase ep23 (Alberta Advantage, Green Planet Monitor, Press Progress Sources + more) 58:01

6M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we visit the frontlines of apartheid in Jerusalem with progressive Israeli NGO Ir Amim on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, ask why Canada’s spy agency is investigating the nomination of …

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Showcase ep22 (Alberta Advantage, Progress Report, The End of Sport + Redeye) 58:01

6M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we explore what's hidden or obscured when thinking uncritically about economic thought on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, reckon with ultimate political weirdo Jason Kenney’s legacy on THE…

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Corey Nathan - Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killing Each Other 54:54

6M ago54:54

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Corey Nathan is the Executive Producer and Host of the Talkin Politics & Religion Without Killing Each Other podcast. In this podcast, we discuss the importance of words and conversations in various aspects of life. Corey Nathan shares his background as a stockbroker and theatre conservatory student, as well as his experiences as an entrepreneur an…

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Showcase ep21 (Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Green Planet Monitor + Berrygrounds) 58:01

6M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode the team analyze crypto-fascist petropropaganda on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, explain why the Canadian government's response to the UN's top court's ruling on Israel's genocide in Gaz…

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Mayor Andrew Leonard, "We can't pull up the draw bridge or sink the ferry!" 45:30

7M ago45:30

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Bowen Island is a small island and municipality at the entrance to Howe Sound. It's connected to Vancouver and the rest of the Lower Mainland in British Columbia by a short ferry ride. Bowen Island residents are passionate about many things and its one of the many reasons I enjoy living here. Just over a year ago, we elected a new municipal council…

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Harbinger Showcase ep20 (LIVE SHOW w/ Rob Rousseau, Nashwa Khan + Paris Marx) 58:01

7M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode come hangout with Harbinger Media friends as they dig deep into the sorry state of Canadian journalism with Rob Rousseau (49th Parahell), Nashwa Lina Khan (Habibti Please), an…

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Nick Enfield - How We Talk 59:42

7M ago59:42

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Nick Enfield is Professor of Linguistics a the University of Sydney and a co-director of the Sydney Centre for Language Research. His recent books include Languave versus Reality, Concequences of Language, and How We Talk. In this podcast Nick discusses the importance of language and its impact on conversations. He emphasizes the need to understand…

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Showcase ep19 (Alberta Advantage, Tech Won't Save Us, The Forgotten Corner + Redeye) 58:01

7M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode the panel explore ideology in theory, history and how it’s even present among people who consider themselves "objective” on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, Naomi Klein explores how the onl…

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Showcase ep18 (Alberta Advantage, Green Planet Monitor, Victor's Children + Green Majority) 58:01

7M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode the panel dismantle the legacy of fondly remembered provincial premiere Peter Lougheed on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard discusses South Africa's…

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Showcase ep17 (Alberta Advantage, 49th Parahell, Tech Won't Save Us + Unmaking Saskatchewan) 57:55

7M ago57:55

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we explain why Zionism is bad, actually, on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, unpack how capitalism creates insecurity to sustain itself with writer Astra Taylor on TECH WON'T SAVE US, refle…

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Vanessa Faloye - Holding space for liberation 1:17:16

8M ago1:17:16

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Held is a partnership of facilitators, culture creators, and practitioners building a world liberated from oppressive systems, dynamics, and relationships. In this episode, one of their founders, Vanessa Faloye explains how with the help of co-founders, Alex and Pria, how they hold people, organizations and movements to build relational skills and …

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Showcase ep16 (The Energymix, Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show + Press Progress Sources) 58:01

8M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode The Energy Mix's Mitchell Beer returns to talk COP28, Pivot's Francis Hérbert-Bernier speaks with labour reporter Emily Leedham about the historic 500,000 worker strike that’s…

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Harbinger Showcase ep15 (The Energy Mix, Alberta Advantage, 49th Parahell + Green Majority) 58:01

8M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode The Energy Mix's Mitchell Beer talks COP28, Electronic Intifada and The Anti-Imperialism project join Rob Rousseau on the long-anticipated return of 49th Parahell, Andre Goule…

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Harbinger Showcase ep14 (Alberta Advantage + Rob Rousseau w/ The Breach, Midnight Sun & The Rover) 58:01

9M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we explore the eight month long Calgary Herald strike and how the 2000 labour action pushed back against right-wing editorial overreach and unfair treatment in the newsroom on…

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Harbinger Showcase ep13 (w/ Alberta Advantage, Unmaking Saskatchewan. Green Planet Monitor + Redeye) 58:01

9M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we: unpack the political philosophy of fascism on UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN talk leadership with Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network on GREEN PLANET MONITOR explain how disinfor…

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Naomi Oreskes - The Big Myth 44:09

9M ago44:09

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Naomi Oreskes is a Professor of the History of Science and the author or co-author of 9 books, 150 articles, essays and opinion pieces. In this episode we talk about the latest book that she worked on with Eric Conway, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market. If you want to know why we are so pola…

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Harbinger Showcase ep12 (w/ Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Victor's Children, The Progress Report) 58:01

9M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we: explore the centenary of Germany’s failed 2023 socialist revolution on VICTOR’S CHILDREN examine the legal dimensions of Israel’s escalating Gaza assault on THE BREACH SHO…

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Harbinger Showcase ep11 (w/ Alberta Advantage, CJPME Debrief, Tech Won't Save Us, Darts & Letters) 58:01

9M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we: talk international mobilization for Palestinian rights on CJPME DEBRIEF reveal how nationalistic narratives distract us from a better understanding of tech in the US and C…

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Jason W. Moore - Zombie Capitalism, how it impacts our conversations and everything else! 57:02

10M ago57:02

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In this episode of Sticks & Stones, Roots & Bones, Jason talks about the interconnectedness of environmental history, capitalism, and social theory and how it impacts our current social dynamic. He highlights the urgency of the planetary crisis, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality. Moore emphasizes the need to understand his…

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Harbinger Showcase ep10 (w/ Alberta Advantage, Invisible Institutions, The Independent's Berrygrounds, Green Majority) 58:01

10M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode: a proposed wind-to-hydrogen megaproject is meeting significant resistance from Newfoundland communities on THE INDEPENDENT'S BERRYGROUNDS the environmental justice movement’s…

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Tzeporah Berman - This Crazy Time! 57:24

10M ago57:24

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Tzeporah Berman, an environmental activist and campaigner, talks about her work at Stand.earth and her role in campaigns to stop fracking, protect forests, and clean up the fashion industry. She emphasizes the need to replace fossil fuels and prevent their overproduction, as they contribute to climate change. Berman reflects on her journey as an ac…

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Harbinger Showcase ep9 (w/ Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Press Progress Sources, Green Planet Monitor) 58:01

10M ago58:01

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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode: Martin Lukacs reports back from the 2023 NDP convention on THE BREACH SHOW former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights Michael Lynk discusses war crimes in Gaza …

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