Cool Mules | Canadaland Investigates
“Really scratches that true crime itch without being about murder” –Kate Evans, Podcast Playlist" [Host] Kasia Mychajlowycz does not pull any punches. When she says something, she backs it up with tape. It's really well made." –Crime Writers On… PodcastWhen Vice editor “Slava P” reached out to young journalists with job offers, they thought it was about freelance writing. Instead, he asked them to smuggle nearly $20 million worth of cocaine into Australia.Cool Mules is available to listen to now — right here on Canadaland Investigates. Our critically-acclaimed and award-winning limited series, all in one place.canadaland.com/join Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
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We're in the Fight of Our Lives
Canadaland covers Canada, period.If there was ever a time to support Canadian news, it’s now. Go to canadaland.com/join and become a supporter today. Host: Jesse BrownCredits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Jesse B…
Episode 6: Finesse
"Who just wants to be a nice guy?"This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be supporting rigorous independent journalism and journalists and making sure ma…
Episode 5: DOs and DON’Ts
"I think this podcast is a bad idea."This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be supporting rigorous independent journalism and journalists and making sure…
Episode 4: You Should Be Thankful
"At that point it's really just survival mode."This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be supporting rigorous independent journalism and journalists and m…
Episode 3: Heavy Hitters
"It sounded like a multi-level marketing scheme. But for drug trafficking."This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be supporting rigorous independent jour…
Episode 2: Move That Dope
"This sounds like easy money."This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be supporting rigorous independent journalism and journalists and making sure many m…
Episode 1: Bob's Your Oyster
"They pay you in coolness."This show is only possible because people like you believe in it and support it. By becoming a Canadaland supporter, you will be supporting rigorous independent journalism and journalists and making sure many more…
Capitalism: Market Failure | Canadaland Investigates x Scene On Radio
Today we’re bringing you something a bit different, made by our friends at Scene On Radio: the debut episode of their seventh season, Capitalism.The world’s dominant economic system is on trial as it hasn’t been for at least half a century.…
Episode 6: The Trial
Back in Canada, Hassan Diab’s life is hanging in limbo. He may be arrested at any moment, and Canada’s government won’t ensure his safety. What does justice mean for the victims of the Copernic attack, and what does it mean for Diab and his…
Episode 5: The Detention
Hassan Diab faces a new reality in Europe’s largest maximum security prison. But when Marc Trévidic is replaced by new investigative judges, the case is thrown into uncertainty - and Hassan's fortunes begin to shift.If you want to listen to…
Episode 4: The Extradition
France requests that Hassan be brought to Paris to stand trial. One of Canada’s most respected lawyers takes the case and fights the extradition. As the hearings drag on for years, more people start to question the French evidence against D…
Episode 3: The Professor
Hassan Diab, a sociology professor living in Ottawa, is finishing up his classes for the day when he learns that he is the primary suspect in France’s investigation into the Copernic synagogue bombing. At first, he doesn't believe this. But…
Episode 2: The Investigation
After decades of dead ends, a young and ambitious judge - known for finding new ways to interpret old evidence - takes over the Copernic synagogue case. He narrows his search down to one man who he finds living a quiet life in the capital c…
Episode 1: The Attack
Just before 6:30 pm on October 3rd, 1980, Oron Shagrir’s mother, Aliza, was walking down Rue Copernic in Paris, looking to buy some figs. Minutes later, she was killed, along with three others, in an explosion that still haunts France today…
Introducing: The Copernic Affair (Official Trailer)
A sociology professor’s quiet life in Canada gets turned upside down when he is accused of carrying out a 1980 bomb attack on a synagogue in Paris. Hassan Diab says he is innocent — but French investigators are determined to prove otherwise…
In Lakota Nation, People Are Asking: Who Does a Language Belong To? | Pretendians x Code Switch
Today we’re bringing you something a bit different, made by our friends at NPR’s long-running, award-winning podcast, Code Switch. Many Lakota people agree: It's imperative to revitalize the Lakota language. But how exactly to do that is a …
The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation | Pretendians x Reclaimed
Today we’re bringing you something a bit different: the season premiere of “Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation”. Currently, the Navajo Nation has no guaranteed right to use the water that flows in and around their reservation. But th…
Introducing: The Worst Podcast
Canadaland has launched its first ever celebrity interview podcast and it’s not great. It’s The Worst Podcast.Celebrities are always talking about their bests. Now hear them at their worst.Join award-winning filmmaker and noted curmudgeon A…
Kudos and Karendians | Pretendians (Bonus)
Robert and Angel take listeners under the hood of season one of Pretendians. They dig deep into the positive feedback, unexpected outcomes, as well as the criticism of the show so far. They discuss topics for future seasons and reveal what …
Indigenish | Pretendians #6
What makes people fake being Native? How do they explain it once the truth comes out? And is there any way to be not Native, but….Native adjacent? We talk to three people who lived it.Pretendians cannot get made without you. Become a Cana…
Johnny Depp and the Hollywood Phonies | Pretendians #5
There are no shortage of stories about movie stars who played Native and kept the act going even after the cameras stopped rolling. Iron Eyes Cody, Sacheen Littlefeather, and Johnny Depp – being a Pretendian is a Hollywood tradition! A hist…
Pretendian Hunters | Pretendians #4
What happens when Pretendian investigations go wrong? Robert talks to Jacqueline Keeler, the person behind the “Alleged Pretendians List". Then, he talks to Kiros Auld, whose name appeared on that controversial list. The problem? Kiros is l…
Make Native America Great Again | Pretendians #3
Oklahoma's Republican governor Kevin Stitt is a card-carrying member of the Cherokee Nation. So why is he also considered the most "anti-Native governor" in history? A look at his family history reveals some wild surprises, and shows how In…
Pretending in Prison | Pretendians #2
Marvin "Casper" Ouimet was your ordinary terrifying Hells Angel mob boss until he was sent to prison for conspiracy to commit murder. That's where he declared himself to be Indigenous. The prison asked no questions, and granted him access t…
Interview with a Pretendian | Pretendians #1
Why do people pretend to be Native? Hosts Robert Jago (Kwantlen First Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe) Angel Ellis (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) begin their journey by asking someone who has been doing just that. He’s not just your average imp…
Coming Soon: Pretendians (Official Trailer)
What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and thinkers have in common? They aren’t Indigenous. From major universities, to the halls of power, to Hollywood, there are people claiming to be Indigenous in …
Audacious fraudsters and Indigenous identity theft — introducing Canadaland’s latest show
Thunder Bay host Ryan McMahon pops in to tell you about a new podcast you’re going to want to know about – launching right here on May 14th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing COMMONS: Work
Labour has undergone a seismic shift over the past decade. The rise of gig work and temp agencies have made employment more precarious than ever. In the interest of profits, companies are turning more and more towards temporary foreign work…
Post-Mortem, Part 2 | Thunder Bay
Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the police, the coroners, and the canary in a coal mine for death investigations across the provi…
Post-Mortem, Part 1 | Thunder Bay
For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many unanswered questions around the deaths of Indigenous people in this one Ontario town. We hav…
The End of Canadaland
Support us now! Click here: canadaland.com/joinThe first episode of Canadaland was published ten years ago today. If we were to announce this is the last episode of Canadaland, no one would be surprised.Journalism in Canada is in a fight fo…
(Ratf****r) Chapter One: The Klondike Papers
Meet David Wallace, political fixer and dirty tricks operative. After a career in the shadows, he’s turned whistleblower, leaking his files and sparking a conspiracy theory. But why? And can he be trusted?Written and reported by Jesse Brown…
Introducing our new series: Ratfucker
Meet David Wallace, political fixer. After decades in the game he says he’s getting out, telling all, and dumping his files in public. The result is the viral "Klondike Papers" theory of conspiracies, conservatives, and cults. But are the a…
Thunder Bay, the TV series. And NEW SHOW: The White Saviors
Subscribe to The White Saviors now! Series launch: August 23This trailer contains source materials used under the Fair Dealing provisions of the Copyright Act. Sources: It Takes a ChildCraig Kielburger's Story - A Journey into Child LabourD…
Criminally Responsible | Return to Thunder Bay Part 3
The verdict arrives in the trial that everyone’s talking about. Can there be justice? As Thunder Bay grapples with the truth about itself, people are still dying. Kids are still dying. So where do we go from here?Support us here: canadaland…
It Happens Because You're Indigenous | Return to Thunder Bay Part 2
When a system is broken, you can work outside of it to create something new, or you can try to change it from within. But what happens when you need the system?Support us here: canadaland.com/join.This episode is brought to you by Missing F…
A Post-Truth Town | Return to Thunder Bay Part 1
It’s infamous as the homicide and hate crime capital of Canada. And now, Thunder Bay has been officially diagnosed as racist. But so what? Does knowing this mean that anything will change?Welcome to Canada's first post-truth town.Support us…
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Introducing: Return to Thunder Bay (Trailer)
New stories from Thunder Bay. Coming November, 2020.Original artwork by Blake Angeconeb and Michah Dowbak.Support us at canadaland.com/join.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
Introducing: Cool Mules
A new investigative series about the cocaine smuggling ring inside Vice Media. To hear episode 2 right now, subscribe to Cool Mules. Or get all six episodes ad-free for $5/month by clicking here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i…