Can a newspaper commit treason? The NSICOP report singles out China as the biggest foreign influence on Canadian media (and it’s more than just advertorial inserts.) Joanna Chiu joins us to unpack the scale and scope of foreign propaganda campaigns in Canada.

Is the daily coverage of campus protest encampments a form of bias, and what sorts of stories are getting missed as a result? Jesse responds to some tough questions about bias in the coverage of the war in Gaza.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Max Collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Joanna Chiu

Further reading:

• Marc Edge: If the NSICOP report on foreign interference won’t name Canadian media outlets, I will - The Hub
• A website spread disinformation about Canada. Why did major Indian outlets treat it as news? - Toronto Star
• Toronto 'Walk with Israel' event held amid high security, faceoffs with protesters | Ontario News | thecanadianpressnews.ca
• Youth's death shows more mental health supports needed in Winnipeg, Muslim community members say | CBC News
• Grade 3 students ‘terrorized’ after Ontario man walks into gym class, goes on tirade | Globalnews.ca
• How a student petition on Israel sent a law school’s progressive ideals crashing into Bay Street’s hard realities - The Globe and Mail
• RCMP arrest Quebec man with 3D-printed gun, charge him with anti-Jewish hate speech - Montreal Gazette
• How we’re tracking AI Incidents around global elections - Rest of World

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When Canadaland commissioned its new series “A Field Guide to Gay Animals” (listen to it here), the topic wasn’t really in the news. But since then, it’s started to take the world by storm. From rage on the extreme right, a documentary series on Peacock, to the first photos of humpback whale sex being male-male.

And the relevance is more important than ever, legislation across Canada and the United States regularly denies queer rights, sometimes based on old-school notions that sex is about reproduction and the animal kingdom proves it. Except it doesn’t… 25 years ago, one Canadian scientist wrote a book that detailed the history and science of gay animals: Biological Exuberance.

Today, podcast hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan Levenson join Jesse to talk about the wonderful world of gay animals.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading:

• Biological Exuberance, by Bruce Bagemihl — Macmillan Publishers
• Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male — The Guardian
• Peacock’s ‘Queer Planet’ features lion ‘bromances,’ pansexual monkeys and more — NBC
• A Field Guide to Gay Animals — Canadaland

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With Jesse away, Justin Ling takes over to talk about Google’s $100 million payment for Canadian news and how a ragtag group of independent publishers will end up deciding who gets the money. Is Google trolling us?

Plus, Canada has entered its foreign interference era, but are we too polite to name names? Paul McLeod helps unpack new allegations of treason in Ottawa, and what we should do about it.

Host: Justin Ling

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Paul McLeod

Further reading:

• Google signs deal with organization to distribute $100M to Canadian news companies | Politics | thecanadianpressnews.ca
• Canadian Journalism Collective to represent Canadian news businesses under Online News Act - The Canadian Journalism Collective
• How we’re moving forward with the Canadian news ecosystem - Google
• The Behind-the-Scenes Bill C-18 Battle: How Newspapers, Big Broadcasters and the CBC Are Trying to Seize Control Over How Google Money is Allocated to Canadian Media - Michael Geist
• Password Sharing OK: Judge | Blacklock's Reporter
• The Logic announces $4M capital raise, led by FT Ventures - The Logic
• Some MPs helping foreign actors like China and India meddle in Canadian politics: report | CBC News
• Green Leader Elizabeth May says there's no list of disloyal current MPs in unredacted NSICOP report | CBC News

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