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49th Parahell
by 49th Parahell
where we explore the hellish nightmare world of modern reality together
Episodes
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108: Bubble Bobble (with Marlee Wasser)
After an extremely eventful last few months, the show is back with Marlee Wasser, who talks about the recent "Bubble Zone" bylaw passed in Toronto, how Jewish identity has been weaponized to justify genocide, media coverage of the recent March for Israel and much more. support the show here:...
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107: Justin Trudon't (with Jeremy Appel)
Jeremy Appel joins the show to talk about Justin Trudeau stepping down as Liberal leader, his legacy, where this country is headed, the failures of neoliberalism and much more. support this show on Patreon http://patreon.com/robrousseau catch TRRS live at http://www.twitch.tv/robrousseau
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106: Trials & Denazification (with Duncan Kinney)
49th Parahell is back again and so is returning guest Duncan Kinney, host of the Progress Report, to discuss Canadian Nazi monuments, our disturbing and mostly-hidden fascist history, and how he himself has become a part of this story after being charged with vandalizing one of these monuments in...
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105: Empire of Mediocrity (with Vijay Prashad)
Vijay Prashad, director of the Tricontinental Institute and author of books such as Washington Bullets and The Darker Nations joins the show for a wide ranging conversation that touches on everything from The Kate Middleton Conspiracy, the absurdity of the coming Biden/Trump rematch, the ongoing...
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104: Truth to Power (with Sarah Jama)
Newly-independent Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama joined me to talk about her censure in Ontario Parliament and expulsion from the NDP caucus following the statement she released shortly after Oct 7th, how Canadian political culture stifles free expression, some of the things she's hoping to accomplish…
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103: Canada is Cooked (with Camila Escalante)
I talked with Camila Escalante (TeleSUR, Kawsachun News) about Canada and the rest of the Anglo American Empire's ongoing decline, our western values, the global south, with some additional analysis on the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute and what it means to be "sovereign." Support the work…
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102: A Tale of Two Michaels (with Jesse Hawken)
Jesse Hawken of the Junk Filter podcast joins the show to talk about the latest chapter in the ongoing Two Michaels saga that has captivated the nation. Were the Michaels two good old Canadian lads who were unjustly held captive by a totalitarian, authoritarian regime? Is this latest story a...
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101: Gaza Holocaust (with Justin Podur and Jon Elmer)
Hello. Yes, it's true. The podcast is back. I spoke with Justin Podur of the Anti-Empire Project and Jon Elmer of Electronic Intifada about the unfolding horrific violence in Gaza. support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/robrousseau
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100: Series Finale (with Karen Geier, Nora Loreto, Sam Knight and Michael Bueckert)
Yes, you read that right. It's the last episode of 49th Parahell. Moving forward I am going to be doing all my interviews and commentary on my live show on Twitch, with an audio version coming soon, so this week I brought back several friends of the show to talk about Doug Ford, the pandemic,...
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99: Abolish Canada (with Abdul Malik)
I talked to writer and low-key hustle guy Abdul Malik about the Toronto Raptors as an avatar for Canadian nationalism, the climate crisis, how taking a day off is good but celebrating genocide is bad, and much more. www.patreon.com/robrousseau
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98: Dark Chapter (with Kolin Sutherland-Wilson and Kai Nagata)
The uncovering of a mass grave outside a former "residential school" in Kamloops has made international headlines and once again forced people in what we know as Canada to talk about the brutal violence, cruelty and genocide that this nation is founded on and continues to engage in. Harbinger…
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97: Radio Free Palestine (with Amy Kishek and Omar Burgan)
Forced expulsions in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah have led to another cycle of Palestinian opposition and brutal repression by the Israeli government. Why does only one side of this "conflict" have the right to defend itself? How has Canada contributed to this situation? Is there a...
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96: Fordpocalypse III Beyond Ontariodome (with John Semley and Jesse Hawken)
We regret to inform you that Doug Ford is, in fact, "at it again." I've got writer/researcher John Semley and Junk Filter Pod host Jesse Hawken joining me here in riff city to talk about Doug's very bad week and whether or not we're on board with the redemption arc....
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95: National Mythbusters (with Tyler Shipley)
One thing we've tried to do throughout the run of this show is debunk the lies we like to tell ourselves about what Canada is all about. So this week it was a pleasure to talk to Tyler Shipley, author of Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and Colonial Imagination about the genocidal…
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94: Ides of March (with Naomi Klein)
It's the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, and there's a whole lot to feel disillusioned by. Fortunately, none other than renowned author & activist Naomi Klein is joining the show to express maybe the most radical idea of all: that, maybe, just maybe, things might be starting to get a bit...
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93: Amazon Planet (with Paris Marx)
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as head of Amazon, so obviously that means we won't have to hear from him ever again, right? Unfortunately not. Paris Marx, host of Harbinger podcast Tech Won't Save Us, joins me to talk about Bezos's career, the rotten economic system that allows people like him, Bill...
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92: Meet Me in Mar-a-Lago (with Lana Polansky)
The Trump era is over. It was simultaneously horrifying and very, very stupid. Lana Polansky & I talk about our favorite Trump moments, what this all means, whether Canada's right wing populist moment has passed, the coming decade of neoliberal technocracy and more. patreon.com/robrousseau...
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91: Year of Hell (with Dan Boeckner)
It's the final 49th Parahell of the year and what a hellish nightmare it has been, huh? Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade & Operators returns to the show to talk about how he and other artists are surviving the pandemic and also how this year was really just a preview of the kind of horrors the coming...
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90: Less Than Net Zero (with Jessica Green)
U of T poli-sci professor and Harbinger Media board of directors member Jessica Green returns to the show to break down how Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party are failing on climate, how "net zero emissions" is nothing more than a meaningless catchphrase, what's in Joe Biden's trillion dollar...
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89: New Democracy (with Niki Ashton)
The NDP's Niki Ashton joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on Justin Trudeau's inadequate Covid response, whether New Democrats have done enough to reach out to young voters, the rise of the far right, Donald Trump, the disappointing Democratic Party primary, foreign policy, Progressive...
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88: What Is To Be Done (with Jay Watts)
This week I'm joined by Jay Watts, central organizer of the Communist Party of Canada, to talk about why the Canadian Leftist Podcaster Community needs to move on from incessant magical thinking about how to make the NDP good. We also talk about why electoralism is important, the 50th Anniversary...
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87: Stenographic Design (with Nashwa Lina Khan)
The one and only Nashwa of Muslim Rumspringa and Habibti Please joins the show for a great conversation about why Canadian media sucks, how we are planning on changing that, the problem with Liberals, establishment journalist gatekeepers learning nothing from the last 6 months, Green Party...
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86: Throne of Games (with Martin Lukacs)
Returning champion Martin Lukacs joins me to break down Justin Trudeau's low-on-substance, high-on-vague-platitudes throne speech, the escalating conflict between the Mi'kmaw people and white settler fishermen in NS, and the plan to do Green Party entryism and push them to the left. Also, some...
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85: Revenge of the Girlboss (with Duncan Kinney)
Progress Alberta's Duncan Kinney joins the show to talk about "Black Ribbon Day" and why talking about Chrystia Freeland's Nazi grandfather is important, new Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole and where the conservative movement is headed, the NBA wildcat strike and more. support the show on...
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84: The Green Zone (with Meryam Haddad)
This week I'm joined by Green Party leadership candidate Meryam Haddad to talk about her vision for the Party, how capitalism and sustainability are diametrically opposed, overcoming the political generational divide, why we need stand up for Palestinian human rights no matter how controversial…
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83: Landback to the Future (with Susan Blight)
This week I take a few minutes to strike a balance between laughing at the state of the canadian far right and being alarmed by what they're up to and where they could be going, then artist, writer and activist Susan Blight joins the show to talk about our summer of upheaval, abolition…
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82: Libentology (with Karen Geier)
Karen Geier makes her long-awaited return to the show to break down Trudeau's latest corruption scandal and explain a little about the bizarre cult-like WE charity at the centre of it. I also ask the question that was on a lot of people's minds yesterday: Why do we have monuments to Nazi war...
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81: Amnesiac Nation (with Matthew Green)
After a few words on the RCMP's potential involvement in last month's brutal mass killing in Nova Scotia, NDP MP Matthew Green joins the show and holds nothing back during a conversation on his career from activist to city councillor to member of parliament, his skepticism of party politics…
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80: Dystopia Now (with Jay Baruchel)
I'm back from a brief pandemic-related hiatus with none other than Jay Baruchel -- we talk about how our current reality relates to various 80s dystopia movies, Trump as a groteseque symbol of america, how canadians pathologically avoid confronting structural racism at home and much more. Support...
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79: Covideodrome (with Nora Loreto)
Friend of the show Nora Loreto returns to talk about COVID-19, Trudeau's inadequate response getting worldwide praise, Francois Legault's ludicrous plan to re-open Quebec schools in two weeks, the horrific mass shooting in Nova Scotia and the RCMP trying to spin the tragedy into copaganda, and…
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78: Corona Revelations (with Andray Domise)
It's a super-seized pandemic episode as returning guest Andray Domise and I break down quaranatine parenting, Bernie coming up short, what people take for granted about black voters, the dangers of reformism, the CERB, our coming dystopian surveillance nightmare, and much more. Also a few minutes...
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77: Pandemic Imperialism (with Ajit Singh)
After a few words on parenting & self-care in the apocalypse, Ajit Singh joins the show to talk about current western narratives on China, a possible new global order rising and how our already-devastating sanctions on countries like Iran and Venezuela become downright genocidal during a…
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76: Smells Like Quarantine Spirit (with Ada McVean)
I'm back. And quite a lot has happened in the last three weeks. Primary season has rapidly deteriorated into pandemic season and no one really knows how bad it's gonna get over the next few weeks and months. Scientist and local tv personality Ada McVean joins me to talk about Coronavirus, what...
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75: Fake Country Shutdown (with Romy Garrido & Rayne Fisher-Quan)
The RCMP raid of the Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink blockade has inspired nationwide solidarity protests and also an extremely ugly reactionary backlash. Political organizer and frequent commentator on ethnic, migration and climate issues Romy Garrido joins me to talk about the protest movements...
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74: Libs Last Stand (with Kyle Kulinski)
We're a few days away from the Iowa caucuses, Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls, are everyone is losing their minds. It's great. Kyle Kulinski joins me to break down the ongoing liberal meltdown, also a few words on #RememberJan29 and some exciting news about the future of the show.…
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73: The Warren Terror (with Katie Halper)
It's a few weeks away from the democratic primary actually beginning and things are starting to get extremely stupid, so Katie Halper from Rolling Stone's Useful Idiots podcast joins me to break down last week's Bernie/Warren feud. Also some stuff on the beyond parody NYT editorial board...
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72: Last Exit (with Will Menaker)
Chapo Trap House's Will Menaker joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on the seemingly de-escalating Iran conflict, Bernie's campaign, Jeffrey Epstein/all-powerful mastermind Kevin Spacey and much more. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell Support the Edmonton...
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71: No War For Midnight Oil (with Andrew Law)
It's a new year, a new episode and the world sucks just as much as ever. After a few comments on Trump's dangerous escalation with Iran, Boonta Vista's Andrew Law reports in from the increasingly uninhabitable wasteland once known as "Australia." support the show on patreon:...
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episode 70: Drumpf Wars (with Jordan Uhl)
It's the last episode of the year, so I return to the US Presidential election that I've been mostly ignoring over the last few months, and friend of the show/PMC neoliberal shill Jordan Uhl joins me to break everything down. support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
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Episode 69: Toryworld (with Luke Savage)
Well, this feels pretty bad. Luke Savage returns to break down The Labour Party's devastating loss in the UK election and I try to offer some words of encouragement for anyone who's feeling hopeless right now. support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
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Episode 68: Jezza Time (with Eleanor Penny)
We're approaching election day in the United Kingdom so Novara Media's Eleanor Penny returns to the show to break down the completely upside down, madness-inducing UK media environment, British Tories fully embracing their death cult status, and we dare to dream of the possibility that the…
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Episode 67: Money Trains (with James Wilt)
There's another global climate strike going on, not to mention an ongoing radical movement of organized transit fare evasion from Chile to Toronto, so James Wilt returns to the show to talk about how free public transport might just be the central cog in the struggle for climate justice and a…
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Episode 66: Cycles of Struggle (with Sean KB)
It's a very special Antifada/49th Parahell crossover as Sean KB joins the program and we step outside the neverending horror of the news cycle and examine what it's like to be alive at a time when major social upheaval seems like it's just beyond the horizon. support the show on patreon:...
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Episode 65: Little Deuce Coup (with Derrick O'Keefe)
After I express frustration that my good faith advice re: the Trump impeachment proceedings is being completely ignored, Derrick O'Keefe from Ricochet joins the show to talk about the ongoing coup in Bolivia which Canada is, of course, enthusiastically supporting. We also spend a few minutes on…
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Episode 64: About an Absolute Boy (with Riley Quinn)
We're back. After a few minutes on Bill Gates and the utter scam that is billionaire philanthropy, Riley Quinn of Trashfuture joins the show to talk about the high stakes UK Season Finale that is December's general election. support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
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Episode 63: Minority Report (with Martin Lukacs)
Election season has come to a merciful end, and Martin Lukacs (author of The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent) to help me break down Canada's new electoral map. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
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Episode 62: Optimists Anonymous (with Hilary Agro)
After my definitive, highly-informed take on Syria/the Kurds, Hilary Agro returns to the show to talk about AOC endorsing Bernie, our feelings on election eve, strategic voting, drug policy and much more. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
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BONUS EPISODE: Rob vs The Serfs
It's an extra special bonus episode: a re-broadcast of my appearance on The Serfs' twitch channel from the night of the global climate strike. We talk about the march, Greta, Bernie, Jeremy Corbyn, why the Green New Deal is the path forward in terms of climate policy and much more.
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Episode 61: Dynamic Dippers (with Christo Aivalis)
I talk a bit about my experience last week at the Montreal Climate Strike, then Christo Aivalis joins the program to weigh in on the NDP's prospects in the upcoming federal election, where they've gone wrong in the past, Jagmeet Singh's leadership tenure and much more. Support the show on…
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Episode 60: Climate Weak (with Jessica Green)
This week UofT poli sci prof Jessica Green joins the show to talk about the UN climate summit, Greta, why we need to ditch carbon pricing, a Canadian Green New Deal and what climate justice should look like. Also I try and fail to briefly talk about Trump impeachment stuff and classical liberal...
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