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Harbinger Society Presents

by Harbinger Media Network

Harbinger Society Presents features guests from Canadian progressive media, journalism & the Harbinger Media Network shared universe with in-depth interviews + round-table panels w/ host Andre Goulet. Network supporters get early access to new episodes of HSP and other exclusive podcasts. Support the community at www.harbingermedianetwork.com

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Episodes

  1. Edmonton: Purple City Blues (Harbinger Soapbox Series vol. 3)

    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 friends Big Shiny Takes host Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney…

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  2. Canada: What Are We Doing Here? (Harbinger Soapbox Series vol. 2)

    It’s another spectacular edition of our heroic HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event! This edition, vol.2 - Canada: What Are We Doing Here? features your friends 49th Parahell host Rob Rousseau, Nashwa Lina Khan from Habibti Please, and Tech Won't Save Us host Paris...

  3. News Sucks, We Know (Harbinger Soapbox Series vol. 1)

    Come hangout with Harbinger Media friends as they dig deep into the sorry state of Canadian journalism! Join Rob Rousseau (49th Parahell), Nashwa Lina Khan (Habibti Please), and Paris Marx (Tech Won't Save Us) on January 20th, 8pm at the historic Centre St. Jax basement venue l'Annexe located...

  4. Fernwood Publishing Presents: The Fight for Public Dentalcare (Unpacking the News S2, E12)

    Dental care is excluded from Canada’s universal healthcare system with services provided based on the ability to pay, leading large segments of the population to neglect care resulting in poor oral health and all its consequences. On a new Unpacking the News dentist and public healthcare activist...

  5. Realizing a Good Life: Men’s Pathways Out of Drugs and Crime (Unpacking the News S2, E11)

    Elizabeth Comack's work in the sociology of law and feminist criminology and as a member of the Manitoba Research Alliance, a consortium of academics and community partners engaged in research addressing poverty in Indigenous and inner-city communities, has informed 14 books she's written or…

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  6. Chow, More Than Ever: The 2023 Toronto Election (Unpacking the News S2, E10)

    On a new Unpacking the News an amazing array of independent media convene at Christie Pits park as Replay’s Shama Rangwala, The Breach coordinating editor Emma Paling, analyst Chuka Ekjam, cartoonist Haus of Decline and Big Shiny Takes Institute senior fellows Marino Greco, Eric Wickham and…

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  7. Briarpatch Presents: Who Is the NDP For?

    Former Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate Kaitlyn Harvey and Edmonton city council candidate Navjot Kaur join journalist Haseena Manek and host Andre Goulet for a conversation exploring the exclusionary reflex of provincial NDP parties in the 2nd in a series of episodes produced in…

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  8. Live at the 2023 Mobilizing Data for Justice conference (Unpacking the News S2, E8)

    On May 5th through 7th the 2023 Mobilizing Data for Justice conference brought together activists, community leaders and critical researchers from around the world for skill building, community outreach and research collaboration at Concordia University's downtown campus in Montreal. On a new...

  9. CLC Day 4: Taking on a Titan: An Inside Look at the Amazon Labour Union w/ Chris Smalls (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E7)

    NOTE: SUBSCRIBE TO UNPACKING THE NEWS AND RECEIVE NEW EPISODES ON YOUR FEED WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot! Every day we're...

  10. CLC Day 3: Choosing to Stay and Fight w/ comedian Margaret Cho (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E6)

    NOTE: SUBSCRIBE TO UNPACKING THE NEWS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NEW EPISODES ON YOUR FEED WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot! Every day...

  11. CLC Day 2: A Worker’s Plan to Tackle the Climate Crisis (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E5)

    NOTE: SUBSCRIBE TO UNPACKING THE NEWS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NEW EPISODES ON YOUR FEED WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS' daily show broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative…

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  12. CLC Day 1: Workers and the Affordability Crisis (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E4)

    From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS' daily show broadcasting live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot! Every day we're releasing interviews and reports from the floor of Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including...

  13. Exploring the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress w/ Press Progress (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E3)

    From May 8-12 don't miss UNPACKING THE NEWS' daily show every morning live from the 2023 Canadian Labour Congress with our friends at Quebec solidarity journalism cooperative Pivot! Each episode will feature interviews and reports from the floor of Canada's 30th tri-annual labour summit including...

  14. Disability Justice, Labour and the Left (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E2 w/ Briarpatch)

    The fiercely independent, proudly polemical and reader-supported BRIARPATCH has been publishing award-winning, hard-hitting journalism and critical commentary out of Regina, Saskatchewan since 1973. In it's 50th anniversary year Unpacking the News is excited to partner with so-called Canada's...

  15. PP vs. The CBC (UNPACKING THE NEWS S2, E1)

    Trailblazing progressive podcast UNPACKING THE NEWS is back after a 30 month hiatus for an all-new Season 2! In this kick-off episode BERRYGROUNDS' Justin Brake joins host Andre Goulet to explore how his work as The Independent interim editor will be afflicting the comfortable in Newfoundland and...

  16. Announcing UNPACKING THE NEWS SEASON 2 launching April 2023!

    We're back! Returning after a two and a half year hiatus Unpacking the News is a weekly progressive podcast featuring in-depth interviews and panel conversations on Canadian society, culture and politics with journalists, academics and activists from coast to coast. Hosted by André Goulet in...

  17. HARBINGER SHOWCASE LIVE at the 2023 Progress Summit

    For the first time since Canada's premiere politically and socially progressive conference launched in 2014 this year's Progress Summit included a workshop exploring how podcasts can be a force for change in a time of division in a special showcase convened by the Harbinger community. An...

  18. Forging Unity in a Time of Division (w/ the Broadbent Institute)

    The 2023 Progress Summit conference, happening March 8-10 in Ottawa, is an ambitious event bringing together hundreds of socialists, social democrats, leftists, NGOs, labour organizers and rank and file union members from around the country, featuring compelling speakers and big ideas from around...

  19. The Fight for Public Pharmacare (w/ The Council of Canadians)

    On a new episode the Council of Canadians' Nikolas Barry-Shaw joins host Andre Goulet to discuss the Fight for Pharmacare Alliance, a national coalition coming together to raise political pressure and convince the feds that universal pharmacare needs to happen in a conversation unpacking the...

  20. Solidarity and Subversion: Building the Harbinger Media Community

    The Harbinger Media Network's showcase at next month's 2023 Progress Summit will pick up on this year’s conference theme of ‘Stronger Together: Forging Unity in a Time of Division’. On episode 48 of Harbinger Society Presents Megan Linton from Invisible Institutions, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham...

  21. L’Affaire Elghawaby and Islamophobia in Quebec

    As Quebec’s political and media class continue their attack on Amira Elghawaby, the federal government’s new lead on Islamophobia in Canada, independent journalist Taylor C. Noakes (CBC, The Maple, Canadian Dimension, Jacobin) joins host Andre Goulet for a critical conversation exploring where...

  22. Climate ACAB: Future on Fire and COP15

    In his new book 'Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change' Winnipeg academic David Camfield argues that a just transition from fossil fuels won’t be delivered by businesspeople or politicians. On Harbinger Society Presents episode 46 he joins host Andre Goulet to talk about…

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  23. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON vol. VI w/ The Forgotten Corner & Kino Lefter + Harsha Walia & Kai Nagata

    On the frightening finale of Harbinger's I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON Scott Schmidt in Medicine Hat and Jeremy Appel in Calgary welcome Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Bridget Sterling in Edmonton to The Forgotten Corner to hate-watch Danielle Smith's unhinged victory speech, then Dogwood...

  24. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON vol. V w/ Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole & The Alberta Advantage

    The bone-chilling I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume V as Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole talk pop culture, racial capitalism and the unmatched excellence of Toronto's water quality, then The Alberta Advantage advocate for gamer's rights in a provocative and...

  25. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON vol. IV w/ Briarpatch, Invisible Institutions, Unmaking Sask, Pullback, Green Majority & David Camfield

    The I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues with volume IV as Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton and Unmaking Saskatchewan's Sara Birrell talk Briarpatch's 50th birthday with Saima Desai and John Cameron, then Pullback's Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson sit down with Green Majority Radio's…

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  26. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON vol. III w/ Darts & Letters and Pivot + Max Fawcett and Robyn Urback's OPPO relaunch

    Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Darts & Letters Gordon Katic and Jay Cockburn sit down with Press Progress' Mitchell Thompson to review spooky PSAs, then Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours, Alexis Ross, Fanny Tan and Sam Harper celebrate the first birthday of…

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  27. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON vol. II w/ The Breach, CUTV, The Hoser & The Grind

    Harbinger's October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON continues as Dru Oja Jay talks about The Breach Media's journalism for transformation and Community University Television station manager Sophia Barsoski unpacks the 50 year legacy of CUTV, then Shannon Carranco, Amy Cunningham and Leah...

  28. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON vol. I w/ Press Progress, Hilary Agro & Dr. Jess Green

    Harbinger Society Presents presents a terrifying excerpt from our October 30th I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST TELETHON as Bread and Poppies' Hilary Agro and Harbinger board member Dr. Jess Green in Toronto talk COP 27 and leftist parenting strategies for Halloween, then Stephen Magusiak and Romy…

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  29. Independent Media and Public Scholarship (w/ The Walrus, Pivot, CUTV & Harbinger)

    How do academia and independent Canadian media collaborate to amplify public scholarship and popular education? Join The Walrus magazine's Carmine Starnino, Pivot's Fanny Tan, CUTV's Sophia Barsoski, Harbinger's Andre Goulet and moderator Fenwick McKelvey from Concordia University's Department of...

  30. Harbinger Book Club: Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies

    In her sweeping new book on gentrification, Leslie Kern expertly weaves theory, concepts, and up-to-date debates together, making it accessible to both urban scholars and general readers. In this conversation she joins host Andre Goulet to discuss 'Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies'...

  31. La (b)Helle Province (w/ Nora Loreto, Pivot, CUTV + Taylor C. Noakes)

    On an extra-length episode Nora Loreto joins host Andre Goulet to unpack the results of Quebec’s nightmare-scenario 2022 election, then The Breach's Maya Amoah presents highlights from Monday's election livestream with conversations on the ongoing healthcare collapse, the ecological challenges...

  32. Revenge of the Nerd (w/ Big Shiny Takes + Kino Lefter)

    Host Andre Goulet warmly welcomes back to the podcast your pundit pulverizing pals from the Big Shiny Takes Institute and with adjunct consultant Kino Lefter in a few-holds-barred conversation exploring the ascension of toxic dweeb Pierre Poilievre to the top of Canada’s mendaciously mediocre...

  33. 'Freedom' and Pierre Poilievre's Politics of Resentment (w/ Rick Salutin)

    On a new episode Andre Goulet welcomes legacy left-wing Toronto Star and Globe and Mail columnist Rick Salutin to explain why Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre’s pledge to make Canada “the freest nation on earth” may be the silliest campaign promise on earth. Find Rick Salutin, Gideon...

  34. Podcast Confidential (w/ Invisible Institutions, Unmaking Saskatchewan, Tech Won't Save Us & Progress Champions)

    Three exceptional hosts from the Harbinger community join Andre Goulet for a casual conversation exploring their broadcasting origins, the challenges of launching a successful show and why the podcast medium is ideal for popular education with Invisible Institutions' Megan Linton, Unmaking...

  35. Harbinger Book Club: 'Code White' & 'Bent Out of Shape' (+ Vaccine Apartheid w/ The Council of Canadians)

    On this episode ‘Code White: Sounding the Alarm on Violence Against Healthcare Workers’ co-authors Margaret Keith and Jim Brophy and ‘Bent Out of Shape: Shame, Solidarity and Women’s Bodies at Work’ author Karen Messing join host Andre Goulet to discuss their recent books and how healthcare work,...

  36. Is Canada Ready For Its First Incel Prime Minister? (w/ Unmaking Saskatchewan + Worst Case Ontario)

    Andre Goulet sits down with Regina-based journalist Sara K. Birell to talk about the economy of land, ‘the hunger strategy’, prairie and gender and their exceptional new-ish podcast Unmaking Saskatchewan. Then, Worst Case Ontario's Fleck in Toronto and Max in Ottawa explain why Canada is totally...

  37. Living in Doug Ford's Utopia

    The independent left media community come together for a picnic in Toronto's Christie Pits park with pals from The Hoser, Darts & Letters, Worst Case Ontario, Press Progress and others to answer the question that's on everyone's minds in the lead-up to the 2022 Ontario election: "What's Life Like...

  38. ‘Saving the City: The Challenge of Transforming a Modern Metropolis’ & the Future of Projet Montreal

    In his book ‘Saving the City: The Challenge of Transforming a Modern Metropolis’ journalist Daniel Sanger delivers equal parts reportage, oral history and memoir chronicling what grassroots eco-socialist municipal political party Projet Montreal did right, where it failed, and where it’s headed,...

  39. Imagining A Just Transition in 2025 (w/ 350.org & Divest McGill)

    Live from the future, federal Minister of Just Transition Joy Ross-Jones explains how the Trudeau government's Ministry of Just Transition achieved it's ambitious climate targets at a 2025 press conference. Then, 350.org's Kathleen Lund explains why March 2022's national Day of Action showed…

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  40. Live at the 2022 Broadbent Institute Progress Summit

    On episode 34 hear highlights from the Broadbent Institute’s March 30th-April 1st 2022 Progress Summit, including barista Sarah Broad on a recent Starbucks union organizing campaign, Don’t Look Up screenwriter and Bernie Sanders scriptwriter David Sirota in conversation with journalist Hannah…

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  41. Harbinger Book Club: 'Disarm Defund Dismantle'

    A new collection launching in April 2022 from Between the Lines Books is bringing together a range of essays anchored in experience and solidarity with those putting their lives on the line to fight for police abolition in Canada. On Harbinger Society Presents ep33 University of Winnipeg criminal...

  42. How Independent Progressive Media is Punching Above its Weight (w/ Press Progress, Briarpatch, Xtra + The Hoser)

    Canada’s journalism landscape is changing, and smaller, independent media outlets are beginning to fill-in the gaps left by corporate media. PressProgress, an award-winning non-profit news organization, hosted a 3/29/22 virtual event called “Punching Above Our Weight: The Outsized Impact of...

  43. Introducing Pullback (w/ Hilary Agro's Bread & Poppies)

    On episode 31 Toronto scholar and drug user rights activist Hilary Agro sits down with host Andre Goulet in Montreal to talk about the re-launch of BREAD AND POPPIES and how the show explores the ways in which the War on Drugs intersects with a post-capitalist future, then academic Kristen Pue in...

  44. How to Fight a Renoviction (w/ Invisible Institutions & Housing Party)

    On a special Harbinger Society double feature Ottawa-based disability rights advocate and researcher Megan Linton joins host Andre Goulet to discuss her exceptional new podcast Invisible Institutions, then housing justice activist Dr. David DesBaillets welcomes Montrealer Rebecca Bain to share…

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  45. The Siege of Ottawa Part 2 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)

    Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and...

  46. The Siege of Ottawa Part 1 (w/ Replay, Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)

    Replay's Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole, Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham, Jeremy Appel and Marino Greco and Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald join Harbinger director Andre Goulet for an exceptional night of analysis and fun as the panel reviews Canada's three weeks of far-right insurrection and...

  47. Introducing Harbinger's Board of Directors (w/ Darts & Letters)

    On ep28 Dr. Jess Green, Kai Nagata and Dr. Roberta Lexier from Harbinger's board of directors join host Andre Goulet to explore where the Gitxsan blockade, academic strike organizing and re-thinking climate policy intersect. Plus: what role does new media play as a space for popular education in...

  48. Introducing North Untapped & Debrief (w/ The Maple and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East)

    Harbinger's prestige premium podcast returns with all-new episodes exploring the latest additions to Canada's favourite podcast network as The Maple editor-in-chief Alex Cosh introduces NORTH UNTAPPED, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East's Tom Woodley and Michael Bueckert talk…

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  49. Convoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 2 (w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)

    The conversation continues as Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet consider the political electoral reality facing the patriotic demands of #FreedomConvoy2022 and Canadian conservatism in general, argue that Terry Fox…

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  50. Convoy Crisis Counter Coverage Part 1 (w/ Kino Lefter & Big Shiny Takes)

    Big Shiny Takes' Eric Wickham and Jeremy Appel, Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and Harbinger director Andre Goulet survey the wreckage of a fallen nation as the #FreedomConvoy2022 patriots descend on Ottawa, featuring inspiring songs from the movement like Sandy Lambert's 'Trucker Convoy', Christ...

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Harbinger Society Presents features guests from Canadian progressive media, journalism & the Harbinger Media Network shared universe with in-depth interviews + round-table panels w/ host Andre Goulet.

Network supporters get early access to new episodes of HSP and other exclusive podcasts. Support the community at www.harbingermedianetwork.com

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