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The Orchardcast
by Jeremy Appel
The Orchard, but for your ears www.readtheorchard.org
Episodes
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The Cure for Separation Anxiety
Thank you Dave Cournoyer, Shama Rangwala, ClimateLunchClub, Tim W Callaway, Patricia Hughes-Fuller, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Mitch Sylvestre Speech - Separatist Referendum Watch Party
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Your Morning Edmonton - 10/13/26
On Tuesday, I went on CTV’s Your Morning Edmonton to speak to Kent Morrison about Danielle Smith’s astonishing political comeback and how her communicative talents from her years as a radio host help her maintain power. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
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Bad Energy with Joshua Frank
Counterpunch managing editor Joshua Frank has a provocative new book out. Bad Energy, which outlines the environmental and human pitfalls of the capitalist-led green energy transition. He compellingly argues that replacing fossil fuel consumption with increased mining for precious metals, massive...
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Buy my book!
Preorder Links * Shop Local (Preferred) * Amazon (25% off preorders) * Indigo (25% off preorders) In addition to purchasing a copy of the book, don’t forget to order it to your local public library! Book Events * Edmonton: Book launch at the Aviary - Oct. 13 * Calgary: Alberta Advantage live...
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Quebec's Election with Nora Loreto (Pt. 2)
Watch part one here: Thank you Dave Cournoyer, Clearing a New Path, Alessia Rosanna, Janet Pennington, and many others for tuning into my live video with Nora Loreto! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Why Biden Allowed Israel to Cross His Red Line
Journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed has a new book out today, Crossing the Red Line, which takes an inside look at the internal machinations behind President Joe Biden’s support for Israel as it destroyed Gaza. Related Links * Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza (W.W....
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The State of Things (Ft. Christy Somos)
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Unpacking the Combatting Hate Act with Shama Rangwala
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How the John Birch Society Shaped Modern Conservatism
Scholar of right-wing populism Carmen Celestini recently released a book, God’s Angry Men: The Political Legacy of the John Birch Society, which details how the John Birch Society’s paranoid conspiracism influenced the trajectory of right-wing politics in the U.S. Reaching the zenith of its...
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DeCyphering the Middle East
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Headlines - 06/03/26
Featured Stories * Retired judge appointed to electoral boundary panel donated to UCP, Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News * Former Alberta judge tapped to chair panel redrawing electoral boundaries, Lisa Johnson, Canadian Press * Carney government follows CUSMA letter with proposals to revive U.S....
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Referendum Madness
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Headlines - 05/26/26
Featured Stories * Guilbeault to resign as an MP over Carney government’s climate policies, Vassy Kapelos and Stephanie Ha, CTV News * Steven Guilbeault expected to quit Liberal caucus as early as Wednesday, sources say, Marieke Walsh and Stephanie Levitz, Globe and Mail * Carney says House of...
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How U.S. Media Sold the Gaza Genocide
You may know Adam H. Johnson as the co-host of the Citations Needed podcast. He has a new book out, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, which provides a rigorous, data-driven critique of how liberal American media outlets helped facilitate the Gaza genocide....
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Did NES’s Ontario Liberal leadership campaign get sabotaged?
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The Breakdown x The Orchard
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What the HELL is happening with Elections Alberta?
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Alberta Separatism's Stubborn Persistence
Globe and Mail opinion page editor and former National Post Alberta reporter Tyler Dawson charts the rise of Alberta separatist sentiment in his new book, The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away. He joins me to discuss how the Alberta independence movement went from fringe to...
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The Myth of Red Texas
You may know David Griscom as the co-host of Left Reckoning or host of the Jacobin Show. He’s now also an author, having released The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South. David joins the podcast to discuss the hidden history of Texas socialism. Albertans might...
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Headlines - 04/21/26
Featured Stories * The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism, Charles Rusnell, The Tyee * A network of YouTube accounts is promoting U.S. annexation to Albertans, researchers say. It has 40M views, Alex Boyd, Toronto Star * Ottawa favours southern route for new Alberta-B.C....
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Consolidation in the Canadian Resource Sector (Ft. Peter Nowak)
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The Avi Lewis-ing of the NDP
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Jeremy and Nora Talk Politics
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Scotiabank divests from Elbit Systems
Scotiabank has sold all its remaining shares in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit systems after a campaign targeting its sponsorship of the arts, most prominently the prestigious Giller Prize. Aliya Pabani of No Arms in the Arts joins the podcast to discuss this divestment victory. Related Links…
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Headlines - 11/19/25
Featured Stories * Strike notice served by union representing Alberta nursing care staff, Mrinali Anchan, CBC News (Nov. 19) * Alberta’s COP30 delegate is a former oil industry lobbyist, Brett McKay, Investigative Journalism Foundation (Nov. 19) * Alaska tribal nations demand a say on Canadian...
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How the Blue Jays almost won the World Series
The Toronto Blue Jays came as close as it gets to winning the World Series, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in extra innings in game seven. Andrew Stoeten of THE BATFLIP joins the podcast to discuss how the Jays went from last place in the AL East to making the Dodgers fight hard for a repeat...
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How Canada Helped Destroy Libya
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org It’s been almost 15 years since Canada participated in NATO’s overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Winnipeg-based author and journalist Owen Schalk has a new book out, Targeting Libya, which details the history...
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The Carney Doctrine (Ft. Luke Savage)
Thank you Laurence Miall, Revolution Party of Canada, Thought Matters, MakeUsGreat.ca, Jill, and many others for tuning into my live video with Luke Savage! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...
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Headlines - 08/27/25
Featured Stories * Inquiry into suicides of 4 Indigenous teens says fear of child welfare system barrier to care, Wallis Snowdon, CBC News (Aug. 27) * Burnaby council votes unanimously to ask Ottawa to impose arms embargo on Israel, CBC News (Aug. 26) * Armoured vehicles from Canadian-owned…
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Headlines - 08/21/25
Stories Featured * Internal documents show how Alberta measles outbreak began to spiral out of control, Alanna Smith, Globe and Mail (Aug. 21) * Air Canada flight attendants vote on labour deal starting next week, Eric Atkins, Globe and Mail (Aug. 21) * Meta banned the Epoch Times from…
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Headlines - 08/13/25
Air Canada to start cancelling trips after flight attendants’ union issues strike notice, Vanmala Subramaniam, Globe and Mail (Aug. 13) As Trump takes over Washington, the city watches for potential fallout, Adrian Morrow, Globe and Mail (Aug. 12) U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop...
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On Book Banning
The Alberta government’s decision to wade into school library curation is part of a broader trend towards censoring books that has intensified in the past several years. Lethbridge native Ira Wells, director of the free expression group PEN Canada, published a book, On Book Banning, earlier this...
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Alberta is an environmental liability
With Donald Trump’s tariffs fundamentally altering Canada’s relationship with its largest trading partner, oil and gas pipelines have been put back on the agenda as a purported means of enhancing Canadian self-reliance. Fossil fuel industry employee-turned-critic Jenny Yeremiy argues that…
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What's next for the federal NDP?
Matt Fodor is the author of From Layton to Singh: The 20-year conflict behind the NDP’s deal with the Trudeau Liberals. He joins the Orchardcast to explain the NDP consultant class’s efforts to shape the outcome of the upcoming leadership race. Related Links * Statement from Leah Gazan, Lori…
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Bankers Gonna Bank (Ft. Bad + B****y)
Thank you Ian Weniger, Candace Northey, [email protected], and many others for tuning into my live video with Bad + B****y Podcast! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Election Update - Week 5
Over the past five weeks, the Orchard has been releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. Joining me this week is Nora Loreto, a Quebec City-based independent journalist and author who likely needs no introduction. Nora’s latest book, the second part of her...
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The Poilievre Project
Pierre Poilievre was supposed to be Canada’s next prime minister. As the 2025 federal election progresses, it’s looking increasingly less likely, but even if he loses, Poilievre will have made his imprint on right-wing politics in Canada for the foreseeable future. Martin Lukacs has written a…
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Election Update - Week 4
From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. The entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch. Joining me this week is David Moscrop, author of Too Dumb for Democracy?...
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Election Update - Week 3
From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. The entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch. Joining me this week is York University humanities professor Shama...
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Can the NDP halt its fade into electoral obscurity? (Ft. The Hatchet)
Thank you Judy Haiven, Gail Silvius, Glenn Toddun, and many others for tuning into my live video with Jordan Cornish and Arshy Mann! Join me for my next live video in the app. If you enjoyed this video, then why not share it? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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Election Update - Week 2
From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. The entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch. Joining me this week is MacEwan University communications professor and...
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Election Update - Week 1
From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. Unlike other Orchardcast episodes, the entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch. Joining me this week is fellow...
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Doug Ford, King of Ontario
Ontario premier Doug Ford has become a political juggernaut, in large part by cultivating an image of himself as a strong, steady leader in times of political crisis. But does the image match reality? Eric Wickham, Ontario reporter for PressProgress joins me to answer this question, talk a bit...
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What is the NDP's purpose?
The NDP, Canada’s traditional party of the left, is sitting stagnant in the polls with an impending federal election campaign. Avi Lewis, who was acclaimed as the party nominee in Vancouver Centre, joins the Orchardcast to discuss his view that the NDP is the party Canadians need at this moment…
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Gaza's Ongoing Humanitarian Catastrophe
As the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza hangs by a thread, it’s crucial not to lose sight of the humanitarian nightmare in the besieged coastal enclave, which will only get worse if the war resumes. Joseph Hazboun, the Catholic Near East Welfare Association’s regional director for Jerusalem, joins the...
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Tariff Talk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org U.S. president Donald Trump might not be imposing his promised 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico quite yet, having pushed its implementation date to March, but the threat remains very real. Sarah Rieger, whose work...
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Who were Israel's Black Panthers?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org In 1971 in the slums of West Jerusalem, a group of young Moroccan Jews established the Israeli Black Panthers to fight for equality Israel’s marginalized community of Middle Eastern, or Mizrachi, Jews. While...
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Does TikTok have a future?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app, is on the verge of getting banned in the U.S., calling its future viability into question. In April 2024, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, passed…
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Dr. Tarek Loubani
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.org Dr. Tarek Loubani first came on my radar in 2013, when he and filmmaker John Greyson were arrested by the Egyptian military junta en route to Gaza. In 2018, he was shot in both legs by Israeli snipers when he was...
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