Explore every episode of the podcast Sandy and Nora talk politics
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM for two months, Carney does damage already | 01 juil. 2025 | 00:45:17 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Carney's decisions -- from ramming through legislation that will give extraordinary powers to Ministers in the name of national security and interest, to sky-high deportations and removals, the signs are showing that Canadians were given the opposite of what they said they wanted in the last federal election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Weapons of Mass Destruction redux? | 24 juin 2025 | 00:48:13 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the parallels between 2003 and 2025, Iraq and Iran, Bush and Trump, and how Toronto has enforced it's so-called bubble zone bylaw to restrict anti-war protests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Heading towards World War Three? | 17 juin 2025 | 00:47:49 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Israel bombing Iran, the world's leaders meeting in Canada and how Mark Carney is seemingly looking to influence the global poles of power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Sandy and Nora Live in St. John's | 10 juin 2025 | 00:38:13 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora discuss rising fascism and how to fight it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Mark Carney lusts for war | 03 juin 2025 | 00:45:52 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney's lust for war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Mark Carney lusts for war | 03 juin 2025 | 00:45:52 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney's lust for war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| You gotta fight for your right to proooooootest | 27 mai 2025 | 00:44:34 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the attacks on Canadians' right to assemble -- from Toronto's so-called bubble law to PEI police telling peace activists to buy a $2 million insurance policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Save the mail | 20 mai 2025 | 00:45:25 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about why the mail is so much more important than just a service to send letters through. Plus, they also talk about the Alberta government's plan to expand involuntary detention for people who struggle with addiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Policing and Corporate Domination | 13 mai 2025 | 00:50:19 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about their latest books, and why as corporations continue to chase higher and higher profits, government relies more and more on the security apparatus to keep people in line. Plus -- Mark Carney's cabinet is out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Carney, King and Country | 06 mai 2025 | 00:46:29 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine Mark Carney's decision to have the King read the Speech from the Throne -- is he foring a new Canadian MAGA path? Also, the stunning silence from Canadian politicans about Israel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Liberal Minority Hangover | 29 avr. 2025 | 00:49:56 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Liberal victory, the Conservative vote gain and the bloodbath of NDP candidates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Elxn 25 - The Home Stretch | 22 avr. 2025 | 00:48:56 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how journalists have gone soft on Poilievre and about how no one is talking about the big issue in this election: income inequality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Elxn 25 - Crime and Punishment | 15 avr. 2025 | 00:47:13 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora analyse the parties' platforms related to borders, policing, crime and punishment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Elxn 25 - Media's abject failure | 08 avr. 2025 | 00:48:21 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how the imminent collapse of mainstream media in Canada is on full display in mainstream election coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Elxn 25 - Jockeying to be the most boring | 01 avr. 2025 | 00:44:52 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how little imagination and creativity that the parties have on offer, and all the ways that they're hiding from Canadians the possibilites that abound in this moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Off to the races! | 25 mars 2025 | 00:53:50 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about federal election, how tax cuts are dominating discussion and how no one seemed ready despite the fact that we've all known for months this was coming. Plus, Israel re-ignites its bombardment of Gaza and so long, Hudson's Bay Company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Fear and loathing in the Great Satan | 18 mars 2025 | 00:50:31 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora discuss Trump's attack on citizenship rights, due process and how its influencing people's decisions to travel. Plus, what does Mark Carney's cabinet say about his priorities? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| PM Mark Carney's tiny window of opportunity | 11 mars 2025 | 00:44:44 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney, his rapid ascent to the top of Canada, and what it all means for everyone down below. Plus, the disapperance of Mahmoud Khalil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| PM Mark Carney's tiny window of opportunity | 11 mars 2025 | 00:44:44 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney, his rapid ascent to the top of Canada, and what it all means for everyone down below. Plus, the disapperance of Mahmoud Khalil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Backlash, decline or both? | 04 mars 2025 | 00:44:05 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the chaos at the White House and how to buckle up for a world where the United States' empire is collapsing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Fighting violence with more violence? Three years of Russia's war on Ukraine. | 25 févr. 2025 | 00:47:35 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take stock of where things are on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They also talk about defunding higher education and how Canada has chosen atrophy in the face of crumbling US hegemony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| It's white nationalism. Call it white nationalism. | 18 févr. 2025 | 00:51:54 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how "anti-woke" politicians are just white nationalists, and how Liberals have so effectively coopted DEI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Faux Canada | 11 févr. 2025 | 00:50:00 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about nationalism, how this moment needs to be one where radical politics are put front and centre, and what's at stake if we get it wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The cold tariff war | 04 févr. 2025 | 00:45:14 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about tariffs, free trade, our collective forgetting of 40 years ago and how Canada should stand up to Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Anti-intellectualism and our fascist slide | 28 janv. 2025 | 00:49:07 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora look at the connection between the anti-intellectualism that has swept Canadian institutions and how this has primed them to accept fascism whether they want to or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Day 1 of the fascist republic of the United States | 21 janv. 2025 | 00:47:38 | |
In this episode Sandy and Nora talk about how the tech world has so rapidly mobilized around Trump and how with regime change, they have shed the old vestiges of the former people in power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Fires in LA and Ottawa | 14 janv. 2025 | 00:46:44 | |
In this episode Sandy and Nora talk about fires in LA and political turmoil in Ottawa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A rear-end look at 2024 | 17 déc. 2024 | 00:57:04 | |
Sandy and Nora look back on the biggest news of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| It's the fall of a regime, not a tennis match: Understanding Syria | 10 déc. 2024 | 00:43:52 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, what it means for the broader region and why people shouldn't get too hung up on figuring out which side to cheer for. Plus, they talk about how the murder of a CEO brought the internet together, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| High trouble in higher ed | 03 déc. 2024 | 00:46:36 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the state of higher education, and how student organizing is the only force powerful enough to keep administrators in check. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The racism behind much of the support for Israel | 26 nov. 2024 | 00:44:51 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how many supporters of Israel are using their support to express racism. Plus, a GST holiday? Where we going? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Towards bluer skies | 19 nov. 2024 | 00:48:59 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take a break from the stuff that matters to talk about the current migration from Twitter towards Bluesky and what it all means (and doesn't mean). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Lessons from the Trump Victory | 12 nov. 2024 | 00:44:38 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how to understand Trump's victory without being misanthropic. And critically, what it all means for Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Democracy's Death | 05 nov. 2024 | 00:50:07 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the state of democracy in Canada, especially as we stare down a US election. Plus, police keep killing people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Liberals' hard-right turn on immigration | 29 oct. 2024 | 00:48:22 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Liberals' cynical use of immigration, whether encouring more of it or cutting it, all for cheap points at the polls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What is with British Columbia? | 22 oct. 2024 | 00:47:06 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the BC election, Indian interference into Canadian politics and Israel's campaign to forcible displace and murder people in Northern Gaza. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The truth about uncivil discourse | 15 oct. 2024 | 00:46:15 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora dissect what is behind the push to restore civility to discourse and what incivility should teach us. Plus they talk about more media failures related to tragedies that have happened to Black people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| One year of genocide | 08 oct. 2024 | 00:50:18 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the view on Gaza one year after October 7, 2024. They discuss the failures of the federal government to do anything and ask: is there any point in continuing with the same tactics we've been doing for the past year? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Careening towards nuclear war? | 01 oct. 2024 | 00:46:44 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Israel's invasion of Lebanon, and how incapable/unwilling Canadian media are at challenging Zionist narratives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The war on Lebanon | 24 sept. 2024 | 00:42:04 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Israel's attack on Lebanon and the assault by Canadian instutitutions on our free speech to condemn it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A country full of cowards | 17 sept. 2024 | 00:50:46 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about one of the barriers to taking action: a lack of courage. They examine how to find and build courage so that people feel supported enough to take on radical acts. Plus, no more cellphones in school: what problem is this trying to fix? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The NDP-Liberal coalition is finally over (and so is your right to protest on campus) | 10 sept. 2024 | 00:45:23 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the political ramifications of the NDP ending the supply and confidence deal with the Liberals. Plus, increasing attacks on free speech on campus should worry everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| New season starts next week and SWITCH NOW to the Daily News feed | 04 sept. 2024 | 00:00:45 | |
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| DN - Terror charges for dad and son, Canada approved $107M in Israeli weapons exports, Wagner group massacred in Mali | 02 août 2024 | 00:10:55 | |
Daily news - Aug. 2, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| DN - PEI journos' union drive stuck, landslide at Chilcotin river and wildfires in Spain | 01 août 2024 | 00:08:06 | |
Daily news for Aug. 1, 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| DN - Cops shut down Halifax encampment, AirBnB is eating up rental stock, 100+ dead in IND and PAK from flooding | 31 juil. 2024 | 00:08:01 | |
Daily news for July 31, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Only you can prevent forest fires (through our radical actions) | 30 juil. 2024 | 00:48:41 | |
In this episode, Sandy and Nora think through what the left can learn from the strides made in Olympic-level gymnastics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| DN - Ford buys cops helicopters, SK health workers aren't paid and far-right Israelis protest in favour of torture | 30 juil. 2024 | 00:09:41 | |
Daily news for July 30, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| DN - Calgarians protest food costs, Postmedia buys Saltwire, Venezuela heads to the polls | 29 juil. 2024 | 00:07:10 | |
Daily news for July 29, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| DN - Companies charged for refinery explosion, the Oilers wanted unhoused people out, JNF to lose charitable status | 26 juil. 2024 | 00:09:36 | |
Daily news for July 26, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||