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Canadian Podcasts? (sh.itjust.works)
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What Canadian podcasts do you recommend? My podcast app is currently downloading:

  • CanadaLand - It's mostly opinion, but the host does talk about the media landscape and what it takes for Canadian news outlets to survive. Hosts occasionally shoot their mouths off and then give mea culpas.

  • The Big Story - An Ontario-centric daily news show by Rogers. The host knows his audience and does decent interviews. I appreciate their ongoing focus on cost of living issues.

I've tried:

  • Front Burner - Another daily news show. The interviews feel scripted, but there's occasionally good stuff.

  • The Loonie Hour - I tried to listen to this for its right leaning perspective, but I gave up after one of the hosts said reliable sources told him Russia would never invade Ukraine.

  • Backbench Podcast - as much as I like the new host, it doesn't feel like it offers a lot of insight.

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[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Others have mentioned "Canadaland" and their various podcasts.

I like "Sandy and Nora Talk Politics", "Open to Debate with David Moscrop", and "The Secret Life of Canada" (now a CBC production, but that doesn't seem to have changed the podcast).

"Hacked" is not specifically Canadian content but is made in Canada. Covers the wonderful world of who got hacked and how.

"Conspirituality" and "This Week In Virology" are what I would call "Canada adjacent" in that there are Canadian co-hosts and Canada gets some direct coverage in what are essentially international stories with an American focus. The former looks at the intersection of the wellness community and right wing ideologies. The latter, as you might guess, is about "viruses, the kind that make you sick" (their tagline) and frequently gets very technical, especially when they are reviewing a paper.

CBC pushes quite a lot of their radio and some TV programming out as podcasts. My favourites are "Quirks and Quarks" and "Ideas".

Then there are some limited series: "Recall: How to Start a Revolution" about the FLQ crisis and "Kuper Island" about Residential Schools.

For a good time, you can't go wrong with "Because News", a comedy panel-quiz show on mostly Canadian news. Some guests (especially Eric Peterson, Jean Yoon, and Martha Chavez) occasionally depart into rants or personal stories that have a lot of serious meat.