rabble radio Podcast
1) Reviewing 2025: A mercurial year in Canadian politics
This week on rabble radio, rabble publisher Sarah Sahagian and rabble editor Nick Seebruch discuss the major news in Canadian politics of 2025; including the resignation of Justin Trudeau, to now-Prim...Show More
2) Examining the federal government's 2.7 billion in cuts to foreign aid
In its newly tabled budget, the federal government announced that over the course of four years there would be a $2.7 billion reduction in international assistance. As Bridget Potasky writes in her ...Show More
3) Support for the NDP is declining. What can be done?
The New Democratic Party of Canada is currently looking for its new leader after the resignation of Jagmeet Singh and a colossal decline in support in the most recent federal election. It seems the N...Show More
4) Family law in Canada: What it gets right and where it fails
Content warning: This interview centers around domestic violence. Please listen with care and sensitivity. Family and child protection lawyer Bobbi Olsen joins rabble publisher Sarah Sahagian to talk ...Show More
5) Considering sectoral bargaining in Canada
This week on rabble radio, we're looking at how unions and employers bargain in Canada and whether it's time for a new approach. Â Right now, most unions negotiate with one employer at a time, which c...Show More
6) Carney's 'generational' budget falls short of expectations
This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney shared Budget 2025: a budget that Carney says is "to build Canada strong." The budget emphasized the importance of investing over spending—but what does that real...Show More
7) Reviewing Muslim representation in Canadian media
It's Islamic History Month in Canada; and this week on the show, we're joined by Sadaf Ahsan and Sarah Sahagian to discuss Muslim representation in Canadian pop culture. In this conversation, the two ...Show More
8) What are the priorities in these early days of the NDP leadership race?
The New Democratic Party of Canada will select its next leader at the Winnipeg Convention in March next year. As of now, there are five officially approved candidates seeking the leadership of Canada’...Show More
9) New border security bills endanger refugee rights
This week on rabble radio, we share a clip from a recent episode of the Courage My Friends series featuring co-executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, Karen Cocq, advocacy and m...Show More
10) What ethical reporting on Gaza looks like in 2025
This week on the show, Nick Seebruch sits down with Inori Roy, co-founder of Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine, to discuss why many journalists in Canada remain hesitant to cover Palestine...Show More