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COMMONS

COMMONS is a documentary podcast that proves Canada is anything but boring. Each season, host Arshy Mann guides you through the country’s dark underbelly, bringing you stories about crime, corruption ... Read more

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CRUDE 1 - Smell This Town

CRUDE 1 - Smell This Town

If you don’t understand oil, you can’t understand Canada. We take you to a place unlike anywhere else in the world, wher... Read more

2 Apr 2019

24mins

Ranked #2

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An emergency season: PANDEMIC

An emergency season: PANDEMIC

COVID-19 has upended everything, and forced us to change plans. From here on out, COMMONS will be bringing you stories a... Read more

27 Apr 2020

1min

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Ep.74 - Cultural Appropriation Is An Inherently Political Act

Ep.74 - Cultural Appropriation Is An Inherently Political Act

Appropriation is the buzzword in the news this week, as a misguided editorial was followed by a white elite up in arms ... Read more

16 May 2017

52mins

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The Rise Of The Right

The Rise Of The Right

On the final episode of the season, the Commons team digs into the rise of the fringe right in Canada. Journalist Evan B... Read more

4 Jul 2017

35mins

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CORRUPTION 1 - The Most Crime-Ridden Neighbourhood In Canada

CORRUPTION 1 - The Most Crime-Ridden Neighbourhood In Canada

This season, Commons will be focusing on stories at the intersection of money, influence and politics in Canada. In this... Read more

3 Oct 2018

25mins

Ranked #6

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As If They Were Pets: The Sixties Scoop

As If They Were Pets: The Sixties Scoop

Betty Ann Adam is a reporter with the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. She is also a survivor of the "Sixties Scoop". When she wa... Read more

7 Nov 2017

35mins

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DYNASTIES 1 - The Stronachs

DYNASTIES 1 - The Stronachs

Canada is a country ruled by dynasties — political, commercial and criminal. In the first episode of our new series, we ... Read more

17 Sep 2019

30mins

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DYNASTIES 4 - The Rizzutos

DYNASTIES 4 - The Rizzutos

The Rizzutos are Canada’s first family of crime. For decades, they dominated Montreal’s underworld with an iron fist. Wi... Read more

12 Nov 2019

43mins

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DYNASTIES 5 - The Sahotas

DYNASTIES 5 - The Sahotas

The Sahotas are Vancouver’s most notorious slumlords. For decades they’ve let their buildings rot, leaving their tenants... Read more

27 Nov 2019

55mins

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CRUDE 5 - A Town, Annihilated

CRUDE 5 - A Town, Annihilated

The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster was a calamity like we’ve never seen before. The families of the victims never got justic... Read more

28 May 2019

33mins

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Guy Caron, Guaranteed Income And Climate Refugees

Guy Caron, Guaranteed Income And Climate Refugees

Welcome back to a brand-new season of Commons! To kick things off, the Commons team is profiling each of the four candid... Read more

12 Sep 2017

55mins

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Ep. 89 - Finding A Fix: Our Opioid Overdose Crisis

Ep. 89 - Finding A Fix: Our Opioid Overdose Crisis

There's a well known narrative about the opioid epidemic: pharmaceutical companies and doctors over-prescribed addictive... Read more

27 Feb 2018

42mins

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DYNASTIES 3 - The Fords

DYNASTIES 3 - The Fords

They call themselves the Canadian Kennedys. And they’re one of the most famous political dynasties to ever exist in this... Read more

15 Oct 2019

43mins

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DYNASTIES 6 - The Desmarais

DYNASTIES 6 - The Desmarais

The Desmarais family is by far the most influential Canadian dynasty of the last half-century. But if you don’t live in ... Read more

11 Dec 2019

44mins

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DYNASTIES 2 - The Irvings

DYNASTIES 2 - The Irvings

For almost a century, the Irving family has run New Brunswick like a personal fiefdom. They own the newspapers, the indu... Read more

1 Oct 2019

38mins

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Ep. 88 - Our Mis(education): the Erasure of Blackness in Canadian Schools

Ep. 88 - Our Mis(education): the Erasure of Blackness in Canadian Schools

Robyn Maynard is the author of Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present. We chat with ... Read more

13 Feb 2018

43mins

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On NAFTA And Niqabs

On NAFTA And Niqabs

Quebec's racist bill, unveiled. Plus NAFTA explained by one of its founders, former Mulroney Chief of Staff Hugh Segal. ... Read more

24 Oct 2017

45mins

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CORRUPTION 2 - How Vancouver Became A Money Laundering Paradise

CORRUPTION 2 - How Vancouver Became A Money Laundering Paradise

For years, people could walk into Vancouver-area casinos with tens of thousands of dollars of suspicious cash and walk o... Read more

16 Oct 2018

20mins

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Ep. 93 - The All-White Jury In Canada

Ep. 93 - The All-White Jury In Canada

The acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the shooting of Colten Boushie sparked outrage across Canada. The anger was further f... Read more

24 Apr 2018

28mins

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CORRUPTION 10 - The Canadian Company Accused of Using Slaves Today

CORRUPTION 10 - The Canadian Company Accused of Using Slaves Today

Canadian companies have committed all kinds of wrongdoing abroad. But this is on a different level. One Vancouver-based ... Read more

19 Feb 2019

35mins

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