COMMONS

Nov 28 2024 273 ep. 31 mins 19.9k
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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 and all manner of misdeeds.

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The Last COMMONS Ever / Introducing: The Hatchet

Nov 28 2024 6 mins  
COMMONS is coming to an end after six years, with a final investigation available on the CANADALAND feed. Publisher Jesse Brown sits down with COMMONS host Arshy Mann to discuss the new episode, and to help introduce Arshy’s new venture, The Hatchet.    Host: Arshy MannCredits: Jordan Cornish (Producer, Mixing & Mastering), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Th

Introducing Canadaland’s next big investigation - The Copernic Affair

Nov 11 2024 5 mins  
The Copernic Affair is Canadaland’s latest big investigation  about how an unassuming sociology professor in Ottawa ended up the prime suspect in a terrorism investigation that French authorities have been trying to solve since the 1980s.Is he a terrorist? Or a scapegoat?The Copernic Affair launches in late-January, but you can listen to the first two episodes right now and

Introducing The Worst Podcast

Sep 12 2024 2 mins  
Canadaland has launched its first ever celebrity interview podcast and it’s not great. It’s The Worst Podcast.Celebrities are always talking about their bests. Now hear them at their worst.Join award-winning filmmaker and noted curmudgeon Alan Zweig for refreshingly honest conversations with “notable people” about the worst things in life.Alan has no interest in best-sellin

Inside Kabul Ep. 9 - June: Meeting with Marwa

Aug 28 2024 17 mins  
After months of trading voice memos and messages, Caroline meets Marwa in person in Germany. They talk about the choices they have made, the lessons they have learned, and long for a reunion with Raha.  By Caroline Gillet with Marwa and Raha. The original podcast broadcast on France INTER / RADIO FRANCE © RADIO FRANCE. Canadaland is proud to premiere the English-language

Inside Kabul Ep. 8 - May: “Wish me luck”

Aug 28 2024 36 mins  
It has been ten months since the arrival of the Taliban. Marwa takes the steps to settle in Germany and takes a step back from her country, its traditions and its history. It is the first time she has been in Europe, and everything in Germany surprises her.In Afghanistan, the Taliban impose full veils on women. Raha is more and more desperate, and plots her escape.By Caroline Gille

Inside Kabul Ep. 7 - April/May: New Spaces

Aug 21 2024 28 mins  
Marwa arrives in Germany and everything surprises her. Raha sends the terrifying sounds of the end of Ramadan. She is increasingly cooped up and angry in Kabul, but she manages to send gifts from there.It always gets harder to talk to Raha. Caroline Gillet doesn't know if it's because of the power cuts, or if Raha can no longer find how to say what she's going through.The end of Ra

Inside Kabul Ep. 6 - April: First Ramadan in Kabul

Aug 14 2024 22 mins  
We arrive in April, and it has been eight months since Marwa and Raha began talking about their daily lives with reporter Caroline Gillet. Raha is in Kabul, Marwa in a refugee camp in Abu Dhabi. They say that documenting what they are experiencing and sharing helps to compensate for the immobility.The economic situation in Afghanistan is dramatic following the freezing of internati

Inside Kabul Ep. 5 - February: Revolt Before Zombieland

Aug 07 2024 30 mins  
Revolt in all its forms – hidden or revealed – is unfolding in Kabul and in the Abu Dhabi camp.From the start, Caroline Gillet asks Marwa and Raha questions, and they answer. Or they send her sounds, or photos, when they want to share something. The reporter never knows what she will discover when she opens a voice note.Sometimes there are long minutes of ambience, or short mes

Inside Kabul Ep. 4 - December/January: "Vampire Diaries"

Jul 31 2024 24 mins  
With the media’s attention turned away from Afghanistan and snow beginning to fall, Raha and Marwa continue to endure the daily realities of their new lives – finding simple pleasures that help them get through the day.While Raha finally finds a new job opportunity and a glimmer of hope, Marwa begins to go out at night in the camp and creates a new family to help her quench her

Inside Kabul Ep. 3 - October: Take Back Control

Jul 24 2024 27 mins  
It has been three months since the Taliban returned to power. Raha and Marwa regularly receive reminders from Instagram of what their lives used to be – at a birthday, at a party, surrounded by friends. They send screenshots with their voice notes to Caroline Gillet.For Caroline, she sees evidence of daily lives that had been so much closer to her own than she would have ima