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Hosted by Breanne Doyle, rabble radio is the flagship podcast of rabble.ca. rabble breaks down the news of the day from a progressive lens. It's a good place to catch up and catch on to what's happening in Canadian politics, activism, environmentalism, and so much more. We catch you up on the news of the week and take you further into the stories that matter to you.

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A new progressive alternative in Canada

Jan 31 2025 30 mins

This week, we share a clip from the first episode of the latest season of the Courage My Friends podcast series. In this episode, independent journalist and public historian Taylor C. Noakes, author, political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ricardo Tranjan and social justice activist and former organizer for the Ontario Coalition Ag

Abortion access in Canada ahead of a federal election

Jan 24 2025 30 mins

In 2022, when Roe v. Wade was overturned in the United States, it sent shockwaves through Canada as we questioned how this decision might impact us. For many, it sparked a new sense of concern that similar actions could be taken here, prompting a closer examination of the work needed to strengthen and expand reproductive rights and access in Canada. This week, Donald Trump was swor

Election year in Canada

Jan 17 2025 30 mins

This week on rabble radio, we’re sharing a clip from our first Off the Hill political panel of 2025. In this panel, our guests – including NDP MP Niki Ashton, senior researcher at the CCPA National Office Stuart Trew, economist Jim Stanford, activist and writer Judy Haiven and rabble’s parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg – talked about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s r

Nelofer Pazira-Fisk on: Night of Power, The Betrayal of the Middle East

Jan 10 2025 30 mins

This week on rabble radio, journalist and filmmaker Nelofer Pazira-Fisk sits down with Libby Davies to discuss her experience completing her late husband’s book on Middle Eastern politics and shares her reflections on how Western mainstream media could be doing a better job reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict. For more information about Night of Power: The Betrayal of the

Best of rabble radio 2024

Dec 20 2024 30 mins

It’s hard to believe, but it’s already time to say goodbye to 2024 and ring in a new year. Before we do, however, we’d like to take the next half an hour to review some of our favourite interviews of this year. It’s become a tradition at rabble radio, after all! Let’s dive right in. 2024 at a glance… In January, then-Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Madison Ed

Will closing down supervised consumption sites in Ontario really make communities safer?

Dec 13 2024 30 mins

Last week, our Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Eleanor Wand shared a piece on rabble.ca which examined the Ontario government’s decision to move forward with plans to close 10 of its 19 supervised consumption and treatment sites, despite a report from the auditor general criticizing the decision for lack of planning and consultation. In the piece, she explained that exp

The future of diversity, equity and inclusion in Canada

Dec 06 2024 30 mins

Protecting trans youth in Alberta and across the country with Egale Canada

Nov 29 2024 30 mins

Earlier this year, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced dramatic changes to that province's approach to the healthcare, education, and inclusion of transgender youth. READ MORE: In Alberta’s new war on trans people, children will suffer Since then, queer activists and groups supporting the rights of 2SLGBTQIA folks have come together to challenge and speak out against polic

Just how just is Canada’s justice system?

Nov 22 2024 30 mins

This week on rabble radio, we feature a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our theme was ‘Off the Hill: How just is Canada’s justice system?’ Our panel featured poet and activist El Jones; and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg. About our guests El Jones is a poet, author, journalist, professor and activist living in Hal

Efforts to unionize Amazon warehouses and improve working conditions for all

Nov 15 2024 30 mins

By now, we’ve all heard about the poor working conditions Amazon workers face globally. So, why then, are there only two unionized Amazon factories in North America? Labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga talks to Félix Trudeau, the president of the first union to be certified at an Amazon warehouse in Canada, about his efforts unionizing his colleagues and what other Canadian