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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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Maintaining solidarity with Palestine in 2025, with CJPME

Mar 07 2025 30 mins

This week, Michael Bueckert from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, sits down with Libby Davies. The two discuss how CJPME hopes to make solidarity with Palestine an election issue this year, as well as how his own education and activism led him to his current position as acting president of the organization. About Michael Bueckert and CJPME Dr. Michael Bueckert

Liberal leadership race 2025

Feb 28 2025 30 mins

This week on rabble radio, we’re sharing a clip from our February Off the Hill political panel. In this panel, our guests – including community organizer and political commentator Jennifer Arp; writer and policy researcher Chuka Ejeckam; political, advocacy and communications professional Sabrina Grover; and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg – discussed th

Let’s talk about mental health in the classroom

Feb 21 2025 30 mins

This week, we share a clip from the latest episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series. In this episode, host Resh Budhu sat down with author and storyteller Carolyn Roberts, dean of the Centre for Preparatory and Liberal Studies at George Brown College, Susan Toews, and director of Student Well-Being and Support at George Brown College, Alex Irwin to discuss this year’s up

What collaboration can mean and look like in Ontario politics, with Sarah Jama

Feb 14 2025 30 mins

Ahead of a provincial election in Ontario, rabble’s Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Eleanor Wand sits down with Sarah Jama to talk about her re-election campaign as an Independent MPP for Hamilton Centre and how Jama believes that voters between parties have more in common than they think. About our guest Sarah Jama is running for re-election to continue representing Ham

What does disability justice look like in the workplace?

Feb 07 2025 30 mins

What does it mean for a workplace to be truly accommodating for all? How can we advocate for more people-first workplaces? Where are governments and companies failing us and how can we better protect each other? Labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with Brad Evoy, the executive director with Disability Justice Network of Ontario to discuss all this and more. About ou

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