Ep.39 - Don't Let Harper Happen Here: Wab Kinew on Entering Politics

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Ep.40 - George Elliott Clarke: A Polyphony of Canadian Blacknesses

George Elliott Clarke has been appointed as Canada’s seventh poet laureate. 

 

His wide-ranging conversation with Desmond touches on how working for a trailblazing black MP led him to meeting the Dalai Lama, why politicians should c ...

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Ep.41 - Legal Weed is Bad for Poor People

Canada has had a marijuana industry for a long time. It just hasn’t always been legal. People in the business have ended up in prison, barred from crossing the border or denied future job prospects.

 

Now that the Liberals are plann ...

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