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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 and all manner of misdeeds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4:23

Introducing: What Is Happening Here (Official Trailer)

COMMONS ·

2025/11/17

Some say Canada is currently in the throes of a horrible surge of anti-Jew hatred. Others say that anti-zionism is being conflated with antisemitism.So which is it? And who is to blame for it — activists, or Israel?What is Happening Here is a co-production of Canadaland and The Canadian Jewish News.Listen to the first two episodes wherever you get your podcasts.Become a Canadaland supporter now and listen to the whole series plus bonus episodes, ad-free. https://canadaland.com/join/ Hosted on Acast

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13:23

We're in the Fight of Our Lives

COMMONS ·

2025/10/20

Canadaland covers Canada, period.If there was ever a time to support Canadian news, it’s now. Go to canadaland.com/join and become a supporter today.Host: Jesse BrownCredits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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3:35

Introducing: The Copernic Affair

COMMONS ·

2025/01/22

The Copernic Affair is available now, wherever you get your podcasts.The life of an unassuming sociology professor in Canada gets turned upside down when he is accused of carrying out a 1980 bomb attack on a synagogue in Paris. Hassan Diab says heʼs innocent, but French investigators are determined to prove otherwise.Journalists Dana Ballout and Alex Atack take listeners through the twists and turns of this extraordinary story, all the while asking…Is Hassan Diab guilty, or is he a scapegoat? And

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6:11

The Last COMMONS Ever / Introducing: The Hatchet

COMMONS ·

2024/11/28

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 Thompson (production support), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)Further Reading:The Hatchet, Arshy Mann’s and Jordan

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5:55

Introducing Canadaland’s next big investigation - ...

COMMONS ·

2024/11/11

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 the rest of it, each week, starting today.Canadaland is offering early access to supporters. As a Canadaland Supporter, you’ll

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2:37

Introducing The Worst Podcast

COMMONS ·

2024/09/12

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-selling books or Hollywood triumphs, and doesn’t know (or care) much about his guests.He’s looking for real conversations that dig

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17:07

Inside Kabul Ep. 9 - June: Meeting with Marwa

COMMONS ·

2024/08/29

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 adaptation of this urgent and intimate podcast, building on Commons' crucial season that told the story of Canada’s role in the War

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36:22

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

COMMONS ·

2024/08/28

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 Gillet with Marwa and Raha. The original podcast broadcast on France INTER / RADIO FRANCE © RADIO FRANCE. Canadaland is proud

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28:24

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

COMMONS ·

2024/08/21

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 Ramadan is determined by the stars and in Afghanistan, we observe the decision of the Emirates to announce the start of

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22:10

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

COMMONS ·

2024/08/14

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 international aid which financed nearly 80% of the Afghan budget. Half of the country is threatened by hunger. Aid is conditional

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30:29

Inside Kabul Ep. 5 - February: Revolt Before Zombieland

COMMONS ·

2024/08/07

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 messages for practical things, or 20 minutes of monologues to tell a story. The reporter learns to recognize false cheerful

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24:37

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

COMMONS ·

2024/07/31

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 desire for home.By Caroline Gillet with Marwa and Raha. The original podcast broadcast on France INTER / RADIO FRANCE ©

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27:55

Inside Kabul Ep. 3 - October: Take Back Control

COMMONS ·

2024/07/24

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 imagined. The images make Caroline more aware of the scale and speed of the upheavals over recent weeks.While Raha endures the

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26:21

Inside Kabul Ep. 2 - September: Relearning Everyday Life

COMMONS ·

2024/07/17

Marwa and Raha are relearning daily life.Raha seeks comfort in anything that has not changed since the arrival of the Taliban, in the few dwindling spaces of freedom that remain.While Marwa discovers new things in the Abu Dhabi refugee camp.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 adaptation of this urgent and intimate podcast, building on Commons' crucial season that

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31:31

Inside Kabul Ep. 1 - August: stay or go?

COMMONS ·

2024/07/17

INSIDE KABUL is a multi-award winning series by journalist Caroline Gillet that follows the daily life of two young Afghan women, Marwa and Raha. Both have been recording their daily lives since the arrival of the Taliban in August 2021. Should they stay? Leave? And when they leave, what does exile look like?Raha and Marwa record voice notes on their phones each day which they send to Caroline in Paris. They record to feel less isolated, to share the horror, to share the sounds of their new reality

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47:49

WORK 16 - Boss Fight

COMMONS ·

2024/07/03

The video game industry, like much of the tech, has been resistant to unionization for a very long time. But like so many other white-collar businesses, video game studios are built on the backs of thousands of exploited, low-paid workers.This is the story of Canada’s first-ever video game union. And the lengths that the industry went to try to stop it in its tracks.Featured in this episode: James Russwurm, Johanna Weststar, Pablo GodoyTo learn moreNot All Fun and Games: Videogame Labour,

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43:04

WORK 15 - Canada’s New Underclass

COMMONS ·

2024/06/26

The huge rise in international students in Canada — most of them from Punjab, India — has become one of the biggest stories in the country. But most media outlets and political parties have framed it entirely as a housing issue.They’re missing the point.This is a story about the creation of a new, racialized underclass to do all of the work we don’t want to do. And it’s about the human wreckage that’s left in the wake after we’re done squeezing those people of every penny and every drop of sweat

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38:24

WORK 14 - The Colossus of Roads

COMMONS ·

2024/06/19

Earla Phillips has almost 16,000 Uber rides under her belt. But over the last few years, she’s been trying to hold Uber, one of the most powerful tech companies in the world, to account.Earla is a leader in a growing movement of gig workers who are trying to reclaim the basic labour rights that have been stripped from them.She expected to face opposition from tech companies and governments that are hostile to workers. But what she didn’t anticipate was that one of the biggest obstacles in her path

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42:41

Introducing A Field Guide to Gay Animals

COMMONS ·

2024/06/15

Today we’re sharing an episode of the newest show on the network, A Field Guide to Gay Animals.A Field Guide to Gay Animals explores sexuality, gender, and joy in the animal world. Animal enthusiasts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson take us on a quest to see beyond the natural world as we know it and into the natural world as it is: queer as f*ck.Cheeky and contemplative, curious and raunchy, Field Guide shows us that the natural world is more exuberant, more joyful, and more gay than we could

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38:25

WORK 13 - Flying Under the Radar

COMMONS ·

2024/06/12

Mandalena Lewis is one of far too many flight attendants who have been harassed or assaulted on the job. And her story is just one example of a culture of sexism and abuse that she alleges pervades the airline industry.But it’s not just airlines. So many workers, especially in female-dominated professions like nursing, education or food service, have to endure similar demeaning and violent treatment.And when they go to their employers, not only are they often ignored. They’re actively

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