PressProgress Sources
An award-winning podcast that digs deeper into important and often unreported issues, by the non-profit digital news organization PressProgress. Join the PressProgress team for conversations with experts and newsmakers across the country, including executive editor Rumneek Johal, Alberta reporter Stephen Magusiak and associate editor Emma Arkell. Produced by Ontario reporter, Eric Wickham.
Winner of the 2024 Canadian Podcast Awards "Outstanding News and Current Affairs Series" category.
Episodes
53 episodes
My Dinner With Eric: Grocery Prices and the Loblaws Boycott
Canada’s expert on the rising costs at the grocery store (no, not that one) joins host Stephen Magusiak to discuss his latest project, the Grocery Tracker, which monitors the price of food ...
After the assassination of a Canadian Sikh on Canadian soil, what did (or didn’t) the foreign interference commission reveal?
The foreign interference commission published its preliminary report — but the Sikh community in Canada says the inquiry largely overlooked India despite their role as a major threat of foreign interference in Canada. In the foreign...
Rainbow Rallies: How Canada is Fighting Back Against a Wave of Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate
Canada has been seeing an unusual wave of anti-LGBTQ+ protests over the last year. These rallies and marches targeted drag storytime events at libraries
Capital Gains Taxes: What Are They and Why Are Canada’s Ultra Rich Freaking Out?
Capital gains – what are they and why is everyone talking about them?This year’s federal budget, released on April 16, is
Jason Kenney's rocky and scandal ridden pursuit of power, with Jeremy Appel
Author and journalist Jeremy Appel joins host Stephen Magusiak to discuss (almost) all things Jason Kenney: his quest for power, his influence in building the Conservative Party of Canada, his u...
Ed Broadbent Spent a Lifetime Seeking Democracy, Equality and Real Freedom
You might know Ed Broadbent as the former leader of Canada's federal NDP.But Broadbent was more than just a political party leader -- he also spent a lifetime seeking social and democratic change outside partisan politics in academia and...
Wrongdoing, threats to security, or something of that nature: The CSIS investigation into an Ontario Conservative nomination race
Canada’s spy agency is investigating the nomination of an Ontario Conservative MP, according to evidence from a re...
Quebec's Common Front w/ Francis Hébert-Bernier
Francis Hébert-Bernier, a reporter with Quebec’s independent news outlet Pivot, speaks about the historic public sector strikes currently underway in the province.These strikes are part of the ...
"Not In My Name" with Dr. Roberta Lexier
Dr. Roberta Lexier joins Stephen Magusiak to discuss her recent OpEd in Medicine Hat News, where, as a Jewish Canadian, she strongly condemne...
Social Media Censorship of Canadian Sikhs
Social media companies are enforcing an Indian Law that censors social media content critical of the Indian government and its ongoing crackdown in the Punjab state.Canadian Sikhs have found themselves in the crosshairs of this aggressiv...
Big Money and the Manitoba Election
Dark money networks from out of province have set their sights on Manitoba. Emily Leedham joins Stephen Magusiak to discuss her
A Million Man March on Toronto
Far-right groups are planning a convoy to Toronto to “Save the Children,” and it’s already spinning out of control. PressProgress Editor Luke Lebrun joins Host Stephen Magusiak to talk about the convoy movement’s
Pride Flags and Chemtrails w/ Kurt Phillips
Researcher Kurt Phillips with Canadian Anti-Hate Network joins Stephen Magusiak for a look at the recent wave of anti-LGBTQ2SA+ protests and hate crimes happ...
The Sound and the Furey
PressProgress Ontario Reporter Mitchell Thompson joins Stephen Magusiak to talk about the Toronto mayoral race, and one unlikely candidate who stands out in the crowded field of conservative hopefuls.Though still a long shot, f...
Commodification of Education in Alberta
As funding for charter schools in Alberta increases rapidly, public schools are under attack. Rumneek Johal is joined by Wing Li with Support Our Students to discuss the rapid expansion of Charter schools in Alberta under conservati...
The Strange Story of Take Back Alberta w/ Jeremy Appel
Stephen Magusiak is joined by journalist Jeremy Appel to discuss what we know so far about the right wing group that appeared on the Alberta political landscape after the Coutts border blockade....
Mapping Canada's Right-Wing Networks
The PressProgress team is joined by investigative reporter Sam Harper with Pivot to talk about the common threads and the common funders behind the right-wing networks that stretch across Canada.We talk conspiracy theories, astro...
Why Labour Journalism Matters with Faiz Shakir
Today’s episode of Sources features an interview with Faiz Shakir, Executive Director of the labour news site More Perfect Union and Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign manager. More Perfect Union was founded in 2020 to tell working class stories thr...
Amazon Labour Union President Chris Smalls on "The New School of Labour" and making history
How workers at an Amazon packing facility made history by unionizing, and lessons learned to pave the way forward, with Amazon Labour Union President Chris Smalls in his first trip to Canada.
Breaking Down the Emergencies Act Inquiry’s Final Report
We read Justice Roleau’s final report on the Emergencies Act Inquiry in its entirety so you don’t have to.Tune in to learn about the convoy’s origins on TikTok, the infighting among occupiers, as well as among Ottawa police, as well as ...
Leaving In Body Bags: Canada's High Rate of International Student Deaths
International students are coming to Canada for their education and leaving in body bags. The government doesn’t seem to be tracking the issue. Discussing the web of exploitation surrounding Indian international students who are dyi...
The History of Healthcare Privatization
Following Doug Ford’s move to outsource 50% of Ontario surgeries to private, for-profit health facilities, PressProgress Ontario Reporter Mitchell Thompson joins Colleen Fuller for an in depth look at at the creep of for-profit healthc...
Where is Canada's Far-Right Going in 2023?
Is Canada going to have a Freedom Convoy 2.0 in 2023?First, the convoy organizers said a reunion was happening in Ottawa.But on Christmas morning, organizers had a surprise, announcing they had changed their minds and the convoy w...
Frat Boys and Freedom Convoys: PressProgress Stories That Made an Impact in 2022
On the final episode of the year, the PressProgress team looks back on memorable headlines of 2022Rumneek Johal, Luke LeBrun, and Mitchell Thompson join Stephen Magusiak to talk about the freedom convoy, far right astroturf in Vancouver...