Have people here listened to any of the Canadaland podcasts?
I'm not the biggest fan of the flagship show, but they have two others, Commons and Oppo which are really decent.
Commons focuses on different Canadian social and political topics from season to season and is currently looking at specific instances of the oil industry in Canada. Previously it episodically delved into political corruption around the country.
Oppo is hosted by journalists Jen Gerson and Justin Ling. In it they argue about different political topics from different sides of the spectrum. The discourse is intelligent, funny and critical. It's refreshing to hear a high level of nonpartisan debate these days.
On similar note, the most recent season of CBC's Uncover is really good. It was hosted by the guy from Oppo and is a look at the murders in Toronto's gay village. It starts most recently with the Mcarthur madness and looks at the string of unsolved murders in the decades preceding his slayings. It goes deeper, looking at the relationship between the cops and the gay community and the history of activism. Definitely worth checking out.
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