Sandy and Nora talk politics

In this live episode, Sandy is joined by Syrus Marcus Ware and Matthew Green to discuss the current state of the left, and all the possibilities that exist to save ourselves.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora take a hard look at war and remind listeners that it is very, very bad.

Zohran Mamdani has inspired progressives across the English-speaking world (and French-speaking, at least in Quebec). But who is Canada's Mamdani? And what are the conditions necessary for someone like this to emerge?

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the 2025 Liberal budget -- Mark Carney's first -- and how he blurs the line between Liberals and Tories like never before.CORRECTION: One of our eagle-eyed listeners realized a figure I (Sandy) mention in this episode several times was misunderstood. In referencing a somewhat unclear infographic appearing on page 25 of the budget, I said that $5M was being allocated to dental care and several other figures. In fact, that infographic is meant to refer to the number of Canadians that use the dental care plan and services. There are no new dollars being allocated to the program. Apologies for the error! We were really working fast to try to understand what we could and get a relevant episode out asap. Thanks for always being such a great audience and stepping in to help when we need it. As our project slowly grows, we hope to eventually have a team that can make sure this kind of error doesn't happen. But the analysis remains the same. Much love!

The federal budget will be released today at 4:00 EST. To give you the most up-to-date episode possible, we are recording after the budget release. Look for this week's episode first thing Wednesday morning.

In this episiode, Sandy is joined by Travis Laver and Elizabeth Ha to talk about racism, immigration, the trade war and living in a border town when the US is being belligerant.