Is This For Real?
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Podcast Overview
<p>Black ex-journalism from a place calling itself Edmonton. We take a local focus to societal issues like media bias, corruption, racism, class inequality, government failure, and police brutality.</p>
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Publishing Since
6/12/2020
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Recent Episodes
May 6, 2023
Very Significant Investments
We ended up taking a bit of an unexpected pause due to the dynamics around police criticism given the officer deaths in March. In this episode we discuss how the officer deaths were politicized to further consolidate power and resources for police as an institution, and examine how institutional failures of police may have even led to these officer deaths.. Oumar had a with Hailey Yasmeen + Mae of the Asilu Collective, a grassroots abolitionist organization working towards policing-free schools in Ontario. Oumar talked with them about their approach to activism and education, a more holistic definition of abolition, and collaborating with other community groups to work around the system rather than in direct opposition.
February 23, 2023
March On, Sheriffs
We’re unraveling the current situation with policing downtown, where the province has deployed 12 sheriffs to the already heavily policed Chinatown area and self-identifying “liberal” politicians are more openly pro-police than ever. We also got to talk with an anonymous worker in the nonprofit sector, who shared some thought-provoking insights about the ways that organizations are set up to fail and why he will ultimately be leaving the sector.
November 16, 2022
Can’t Sit With Us
We’re diving into some ways that our system of governance tries to control or eliminate threats to their power. From a deliberately inaccessible public civic engagement process amid budget deliberations, to local pundits endlessly pushing for a return to the status quo when we never left in the first place. Oumar interviewed Calgary community organizer Taylor McNallie about the relentless attacks she’s faced from police and the media’s ignorance.
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- What is Is This For Real??
<p>Black ex-journalism from a place calling itself Edmonton. We take a local focus to societal issues like media bias, corruption, racism, class inequality, government failure, and police brutality.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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