Ontario Loud

Ontario Loud


Latest Episodes

The Ontario Loud US Election UnSpecial
November 03, 2020

Your nerves are frayed. You're watching the hours tick by. You're refreshing 538 a few times an hour. It's a big day. So we're promising a light dive into the potential impacts of the election in Ontario, a reflection on how we can strengthen our...

Meet the New Ford, Same as the Old Ford
October 27, 2020

Dr. Shiri Pasternak joins the pod to talk about the history and structures behind land theft from indigenous people in Ontario and across the country. Alexi, Alvin, and Chris talk about Doug Ford's seeming return to his old self, overturning municipal...

Hydro Rates, COVID Inequality, and the Ontario Deficit
October 20, 2020

Garima talks with Sané Dube and Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi about what looking at disaggregated data can tell us about how the COVID-19 pandemic is having an unequal impact across the province. We also talk about the NDP Long-Term-Care Plan, increasing...

Take me home, COVID roads
October 13, 2020

Toronto, Peel, and Ottawa are back at home, Ford is re-tooling a Ford plant in Oakville, and Harman helps us reflect on the progress of the LGBTQ2S+ movement in Canada. CUPE Senior economist Angella McKewan joins Alvin to talk about what we need to...

2020 Stop Please, 2020 Please Stop
October 06, 2020

In this one, we talk to a Rhodes Scholar about long-term care. 2020 continues it's relentless beating of our collective sanity by revealing that Doug Ford's government was totally unprepared for the second wave all along, is implementing small...

Speech of Thrones: Fall is Coming
September 29, 2020

Ian and Scott from Politicoast join to talk about the "pandemic election fever" that seems to be sweeping the nation, to similar fanfare as the actual deadly fever sweeping the nation. Garima, Alvin, Chris and Alexi talk about the Throne Speech and...

Back to School, Onward to the Next Election
September 22, 2020

Ontario Loud is back! This week, Queen's Park Today reporter Sabrina Nanji joins the pod to talk about how Ontario's parties are nominating candidates, and some rumblings about process in Toronto Centre. Chris, Sam, Alvin and talk about the Ford...

100th Episode Mailbag Extravaganza
July 31, 2020

Chris, Alvin, Alexi, Garima and Sam celebrate Ontario Loud's 100th episode - if you count bonus pods and the Star Trek one (yes we all have regrets) by answering listener questions from the mailbag. We talk electoral reform, secrets at Queen's Park,...

Hunger & Food Insecurity in Ontario
July 29, 2020

Talia Bronstein from the Daily Bread Food Bank and Sasha McNicoll from Community Food Centres Canada join the pod to discuss how Canada's social safety net has left millions of Canadians in the position of not being able to afford food. 

A Wild Shuffle Appears?!
July 24, 2020

Alexi, Garima, Alvin and Chris talk about the latest COVID-19 developments, the FAO autism report, the unexpected floor PC caucus ejection, and give our predictions on a potential cabinet shuffle.

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