

Sandy and Nora talk politics
Sandy Hudson & Nora Loreto
Just listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 26, 2022 • 48min
The Pope, hockey and Canada's foundation of sexualized violence
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about institutionalized sexual violence, from the Papal visit to Hockey Canada. Plus, they talk about the climate crisis and why we need to think through clandestine approaches to getting us ready for several weather.In this episode, Sandy mentions that Trump is speaking at the Capitol this week. She misspoke and meant to say "capital" aka Washington DC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 19, 2022 • 43min
Freedom of speech for who?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora deconstruct freedom of speech in Canada and argue that we should all be concerned that it's under tremendous attack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 12, 2022 • 43min
Telecomaggedon
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how incredible it is that a single communications company is responsible for basically everything. They also talk about Yesterday's Man Patrick Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 5, 2022 • 52min
Why are we all falling apart?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how everything is going -- people aren't seemingly doing too well. They talk about the need for the left to get its shit together, to focus less on internal issues and start or continue doing anything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 2022 • 48min
When the US falls, what happens to Canada?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora argue that the reluctance of anyone in power to discuss the fall of the American empire is going to come back to bite us all on the ass someday soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 21, 2022 • 45min
Naming and blaming those responsible
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the refusal of people in power to accept blame and instead, externalize their guilt however they can. Plus, we talk about how everything in society feels to be hanging by a thread. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14, 2022 • 44min
Cops don't know their own law
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about a new Toronto Star investigation that has found that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is regularly being violated by Canadian police. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 7, 2022 • 48min
An Onterrible election
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what has just happened in Ontario, why voter turnout was so low and what we need to do to resist austerity. Plus, what are the lessons in other parts of Canada? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 24, 2022 • 40min
Sandy and Nora on vacation: Feminim and social movement organizing
With Sandy and Nora on a short break, take a listen to Episode 5 from Nora's podcast Take Back the Fight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 17, 2022 • 46min
Resisting goldfish takes on white supremacy
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Buffalo shooting and how Canadians journalists have oriented around it. They call out journalists for not going deep enough into the issues and how liberal politics interact with the far right to make everything worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


