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The world's first and only anti-free speech podcast. Big Shiny Takes looks at the terrible columns written by the "thought-leaders" in Canada and goes through why some of these pieces should have never been published in a place where people can read them.
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We are back, and have an episode for you that we recorded in person!
Jeremy came back to the very nice and fun city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada for a visit, so instead of hanging out we recorded an all-timer episode. We were joined by the amazing Bronwen Tucker (@bronwentucker) from Climate Justice Edmonton and the incredible Stefan Hostetter (@Steho)_ of Green Majority Radio to talk about Canadian punditry's pathetic attempts to talk about the climate.
The first column we cover this week is one written by Jesse Kline. Kline desperately attempts to use the Liberal Party's new environment minister Steven Guilbeault as a way of framing the current government's environmental policies as radical. Of course, this is pure fantasy.
We then dive into a Rex Murphy climate change denial column, but that's in our bonus feed. For as little as $3 a month, you can get access to that episode, and our entire back catalogue of Big Shiny Bonus Takes!
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Six hours of oil and gas CEOs getting owned in CongressMorgan Campbell: If Edward Rogers referred to Masai Ujiri as 'arrogant,' he gave the game away

Dan Darrah: “Foreign Investors” Aren’t Causing Canada’s Housing Crisis. Capitalism Is.

Follow us on TwitchMarino's inferior TwitchJeremy's Substack

Big Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media, @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

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11/05/21 • 69 min

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The Big Shiny Takes Institute is back with a great episode with the incredible Aaron Giovannone. We read a lot of terrible columns, but we rarely get to take a deep dive into the psyche of one of the country's more established columnists.
Aaron brought an essay Rosie Dimanno wrote in the late 90's about growing up in Little Italy in Toronto. We go into it, and talk about the points she fixates on, and the points she may have missed.
This is a super fun episode and you shouldn't miss it!
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The Breach - Aaron Giovannone - Leonard Cohen, Cold War Troubadour
Green Majority Radio - The Substance and Spectacle of Climate Talks
CBC - WE Charity misled donors about building schools in Kenya, records show

Kino Lefter - Mayor Pete: Liberal ASMR with Alex from Haus of Decline
Big Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media, @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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11/22/21 • 71 min

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It's our opinion at the Big Shiny Takes Institute that billionaires have it too hard. Yeah sure they have unlimited access to resources, are able to shape policy to benefit themselves and have the power of small nation-states – but have you considered how difficult it must be to have someone be mean to you on the internet?
Paris Marx (@parismarx), host of Tech Won't Save Us (@techwontsaveus) explains why there should be room for criticism of all billionaires while we read through one of the most tedious pieces of unfettered PR for Elon Musk that has ever been written. It's a piece in the Guardian by Canadian Gen X icon (lol) Douglas Coupland, so we're allowed to make fun of it.
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Tech Won't Save UsThe Appel Orchard (Jeremy's Substack, everyone subscribe!)
Worst Columnist in Canada Contest (Final begins Monday!)
Rawan Abdelbaki: Erin O'Toole is no ally of labour - he's a con-man
Robert Hiltz - The Communist Party Benefits Us All
and of course, Spiderman 2

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
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09/11/21 • 106 min

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09/01/21 • 64 min

This week we've got Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau) on the show to talk about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after taking a detour through volunteer scabs, Calgary Herald ace Licia Corbella and who Rob thinks will take home the gold in our Worst Pundit contest.
Former British soldier David Mack writes in the Globe and Mail that the U.S. must stay in Afghanistan for at least another 20-30 years, crying crocodile tears for all the Afghans who will now be under Taliban rule.
We've let down Afghans, he says, ignoring completely everything that's happened in the past 50 years that contributed to the Taliban's rise.
If you'd like to hear part two, where we discuss automation by way of a piece in Rob's hometown paper and decide which is worse, sign up for our Patreon to have it in your feed next week.
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Marino joins Haus of DeclineThe Rob Rousseau ShowEduardo Galeano: Open Veins of Latin America
Jeremy: Can Systemic Racism In Policing Be Fixed?
Kim Stanley Robinson: a climate plan for a world in flamesImperial Newz on Twitch Big Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media, @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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09/01/21 • 64 min

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08/07/21 • 93 min

Aliya Pabani of the Encampment Support Network, and host of We Are Not the Virus, joins us to talk about Toronto Mayor John Tory's "reasonable, firm, but compassionate" war on homeless encampments in the city.
We come by this through a column from newly-minted National Post ghoul Adam Zivo, who writes that the violent displacement of unhoused people from the city's encampments, like the one at Lamport Stadium, were in fact a victory for the working class, as if no working people are unhoused.
In case you're wondering what kinda guy Zivo is, he describes himself as an LGBTQ activist, "with a focus on incremental change and private sector sponsorships."
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Support the Encampment Support Network!Follow our Canada's Worst Columnist contest!We Are Not the Virus

Brett Story: How Does It End? Story and the Property FormVincent Bevins: The Jakarta MethodDanielle Paradis: The UCP Knew the Inequitable Impacts of COVID-19 All AlongThe Bottlemen: Victims of Victims of CommunismBig Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media, @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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08/07/21 • 93 min

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07/24/21 • 4 min

Head to patreon.com/bigshinytakes to unlock this and all of our other bonus episodes for as little as $3 a month!
Jeremy, Marino and Eric continue their conversation with Erica Ifill for a hilarious read of Jon Kay's latest anti-diversity screed. Dog Shampoo Boy scolds Sobeys for its "Woke Initiatives," then he gets distracted and starts rambling about churches burning.
For just a few dollars a month you can get double the Big Shiny Takes content, and we would really appreciate it. We love making this show, and we hope you enjoy it too.
ALSO! Keep your eyes on our twitter feed to help us determine the worst columnist in Canada.

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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07/24/21 • 4 min

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06/16/21 • 57 min

We're back for hopefully the last time reading one of Rex Murphy's ramblings. Literally the day after a Muslim family was murdered by a white supremacist, Rex is here to tell us about the real scourge of our time — anti-white racism. While he denied last year that there was systemic racism in Canada, he appears to have changed his mind.
We also talk about Postmedia's role in fomenting the hatred that continuously leads to Islamophobic murder.
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Frank Magazine - Portapique 911 calls reveal what RCMP knew
Robert Hiltz - Frank Magazine Was Right To Publish Portapique 911 CallsAbeer Khan - Racist jokes, fear of my hijab being ripped: As a young Muslim, I know Islamophobia in Canada is nothing newJeremy - Are Calgary police favouring some protests over others?
Big Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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06/16/21 • 57 min

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07/16/21 • 83 min

Erica Ifill (@wickdchiq) of the Bad + Bitchy podcast joins us to talk about ex-CBC host Wendy Mesley's woe-is-me shtick in the Globe and Mail after she got canned for getting caught saying the n-word repeatedly over two years. How many times over her 40-year career did she say it without getting caught?
Melsey argues that firing her alone won't solve systemic racism at our state broadcaster. True, but it's not like it would it would hurt either.
To hear part two, where we talk about dog shampoo enthusiast Jon Kay, sign up for our Patreon to have it in your feed next week.
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Bad + Bitchy
Barney Ronay: England the country — not the football team — needs to take a look at itself

Erin Anderssen: Can racism cause schizophrenia?
Jeremy interviews the PM
Jaclynn Ashly: The Canadian Mining Company Dominicans Call 'Worse Than Columbus'
Kevin Metcalf: I Was Fired For Criticizing Israel. Now I Dig Holes For A Living
Big Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media, @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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07/16/21 • 83 min

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05/29/21 • 100 min

Canadian media does a lot of things poorly. Its cowardice when it comes to talking about Palestine is right at the top of the list.
We’re joined by our Palestinian friend Hammam Farah (@HumHum83) and our Israeli friend Eytan Tobin (@RabbiDieHardman) to talk about how Israel, like Canada, is a fake ass genocidal settler state.
For those who haven’t been paying attention, Israel attacked Gaza recently, killing about 250 people, including dozens of children, after provoking violence at al-Aqsa Mosque. This time something feels different. People are actually taking Palestinian perspectives seriously.
But over at Postmedia, of course, it’s business as usual. We talk about two Sun columns that regurgitate the usual Hasbara talking points about how Israel is never wrong and you’re all a bunch of anti-Semites.
It is our hope that "it's complicated" begins to be seen as an unnacceptable response for news organizations that are supposed to be informing the population about what is going on in the world.
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BDS Movement Donate to Palestine Children’s Relief FundDonate to UNRWAPetition for Javier DavilaOff CourtDrum Circle Jerk
The Onion - AP fires journalist at Palestinian civilians
Big Shiny Takes is a proud part of the Harbinger Media Network. Theme music is by Jack Dump.
If you like our show, give us a follow on social media @bigshinytakes, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or give us some money at Patreon to unlock bonus content!

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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05/29/21 • 100 min

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Head to patreon.com/bigshinytakes to unlock this and all of our other bonus episodes for as little as $3 a month!
Rob Rousseau joins us to read one of the most fun columns we have had the pleasure of reading in this very grim timeline.
We go through Josh Freed's column in the Montreal Gazette on why customers should be paid by supermarkets for using self-checkouts. Now this isn't a typical Big Shiny Takes infuriating read. Josh actually has a bit of fun with the column. He also brushes up against a very strong point (that businesses use automation as an excuse to fire people in order to maximize their profit margins). Unfortunately, this seems to just be an accessory to the main point, which can be summed up as, "I'm old, minor inconveniences I experience are serious problems, and computers scare me".

We also tell the story about how a National Post idiot messaged us very late at night to sarcastically applaud us for making fun of his weak attempts at writing.
Stick around to the end for some talk about the election. I know this is a controversial opinion, but I think maybe a pandemic is a bad time for an election.

If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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09/09/21 • 5 min

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How many episodes does Big Shiny Takes have?

Big Shiny Takes currently has 71 episodes available.

What topics does Big Shiny Takes cover?

The podcast is about News, Journalism, News Commentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Big Shiny Takes?

The episode title 'Where was Steven Guilbeault on 9/11? (ft. Bronwen Tucker and Stefan Hostetter)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Big Shiny Takes?

The average episode length on Big Shiny Takes is 69 minutes.

How often are episodes of Big Shiny Takes released?

Episodes of Big Shiny Takes are typically released every 17 days, 20 hours.

When was the first episode of Big Shiny Takes?

The first episode of Big Shiny Takes was released on Mar 31, 2020.

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