Ed the Sock Spectacular (ft. 2 Stephens)

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08/22/20 • 78 min

We need to talk about the sock. Stephen Magusiak (@magusiak) of PressProgress joins us to explain a guy named Steven Kerzner (@EdtheSock) to our American buddy, Stephen from the Haus of Decline podcast in light of Kerzner's recent racist remarks against NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.
Was Kerzner ever actually funny, or are we just nostalgic for a simpler time? We listen to some classic Fromage clips to find out. (Hint: They have not aged well.)
We also discuss Kerzner's recent foray into hyperpartisan Liberal politics and efforts to revive the '90s, when he was in a not-so-famous Canadian TV show.
In short, we put the sock in the drawer for good.
Links
Liberal MPs Denounce "Ed the Sock" After Calls to Disavow "Racist Dog Whistles" Targeting Jagmeet Singh
Just Drew's Show - Canada's Host (ft. Ed the Sock)
Lori Fox - The life you thought you were going to have is gone
Adrianna LaFrance - The Prophecies of Q
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Grandpa Gurney (ft. Tristan Johnson)

YouTuber Tristan Johnson of Step Back History joins us to talk about how incinerating tens of thousands of Japanese civillians at the close of the Second World War is actually bad.
The impetus for this discussion is a chatacteristically long-winded Twitter thread from National Post opinion editor Matt Gurney, where he argues that dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which he concedes were not militarily necessary, were good. That's because it allowed his grandfather to return home early and safely from carrying out British colonialism in India, where he was stationed with the Royal Air Force.
Whose lives are more valuable, 150,000 Japanese men, women and children, or Matt Gurney's? Real tough to say.
Apparently Gurney's voice was such a valuable addition to the discourse on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that he was invited onto Evan Solomon's iHeartRadio show to talk about it.
You may remember Evan Solomon from when he got fired from the CBC for using his position as the host of Power and Politics to sell his guests expensive art.
It's a Canadian media failson match made in Hell.
Links
Step Back History - Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?
Gar Alperovitz - The War Was Won Before Hiroshima — And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It
Wade Davis - The Unraveling of America
Jeremy - AIMCo loaned an oil company $45 million, let that company make millions in payments to shareholders and now it can't make the interest payments
Jeremy - Edmonton Police: Defacement of statue not a hate crime
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A Fucking Abomination (ft. Mahnoor Yawar)

We're joined by our dear j-school pal Mahnoor Yawar (@mahnoorie) to talk about a familiar theme for our listeners — the complete lack of accountability for columnists at Canada's major newspapers.
The spark for this discussion was Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno's reply-all meltdown, in which she told the entire staff at the paper what she thought of the Star's new internal ombudsperson position, which was assumed by her far superior colleague, Shree Paradkar. (Hint: it's the name of the episode.)
The position gives young, racialized Star employees the opportunity to report concerns about discrimination and bias in the newsroom and paper to Paradkar, who can then bring them up to management, which for some reason DiManno found threatening.
We discuss a very bizarre and horny column DiManno wrote post-meltdown, which contains too many dick jokes to count. We also give DiManno her due for the times she has done better.
Links
Memo: Shree Paradkar Named 'First Internal Ombud' at the Toronto Star
That time DiManno was charged with assault A good DiManno column on reparations
Pacinthe Mattar - Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists
Taylor Noakes - To deface a monument is to engage critically with history
Jeremy - Blank spot: Why Chrystia Freeland's refusal to acknowledge her grandfather's Nazi collaborator past matters in 2020
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