Hackabuski (ft. Nora Loreto)

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04/03/21 • 80 min

PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER EPISODE OF BIG SHINY TAKES!
Marino, Eric and Jeremy are joined by the great Nora Loreto to review columns by two incredibly talentless hacks: Konrad Yakabuski and Kelly McParland.
Yakabuski covers Quebec in a completely addled column which is both infuriating and disorienting. He manages to jam in references to Mordecai Richler, Matt Green, Amir Attaran, The University of Ottawa, The Bosnian War, and a specific word that he seems particularly annoyed about not being allowed to say, but he doesn't seem to know what point he's trying to make in this column. It's truly terrible and possibly the only memorable thing Konrad has ever managed to do in his whole life.
Meanwhile McParland tries to use this pandemic as a vehicle to advocate for all us young people to rely less on the government because someone was sent to the wrong address for a vaccination. It's really stupid and the whole thing really just doesn't go over well.
We take the time to talk about Brian Lilley's romantic life (yuck), professional life (also yuck) and where they overlap, We also discuss Dan Marino (no, not that Dan Marino) and how much responsibility he should take for the latest COVID wave hitting Quebec City.
Plugs and Rec(ommendations)
Take Back The Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age
By Nora Loreto

Sandy and Nora Talk PoliticsEmma Jackson: the Supreme Court's Carbon Tax Ruling Is Hardly A Climate VictoryDavide Mastracci: Doug Ford has Turned The Pandemic Into A Game Show We All LoseEvan Millar: Get Acquainted with a Scarily Underrated Gaming Handheld In "Neogeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1"

Unrelated but still important: To the CBC Radio guy I met in the park on my walk who patiently listened to me talk about my podcast for much longer than I answered his COVID-related streeters: you better give this a listen Jason, I told you it would be a good episode.

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Previous Episode

Cancelling rhyme is a horrible crime

John Robson tried to write some lyrics
He was so incensed he wouldn't even hear it
The issue at hand? Cancel culture of course
He shouted so loud that his voice became hoarse
"They're coming for Seuss, the woke crowd, the leftists"
"These books are such classics, I'm left the bereft-ist"
But one simple truth escaped the columnist's glare
Nobody with a brain would actually care.
Also, a painful advertorial by Mikhaila Peterson. Be sure to not check out what she does next!
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Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging by Jodi Dean
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And Jeremy (as well as Marino!) recommend the rouge-lite Hades, out now on PC and Nintendo Switch.

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Next Episode

Cold War 2: Electric Boogaloo (ft. Dan Boeckner)

The Big Shiny Guests keep on coming. This time we’ve got famed musician, podcaster and poster Dan Boeckner, joining us to talk about a little country called China, specifically Canadian pundits’ obsession with it.
First up is a piece in the Globe and Mail from Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong, who’s very not mad about China sanctioning him.
Next up is J. Cole, not that rapper, unfortunately, but a Macdonald-Laurier Institute spook who writes about China like it’s his ex-wife trying to get full custody of the kids.
Plugs and Rec(ommendations)
Support Dan Boeckner:
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Jeremy: The definitive guide to W. Brett Wilson’s orphan wellsJohn Boyko: Canada is making the same mistakes in Yemen that it did in Vietnam
Vicky Mochama: Goodbye to Prince Phillip, Insult Comic
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