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Ads are everywhere in our life and they seem to keep creeping into more and more places. Movies, games, sponsored “news” content, and of course, the digital tracking that follows your every online move to sell you something you’ve already bought. (You know, you can never have enough washing machines.)

For eighteen years, Terry O’Reilly has been studying and explaining human nature through the lens of advertising. His first show, called O'Reilly on Advertising, started on CBC in 2005 followed by The Age of Persuasion in 2006, and since 2011 it continues as both radio show and podcast, by the name Under the Influence, on his own network, Apostrophe.

Jesse sits down to talk with Terry about all things advertising, podcasting, and why some people want to touch their favourite radio show hosts.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Further information:

• Apostrophe Podcasts

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The story about Chinese interference in our elections continues to evolve and the opposition leader has seized on it. Prime Minister Trudeau has now called for two probes despite specific calls for a public inquest - could this be the scandal that breaks him? And a conspiracy theory facilitated by Chat GPT. Arshy Mann co-hosts.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Arshy Mann

Further reading:

• Beijing may have tried to discourage Canadians from voting Conservative: federal unit - Canadian Press
• Hear No Evil, Write No Lies - The Walrus
• Two high-level memos allege Beijing covertly funded Canadian election candidates - Global News
• African students over five times more likely to be denied visas than Europeans - Investigative Journalism Foundation
• Suspected money launderer won't be charged, special prosecutor rules - Vancouver Sun
• How Wired Will Use Generative AI Tools - Wired

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À l'automne dernier, le journaliste politique Paul Wells a assisté à l'enquête publique sur l'utilisation de la loi sur les mesures d'urgence lors du convoi de la liberté de 2022. Avec comme point de référence un chapitre du prochain livre de Paul sur le sujet, Paul et Emilie discutent de la réaction policière aux manifestations, et plus précisément du rôle des équipes de liaison. Puis quel serait l’impact du projet de loi C-18 sur les nouvelles en ligne sur le journalisme canadien ?

Last fall, political journalist Paul Wells attended the public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act during the 2022 Freedom Convoy. With a chapter from Paul's upcoming book on the subject as a reference point, Paul and Emilie discuss the police response to the protests, specifically the role of police liaison teams. And what impact would online news legislation Bill C-18 really have on Canadian journalism?

Animation : Emilie Nicolas

Générique : Nancy Pettinicchio (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique)

Co-animation : Paul Wells

Pour en savoir plus :

• An Emergency in Ottawa, prochain livre de Paul Wells
• Rapport de l’Enquête publique sur l’état d’urgence déclaré en 2022
• Ricochet Media sur C-18: Online News Act threatens Canadian press freedoms, warns senator

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While the press of today might not be reporting on aliens with the same fervour, many of the tropes from those days are still alive and well in modern-day journalism.

Stories about how no one wants to work anymore, or how technology is killing the art of conversation, have been told for over 130 years... and counting.

What are the tropes that keep coming back again and again? And are we really so different from the hysterical, partisan press of yesteryear?

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Further information:

• Paul Fairie on Twitter
• Think Like a Historian, Historica Canada
• Making National News: A History of the Canadian Press, Gene Allen
• Library of Congress: Chronicling America Archives
• Sharp Wits and Busy Pens: The role of the Parliamentary Press Gallery over the years, Video Series, Carleton University

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Jody Vance has dealt with harassment for most of her career as a broadcast journalist, but starting in 2015 one of her harassers was different, constantly sending hateful, vile emails. When COVID hit, the problem only got worse as the harasser started targeting more of her guests and B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry. Who was this person and how do you bring an anonymous online tormentor to justice?

On March 10, 2023, after seven years of vitriolic emails, Jody finally had her day in court and faced her harasser.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Reporter, Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Featured guests: Jody Vance, Jesse Miller, Erica Ifill

Special thanks to Sandy Garossino, columnist at the National Observer

Further reading:

• Steele & Vance — Chek TV
• The three words a court wouldn’t allow Jody Vance to say to her online abuser — The Globe & Mail
• Women and Racialized Journalists In Canada Facing New Wave Of Harassment And Threats — AntiHate.ca
• Rachel Gilmore’s tweets sharing her phone call with the police
• Saba Eitizaz’s tweets sharing her experience with the police

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