/Thread Episode 18: Trade Negotiation Hangovers, Sidewalk Labs Controversy, and the Kavanaugh Vote

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“No matter which jurisdiction you live in, one of the most difficult areas of law is sexual assault law because it’s my word against yours…in this area you’re forced to perform or re-perform what has happened to you like you’re on stage.”

Mary Anne Carter, senior consultant at Earnscliffe Strategy Group and /Thread regular Mike Moffatt, join host Sarah Turnbull to discuss: reactions to USMCA and provisions left out of public discussion, the Sidewalk Labs data controversy, and the ongoing Kavanaugh scandal that led to a Matt Damon SNL spoof.

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/Thread Episode 17: Ford/Kavanaugh Hearings, Payette as Governor General, and Covering Polarizing People

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“It’s the polarization that terrifies me. It’s the idea that democrats and republicans can’t do anything together in the United States anymore. This is a really vivid and highly intimate look into what polarization can do to human beings and to due process.”

Host Sarah Turnbull chats with National Post reporter Marie-Danielle Smith and author, political commentator, and Ottawa’s Toronto Star bureau chief Susan Delacourt about: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, whether Canada’s current Governor General Julie Payette is cut out for the role, and how journalists should cover polarizing figures like Toronto City mayoral candidate Faith Goldy.

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/Thread Episode 16: Floor-crossing, Muppet sexuality, and Kavanaugh…on a train

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On this very special mobile edition of /Thread, host Sarah Turnbull and guests Mike Moffatt and Aaron Reynolds talk about now Conservative MP Leona Alleslev’s floor-crossing, the Twitter uproar over Bert and Ernie’s sexuality, and conspiracy theories about Brett Kavanaugh’s doppelgänger.
Recorded live on VIA Rail train 34, travelling from Ottawa to Montréal.

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