Best Scott Neigh Podcasts (2026)

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S2 E15 1100 48:43

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Have you ever encountered a challenge so vast and convoluted that you had to take multiple runs at it over the span of many years? If so, you may relate to the cautionary tale contained herein. If not, well, bonnie for you! Perhaps there's some value here for if and when you do encounter your own personal Everest. Today's episode is an audio journa…

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S2 E14 The Dark Highway 56:58

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We're doing something a little bit different this episode. I needed a break after completing that 3-part series, so we've arranged a feed swap with one of our all-time favorite shows and a major inspiration for Higgenbaum's Mitzvah – The Dark Highway. If you're unfamiliar with The Dark Highway, it's a late-night nationally syndicated AM radio broad…

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S2 E13 Being Less Content, Part 3 - The Clear Sky Method 1:05:42

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This episode is the third and final part of a serialized story. If you start here, it won't make much sense. Join me along with my cohort – Lex Looser, Lariat Oxnard, K-Slax, Snozz Shagwong and Louderman – in device addiction recovery at the Mojave Wellness Clinic under the watchful eye of Antonioni Blanderziltch and the caring support of Rutledge …

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S2 E12 Being Less Content, Part 2 - The Mojave Wellness Clinic 1:07:20

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Welcome to the Mojave Wellness Clinic where you'll experience our patented Clear Sky method of treatment. You are in a safe environment under the guidance of trained, healthcare professionals. We fully believe in your ability to heal yourself with the resources and support we provide. This is the second part of a serialized story. If you haven't he…

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S2 E11 Being Less Content, Part 1 - My Problem 46:13

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Are you having trouble sleeping lately? How would you rate your irritability? Does your phone's text notification sound trigger intermittent eye spasms? Does silence make you sweat? Hi, my name is ______ and I have a problem. Several, actually. Credits: Produced, written, performed and scored by Scott Pinkmountain Join the Higgenbaum's Mitzvah mail…

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Season 2 Trailer! 4:11

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Higgenbaum's Mitzvah will be back with Season 2 soon. In the meantime, here's a glimpse of things to come. Or, more accurately, things not coming. Words and music produced, written and performed by Scott PinkmountainBy Scott Pinkmountain

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Ep 10: Give, Hear, Now 51:50

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I've finally broken down and accepted the fact that the only way forward with this project is to humbly ask you for your direct patronage. Kind of. This episode is sponsored by Nikki Dinki's Pre-Crumpled Tissues, Classic and Danish Modern, sold in a stylish 3-pound sack in your choice of pigeon gray, end-of-days black and harrowing phlegm-yellow. C…

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Ep 9: Peckham & Fleece, Part 2 – Snade Days 1:06:47

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Peckham & Fleece, Part 2 – Snade Days I agreed to have lunch with the Vice President of Domestic Tele-visual from Peckham & Fleece after our somewhat asymmetrical exchange. This is the second part of a two-part story. If you haven't heard the previous episode, I suggest starting there. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Original …

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Ep 8: Peckham & Fleece Part 1 - The Letter 39:38

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Peckham & Fleece, Part 1 – The Letter I recently received a letter from the Vice President of Domestic Tele-visual at one of the lead US ad firms, the contents of which I thought would make for an interesting episode. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Original music by Themphthathee's Thweethearts Gene V. Baker – keyboards Roy K…

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Ep 7: Quintilletech 45:25

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Hello, and thank you for calling Quintilletech, the industry leader in advanced product solutions. All of our agents are busy helping other customers, but one of our skilled service professionals will be with you in a moment. Please stay on the line and we'll be with as soon as humanly possible. Press "one," if you'd like to be helped sooner than h…

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Ep 6: Feldman & Squatch 26:01

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48% experimental bedtime story, 39% wise, insightful mommy blog, 23% atonal manifesto, 16% accidental mouth sounds, 21% stalling while I try to think of synonyms for "Prussian," 100% subconscious advertisement for serotonin-flavored suppositories. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Dr. Baby Gravlax Pepsico Music by Cedric Poncé Q…

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Ep 5: This Is Your Captain Speaking 44:47

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Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Northeastern Airlines flight 671 from sunny Burbank to Boston's Logan airport – go Whalers. My name is Maxmillian Fist, and I'll be your voice in the sky for the duration of this journey. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Minna Abdel-Gawad - additional voice Music T…

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Ep 4: Frontierville 50:34

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Samuel "Uncle Sam" Turner's infamous Broken Rock Massacre was hardly the beginning of Frontierville's history, but it marked the start of its modern era and cast a crooked shadow over the future generations of outlaws, renegades, dropouts, freakers, seekers, and cranks who would be drawn to its once hallowed ground. This episode is dedicated to Hec…

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Ep 3: Guided Meditation 37:27

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We scuttled our scheduled episode and decided to share a guided meditation as a balm for these difficult times. Nothing cleanses the spirit like a deep dive into the interior, or as Whitman so elegantly put it, "A naked whistling stroll past the barnyard brothel of the cloaked boatman himself." Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain.…

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Ep 2: The Dark Room 35:23

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What's the longest you've gone without food? How about alone in a room with no food, no water and no light? And you consider yourself an enlightened being? Step into The Dark Room and discover what's to be seen. This episode is sponsored by the letter B. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain. The music for "The Eleven Senses" is Trt…

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Ep 1: Being Content 23:20

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"I wake each morning to a different, algorithmically selected deep cut chosen based on my observed patterns collected from over 7000 hours of engaged listening." Join me as I navigate a single day of my life wandering the narrow gray corridors of end-game techno-capitalism. Maybe you walk these same halls? This episode is sponsored by Prussian Pump…

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The future of grassroots media in Canada 29:01

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In episode #510 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interview Saima Desai, Dave Gray-Donald, and Sharmeen Khan. They are all long-time grassroots media-makers – mostly in projects towards the more activist and movement-grounded end of the sector. They talk about their work, about the current state of grassroots media in so-called Canada, and abou…

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Injured workers fighting for compensation and care 28:24

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In episode #509 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Eugene Lefrancois, Steve Mantis, and Janet Paterson. They are are injured workers living in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Superior. Lefrancois is the president of the Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group, while Mantis is that group's treasurer. And…

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A framework for a decolonial just transition 28:20

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In episode #508 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Emily Eaton and Bronwen Tucker. They are two of the six co-authors of *The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada* (Between the Lines, 2023), which outlines a framework for working towards not only a just transition away from fossil fuels but an explicitly *decolonial*…

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Challenging mis- and disinformation about sexual health and rights 28:21

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In episode #507 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Victoria Romero, Emily Tang, and Matthew Johnson. Romero and Tang are university students and members of the National Youth Advisory Council for Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights. Johnson is the director of education for MediaSmarts. They talk about issues of mis- and disinfo…

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From police-free schools to policing-free schools 28:23

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In episode #506 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Hailey Yasmeen Dash and Mae Mason of the Asilu Collective, which Dash described as "a grassroots abolitionist collective fighting and organizing for police-free schools, but also policing-free schools, and to eliminate policing culture, infrastructure, and practices in schools across …

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Infrastructure and support for climate justice organizing across Canada 28:17

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In episode #505 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Jacqueline Lee-Tam and Sara Adams of the Climate Justice Organizing Hub. They talk about the origins of the Hub and about its work supporting grassroots organizers across so-called Canada.For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2023/01/24/ra…

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Advocacy for cyclists in Halifax 28:21

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In episode #504 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Camila Fisher and Peter Zimmer of the Halifax Cycling Coalition. They talk about the challenges that cyclists face in Halifax and about the advocacy that the coalition is doing to make things better.For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/20…

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Decolonizing and Indigenizing the map 28:17

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In episode #503 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Anishinaabe cartographer Steve DeRoy, a co-founder of the Indigenous Mapping Collective. They talk about the importance of mapping and about the collective's work to build Indigenous peoples' capacity to, as their website puts it, "map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize …

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Building visibility, equity, and impact for Asian Canadian artists 28:09

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In episode #502 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Shawn Tse, an artist, filmmaker, and organizer based in Edmonton, Alberta. They talk about the CanAsian Arts Network, a digitally-facilitated network of Asian Canadian artists, cultural workers, and organizations that aims to catalyze collaboration and build visibility, equity, impact…

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REBROADCAST: Immigrant workers confronting the people who exploit them 28:28

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The following is a rebroadcast of episode #481 of Talking Radical Radio, originally broadcast in July 2022. In it, Scott Neigh interviews Simran Kaur Dhunna and Bikram Singh. They are members of the Naujawan Support Network, a group of international students and immigrant workers who are challenging the exploitation and mistreatment that their memb…

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The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis 28:19

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In episode #501 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Sandee Lovas and Silke Force. They are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group based in Kitchener-Waterloo, a city about an hour southwest of Toronto in southern Ontario. They speak about the impact of poverty on their lives and their community, and ab…

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Preserving trans histories 28:22

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In episode #500 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Aaron Devor, the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria. They talk about the Transgender Archives at UVic, the largest archive in the world of material related to trans people, to research on trans issues, and to struggles by trans communities.For a more detailed d…

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Forcing Canadian companies to respect human rights 28:25

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In episode #499 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Emily Dwyer and Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood. Dwyer is the policy director at the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA), and Gilchirst-Blackwood is its network coordinator. The CNCA is a broad network of Canadian civil society organizations – including labour, human rights,…

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A legal challenge to keep Ontario students safe from COVID-19 28:20

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In episode #498 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Heather Hanwell, Kate Laing, and "Hannah". They are members of Ontario School Safety, a group of Ontario residents, mostly parents, who are committed to ensuring that the province's schools are safe enough for students, teachers, and other education workers, in the context of the ongo…

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Working for a multi-issue "revolution of care" in Newfoundland 28:17

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In episode #497 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Kerri Claire Neil. She is an activist in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the co-chair of the Social Justice Co-operative NL, an activist organization whose members work on a wide range of social, political, and environmental issues. They talk about why the group is a co-operative, the m…

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Mobilizing musicians around the world in support of Palestine 28:18

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In episode #496 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Stefan Christoff, a musician and long-time activist based in Tiohti:áke, or Montreal. Christoff is the co-ordinator of Musicians for Palestine, a network of musicians from around the world committed to speaking up in support of Palestinian human rights. He talks about the work involve…

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Seeking healing, justice, and change in the wake of the convoy occupation 28:17

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In episode #495 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Gaëlle Muderi. They are involved in the Ottawa People's Commission on the Convoy Occupation, Owusu-Akyeeah as a commissioner and Muderi as project coordinator. The commission is a grassroots, nonpartisan initiative to listen to the voices of Ottawa residents i…

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Settlers building decolonial solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en 28:29

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In episode #494 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Kate Turner and Chantal Pelletier. They are part of the Decolonial Solidarity Campaign, a network of affinity groups across so-called Canada acting in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people's struggle against the Coastal Gas Link pipeline by targeting the Royal Bank of Canada, one of…

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Ongoing Wet'suwet'en resistance to the CGL pipeline 28:21

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In episode #493 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Jennifer Wickham. She is a Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) member in the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people, and the media co-ordinator for the Gidimt'en Checkpoint. She talks about her people's ongoing fight against the Coastal Gas Link (CGL) pipeline.For a more detailed descrip…

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Anti-racism in smaller cities and towns 28:18

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In episode #492 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Saleh Waziruddin, an anti-racist activist in St. Catharines, Ontario and an executive committee member of the Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association. They talk about doing locally-focused grassroots anti-racism work in a place like Niagara -- comprised of smaller cities, towns, and ru…

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Migrant worker organizing in Nova Scotia 28:17

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In episode #491 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Stacey Gomez, a migrant justice organizer with No One Is Illegal - Halifax/Kjipuktuk. They talk about the group's work as the first grassroots effort in Atlantic Canada to organize with migrant agricultural workers.(Observant listeners may have noticed that the number of this week's e…

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Bringing sustainability and justice together in a small community 28:22

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In episode #490 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews long-time climate campaigner Jason Mogus. They speak not about his climate work but about his involvement in Salt Spring Solutions, a community group on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia that is working to tackle the island's housing crisis, in the face of opposition that is larg…

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Feminism in the arts 28:24

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In episode #489 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Shawna Dempsey. She is a performance and video artist, and also the co-executive director of Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), a feminist artist-run centre in Winnipeg. She talks about feminism in the arts and about MAWA's decades of work.For a more detailed description of thi…

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Older adults and the fight for climate action 28:16

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In episode #488 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Betty Plewes and Emma Bider. Plewes is a co-founder and steering committee member of Climate Legacy, a group of retired people working together to engage and mobilize other older adults in action to address the climate crisis. Bider is the group's communications coordinator.For a more…

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British Columbia's general strike that almost was 28:02

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In episode #487 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews long-time Vancouver writer David Spaner. He recently published a new book, *Solidarity: Canada's Unknown Revolution of 1983* (Ronsdale Press, 2021). The resistance that it documents -- to a right-wing provincial government in British Columbia -- was one of the largest grassroots upris…

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Low-wage workers organizing in Newfoundland 28:04

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In episode #486 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Mark Nichols. He is an organizer with the Workers' Action Network of Newfoundland and Labrador, which brings together workers in low-wage, precarious jobs to support each other and to fight collectively for decent work for all.For a more detailed description of the episode, go here: h…

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Practical climate action in Atlantic Canada 28:18

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In episode #485 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Emma Norton, a climate activist based in Nova Scotia. They talk about her work as the operations director at the ReCover Initaitive and the Atlantic director with the Climate Emergency Unit, and about the crucial interconnection between practical measures to reduce greenhouse gas emis…

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REBROADCAST: Grassroots organizing by Métis people in Winnipeg 28:08

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The following is a rebroadcast of episode #434 of Talking Radical Radio, originally broadcast in December 2021. In it, Scott Neigh interviews Breanne Lavallee-Heckert, Chantale Garand, and Kianna Durston. They are Métis people based in Winnipeg and members of Red River Echoes, a collective of Métis people that is focused on grassroots organizing, l…

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Anti-ableism and disaility justice education 28:09

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In episode #484 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Dev Ramsawakh and Kate Welsh. They are co-creators of the CRIP Collective, a small group of Toronto-based disabled educators and artists who do anti-ableism, anti-oppression, and disability justice-related workshops, and various other kinds of community building with disabled people, …

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A broad coalition pushing for climate action in Ontario 28:08

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In episode #483 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Mili Roy and Angela Bischoff. They are involved, in different capacities, in the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign, a broad, loose, non-partisan coalition of individuals and groups working hard to get Ontario to improve its response to the climate crisis. They talk about the crisis, …

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Story and film as tools for decolonization 28:18

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In episode #482 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Gladys Rowe, Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, and Liz Carlson-Manathara about the Stories of Decolonization film project. They talk about the role that story and film can play in larger processes of decolonization and about their many years of work on the project.For a more detailed descripti…

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Immigrant workers confronting the people who exploit them 28:20

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In episode #481 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Simran Kaur Dhunna and Bikram Singh. They are members of the Naujawan Support Network, a group of international students and immigrant workers who are challenging the exploitation and mistreatment that their members face using protest, mutual support, and collective direct action. The…

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Climate disaster stories as a catalyst for change 28:21

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In episode #480 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Sean Holman, a journalism professor at the University of Victoria and a principle investigator for the Climate Disaster Project. They talk about the shifts in journalism's social role in our current political moment, about the news media's response to the climate crisis so far, and ab…

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Advancing a vision of ecological farming and farmers' rights 28:16

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In episode #479 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Beatriz Oliver and Aabir Dey of SeedChange, an organization based in Canada that supports farmers here and around the world in working for a more just, sustainable, and environmentally sound future. They talk about the food system as it exists today, the vision embedded in the work of…