Ricky Tollman: How the director’s Rob Ford film is inspired by rise of Do
Run This Town director Ricky Tollman saw the growing push of populism and thought, “I’ve seen this story before — in Toronto.” He joined Tom Power to talk about the new film.
Run This Town director Ricky Tollman saw the growing push of populism and thought, “I’ve seen this story before — in Toronto.” He joined Tom Power to talk about the new film.
Lauv discusses how he transitioned from being a songwriter to the stars to a full-fledged pop sensation in his own right. Jurassic Park host Akil Augustine explains why he’s defending Radicalized by Cory Doctorow for this year’s Canada Reads competition. Singer-songwriter J.S. Ondara talks about his debut album, Tales of America, in which he reflects on his experiences emigrating to the U.S. from Kenya. Run This Town director Ricky Tollman tells us how his new Rob Ford film was inspired by rise of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Singer-songwriter Lauv talks about making his debut album, How I’m Feeling, which drops tomorrow.
Trump says it would destroy us. Sanders says it will save us. The majority of millennials would like it to replace capitalism. But what is “it”? We bring in the economists to sort things out and tell us what the U.S. can learn from the good (and bad) experiences of other (supposedly) socialist countries.
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Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn are in chambers this week with a special guest, Tre’vell Anderson of the smash hit Maximum Fun podcast FANTI! They are clearing the docket and talk about picking restaurants, playing music at work, using recyclables as dishware, and responses from listeners about the judge’s recent ruling on Santa presents!
As the global death toll from novel coronavirus continues to skyrocket, the American media are looking to national public health institutions to make sense of the scope and severity of the damage. Much reporting has come from semi-regular phone pressers
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