Latest Dirtbagleft Podcast Episodes
Episode 38: The Gentle Island (ft Aimee Power)
Dog Island - February 19, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsBest friends Andrew and Hugh take a trip across the Northumberland, to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to talk to Aimee Power (@powerhour) about the abysmal state of housing in the city. PEI Fight For Affordable Housing
Episode 37: Podcast Atlantic Is A Grift
Dog Island - February 04, 2019 16:56 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsLive from our brand new deluxe podcasting and media incubation studio, we talk about the big bomb pit that Haliburton is bequeathing us and some other extremely cool business news right here in our province of Nova Scotia, Canada. If someone knows how we can get like $85,000 from the governmen...
Episode 36 - Fight Song
Dog Island - January 22, 2019 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe talk about some human toilets and give you some fighting tips. There are some Patreon questions we answer too. I dunno, you try putting out great content all the time.
SUPER PANTHER 7K PRESENTS: DOG ISLAND HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Dog Island - January 02, 2019 23:55 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsOur live show from December 29, 2018. Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) talks to us about American politics and our very own right wing pundit class. We also count down 2018's top grifts. Thank you to Tynan Dunfield for recording us. You can find the slides here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/23715729
Episode 35: What Is Work?
Dog Island - December 24, 2018 08:08 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsListen to this one with your entire family at Christmas dinner please. Chris is back and keeping us in line by teaching us about all the bad bosses that have been misbehaving lately. He also yells at us about basketball. Come to our live show https://www.facebook.com/events/50802378...
Episode 34: A Miracle On North Street
Dog Island - December 04, 2018 23:25 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHey we are talking about what you all wanted us to talk about. Probably the best episode we've ever done.
Episode 33: Parc Life
Dog Island - November 27, 2018 09:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis week Graeme is talking to Samiha Hossain and Sasha Dyck about their neighbourhood, Parc Extension, in Montreal and the work happening around gentrification there. Also, we're doing a live show, more info HERE. Vigil against Violence against Women Anniversary of the Polytechnique Mass...
Episode 32: War All The Time
Dog Island - November 19, 2018 00:32 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsFollow us into the depths of despair as we attend the Halifax International Security Forum. Afterwards with the help of Dr Isaac Saney we remember the importance of hoping and fighting for a better world. Canadian Peace Congress Revolution in Halifax! Halifax in Revolution! The Black Panthe...
Episode 31: Honestly, Things Are Pretty Bad
Dog Island - November 08, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe're talking about the recent fascist violence in the United States, the stupid Munk debate, and the surge of white nationalism right here in Halifax. Pretty bad time!
Episode 30: This Anime Life
Dog Island - October 30, 2018 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHugh and Graeme accompany Chris to a Magic: The Gathering event where things are not quite what they seem. Afterwards the podcasters find themselves at Hal-Con, Halifax's big sci-fi convention, there they talk about games or something and Hugh drinks a pop. More info on the Tatamagouche ce...
Episode 29: Talkin' New Brunswick ft Jeska Grue
Dog Island - October 16, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe talk about the smoking ban* and some other dumb bullshit before our friend Jeska calls in to talk about the recent and sort of ongoing New Brunswick provincial election. Check out Jeska's good clothes here and follow her @jeskagrue *Dog Island 100% opposes the criminalization of anyone (...
Teaser - Wonder Why
Dog Island - October 10, 2018 02:02 - 47 seconds ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe discuss Media Mediocrity a book written by local children's entertainer and city councillor, Richard Zurawski. To hear this full episode and get more bonus content you can subscribe to our patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dogisland69
Episode 28: Clout Sharks
Dog Island - September 25, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis is a special episode for all you new students. We're talking about the coolest spots and the things in town that you gotta check out. When you work in our business it's so hard to find real people. This clout thing is fucked up - fake friends everywhere just trying to get instagram like...
Episode 27: The Seven Mountains of Culture
Dog Island - September 11, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis week we're reading from Matt Whitman's Integrity Magazine so we can learn how to be successful business owners like God wants. We also read an essay about organized crime written by a nine year old. Pretty funny lots of jokes 8.5/10.
Episode 26: Black August North
Dog Island - September 04, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe read and discuss the statement issued by incarcerated people about the conditions at the Burnside jail. (there is some weird noises I'm sorry I was trying a new microphone and am bad - Andrew) LINKS: Full Statement from the Prisoners at Burnside Women's Wellness Within Lis...
BONUS - WOOFLYN DIARIES 02
Dog Island - August 27, 2018 21:05 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHi, Hugh and Graeme are still in New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of. Hugh is teaching his little brother about an exciting new show on TV
BONUS - WOOFLYN DIARIES 01
Dog Island - August 18, 2018 19:14 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe two good brothers Hugh and Graeme are in New York City, the Big Apple, and they are making high power business deals. They do a special phone interview with Andrew (Dog Island) and talk business.
Episode 25: Best Of Halifax
Dog Island - August 14, 2018 10:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHi sorry we lost the first half of the episode because Andrew is a luddite. We talk about a local art thief/nazi who keeps popping up in the news. We also talk about how you should vote for us in the Best of Halifax awards: https://bestofhalifax.com/#/gallery?group=288226 Jacob Boon on ...
Episode 24: Incoherent Vice
Dog Island - July 24, 2018 15:52 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsCW: Lots of gross bathroom talk at the end. Three different segments for three different topics. First we're talking about smoking and the Halifax's asinine new bylaw. Second we've got Charlie from Glitter Bean Cafe talking about building a worker owned business and the importance of queer sp...
Episode 23: Giant Gas Holes
Dog Island - July 05, 2018 02:18 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsRobin Tress joins us to talk about BP, Alton Gas, Boat Harbour and building solidarity through resistance. Robin's Blog: https://canadians.org/blogs/robin-tress For more on the resistance against Alton Gas and to donate: https://stopaltongas.wordpress.com/ Information on the #NOPIPE R...
Episode 22: Bruces Wild
Dog Island - July 03, 2018 05:18 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe crime dogs do a deep investigative report on the recent epidemic of graffiti in Halifax. Afterwards we check in on our old friend Tristan and the state of housing in Halifax.
Episode 21: What We Talk About When We Talk About Doug
Dog Island - June 19, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe talk about the Donkin Mine, the Irving Shipyard and the Trans Mountain Pipeline, all of which exemplify the ruling class' absolute disdain for human life. In the second half Doug Nesbitt joins us to talk about Mike Harris, Doug Ford, and organizing against austerity. http://rankandfile....
Episode 20: Salad Days
Dog Island - May 28, 2018 21:48 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe dissect some news about two of the HRM's legendary community hubs and it very quickly devolves into everyone yammering on about how much cooler things were when they were younger. Pretty good episode IMHO.
Episode 19: California Uber Alles
Dog Island - May 18, 2018 03:35 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsSorry for the almost month between episodes, we've had vacations and stuff. We have a struggle session over Andrew and Graeme's Uber usage in California. We also discuss some more fishery funny-business and some truly horrific behaviour by our local police.
Episode 18: The Sisters of Mercer
Dog Island - April 24, 2018 12:11 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIt's been a spectacularly embarrassing couple of weeks in Halifax, which I guess is kind of good for us. We talk about our government's FOIPOP bungle, Gary Basso's bad policing, and Mark Mercer's bad ideas. We also talk about the consequences of Mark's bad ideas. To round it out we answer a P...
Episode 17: Dry Land Is A Myth
Dog Island - April 10, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsMairin is on the show all the time now. Chris offers some updates on the city's big labour struggles. We talk about how cool it is that Peter Munk died and speculate on what all the new offshore drilling will mean. Graeme checks in with diamond villain Ron Basal and his mission to evict low inco...
Episode 16: Trouble Brewing
Dog Island - March 27, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsContent warning: we discuss sexual harassment and assault pretty frankly in the second half of the episode. It's two weeks in a row and this time it is Andrew, Mairin, Hugh and Chris. We're talking about coffee, cleaning and worker's fighting back. Smiling Goat's baristas are fighting back aga...
Episode 15: All Around The World Statues Crumble For Me
Dog Island - March 21, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHugh is back but now Chris is missing. Graeme is going to fill us in on what's going on in Nova Scotia's fishing communities. Andrew hates statues and thinks they should all get torn down.
Episode 14: WTF
Dog Island - March 06, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsNo Hugh this week but don't worry our friend Mairin is helping hold down the fort. Can we compare the teachers strike in West Virgina to the ongoing labour disputes between Nova Scotia teachers and the province? Why is anti-union sentiment so prevalent in Nova Scotia? Why do all these campus fre...
Episode 13: Dog's Plan
Dog Island - February 27, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe spend too long talking about the internet, our weird viral tweet, how the Canadian right is just grifters all the way down and how politics have become conflated with consumption. The teacher's union might go on an illegal strike in Nova Scotia and Chris gets really passionate about the histo...
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