The Laughing Drum podcast

The Laughing Drum

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The Laughing Drum is a weekly satirical news and talk show that takes a sharply humorous look at Canadian and Indigenous politics, entertainment, arts and current events. In each episode, host Tim Fontaine uses actual news footage, field segments, interviews with guests and the Red Power Panel to dissect the issues facing Indigenous Peoples today.

37 Episoden

It’s The Laughing Drum season finale!
25.6.2019
22:48
In the season finale, The Laughing Drum looks at the literally never-ending saga of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, Quebec’s religious symbols law and Seattle’s non-Indigenous folks paying the rent. Plus, host Tim Fontaine bids farewell to the show!
Consulting white people, crappy polls and The State of Two-Spirit Folk
18.6.2019
23:11
The Laughing Drum looks at Scarborough NIMBYism, white folk demanding consultation, crappy polls and the media who love them and a look at the State of Two-Spirit Folk.
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Canadian media vs. genocide, Doug Ford's paid vacation and weighing boycotts
18.6.2019
22:03
Canadian media vs. genocide, Doug Ford's paid vacation and weighing boycotts. Also, we bid farewell to panelist Sasha Mark. All that and more on this episode of The Laughing Drum.
Alberta land acknowledgements, banishing drug dealers and should we vote?
4.6.2019
22:43
The Laughing Drum takes a deep into the newly elected United Conservative Party’s optional land acknowledgements, how two Manitoba First Nations are dealing with the opioid and meth epidemic and how do Indigenous people vote in this current political climate?
Media bailouts, Ontario’s disappearing Indigenous curriculum and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s future
28.5.2019
22:20
Should media accept a $600-million bailout from the Liberals? What in the heck is going on in Ford’s Ontario? And now that we know Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are running as independents, what in the heck happens now? All that and more on this episode of The Laughing Drum.
Nazi and Confederate flags in Saskatchewan
21.5.2019
23:33
Nazi and Confederate flags in Saskatchewan, A Canadian museum finally recognizes genocide and is Winnipeg sweeping the homeless under the rug? All that and more on The Laughing Drum this week.
Beyak gone from senate (temporarily), Trudeau’s Poundmaker exoneration
14.5.2019
23:51
Beyak is (temporarily) gone from the Senate, the timing of Trudeau’s Poundmaker exoneration is suspect and why don’t we care that nearly half of life on earth is dying? All that and more on The Laughing Drum this week.
The Laughing Drum talks United Nations, $50k water bills and Royal BatPhones
30.4.2019
23:42
Should Indigenous folk bother going to the UN? Did the media drop the ball on that $50K water hookup bill? And do First Nations need a direct line to the Queen? That and more, on this episode of The Laughing Drum.
Liberal consultation, right-wing provinces and that Paris cathedral fire
23.4.2019
22:15
What does a Conservative victory mean for Indigenous folk in Alberta and beyond? Do the Liberals know how to consult with First Nations? And what’s up with the response to Indigenous people speaking out about the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire? The Laughing Drum’s Red Power Panel tackles that and more on this episode.
Is reverse-non-consultation a thing?
16.4.2019
22:58
On this episode of The Laughing Drum, we dig into Joseph Boyden’s Paris adventure, Canada’s fear of brown immigration and whether reverse-non-consultation is really a thing in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood.

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