The Bottlemen

We made CJ (@TOS_violator) from Eat Chain (@eatchain) watch the 2006 film Bon Cop, Bad Cop - you remember that film, right? It was the film that, at the time, was supposed to compete with American movies on some kind of substantive level? We delve into t...

In this episode, we ask the question: does Canada's, and now the world's, number one trendy media brand have a distinctive brand of politics? Why is there a rich vein of interventionism running through this magazine that had fashion do's and don'ts? Why ...

Dan and Riley sit down with science fiction author Jeff VanderMeer, author of the bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, Borne, and numerous other works of weird brilliance. We discuss ecology, the power of storytelling, and what it means to have hope in a ...

Riley and Dan crack open the big book of Canadian monsters, apparitions, and phantasms for an exploration of all things paranormal and spooky up north with the Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick from Podcast About List. One thing's for sure about this podcast: ...

In this bonus episode, Riley and Dan discuss the definitive history of Canada's royal family of groceries: the Westons! Come to learn that strike breaking and price fixing has been in their DNA for over a century, stay for an exploration of their strang...

Journalist Davide Mastracci joins Dan and Riley to discuss Canadian editorial boards' desperate desire to rack up a body count and long history of promoting every opportunity to send our army abroad, from the Boer War to Syria today; and how consent manu...

Andrew, Charles, and Branson from Episode 1 (https://soundcloud.com/episode-one-868768631) join Dan and Riley for a rundown of Canada's many fabulous mid-priced chain restaurants! Montana's! Earl's! Boston Pizza! Mr. Mike's Steakhouse! Jack Astor's! And ...

This week, Riley and Dan are joined by Paris Marx of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast to discuss the Rogers-Shaw merger. We get to the bottom of just how the Canadian telecom industry got quite so concentrated and monopolistic, and identify the barriers to...

The Antifada's Jamie Peck joins Dan and Riley to discuss the early history of Vice, explore the nihilistic flattening that pervaded its culture and coverage, and how that relates to working conditions therein. Additionally, early Riley and Dan lore is ex...

Dan and Riley are joined by our artist, photographer, and friend of the show Jessica Eaton to discuss art, labour, and why Non Fungible Tokens are just more of the same shit for a deeply unequal art market that has always been more interested in creating...