When Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, was poisoned in 2020, he was relocated to Germany to recover. While he was there, he teamed up with a Bulgarian data-journalist named Christo Grozev, who claimed he had figured out who was behind the assassination attempt. Together, using advanced prank call technology, they man ... Show More
Yesterday
Alberta decides to stay in Canada
After a historic referendum, Albertans have voted to remain in Canada. When we recorded this episode, just over a third of the votes had been counted, and 76 per cent of them were in favour of staying.CBC Alberta reporter Jason Markusoff joins Jayme to break down what the result ... Show More
21m 26s
Oct 16
Politics! Carney in Alberta, Stelco showdown
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Alberta this week, making a final pitch for unity in the lead-up to the province's referendum on potential separation. Meanwhile, the government is threatening legal action against steel company Stelco over layoffs related to the trade war. And th ... Show More
29m 13s
Jan 2021
Aleksei Navalny and the Future of Russia
<p>The Russian activist Aleksei Navalny has spent years agitating against corruption, and against President Vladimir Putin. </p><p>Last summer he was poisoned with a rare nerve agent linked to the Russian state. Last week, after recovering in Germany, he returned to Moscow. He wa ... Show More
28m 18s
Mar 2023
The Russian Activist Maria Pevchikh on the Fate of Alexey Navalny, and the Future of Russia
<p><span>Well before launching the horrifying campaign against Ukraine a year ago, Vladimir Putin had been undermining Russia as well: normalizing corruption on a massive scale, and suppressing dissent and democracy. One of the darkest moments on that trajectory was the poisonin ... Show More
26m 13s
Jan 2021
Why Putin wants Alexei Navalny dead
Zack, Jenn, and Alex discuss the nationwide demonstrations in Russia in support of dissident opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who returned to the country this week from Germany, where he was recuperating from a poisoning believed to be an assassination attempt directed by the Kr ... Show More
45m 9s