Sep 2024

U.S. accuses Canadians in alleged Russian propaganda scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Tenet Media of being financed and influenced by a state-backed Russian news network. Two Russian employees of RT – the state broadcaster – are alleged of spending $10-million to secretly pay the company to spread pro-Russia propaganda. A ... Show More

26m 38s

Sep 2024

What do Israelis think about the war?

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the street in Israel, demanding a return of all remaining hostages in the custody of Hamas. The demonstrations are the largest seen in the country since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. We take a closer look at the changing nature o ... Show More

30m 30s

Sep 2024

Why did the NDP dump the Liberals?

Since 2022, Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats have backed Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government with a confidence and supply agreement where the NDP would support the Liberals on confidence votes in exchange for the Liberals passing some of the NDP's policy priorities, like de ... Show More

20m 50s

May 2022

The Next Call Introduces: Someone Knows Something: The Abortion Wars

Host David Ridgen joins victims' family members as they investigate cold cases, tracking down leads, speaking to suspects and searching for answers. In Season 7 of Someone Knows Something, Ridgen and investigative journalist Amanda Robb dig into the 1998 murder of her uncle, a Ne ... Show More

32m 50s

Sep 2022

Nothing is Foreign Introduces: The Abortion Wars

Access to abortion has taken on urgency as the laws protecting it come under attack in the U.S. Working with American journalist Amanda Robb, host David Ridgen examines the murder of her uncle, an abortion provider in the U.S. and the resulting conviction of a fanatical sniper. B ... Show More

34m 32s

May 2022

Season 7: The Abortion Wars - Trailer

Coming May 2022: the return of Someone Knows Something. In Season 7, host David Ridgen and American journalist Amanda Robb investigate the 1998 murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian — Robb’s uncle — who was shot in an act of anti-abortion violence. The series explores the anti-abortion r ... Show More

3m 33s

Sep 2020

Abortion Sniper | 32

On this episode of History of the 90's we look back at an era when unprecedented violence against abortion providers gave rise to a serial shooter, known as the abortion sniper. Abortion doctors in Canada and the US were targeted by a lone gunman who lurked outside their homes, o ... Show More

39m 29s

May 2022

A Post-Roe America, Part 2: The Abortion Providers

This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence. In Part 1 of our two-part series, we spoke to anti-abortion activists about their preparations for a future without Roe v. Wade.Today, we talk to people working in abortion clinics about what the potential change could mean ... Show More

41m 43s

Jun 2022

Cascade of states move to outlaw abortion

As a cascade of states move to outlaw abortion following the SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe, Sara speaks to both sides of the abortion rights debate. Dr. Meera Shah argues all abortion bans do is traumatize women, especially the poor and medically underserved, while physician and ... Show More

41m 3s

May 2023

The Abortion Talks: They Found Respect, but not Common Ground. Frances Hogan, The Rev. Anne Fowler

We speak with two women from opposing sides of the bitter and often toxic debate over abortion. Frances Hogan and The Rev. Anne Fowler were involved in a series of years-long intensive, secret talks. Their candid conversations began after a gunman opened fire at two Massachusetts ... Show More

33m 37s

Jun 2021

MWM S11E07 Child killer Diane Downs

A video version of this podcast is also available at mwm.uscreen.ioOn the evening of May 19, 1983 Diane Downs pulled up to the McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield Oregon and calmly asked for help, claiming someone had just shot her and her children in an attempted carjack ... Show More

1h 15m

May 2021

The mobile apps helping Mexican women seek abortion

Feminist groups and activists in Mexico have taken it upon themselves to help women gain access to abortion, in a country where it’s largely illegal. At great risk to their safety, they use social networks to inform women on how to perform “at home” abortions. They’ve taken to th ... Show More

20m 17s

Feb 2024

Biden leans into abortion rights for US election race

“Chaos.” “Confusion.” Ever since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, doctors, activists and abortion-seekers have had to navigate a new reality for reproductive care. It’s made finding care in states like Texas, with a near-total ban on abortions, especially challenging. A ... Show More

19m 25s

Front Burner Introduces: Someone Knows S...