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Author: Martin Halek

Midweek

Midweek for March 19, 2025

The ground may have been shaking this week, but our team stayed sure and steady as ever! Our first story took us far from home, with newly-minted Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Nunavut and what the new leader might mean for Indigenous Peoples across Canada. Taking us back to the Ottawa Valley were three stories of people coming together:...
Midweek

Midweek for March 12, 2025

This show was recorded in front of a live studio audience! More on that later. Show 7 started with its elbows up—a documentary about a hundreds-strong protest on Parliament Hill rallying against American annexation threats and tariffs. Then, a sit-down with 2025’s Kesterton speaker, Shireen Ahmed, the first sports journalist to deliver the lecture. Rounding out the first set: a...