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We end season 4 with a lovely departure...a full length interview with author & broadcaster Carol Off. She is the former host of CBC's flagship show "As it Happens" where she interviewed 25,000 people in 16 years...Carol has the view of a sage from 30,000 feet. Buckle up for take Off.

This episode marks the end of season 4. We've been renewed and will be back in January of 2026 with season 5...until next time!

PS: In our interview with Carol Off we discuss the moments when the Bush (2) White House revealed that truth was optional. As usual, American historian Heather Cox Richardson brings profound context to the backstory:

From Heather Cox Richardson :

Spin turned into a narrative that denigrated opponents as anti-American, and then into the attempt to construct a fictional world that they could make real so long as they could convince voters to believe in it. In 2004, a senior advisor to President George W. Bush told journalist Ron Suskind that people like him—Suskind—lived in “the reality-based community”: they believed people could find solutions based on their observations and careful study of discernable reality. But, the aide continued, such a worldview was obsolete.

“That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” the aide said. “We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

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We thought we'd take the cruel, mean and hopelessly ignorant policies of the Trump administration up to the cottage to see if they felt any better from that perspective. They didn't. But all the same, recording the pod on the porch was an experience not to be missed. Until it wasn't.

In case you want to holler at us - you can do it here matt.zimbel@gmail.com

Thanks for listening. We hope you are enjoying your summer, despite the arrival of fast fascism.

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With sixty senators over sixty, the current American Senate is the oldest in history. Permanent guest host Mio Adilman and regular host Matt Zimbel do a deep dive into why our politicians are decomposing, right in front of us. This podcast never gets old!

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Did you ever wonder how 82 year old Joe Biden and his family and advisors thought he could actually execute the presidency of the United States, the second most demanding job in the world for another four years? Well, so did God.

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In a few days we're gonna have an election in Canadastan! Elections have consequences...We're about to have some consequences!

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Do you enjoy a dysfunctional human resources story with catastrophic national ramifications as much as I do? No, I'm not talking about Pete Hegseth...yet. This one is local - but these days local is global. This is the tale of Justin Trudeau's downfall...

It's sad, but fun!

You can reach the Yes We Canada breaking news desk here: zimbel@videotron.ca

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For those of you who have been the Yes We Canada party faithful for the past five years, you may remember that we did an episode that was called "Not the 51st State, Y'all". It streamed first on January 12, 2021 and explored the vast differences between the United States and The Canada. It was written and produced at a time when, unlike today, the people who ran the White House were not Non compos mentis.

In picking his cabinet Donald Trump made one commitment to himself. "I will be the smartest person in the room". Pretty low bar Donnie!

This episode has everything listener surveys have told us our audience wants, paunchy middle aged men wielding chainsaws, Wharton Business School "graduates" theorizing on global tariffs and as a special bonus the one time on public record that Ted Cruz told the truth...i's all here - snuggle up and dive in.

And thanks so much for listening and supporting this show - we are micro media and your support means a lot. We are satirical resistance workers, it is a deep pleasure for us to get the chance to speak to you.

And this week we have a late addition to the production with a guest appearance by the New York based band "The Handsome Devil" , who underscore the MOTUS Hit Single Speeches of racism, ego, indifference and astonishing stupidity.

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Trade war, anyone? Get your rations and meet me in the trenches!

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