Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney are joined by Special Guest Samantha Gold to discuss the top stories of 2022: Quebec Election, Elon Musk and […]
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FTB Weekends: Christmas Storm, Zelenskyy in Washington & Musk to Resign as Twitter CEO
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the major storm ahead of Christmas Weekend, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visiting US President Joe Biden in the […]
FTB Weekends: Ye’s Implosion, the PQ and the King & $3.1 Million Montreal Protest Settlement
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney talk about Ye (formerly Kanye West)’s recent anti-Semitic and other outbursts, the PQ being barred from the National Assembly […]
FTB Weekends: World Cup in Qatar, Twitter in Disarray and the World on Fire
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss bizarre comments from FIFA president Gianni Infantino defending holding the World Cup in Qatar, the politics of letting […]
FTB Weekends: Surprisingly Not Terrible US Midterm Results, Musk’s Twitter Blunders & More
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the near-routing of Trump-backed candidates in the US Midterm Elections, Elon Musk’s week of struggling to run Twitter, […]
FTB Weekends: Ford, Trudeau & the Notwithstanding Clause, Musk & Twitter and Iran & Powerball
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss Doug Ford’s use of the Notwithstanding Clause against striking teachers and Justin Trudeau’s plan to fight it, Elon […]
Elon Musk’s $8 Blue Checkmark Fee Isn’t About Celebrities, It’s a Cover Charge to Enter the Town Square
When I heard that Elon Musk, the new gatekeeper of the town square that is Twitter, was floating the idea of charging users a monthly […]
Net Neutrality Under Threat…Again
Tomorrow morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US is set to scrap Net Neutrality. Specifically, they plan to eliminate Title II protections that […]
What Snowden Had to Say at the McGill Videoconference
Thousands of people lined up on the McGill campus Wednesday night waiting hours for a chance to be part of a videoconference with Edward Snowden. […]
David Bowie on the Future of the Internet in 1999: He Was Absolutely Correct (VIDEO)
The internet has been mourning and remembering David Bowie ever since news of his passing broke a week ago. Amidst all the sharing of classic […]