The Orchardcast

DeCyphering the Middle East

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Headlines - 06/03/26

Featured Stories * Retired judge appointed to electoral boundary panel donated to UCP [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/judge-electoral-boundary-ucp-donations-9.7221110], Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News * Former Alberta judge tapped to chair panel redrawing electoral boundaries [https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/former-alberta-judge-tapped-to-chair-panel-re-drawing-electoral-boundaries/], Lisa Johnson, Canadian Press * Carney government follows CUSMA letter with proposals to revive U.S. trade talks [https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=f0ac948a-e1d4-4625-bc21-f382c530d448], Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star * Some Palestinian student visas being expedited after long wait [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-palestinian-student-visas-expedited/], David Baxter, Canadian Press * Shopify paid Kenneth Law $149K for deadly poison sales to at-risk buyers, court records show [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/shopify-kenneth-law-9.7219494], Thomas Daigle, CBC News This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe [https://www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Referendum Madness

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Headlines - 05/26/26

Featured Stories * Guilbeault to resign as an MP over Carney government’s climate policies [https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/guilbeault-to-resign-as-an-mp-over-carney-governments-climate-policies/], Vassy Kapelos and Stephanie Ha, CTV News * Steven Guilbeault expected to quit Liberal caucus as early as Wednesday, sources say [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-steven-guilbeault-liberal-caucus-quit/], Marieke Walsh and Stephanie Levitz, Globe and Mail * Carney says House of Commons won’t weigh in on Alberta’s referendum question [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-clarity-act-alberta-referendum-9.7212731], Darren Major, CBC News * Alberta separatist leader planning to challenge Danielle Smith’s leadership or change referendum question [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-separatist-leader-planning-to-challenge-danielle-smith-s-leadership-or-change-referendum-question-9.7212732], Jason Markusoff, CBC News * CANSEC Arms Fair Bars Multiple Independent Journalists From Attending [https://www.readthemaple.com/cansec-arms-fair-bars-multiple-independent-journalists-from-attending/], Alex Cosh, The Maple This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe [https://www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

How U.S. Media Sold the Gaza Genocide

You may know Adam H. Johnson as the co-host of the Citations Needed podcast. He has a new book out, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, which provides a rigorous, data-driven critique of how liberal American media outlets helped facilitate the Gaza genocide. Related Links * How to Sell a Genocide [https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/] (Pluto Press, 2026) * We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media [https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/gaza-media-coverage-israel-bias/], The Intercept * How the Media Sold a Genocide [https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the-media-sold-a-genocide], Current Affairs * How the corporate media helped fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza [https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/how-the-corporate-media-helped-fuel-israels-genocide-in-gaza/], Mondoweiss This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe [https://www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]