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The Hoser Presents: Short Circuit

The Hoser Presents: Short Circuit

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Short Circuit is the first podcast from The Hoser, a new independent digital media outlet in the Greater Toronto Area. Short Circuit covers the three major topics: food insecurity, labour, and housing across the GTA. We understand that these issues are inextricably connected: they each affect one another. Short Circuit will have weekly guests speaking from their vantage point and expertise on these issues, both from an organizing and research perspective as well as experiential knowledge.© 2024 The Hoser Presents: Short Circuit Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Ep 6: Your 2023 Toronto Mayoral Candidates Election Roundup
    Jun 23 2023

    Short Circuit hosts Shannon Carranco, Kevin Taghabon and Eric Wickham do a deep dive on six leading mayoral candidates and their policy on housing, transit, police, and their relationship to popular issues and previous voting history. 

    Candidates include city councillors Josh Matlow, Ana Bailao, former Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey, former Toronto Police Services chief Mark Saunders, former MP Olivia Chow and Chloe Brown.

    This episode was produced by Eric Wickham of Big Shiny Takes and Tech Won't Save Us (Twitter: @ES_Wickham) with theme music from Alex from Haus of Decline (Twitter: @hausofdecline).

    If you like the journalism we are doing at The Hoser and would like to support our continued work, you can do so by subscribing to thehoser.ca/support.

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    35 mins
  • EP 5: The Disappearing Act with Jacob Pesaruk
    Sep 23 2022

    Short Circuit host Shannon Carranco and producer Eric Wickham talk to GTA reporter Jacob Pesaruk about his latest investigative article for The Hoser. Pesaruk's piece focuses on the kidnapping of an unhoused Indigenous man named Jordn Geldert-Hautala by Toronto Police in June. 

    You can read the full article here.

    This episode was produced by Eric Wickham of Big Shiny Takes and Tech Won't Save Us (Twitter: @ES_Wickham) with theme music from Alex from Haus of Decline (Twitter: @hausofdecline).

    If you like the journalism we are doing at The Hoser and would like to support our continued work, you can do so by making a monthly or one-time donation here. 









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    35 mins
  • Ep 4: Election Recap, Summer Projects, and Toronto's Fall Vote
    Jul 1 2022

    On our fourth episode of Short Circuit hosts Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon walk listeners through the projects The Hoser has been working on since our last episode before the provincial election in Ontario. We then recap the Conservative victory, the plummeting voter turnout in the province, and how little excitement was part of this election. Finally, we discuss what's coming up in Toronto this fall. Media workers especially: contact us if you want to help work with us on municipal election reporting.

    We were fortunate to be joined on mic by podcast producer extraordinaire Eric Wickham who brought some needed levity and earthiness to the conversation.

    This episode was produced by Eric Wickham of Big Shiny Takes and Tech Won't Save Us (Twitter: @ES_Wickham) with theme music from Alex from Haus of Decline (Twitter: @hausofdecline).

    If you like the journalism we are doing at The Hoser and would like to support our continued work, you can do so by subscribing to our Patreon.

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    28 mins
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