Niigaan and the Lone Ranger

by Winnipeg Free Press

Two newspaper columnists talk politics, culture and media from the geographical centre of Canada and ground zero in the debate over Indigenous reconciliation. Niigaan Sinclair and Dan Lett of the Winnipeg Free Press rep the 204 (and, to a lesser extent, the 431 and 584).
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • Adrien Sala's balancing act

    Adrien Sala's balancing act

    S03 E06
    01:15:28

    A feature interview with Manitoba's new finance minister about the "everyone got something but nobody got everything" provincial budget tabled earlier this week.

  • Do police have a future in crisis intervention?

    Do police have a future in crisis intervention?

    S03 E05
    54:47

    Kate Kehler from the Police Accountability Coalition and Greg Burnett from the Downtown Community Safety Partnership discuss a better way to help people suffering mental health and addictions crises.

  • For the last time, John K Samson does not hate Winnipeg

    For the last time, John K Samson does not hate Winnipeg

    S03 E04
    01:00:46

    A probing interview with Weakerthans frontman John K Samson on libraries, Portage & Main and what his music reveals about the heart and soul of Winnipeg.

  • More Portage and Main, less raw sewage

    More Portage and Main, less raw sewage

    S03 E03
    55:00

    Mayor Scott Gillingham talks about reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians, corking a raw sewage leak and balancing the city's infrastructure needs.

  • Taylor Swift and Manitoba sand: the conspiracy no one will talk about.

    Taylor Swift and Manitoba sand: the conspiracy no one will talk about.

    S03 E02
    01:02:51

    Dan Lett and guest host Julia-Simone Rutgers dig deep into the Sio Silica story and find that while we know a lot, much more information is needed.