{"podcast":{"title":"CANADALAND","slug":"canadaland-317958","podcast_index_feed_id":317958,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6","website_url":"https://www.canadaland.com/shows/canadaland/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/1743698771719-50c87864-d5ab-4617-8806-05f66a4e5c26.jpeg","author":"Jesse Brown","episode_count":1547,"summary":"The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast. Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T00:20:21.177575+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958"},"episode":{"title":"Carney Spins, The Star Bullies, Erskine-Smith Loses","slug":"carney-spins-the-star-bullies-erskine-smith-loses","published_at":"2026-05-20T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/carney-spins-the-star-bullies-erskine-smith-loses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958","url":"https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a0d1d6bbf331222891e3cd9","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a0d1d6bbf331222891e3cd9/media.mp3","summary":"Nate Erskine-Smith lost his bid for nomination for the Ontario Liberals in Scarborough Southwest, putting his plans for leadership in question. He’s alleging serious voting irregularities, and that the Ontario Liberal establishment has it in for him.  Meanwhile, the Toronto Star publishes a curious Editor’s Note, retracting a statement from the PMO that Carney did not in fact endorse Erskine-Smith, despite the video being posted online.  Then, a Toronto Star freelance columnist criticizes the Star’s reporting, and has her column pulled. What is happening?  Barbara Patrocinio of iPolitics joins San Grewal to sort through the chaos.    Host: San Grewal Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Barbara Patrocinio Further reading:  Liberal party under fire as more questions raised about Nate Erskine-Smith’s nomination fight - Toronto Star Why the Liberal nomination controversy could be an 'unhelpful distraction' for a party looking to rebuild | CBC News Supriya Dwivedi on Real Talk with Ryan Jesperson [YouTube] Supriya Dwivedi Thread [X/Twitter] Erskine-Smith appeals Ontario Liberal nomination loss, alleging ‘irregularities’ | Power & Politics [YouTube] Ontario running out of time to pass bill to deal with misbehaving municipal politicians, critics warn | CBC News Blind side: Why World Cup economic impact on Vancouver, Toronto may never be known | Globalnews.ca         Sponsors: Squarespace : Check out Squarespace.com/canadaland for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch use code canadaland to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Fizz : V…","meta_description":"Nate Erskine-Smith lost his bid for nomination for the Ontario Liberals in Scarborough Southwest, putting his plans for leadership in question. He’s alleg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2324,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/carney-spins-the-star-bullies-erskine-smith-loses/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/carney-spins-the-star-bullies-erskine-smith-loses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}