{"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":"Musk to Monetize Moon","slug":"musk-to-monetize-moon","published_at":"2026-04-08T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/musk-to-monetize-moon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958","url":"https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/69d5a68b086c93c18b621e32","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/69d5a68b086c93c18b621e32/media.mp3","summary":"Jeremy Hansen makes history as the first Canadian to travel to the moon, but why is Canada on board with this latest iteration of the space race?  China plans to reach the moon by 2030, and future US efforts will involve Musk’s SpaceX and Bezos’ Blue Origin. Meanwhile, Canadian companies are bidding to put nuclear reactors on the moon.  Are we sure we should be colonizing the moon? Host: Sam Konnert Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Rahim Mohamed Additional music by Audio Network  It’s crowd-finding time at Canadaland! Share this episode with three people or simply send them over to canadaland.com/share and we’ll help them get started with a starter pack of some of our favourite episodes. Further reading:  The new space race: Why the U.S. and China are racing to the moon | CBC News Here are 5 reasons Artemis II matters to Canada -  CTV News The Canadian Space Mining Corporation thinks it can put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2029 | BetaKit     China is going to the Moon by 2030. Here’s what’s known about the mission – and why it matters - The Conversation Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars - Scientific American Julie Payette’s disastrous reign as governor general: ‘Act of perpetual petulance’ - National Post #1160 Confessions of a Girls Gone Wild Merch Girl - CANADALAND [Podcast] #1306 The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Revenge When You’ve Been Ripped Off - - CANADALAND [Podcast]   Sponsors:  Fizz : Visit fizz.ca and activate a first plan using the referral code CAN40 to get 40$ off and 10GB of free data.…","meta_description":"Jeremy Hansen makes history as the first Canadian to travel to the moon, but why is Canada on board with this latest iteration of the space race? Ch…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1877,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/musk-to-monetize-moon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/musk-to-monetize-moon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}