{"podcast":{"title":"The Bureau Podcast","slug":"the-bureau-podcast-6621098","podcast_index_feed_id":6621098,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1444443.rss","website_url":"https://www.thebureau.news/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1444443/af362ce518384109799fdd03117a63b4.jpg","author":"Sam Cooper","episode_count":93,"summary":"Investigative Journalism. Anti-Corruption. Whistleblowers. Sunlight.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T00:18:15.334161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bureau-podcast-6621098"},"episode":{"title":"The Bureau Breaks Down Ryan Wedding's Rise With Brian Lilley","slug":"the-bureau-breaks-down-ryan-wedding-s-rise-with-brian-lilley","published_at":"2025-11-20T22:05:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bureau-podcast-6621098/the-bureau-breaks-down-ryan-wedding-s-rise-with-brian-lilley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bureau-podcast-6621098","url":"https://www.thebureau.news/p/the-bureau-breaks-down-ryan-weddings","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179498603/12a189ba1de77bfdc441b15b12ddd3c6.mp3","summary":"OTTAWA — In this conversation with Canada’s highest-profile political columnist, Brian Lilley, I dive into how I first uncovered the improbable rise of Ryan Wedding — and how he turned Canada into a conduit for the world’s most powerful and dangerous Mexican cartels, working alongside state-adjacent actors from Iran, China, and beyond. Brian, a veteran Toronto Sun reporter, will also be sharing this videocast on his rapidly growing Substack. I recently highlighted his deep reporting on Mark Carney’s gambit for a majority through Conservative floor-crosser recruitment in a Bureau op-ed, so you may see some interesting conversations between us in the future too. The Bureau is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebureau.news/subscribe","meta_description":"OTTAWA — In this conversation with Canada’s highest-profile political columnist, Brian Lilley, I dive into how I first uncovered the improbable rise of Ry…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2513,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bureau-podcast-6621098/episodes/the-bureau-breaks-down-ryan-wedding-s-rise-with-brian-lilley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bureau-podcast-6621098/the-bureau-breaks-down-ryan-wedding-s-rise-with-brian-lilley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}