The Line Podcast

Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson in the fifth experimental Line podcast. We missed a week due to travel conflicts in our schedule but it’s good to be back. This week: baby formula nightmare scenario (literally), Jagmeet Singh activates his cloaking device, and why Toronto City Council needs to be disbanded. These experimental podcasts are going well so far. We are having fun. We even got Jen a new microphone, but it didn’t arrive in time for this episode. Oh well. If you’re enjoying them, and haven’t joined us yet as a paying subscriber, please considering doing so today. It’ll help pay for the microphone.The Line is Canada’s last, best hope for irreverent commentary. We reject bullshit. We love lively writing. Please consider supporting us by subscribing. Follow us on Twitter @the_lineca. Fight with us on Facebook. Pitch us something: [email protected] Get full access to The Line at www.readtheline.ca/subscribe

Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson in the fourth experimental Line podcast. This one is a bit of a slice-and-dice because, unfortunately, our weekly recorded Zoom meeting had a corrupted file. We couldn’t salvage the video at all (so no YouTube this week!) and we could only salvage some of the audio. Whole sections were missing or garbled beyond use. But we still pulled together what was workable and stitched it together for you, and we really hope you enjoy it.These experimental podcasts are going well so far, this week’s technical meltdown not withstanding. If you’re enjoying them, and haven’t joined us yet as a paying subscriber, please considering doing so today.The Line is Canada’s last, best hope for irreverent commentary. We reject bullshit. We love lively writing. Please consider supporting us by subscribing. Follow us on Twitter @the_lineca. Fight with us on Facebook. Pitch us something: [email protected] Get full access to The Line at www.readtheline.ca/subscribe

Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson in the third, and not quite so verbose, experimental Line podcast. We cover the CNN Plus flop, and some Canadian companies that had similar problems (though not in scale — yeesh, CNN). We also chat a crisis among Canadian experts (who keep getting stuff wrong) and how the federal government has suddenly realized that regulating the internet might be hard. Who knew?!These experimental podcasts are going well so far. If you’re enjoying them, and haven’t joined us yet as a paying subscriber, please considering doing so today.The Line is Canada’s last, best hope for irreverent commentary. We reject bullshit. We love lively writing. Please consider supporting us by subscribing. Follow us on Twitter @the_lineca. Fight with us on Facebook. Pitch us something: [email protected] Get full access to The Line at www.readtheline.ca/subscribe

Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson in the second, and we think improved, experimental Line podcast. It’s too long. We know. But we like gabbing.As before, we’re still working out some bugs and learning the ropes, but this should be much smoother this time. With fewer (but not zero) toddler interruptions! This is an edited version of our first attempt at this second episode, for reasons explained in the podcast. (If you’re wondering why you received it twice, that’s why.)Anyway. These (clearly!) remain a work in progress, but the first one took us about an hour to set up, and this one, about 10 minutes. So that’s more like it! Expect more of them. And if you’re enjoying them, and haven’t yet signed up, hit that little blue button below.The Line is Canada’s last, best hope for irreverent commentary. We reject bullshit. We love lively writing. Please consider supporting us by subscribing. Follow us on Twitter @the_lineca. Fight with us on Facebook. Pitch us something: [email protected] Get full access to The Line at www.readtheline.ca/subscribe

Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson try out one of these newfangled “pod casts.”(Seriously, folks — it’s the audio from our weekly dispatch meeting. We’re just trying to get a sense of how we might do this, and whether there’s any appetite for something like this. Enjoy! Or don’t!)The Line is Canada’s last, best hope for irreverent commentary. We reject bullshit. We love lively writing. Please consider supporting us by subscribing. Follow us on Twitter @the_lineca. Fight with us on Facebook. Pitch us something: [email protected] Get full access to The Line at www.readtheline.ca/subscribe