In Bed with the Elephant

PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory

Adrian is joined by: 
Nora Loreto is a writer, organizer, podcaster and journalist. She is the author of a number of books including “Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism in the Digital Age (Fernwood 2020)” and “From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement” (CCPA 2013). She’s the host of Sandy And Nora Talk politics with Sandy Hudson.
Judy Rebick is a writer, academic,  commentator and former TV host.  She is the former president of Canada’s leading feminist organization the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.
Matt Fodor is an author and political scientist. He is the author of From Layton to Singh: The 20-Year Conflict Behind the NDP’s Deal With the Trudeau Liberals.’

Press Freedom on Trial in Canada w/ Justin Brake

Ground-breaking Journalist Justin Brake sits down with Adrian to discuss the Amber Bracken case against the RCMP, and the fight for real press freedom in Canada.

What Trump means for Canada & The World w/ Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for the US – based  The Nation Magazine and host of the weekly  NATION podcast, The Time of Monsters. Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The Guardian, The New Republic, and The Boston Globe. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” We spoke to Jeet Heer shortly before the US and Israel attacked Iran. 

Navigating life post-October 7th as a Jewish journalist w/ Marsha Lederman

Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman joins Adrian to discuss navigating her love for Israel, her disdain for its leader, and her horror at Israel’s destruction of Gaza. 
Marsha Lederman’s first book “Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed” was a national bestseller. “October 7th: Searching for the Humanitarian Middle” is her latest release.
This episode is brought to you by our founding local partner, Perfect Books Ottawa. 
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Iran: the Islamic republic on the brink? w/ Amir Ahmadi Arian

Iranian journalist Amir Ahmadi Arian sits down with Adrian to discuss the escalating horrors in Iran.
 
While living in Iran in the 2000s, Amir Ahmadi Arian was a regular contributor to reformist newspapers. Arian’s essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The Paris Review and the New York Review of Books. He is currently an assistant professor of creative writing at Binghamton University in upstate New York.
 
This episode is brought to you by our founding local partner, Perfect Books Ottawa. 
 
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A 50-year fight for the climate, Canada & the future w/ Elizabeth May

Canada’s Green Party Leader Elizabeth May joins Adrian to discuss her long history as politician and environmental activist and her views on Canada’s current climate leadership. 
 
2026 marks 20 years since Elizabeth May became leader of Canada’s Green Party. She is the longest serving female leader of a federal party in Canada’s history. In 2011, May became the first Green Party member to be elected to the House of Commons. She remains the MP for the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding in British Columbia.
 
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New Year's Special - Season 1 Recap

Here are some excerpts from some of our interviews from Season 1 of In Bed with the Elephant with Adrian Harewood! Thank you for your continued support. 

On defunding the police w/ Sandy Hudson

Black Lives Matter Canada founder Sandy Hudson sits down with Adrian to break down the ties between police and safety and discuss police abolition. 
 
Sandy Hudson is a lawyer, writer, and activist. She founded Black Lives Matter Canada and co-founded the Black Legal Action Centre. She is the co-host of the podcast Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. “Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All” is her latest book.
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GUESTCAST: There Is a List - Episode 1: The List

Today we're doing something a little different. We’re really excited to share the first episode of another Ricochet Podcast called There is a List. If you like In Bed with the Elephant, where we get into the big conversations, the deep dives, the stories that make you think about power and who it serves, then I think you'll really connect with this one too. 
There is a List is a five-part investigative series hosted by journalist Zahra Khozema. It looks at online blacklists, specifically a website called Canary Mission, which targets students and activists who speak up for Palestinian rights.  
The show explores what happens when activism collides with the internet and what that means for people's careers, reputations, and safety. It's sharp, personal, and incredibly relevant right now.  
So here's episode one of There is a List. And if you like what you hear, there are four more episodes waiting for you. Just search There is a List wherever you get your podcasts or click the link here. All right, let's get into it: 
What happens when speaking out for Palestine lands you on an anonymous online blacklist? Host Zahra Khozema speaks to Canadians targeted by Canary Mission – a blacklist that doxxes students, academics, and activists across North America, most of whom are women and people of colour.
We hear from a Palestinian-Canadian woman whose life and career were derailed after she was profiled almost a decade ago. From death threats to lost job opportunities, her story reveals the lasting consequences of being targeted. We also meet newer victims, like a student who participated in the University of Toronto encampments and a professor denied U.S. entry after being listed.
Together, their experiences raise questions about the surveillance of students and activists and the groups working to silence pro-Palestinian voices in Canada.

All eyes on Sudan w/ Sky News correspondent Yousra Elbagir

Yousra Elbagir has not stopped telling the stories of Sudan and the Sudanese people.
Over the last decade Elbagir has established herself as one of the most respected and celebrated foreign correspondents of her generation. The Sudanese- British Sky News Africa journalist has told riveting human centred stories across the African continent and around world, often from the frontlines of the major conflicts of our time. Most famously she has been one of the few journalists to consistently get access to Sudan, a country close to her heart.
 
Early on in her career Elbagir distinguished herself with the quality of her reporting.
 
In 2016, she was awarded the Thomson & Foreign Press Association Young Journalist Award.
 
Yousra Elbagir comes from a storied family of journalists. She is part of the 3rd generation of journalism practitioners.  Her older sister Neema is CNN’s Chief International Investigative correspondent. Her father, Ahmed Abdullah Elbagir, was a pioneering journalist who was the publisher of the Sudanese newspaper El Khartoum. Her mother, Ibtisam Affan, was the first female publisher in Sudan.
 
Yousra Elbagir was recently in Ottawa to deliver the prestigious Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents lecture sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.