In Bed with the Elephant
What does it mean to share a bed with power, whether it’s a corporation or an empire, when every move it makes shakes your world? If that question keeps you up at night, In Bed with the Elephant is for you. This is where honest, challenging conversations happen — the kind that make you think, and maybe rethink what you thought you knew. Each week, veteran journalist and educator Adrian Harewood sits down with bold and brilliant guests at the top of their fields to unpack the forces shaping Canada and the world. These guests aren’t afraid to name names and challenge consensus. So if you’re curious, critical, and just a little bit done with the status quo, have a listen. In Bed with the Elephant is produced by Ricochet Media, a non-profit national outlet with a focus on investigative and context-rich journalism. If you like what you hear, pour your heart out at editor@ricochet.media. If you didn’t, you didn’t see this.
Episodes
After winning a decisive victory in the federal NDP leadership race in March 2026, Avi Lewis is now the head of a party that’s been experiencing hard times. The NDP hit rock bottom in the last federal election and were reduced to just 7 seats in the House of Commons, losing official party status – the worst result in its history.
As the new leader, Avi Lewis’ challenge is to reorient and revive the NDP by organizi...
JDM Stewart is an acclaimed educator and historian. His first book is called Being Prime Minister. His most recent effort is a sweeping account of Canada’s 24 prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald, a Scottish born immigrant, to Mark Carney, a native of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. The book is entitled The Prime Ministers: Canada’s Leaders and the Nation they Shaped.
Andrew Cohen is a journalist, author, and historian. He was a professor of journalism at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Cohen has writ His books include A Deal Undone: The Making and Breaking of the Meech Lake Accord and Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. He also wrote a biography of Lester B....
Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer, activist, independent journalist and host of the YouTube Channel “Reason to Resist” He’s the only Canadian-based journalist who has been actively reporting from Iran since war began in February. Lascaris spent 11 days in Iran between March 20- March 31st travelling to 7 cities across a country the size of Western Europe. We spoke to him just after he'd left Iran, from...
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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, co...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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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...
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 j...
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...Ronald Reagan hasn’t been President of the United States since the late 1980s, years before the internet was a thing.
But in recent weeks the Republican and Conservative icon has become a major talking point in North American politics…at the center of an increasingly bitter trade dispute between two formerly close allies, Canada and the United States.
It’s become the ultimate narrative cage fight to wrest control...
Ira Wells, wants to live in a world without book bans.
A world bathed in literature… with more conversation, more civic engagement, and less censorship.
Ira Wells is a critic, essayist and professor of English literature at the University of Toronto.
He is also the President of PEN Canada. His latest book is called On Book Banning: or How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy
Since October 2023, the Southwestern Ontario-raised, Ottawa based primary care doctor and public health practitioner has been outspoken in his defense of the human rights of Palestinians and has condemned Israels’ actions. For this stance he himself has come attack by those who accuse of him of antisemitism. Dr. Ge has been undeterred. He has volunteered as a physician in Gaza and even joined a small fleet of ships meant to b...
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