Niigaan and the Lone Ranger
Two newspaper columnists talk politics, culture and media from the geographical centre of Canada and ground zero in the debate over Indigenous reconciliation. Niigaan Sinclair and Dan Lett of the Winnipeg Free Press rep the 204 (and, to a lesser extent, the 431 and 584).
Episodes
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem talks inflation, the difficulties of predicting a depression and what it's like to see his signature on Canadian bank notes.
Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association and medical lead of Manitoba’s vaccine task force, talks about health care and what the last pandemic can teach us about the next one.
The former mayor of Calgary is vying to become the leader of Alberta's NDP — and in so doing, wants to change the province's politics.
The NDP leader prepares for a federal byelection while hoping to capitalize on Liberal misery.
During his recent visit to Winnipeg, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks about competing visions for the future of Canada and why he's too busy to think about retiring.
Manitoba's minister of housing, addictions, homelessness and mental health talks about her campaign to bring dignity to vulnerable Manitobans.
Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara talks about overseeing the provincial government's largest budget and fixing a health care system that is gridlocked and short staffed.
A feature interview with Manitoba's new finance minister about the "everyone got something but nobody got everything" provincial budget tabled earlier this week.
Kate Kehler from the Police Accountability Coalition and Greg Burnett from the Downtown Community Safety Partnership discuss a better way to help people suffering mental health and addictions crises.
A probing interview with Weakerthans frontman John K Samson on libraries, Portage & Main and what his music reveals about the heart and soul of Winnipeg.
Mayor Scott Gillingham talks about reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians, corking a raw sewage leak and balancing the city's infrastructure needs.
Dan Lett and guest host Julia-Simone Rutgers dig deep into the Sio Silica story and find that while we know a lot, much more information is needed.
Season 3 of Niigaan and the Lone Ranger kicks off with a look at the NDP's first 100 days of government, the new government's first budget and a plea to support the NHL's best team.
In this Dan-less episode, Niigaan and APTN National News anchor Dennis Ward come together to analyze the CBC Fifth Estate documentary on the identity of Buffy Sainte-Marie, and they discuss what makes covering news at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network different, and the ins and outs of covering Indigenous issues – especially during elections.
Niigaan and Dan rip apart the results of the 43rd Manitoba general election with Canada’s foremost polling analyst and seat forecaster, Eric Grenier of The Writ podcast.
They tried, but Dan and Niigaan couldn't get Manitoba PC Leader Heather Stefanson to appear on the podcast. In a special Stefanson-less episode, we talk about the Tory campaign anyway.
In the second of our three pods with Manitoba party leaders, Niigaan and Dan do the deep dive with NDP Leader Wab Kinew, who is vying to become the first First Nations premier of a Canadian province.
Dan and Niigaan are joined by Liberal, PC and NDP operatives to discuss the campaign to date. They were (mostly) well behaved.
Popular Podcasts
Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.