Are immigrants to blame for the housing crisis? w/ James Hardwick
Episode Notes In this episode, we tackle the housing crisis with James Hardwick, a seasoned activist with over a decade of experience suppor...
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Oats for Breakfast
Oats for Breakfast is affiliated with the Socialist Project, an eco-socialist organization based in Toronto. We make political food for thought for all the world to consume.
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20 of 97 episodesNorman Finkelstein: 'The Rise and Fall of Palestine'
Episode Notes Norman Finkelstein is a political scientist whose work focuses on the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is the author of numerous...
Trump's Unholy Alliance w/ Paul Jay
Episode Notes This episode of Oats for Breakfast features an interview with journalist and filmmaker Paul Jay about a recent essay he wrote...
'Nuclear is Not the Solution' w/ M.V. Ramana
Episode Notes This episode features an interview with M.V. Ramana about his book Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in t...
Jim Crow and its afterlives w/ Adolph Reed Jr.
Episode Notes Oats chats with political scientist Adolph Reed Jr. about his 2022 book The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives . The discussio...
Remembering Noam Chomsky
Episode Notes In this episode, we reflect on the work and ideas of Noam Chomsky, the esteemed linguist and public intellectual, who recently...
The view from Israel w/ Anaïs Elboujdaini
Episode Notes After a three-year hiatus, Oats for Breakfast is making a comeback. In this return episode, we chat with Montreal-based journa...
Episode 66: India's COVID catastrophe
In collaboration with Jamhoor, Oats for Breakfast hosts a discussion on the ongoing public health catastrophe in India. Those interested in...
Episode 65: The failed Amazon organizing drive w/ Adam King
Oats chats with post-doctoral fellow Adam King about the failed attempt to organize an Amazon fulfillment centre in Bessemer, Alabama. You c...
Episode 64: The Indian farmers' protest
We chat with Professor Navyug Gill about the ongoing farmers' protest in India. The discussion touches on: the intent of the Indian governme...
Episode 63: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left w/ Julian von Bargen
Oats chats with Julian von Bargen about a book he recently co-edited, 'Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left: Recasting Leftist Imagina...
Episode 62: Housing injustice in Toronto w/ Brendan Jowett
Oats chats about housing injustice in Toronto with Brendan Jowett, a tenant lawyer who has fought to prevent the clearance of homeless encam...
Episode 61: Primary Obsessions w/ Charlie Demers
We chat with author and activist Charlie Demers about Primary Obsessions, a novel about a psychologist who helps people overcome mental heal...
Episode 60: Stakeholder capitalism against democracy w/ Kyle Bailey
Oats chats with Kyle Bailey about the limits of stakeholder capitalism, corporate citizenship, and corporate social responsibility. The disc...
Episode 59b: The urban agriculture movement
We follow up our broad discussion about agriculture by zooming in on the local urban agriculture movement -- we chat about its positive aspe...
Episode 59a: Agriculture, technology, and tradition
Episode Notes Oats chats about the problems within the modern-day food system, whether technological achievements like GMOs are a good thing...
Episode 58: Racism and inequality w/ Adolph Reed Jr.
Episode Notes This episode of Oats for Breakfast features a discussion with Adolph Reed Jr. that was organized and live-streamed by Ryerson...
Announcement: November break
Oats for Breakfast will be on hiatus for the month of November. We'll be back again in December. The Patreon billing has been paused so patr...
Bonus: The Harbinger Media Network w/ Andre Goulet
Oats for Breakfast chats with podcaster Andre Goulet about the recently-launched Harbinger Media Network, an initiative that's bringing toge...
Episode 57: Defending the Common Good w/ Lisa Kowalchuk
Oats interviews sociologist Lisa Kowalchuk about 'We Resist: Defending the Common Good in Hostile Times', a volume she co-edited. We also ch...