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).

PBF: Pod Brothers Forever
Apr 11, 2025 – 01:06:39
Hi, I'm Niigaan from Canada
Apr 4, 2025 – 38:57
We've officially entered the "upside-down"
Mar 21, 2025 – 56:13
Have the pollsters lost their minds?
Feb 27, 2025 – 01:07:22
Are we gonna be okay?
Feb 7, 2025 – 01:06:51
Tiff Macklem signs money, he doesn't print it
Jun 28, 2024 – 57:34
There’s more to Joss Reimer than vaccines
Jun 21, 2024 – 01:15:10
Naheed Nenshi loves the Oilers. Really.
Jun 10, 2024 – 01:27:18
Jagmeet Singh's sensible approach to Ottawa nonsense
May 31, 2024 – 01:10:36
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's excellent pan-Canadian adventure
May 17, 2024 – 58:23
Bernadette Smith: NDP's minister of Everything?
May 6, 2024 – 01:03:00
Hoops star to health minister: A chat with Uzoma Asagwara
Apr 22, 2024 – 01:13:41
Adrien Sala's balancing act
Apr 5, 2024 – 01:15:28
Do police have a future in crisis intervention?
Mar 22, 2024 – 54:47
For the last time, John K Samson does not hate Winnipeg
Mar 8, 2024 – 01:00:46
More Portage and Main, less raw sewage
Mar 1, 2024 – 55:00
Taylor Swift and Manitoba sand: the conspiracy no one will talk about.
Feb 9, 2024 – 01:02:51
They said it couldn't be done
Jan 18, 2024 – 49:39
Reporting from (and on) Canada’s Other National Broadcaster
Oct 30, 2023 – 46:52
Welcome to Premier Kinew's Day(s) of Reckoning
Oct 23, 2023 – 49:11
Making sense of a nonsensical election with Eric Grenier
Oct 13, 2023 – 39:56
The painful election post-mortem
Oct 6, 2023 – 01:04:53
Two out of three ain't bad. Or is it? A Stefanson-less examination of the Tory campaign
Sep 29, 2023 – 01:11:22
On the precipice of history: A deep dive with NDP Leader Wab Kinew
Sep 22, 2023 – 01:06:42
Digs and insights: Party operatives do the deep dive into the campaign
Sep 18, 2023 – 01:00:29
The man who would be kingmaker? A chat with Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont
Sep 8, 2023 – 01:10:38
Jagmeet Singh’s excellent Liberal adventure
Jul 12, 2023 – 01:13:08
Elizabeth May would (still) like to help you save the planet
Jun 22, 2023 – 01:13:40
Immigration, Butterflies and Mermen
Jun 14, 2023 – 01:11:08
Lanette Siragusa: The woman on the health-care hot seat
May 29, 2023 – 01:07:51
Of Powwows and Portage Place
May 23, 2023 – 01:31:12
A chat with Kelvin Goertzen, the Tory government's most visible cabinet minister
May 16, 2023 – 01:00:20
Turning the Portage and Main debate on its head
May 1, 2023 – 50:41
The definitive (for the time being) election handicap episode
Apr 24, 2023 – 01:08:12
Rochelle Squires, family violence and re-election hopes
Apr 17, 2023 – 01:14:10
Exclusive Brian Bowman sighting
Apr 3, 2023 – 01:03:10
Wrongful Convictions in a Reconciliation World
Mar 22, 2023 – 01:19:08
Hope and Love in the North
Mar 7, 2023 – 01:05:13
A Healthy Skepticism of Politics
Feb 27, 2023 – 01:17:01
The Unbearable Burden of Expectation
Feb 13, 2023 – 01:02:08
A Frontline Dispatch from the Health Care System
Feb 6, 2023 – 01:18:55
The Challenge of Being First
Jan 19, 2023 – 01:01:34
Looking Back at 2022 and Ahead at 2023
Jan 6, 2023 – 01:00:28
The Rise of Indigenous TV Programs
Dec 22, 2022 – 01:01:23
All the news that’s fit to print… and wear
Dec 15, 2022 – 01:10:13
Sadness and Horror in Treaty One territory
Dec 7, 2022 – 01:16:33
Two Mayors for the Price of One
Nov 30, 2022 – 01:10:23
The State of Hate
Nov 16, 2022 – 01:17:08
Managing podcast fame and the future of downtown
Nov 10, 2022 – 01:22:37
Episode 1
Nov 2, 2022 – 01:08:03