Hosted by James Di Fiore · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 400 episodes
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Blackballed is what other outlets refuse to be - non-combative and open to virtually anyone in politics, media, and entertainment. Host James DiFiore doesn't believe in words like platforming, and will interview some of the most controversial guests without allowing the conversation to derail. Blackballed is what journalism used to be. Welcome to the conversation.
James Di Fiore hosts Blackballed With James Di Fiore, a news show with 400 episodes published.
Globe and Mail writer Carrie Tait is now one of Canada's most effective political operatives. She's the media arm to Premier Danielle Smith's rivals, an alleged anonymous source, and has nothing but good things to say ab
While Nate Pike has raked in over 200, 000 dollars to pay for the legal costs associated with him being sued, he is dodging questions and has already been forced by a judge to pay costs owing to the plaintiff, MHCare Med
Elections Alberta has a few problems; they don't seem to care about lacking impartiality, they have a cosy relationship with slanted media, and they appear to be playing favourites in Alberta politics. Learn more about y
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The coup against Danielle Smith, aided and abetted by Carrie Tait, is getting deeper, and weirder. #TaitGate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi said the quiet part out loud when he told Ryan Jespersen that there is an active coup against Premier Danielle Smith. We've been saying that for months. Will the media follow-up in this story? Le
David Wallace has had enough. The infamous political fixer is offering $100, 000.00 for anyone who can offer information about criminal activity associated with the attempted coup of Danielle Smith, as well as the procur
Nate Pike probably thought he was being a good progressive, but the extremist stance re the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences should be less important than punishing child predators. We expose the hypocris
The Globe and Mail enjoy giving partial reporting to their audience. So, we have decided to edit some of their more memorable articles over the past year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jays are going to the World Series, we found a trove of articles detailing Athana Mentzeloupolous' shady past, and David Wallace ups the ante to the Globe and Mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f
David Wallace surprised everyone when he offered Nate Pike and Carrie Tait $10, 000.00 if they would finally produce balanced reporting by providing their audiences with the full background of Globe and Mail source Athan
Nathan Pike is having a hard time accepting the results of the Wyant Report detailing the incompetence of Alberta Health Services, Pike's employer. Pike has proven himself to be more than just a hack and a charlatan, as
Raymond E. Wyant has completed his report into the procurement process by Alberta Health Services, and has determined that there were failures at all levels of AHS. The report is sure to raise the ire of media types and
Normally, it is the progressive politicians who are afraid to talk about tough subjects on a podcast like Blackballed. But lately, conservatives are even more timid than liberals when it comes to having hard discussions
Mick Dover used to be a member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, a vicious cult that has been accused by several individuals of systemic sexual, mental, and emotional abuse. This is his story. Learn more about y
David Parker is the founder of controversial separatist group, Take Back Alberta. He is also quite controversial, often in the background of major political events inside that province. He joins us today to talk about Da
Today the Globe & Mail continued to insult its readers by publishing a story where they wrote it like a scandal, despite the crux of their story being about a company that never did any business, framing the company as p
A new report from Carrie Tait of the Globe and Mail seems to have thrown their own source under the bus by publishing documents that deal with attorney client privilege, only there does not seem to be a public interest i
Episode #1 - Doxing is a staple for Nate Pike, who is being sued for harassment and defamation. He also has the backing of the Alberta College and Paramedics, who cited his compassion when doxing this host for his mental
ABC out of Australia just aired BIG BRETHREN, a documentary about the horrors associated with the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. But did the doc go far enough in exposing this cult? Richard Marsh and David Wallace j
Naheed Nenshi
former Calgary Mayor and current leadership seeker of the Alberta NDP · Alberta’s NDP
1 appearance on this show
David Wallace
author of Build Your Own Business(BYOB), Program Manager for Exit AdvantageSM · Around the Block Butcher & Market
3 appearances on this show
Maxime Bernier
Leader of the PPC · People's Party of Canada
1 appearance on this show
Noam Chomsky
Institute Professor and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona
1 appearance on this show
David Parker
past president · Take Back Alberta
1 appearance on this show
Sage Francis
rapper and record label mogul · Strange Famous Records
1 appearance on this show
Frances Widdowson
political scientist, former professor at Mount Royal University
1 appearance on this show
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