Short Circuit hosts Shannon Carranco, Kevin Taghabon and Eric Wickham do a deep dive on six leading mayoral candidates and their policy on housing, transit, police, and their relationship to popular issues and previous voting history. Candidate

EP 5: The Disappearing Act with Jacob Pesaruk

Sep 23rd, 2022 34m 48s

Short Circuit host Shannon Carranco and producer Eric Wickham talk to GTA reporter Jacob Pesaruk about his latest investigative article for The Hoser. Pesaruk's piece focuses on the kidnapping of an unhoused Indigenous man named Jordn Geldert-H

Ep 4: Election Recap, Summer Projects, and Toronto's Fall Vote

Jul 1st, 2022 28m 26s

On our fourth episode of Short Circuit hosts Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon walk listeners through the projects The Hoser has been working on since our last episode before the provincial election in Ontario. We then recap the Conservative

Ep 3: Labour Struggles and Pushback

Apr 22nd, 2022 55m 22s

On this third episode of Short Circuit hosts Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon take a look at the state of labour in Ontario in the run up to the June 2nd provincial election. We begin with a visit to the University of Toronto where frontline

A Failure of Government: Struggle and Deaths in the Unhoused Community

Mar 16th, 2022 53m 30s

In early February The Hoser was invited to a vigil in downtown Toronto to commemorate the lives of over 200 unhoused residents who died in the GTA in 2021. Hosts Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon investigate the policy on the federal, provinc

Ep 1: The Limits of Food Banks in the GTA

Feb 15th, 2022 44m 26s

Last year food banks in the Greater Toronto Area saw 1.45 million visits, the highest ever recorded. In Short Circuit's first episode hosts Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon dive into how the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more Toronto resident

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The Hoser Presents: A Short Circuit Preview

Feb 12th, 2022 1m 33s

Here's a rundown of The Hoser Presents: Short Circuit. Every month journalists Kevin Taghabon and Shannon Carranco will dive into issues relating to housing, labour, and food insecurity in the Greater Toronto Area. Episodes of Short Circuit wil

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