In Bed with the Elephant
What does it mean to share a bed with power, whether it’s a corporation or an empire, when every move it makes shakes your world? If that question keeps you up at night, In Bed with the Elephant is for you. This is where honest, challenging conversations happen — the kind that make you think, and maybe rethink what you thought you knew. Each week, veteran journalist and educator Adrian Harewood sits down with bold and brilliant guests at the top of their fields to unpack the forces shaping Canada and the world. These guests aren’t afraid to name names and challenge consensus. So if you’re curious, critical, and just a little bit done with the status quo, have a listen. In Bed with the Elephant is produced by Ricochet Media, a non-profit national outlet with a focus on investigative and context-rich journalism. If you like what you hear, pour your heart out at editor@ricochet.media. If you didn’t, you didn’t see this.
Episodes
Originally broadcast on April 13th 2025: Andrew Johnston, a professor of late 19th and 20th Century US History at Carleton University in Ottawa. He’s a specialist in imperialism and foreign relations, liberalism and pluralism in American social thought, and the history of international thought.
Donald Trump’s second presidency has already been a game changer. His brazen public statements about his desire to annex ...
Québecers go to the polls on October 5th in one of the most wide open and unpredictable provincial elections in recent memory. The vote in Québec could result in something the province hasn’t seen in over 20 years – a Parti Québécois majority government.
The last time the sovereigntist party was in power was in 2014. A PQ government, whether a minority or majority, could pose a real challenge to the Canadian federation ...
Yafa Jarrar is a Palestinian human rights lawyer based in Ottawa, Canada. She and her family have lived most of their lives under Israeli occupation. Her parents Khalida and Ghassan are prominent activists from the West Bank- who have been detained on numerous occasions by Israeli authorities over the last 50 years. Yafa Jarrar recently returned from the West Bank.
“A catastrophe is unfolding across the West Bank. Checkpoints...After winning a decisive victory in the federal NDP leadership race in March 2026, Avi Lewis is now the head of a party that’s been experiencing hard times. The NDP hit rock bottom in the last federal election and were reduced to just 7 seats in the House of Commons, losing official party status – the worst result in its history.
As the new leader, Avi Lewis’ challenge is to reorient and revive the NDP by organizi...
JDM Stewart is an acclaimed educator and historian. His first book is called Being Prime Minister. His most recent effort is a sweeping account of Canada’s 24 prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald, a Scottish born immigrant, to Mark Carney, a native of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. The book is entitled The Prime Ministers: Canada’s Leaders and the Nation they Shaped.
Andrew Cohen is a journalist, author, and historian. He was a professor of journalism at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Cohen has writ His books include A Deal Undone: The Making and Breaking of the Meech Lake Accord and Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. He also wrote a biography of Lester B....
Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer, activist, independent journalist and host of the YouTube Channel “Reason to Resist” He’s the only Canadian-based journalist who has been actively reporting from Iran since war began in February. Lascaris spent 11 days in Iran between March 20- March 31st travelling to 7 cities across a country the size of Western Europe. We spoke to him just after he'd left Iran, from...
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Nora Loreto is a writer, organizer, podcaster and journalist. She is the author of a number of books including “Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism in the Digital Age (Fernwood 2020)” and “From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement” (CCPA 2013). She’s the host of Sandy And Nora Talk politics with Sandy Hudson. Judy Rebick is a writer, academic, co...Ground-breaking Journalist Justin Brake sits down with Adrian to discuss the Amber Bracken case against the RCMP, and the fight for real press freedom in Canada.
Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman joins Adrian to discuss navigating her love for Israel, her disdain for its leader, and her horror at Israel’s destruction of Gaza.
Marsha Lederman’s first book “Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed” was a national bestseller. “October 7th: Searching for the Humanitarian Middle” is her latest release.
Iranian journalist Amir Ahmadi Arian sits down with Adrian to discuss the escalating horrors in Iran.
While living in Iran in the 2000s, Amir Ahmadi Arian was a regular contributor to reformist newspapers. Arian’s essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The Paris Review and the New York Review of Books. He is currently an assistant professor of creative writing at Binghamton University in upstate New York.
Canada’s Green Party Leader Elizabeth May joins Adrian to discuss her long history as politician and environmental activist and her views on Canada’s current climate leadership.
2026 marks 20 years since Elizabeth May became leader of Canada’s Green Party. She is the longest serving female leader of a federal party in Canada’s history. In 2011, May became the first Green Party member to be elected to ...
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