Today is one of those days when I'm going to be turning the mic around and taking on the role of guest instead of host. The background here is that last month I was interviewed by Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley of the Beyond Gender podcast, and with their permission, I've adapted some of the material from that lengthy episode for Quillette listeners and YouTube viewers.

As you'll hear, the interview took place on May 28th, which is one day after the fifth anniversary of the start of Canada's infamous unmarked graves social panic. As many of you will know, that was the lengthy hysteria that followed false reports that the bodies of two hundred and fifteen Indigenous children had supposedly been found on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.

It's taken years for Canadian media outlets such as the CBC and Globe and Mail to finally admit that many journalists got taken in by a fake story, and in the interim, much of the country more or less fell to pieces. As we'll discuss, this is just one of several ways in which Canada lapsed into a tragicomic form of radical social progressivism under the tenure of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who a year and a half ago was replaced by a more hard-headed incumbent named Mark Carney.

Under Carney, Canada now steers a more centrist course, but Trudeau's social justice spirit still lingers on in Canada through our activist and cultural institutions, which isn't great news for our international reputation. But it's good news for someone like me who enjoys satirising the inanities of Canadian public life for an international audience.

Now, just to situate you so you can make sense of the accents: Mia is the Ottawa-based half of Beyond Gender, but she's originally from the UK. Stella is based in Ireland, and as usual, I'm speaking to you from Toronto. Please enjoy my appearance on the Beyond Gender Podcast with Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley.

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