In the season finale, The Laughing Drum looks at the literally never-ending saga of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, Quebec’s religious symbols law and Seattle’s non-Indigenous folks paying the rent. Plus, host Tim Fontaine bids farewell to the show!

The Laughing Drum looks at Scarborough NIMBYism, white folk demanding consultation, crappy polls and the media who love them and a look at the State of Two-Spirit Folk.

Canadian media vs. genocide, Doug Ford's paid vacation and weighing boycotts. Also, we bid farewell to panelist Sasha Mark. All that and more on this episode of The Laughing Drum.

The Laughing Drum takes a deep into the newly elected United Conservative Party’s optional land acknowledgements, how two Manitoba First Nations are dealing with the opioid and meth epidemic and how do Indigenous people vote in this current political climate?

Should media accept a $600-million bailout from the Liberals? What in the heck is going on in Ford’s Ontario? And now that we know Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are running as independents, what in the heck happens now? All that and more on this episode of The Laughing Drum.

Nazi and Confederate flags in Saskatchewan, A Canadian museum finally recognizes genocide and is Winnipeg sweeping the homeless under the rug? All that and more on The Laughing Drum this week.

Beyak is (temporarily) gone from the Senate, the timing of Trudeau’s Poundmaker exoneration is suspect and why don’t we care that nearly half of life on earth is dying? All that and more on The Laughing Drum this week.

Should Indigenous folk bother going to the UN? Did the media drop the ball on that $50K water hookup bill? And do First Nations need a direct line to the Queen? That and more, on this episode of The Laughing Drum.

What does a Conservative victory mean for Indigenous folk in Alberta and beyond? Do the Liberals know how to consult with First Nations? And what’s up with the response to Indigenous people speaking out about the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire? The Laughing Drum’s Red Power Panel tackles that and more on this episode.

On this episode of The Laughing Drum, we dig into Joseph Boyden’s Paris adventure, Canada’s fear of brown immigration and whether reverse-non-consultation is really a thing in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood.

Should a consultant be allowed to cash in on a potentially life-saving emergency housing deal for an Ontario First Nation? Can or should Indigenous people culturally appropriate from other Indigenous groups? And what the hell is going on with the SNC-Lavalin scandal now? All that and more on this episode of The Laughing Drum.

In this episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine sits down with the Red Power Panel and digs into viral video of the Prime Minister being an ass to people from the Grassy Narrows First Nation, how no one seems to be able to do anything about Senator Lynn Beyak’s racist website and how Winnipeg has a public library that has more security than most airports.

In this episode, recorded live at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, host Tim Fontaine and the Red Power Panel step away from the headlines and instead attempt to solve some of the biggest issues facing Indigenous people today. Our Red Power Panel this week is Kanietiio Horn (Letterkenny, Coffee With My Ma), Candy Palmater (The Candy Show) and Craig Lauzon (Royal Canadian Air Farce)

In this episode, recorded live at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, host Tim Fontaine and The Laughing Drum regular Elissa Black Wolf Kixen dig deep into what the SNC-Lavalin scandal is doing to the Liberal relationship with Indigenous people. Then, we hear some deep, cutting insights from a special Red Power Panel that includes Kaniehtiio Horn (Letterkenny), Candy Palmater (The Candy Show) and Craig Lauzon (Air Farce).

On this episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine and The Red Power Panel dig into the latest juicy news around the SNC-Lavalin scandal including the earth-shaking resignation of Jane Philpott from Trudeau’s cabinet, Gerry Butts’ testimony and Michael Wernick’s digging in. Because what the hell else is there?

On this week's episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine, The Red Power Panel and pretty much all of Canada is blown away by Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony about allegations of pressure from the Prime Minister’s Office.

On this week's episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine and the Red Power Panel set their sights on the continuing saga of Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regans flying follies and gesturing about Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s new Blackfoot headdress.

On this week's episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine adjusts the completely scientific Reconcili-Ometer™ before the Red Power Panel tears into stories about 12 Shades of Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, the new Indigenous Languages Act and a NY Times article that declares 'thank God for Canada.'

On this episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine speaks with a freakin' Indigenous astronaut before the Red Power Panel dissects a story about story time with Trudeau and questions whether there should be two Indigenous holidays. Then, we introduce The Laughing Drum Reconcili-ometer!

This week on The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine sits down with filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne and finds out why she wants a Cree Barbie doll. Then the Red Power Panel weighs in on how Saskatchewan conservation officials undertook a 16-month undercover sting in order to charge a First Nations man for selling $90 worth of fish. Seriously.

Host Tim Fontaine kicks off a new season of The Laughing Drum by sharing highlights from the show's last season — because he forgot to book guests for the premiere.

Disheveled, bearded and donning protective gear, host Tim Fontaine comes out of retirement to bring us the sights, sounds and bolo ties of the election for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Vancouver, BC — the homeland of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Jesse from the Beachcombers.

In The Laughing Drum season finale, host Tim Fontaine examines a political scandal involving albino Hulk Doug Ford that's nothing at all like First Nations, and Trump's talk of taming America. Then, the Red Power Panel weighs in on the Sixties Scoop settlement and what the hell was going on in a Globe & Mail article about the Winnipeg Jets that called Indigenous people a "stain”.

On this episode of The Laughing Drum, host Tim Fontaine examines Bill Morneau's white knightedness to Kinder Morgan, the whiteness of a Halifax university's residential schools class and the Royal Wedding. The Red Power Panel goes hard on academic freedom and what a brown mayor could mean for Vancouver, before sharing some beautiful words with the newly wed Royal Couple.