Trish Wood is Critical

Award-winning journalist Trish Wood digs deep with guests and thinks critically about the world, COVID-19 policy, true crime, wrongful convictions, epic media fails, addiction, the gender wars and sometimes basketball. Trish’s acclaimed interview style, empathetic but tough and agenda-free, explodes convention and exposes raw truth. Trish Wood's guests include: Matt Taibbi, Scott Atlas, Naomi Wolf, Abigail Shrier, Michael Shermer, Meghan Daum and Nancy Rommelmann. Listeners of this show also enjoy The Joe Rogan Podcast, Blocked and Reporter with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog and Dave Rubin's show The Rubin Report as well as UK Talk Radio host Julia Hartley-Brewer.

Maxime Bernier, People's Party of Canada 03/28/2025

Maxime Bernier, People's Party of Canada Former Conservative government minister and now leader of the People’s Party of Canada — Maxime Bernier joins Trish to pick over the state of the country, the madness of "Elbows Up” and splitting the vote. Plus, Trish on the psychiatric plague infecting rich boomer women, and more Mark Carney deep dives. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35909820

DANGEROUS MARK CARNEY 03/21/2025

DANGEROUS MARK CARNEY Trish deep dives into some disturbing information that reveals why Mark Carney poses an economic threat to the country — and why the Liberals wanted that danger. Also, Russia expert Professor Glenn Diesen from Norway on the perils of Canada hooking-up with Europe after our new prime minister’s mad dash across the pond. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35816040

Guest Viva Frei 03/14/2025

Guest Viva Frei We have a brand new, unelected Prime Minister in Canada today. Perhaps the most globalist-affiliated and climate-catastrophe-adjacent leader in the world. Trish and Viva Frei aren’t happy about it and have lots of reasons why. Plus, why Gene Hackman’s death matters. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35703600

Patriotism or Pathology? 03/08/2025

Patriotism or Pathology? Trudeau rallies his troops by inciting fear of our American neighbours. Oldest trick in the propaganda playbook — but here we are. Also, Trish with Scott Horton on how the Zelensky/Trump drama will play out against a backdrop of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' and European virtue signalling. What you need to know, now. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35583320

UNHEARD CONVOY STORIES: Donna Laframboise 03/01/2025

UNHEARD CONVOY STORIES: Donna Laframboise The Epstein Files are a bust. The Liberal debate is too, and of course everything is the fault of Donald J. Trump. Meanwhile, investigative journo Donna Laframboise brings us some sunlight in the form of new Freedom Convoy trucker stories from her brilliant new book. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35488955

Guest: Tamara Lich - TO FLAG OR NOT TO FLAG 02/15/2025

Guest: Tamara Lich - TO FLAG OR NOT TO FLAG Tamara Lich joins Trish on the third anniversary of the invocation of the Emergencies Act to talk about patriotism, our flag, and how the country remains divided. Trish explores Trump's Ukraine stance, and also dangerous deep state money for journalistic organizations. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35291625

Deep State Exposed, with Guest Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss 02/08/2025

Deep State Exposed, with Guest Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss USAID as been exposed as yet another managerial state grift fuelled by wokeness and theft. We have some shocking new details. And Trish interviews former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who's been on a bit of a speaking tour against her country’s own blob, and Mark Carney, who once ran the Bank of England — "badly" she says. And Truss tells Trish about her historic visit with the dying Queen. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35199910

SPECIAL: Tariff Trouble or Ugly Politics? 02/04/2025

SPECIAL: Tariff Trouble or Ugly Politics? Julius Ruechel joins Trish to unpack the past few days of political preening and pomposity by Canada’s pols. Back at square one after inciting a mass hysteria event? Never let a good crisis go to waste. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35152630

Can the CBC resuscitated? Should we offer it MAID? A deep dive. 02/01/2025

Can the CBC resuscitated? Should we offer it MAID? A deep dive. Can a crumbling democracy like Canada be saved by a rehabilitated CBC? The once-beloved corporation has been destroying itself with tainted news coverage, arrogant public statements, and apparent loyalty to its paymasters in the Liberal government. Should it even survive without a news culture revamp? Trish brings the evidence and receipts, including a prescient interview with former CBC reporter, Marianne Klowak, who blew the whistle during an appearance on this podcast in July of 2022. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/35109305

Guest: Jake Klein 01/25/2025

Guest: Jake Klein Donald Trump’s pen is smokin’ as he leads at lightening speed. But it in the midst of MAGA joy, Trump’s team of tech oligarchs announces a terrifying AI-driven mRNA vaccine program that has many supporters shaking their heads. And the brilliant Jake Klein talks Trump and also the woke right who just can’t figure out free speech. And Trish on the value to the nation of Melania’s great hat. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34999605

Biden and Carney Media Bans 01/18/2025

Biden and Carney Media Bans Around the world, the powerful are pulling working journalists out of events, sometimes violently. From Edmonton to Washington DC — where two senior journos at a State Departmentceasefire briefing were removed by force for asking tough questions. At Mark Carney’s event, security wouldn't even let certain invited reporters in. Free speech remains under attack. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34896750

Guest: Julius Ruechel - On Being Canadian 01/11/2025

Guest: Julius Ruechel - On Being Canadian Trish and Julius explore the meaning of being Canadian: why some of us want to draw closer to America and the forces fuelling a previously unthinkable debate. Plus the scary details of the LA fires are being revealed through a home insurance debacle. The industry knew this disaster was coming. Why didn’t the government? Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34808810

Special - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead 01/06/2025

Special - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead Trudeau going, but not fast enough. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34744450

Guest: Trucker and writer Gord Magill 01/04/2025

Guest: Trucker and writer Gord Magill Trish reports on the MAGA meltdown over immigration and the bizarre information being released on the New Orleans, New Year’s Eve truck attack. Gord Magill breaks down the danger on Canadian highways caused by some visa foolishness of our own. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34717675

Dr. Richard Schabas 12/21/2024

Dr. Richard Schabas What do Prime Minister Trudeau and President Biden have in common? Plus, a highly respected former Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Richard Schabas, grants a rare interview on the disaster that was C-19 policy. He was shunned by the CBC after years of being considered an expert guest. He slams health officials for tormenting the public wth a terrible response. And Trish with a Christmas tip. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34558370

Trish on the Road 12/14/2024

Trish on the Road Trish reports in from the road and wintery Medicine Hat, Alberta where she has been busy with the trucker convoy documentary project. And she brings a laugh with Matt Taibbi’s hilarious new piece on our Prime Minister’s embarrassing face-plant. A mini-episode to stay in-touch while in production. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34440765

Guest: Exulansic 12/07/2024

Guest: Exulansic A lawsuit was launched against a high profile gender surgeon this week, and it may portend the beginning of the end for these brutal operations. No one knows more about the destructive outcomes than podcaster, Exulansic, who studies TikTok films of surgeries gone awry. And we give J.K. Rowling the last word. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34321590

Guest: Scott Horton 11/30/2024

Guest: Scott Horton We celebrate Jay Bhattacharya’s appointment to head the NIH by playing a few minutes of our first interview in 2020. And Scott Horton is back to talk about his blockbuster new book called Provoked - exposing the dangerous folly of US foreign policy. And we discover one of Trish’s old investigations has made some big waves. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34205265

Guest: Dr. Gilbert Doctorow 11/23/2024

Guest: Dr. Gilbert Doctorow Joe Biden did the unthinkable and gave Ukraine the hardware and permission to use missiles that would strike deep into Russia. And they’ve been fired. These reckless decisions heighten the tension and put America on the list of co-belligerents, becoming a target if nukes should fly. Trump wants to end it, so why is Biden making things worse? A special Ukraine/Russia edition. This episode was recorded before the Freedom Convoy's Pat King was found guilty this afternoon. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/34115091

Guest: Thomas Frank 11/16/2024

Guest: Thomas Frank One of America’s most astute political authors joins Trish to talk about his book, Listen, Liberal, which predicted the downfall of the Democrats; a party he still votes for. And a new study out of Oxford proves correct all of us who were against lockdowns, masking and vaccine mandates. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33950837

Guest: Jeffrey Tucker from The Brownstone Institute 11/09/2024

Guest: Jeffrey Tucker from The Brownstone Institute Jeffrey Tucker is back with Trish to examine the psyche of the American voter and the man they just overwhelmingly made president. And a scoop about COVID internment camps. Plus, keeping Pompeo out of the cabinet, and Trump’s salute to our truckers. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33855777

Election Blowout Special 11/06/2024

Election Blowout Special Trump smashes Harris in ways that will change DC and both parties for decades. And legacy media has a lot of explaining to do. After being smeared as Hitler and garbage — finally, working people triumph. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33819114

Guest: Colonel Douglas Macgreggor 11/01/2024

Guest: Colonel Douglas Macgreggor Not long now. In a few days, with Ukraine and the Middle East on fire Americans will vote for one of two parties that have not yet committed to peace. Legendary Colonel Douglas Macgreggor joins Trish and warns that he is not hopeful that America won’t be dragged into a war with Iran, but believes Trump is less likely to make things worse. The forever-war swamp is working hard against the citizens on its agenda to keep the bombs exploding indefinitely. And on the campaign trail - garbage in garbage out. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33752332

Election Special: Jared Beck 10/25/2024

Election Special: Jared Beck Election Special: There is no doubt that the Democrats cheat. Evidence exploded in 2016 with the rigging of the primary against Bernie Sanders in favor of Hillary Clinton. What followed were strange events in 2020 and a well-coordinated propaganda campaign aimed at shutting up a skeptical electorate and the GOP. A lawyer who sued the DNC explained to Trish in a 2020 interview how he believes the Dems likely cheated then, too. Jared Beck had serious suspicions. Plus more horrors in Gaza, and some new thoughts about success on Everest. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33621627

Guest: Kevin Bardosh 10/18/2024

Guest: Kevin Bardosh The people who wrecked the country and our faith in public health seem to be making a clean getaway. But a recent headline in the National Post demands an inquiry to explore what went wrong. Kevin Bardosh, of Collateral Global, is pushing for one, and outlines why it is necessary - even without penalties. Trish on Kamala’s spin with Fox News’s Bret Baier, and Trudeau’s paranoid fantasies about the Freedom Convoy, Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson. Yes, really. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33521632

Dr. Marty Makary on His New Book Blind Spots 10/11/2024

Dr. Marty Makary on His New Book Blind Spots It is shockingly common for medicine and science to get it wrong, and Dr. Marty Makary’s book, Blind Spots, investigates how it happens. From iatrogenic childhood peanut allergies, to wrongly impugned hormone treatment for women, Dr. Makary describes in painful detail the groupthink and bad science that drive mistakes. Trish on an unfolding mountaineering mystery and the painful truth about speaking truth. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33425282

Ray McGinnis 10/04/2024

Ray McGinnis The Biden government makes a bigger disaster out of Helene Hurricane, and journalist Ray McGinnis and Trish deep dive his brand new book on the lies that fueled the end of the Freedom Convoy and the inquiry that got the story wrong. Plus a special anniversary and Trish takes a stand. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Here's a link for people who want to check out Ray's book, Unjustified, on Kobo instead of Amazon: Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33337297

Scott Horton - Anti-War.com 09/27/2024

Scott Horton - Anti-War.com Our deep dive into a world in peril continues with Scott Horton of who breaks down how we got here — on a day Beirut is burning and Israel is at the UN vowing to expand the war. Zelensky is filling his pockets while he tours DC with no end to that conflict in site even as Putin rattles his nuclear sabre. And Trish on depraved P. Diddy, hiding in plain site. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33241712

War Breaks Out 09/20/2024

War Breaks Out Deep diving the precarious state of the world with the Middle East on fire and Ukraine about to lob missiles deep into Russian territory. Now there are credible concerns about a nuclear escalation. Hear a highly respected Russian studies expert with his prescient warning from four years ago, and John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs — two important foreign policy experts bring dire warnings. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33149092

David Affler and Ann Bauer on Switching Sides 09/13/2024

David Affler and Ann Bauer on Switching Sides Trish talks to two former Democrats who’ve switched sides over the party’s abandonment of the working class and leanings toward authoritarianism. Essayist Ann Bauer and New York Public Defender David Affler compare notes on the debate and ticking the box that says “Trump." Trish on the Tuesday night debate gang-up and a few words on the Coutts sentencing and a judge’s bewildering logic. Check out Trish on and stay critical. Follow Trish on Website: Shop: /episode/index/show/twcritical/id/33048547

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