#226 The Great Satan Of The CBC

April 8, 2018

SHARE

CANADALAND

Richard Stursberg was the most hated CBC executive in recent history. What advice does he have for Catherine Tait, the CBC's new president? And what does he have to say about his own infamous legacy?

Jesse Brown

Host & Publisher

Richard Stursberg was the most hated CBC executive in recent history. What advice does he have for Catherine Tait, the CBC’s new president? And what does he have to say about his own infamous legacy?

Correction: An earlier version of this episode stated that Richard Stursberg lost the rights to Hockey Night In Canada and that he put ads on CBC Radio 2. He did neither of those things.

More from this series

#1442 The City that Gets its News from a Dumpster Company

You can't really call Regina a news desert. They still have a newspaper. But if you actually look under the hood you’ll discover that they stopped printing the newspaper in Regina. They stopped editing it in Regina. The editor lives somewhere else. And as far the CBC goes, well, that acronym is now synonymous with layoffs.

September 28, 2026

1438

#1438 The Allison Inquiry: Time to Take Vaccine Injuries Seriously

I f you don't like what you're hearing, it's because it doesn't agree with your worldview, but you're interviewing an expert, and I'm giving you my expert analysis. -Dr. Peter McCullough

September 21, 2026

#1434 Did Saudi Arabia spend billions on EA Games to get Canadians’ Data?

We can surveil you. We can also perhaps even influence you, change the way that the game interacts with you in a way that might kind of subconsciously impact your understanding of the world. - Dr. Vinita Singh, associate professor of law, University of Minnesota

September 14, 2026

#1430 Garfield Almost Broke Him. Now He Wants Your Vote.

“ If they wanna draw Garfield and expose his genitals, you know, that's up to the fans.” -Nathen Mazri

September 7, 2026

BONUS: How to Survive Back-to-School

“Everything changed when I treated it like a 9-5.”

September 3, 2026

#1426 Poisoned Trust on Canada’s Campuses

“ I was fired because I condemned Hamas by calling them Nazis.” - Paul Finlayson

August 31, 2026

#1422 How Canada Wins at Defence

“Economic sovereignty is military sovereignty. Without it, we will become a victim.” -Cameron Chell

August 24, 2026

#1418 The Prime Minister in Exile Who Drives a Bus in Edmonton

The Chinese authorities put my whole family in jail. My parents, my brothers and sisters, my wife, my three children. At that time, we used to say jail. Nobody used to say concentration camps. - Prime Minister Abdulahat Nur

August 17, 2026

All Podcasts

CANADALAND