37 episodes

Every week Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field assembles some of the country's best comedians and writers to talk, mock and riff their way through the news of the week. Then he puts their knowledge to the test in a very important quiz where the winner gets absolute nothing. Part panel show, part interview, the Beaverton Weekly Report is an hilarious look at what's going on in the world around us. It'll be just like watching CNN, only funnier and with fewer erectile dysfunction ads.

The Beaverton Weekly Report The Beaverton

    • Comedy
    • 4.9 • 91 Ratings

Every week Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field assembles some of the country's best comedians and writers to talk, mock and riff their way through the news of the week. Then he puts their knowledge to the test in a very important quiz where the winner gets absolute nothing. Part panel show, part interview, the Beaverton Weekly Report is an hilarious look at what's going on in the world around us. It'll be just like watching CNN, only funnier and with fewer erectile dysfunction ads.

    December 5, 2018: Trans activists make absurd demand to be treated like human beings

    December 5, 2018: Trans activists make absurd demand to be treated like human beings

    Luke and the Panel (Lora Campbell, Chanty Marostica and Lucia Linares Leon) do a deep dive on gender identity issues. They discuss how the trans and non-binary communities are dealing with attacks from Doug Ford, Donald Trump, faux allies and even other members of the lgbtq community. Then they break down Justin Trudeau's supes cas 50 million dollar charity donation tweet. And the approximately ten minute long quiz discovers the Catholic Church might be bad? 

    • 1 hr 1 min
    November 28, 2018: Doug Ford demands Green Party apologize for letting Oshawa GM Plant close

    November 28, 2018: Doug Ford demands Green Party apologize for letting Oshawa GM Plant close

    Luke and the Panel (Andrew Ivimey, Jon Blair, Todd Van Allen) talk about people getting screwed over! Specifically the people of Oshawa getting screwed over by GM (1:00), Paul Manafort maybe getting screwed over by Julian Assange by way of Robert Mueller (18:30) and refugees/human rights/Mexican sovereignty getting screwed over by the Trump admin (32:00). 

    • 51 min
    November 21, 2018: St. Michael's principal promises to restore school to acceptable levels of toxic masculinity

    November 21, 2018: St. Michael's principal promises to restore school to acceptable levels of toxic masculinity

    Luke and the Panel (Callum Wratten, Dave Barclay and Ryan Dillon) figure out what is wrong with the NDP, the Conservatives and Canada's private school system! They also discuss the Ontario PC's war on trans people and the french community, and of course the latest in Trumpworld. Then the approximately 10 minute long quiz finds the best way to win a darts competition. 

    • 1 hr 3 min
    November 8, 2018: The Beaverton will pay whatever it takes to not see Tony Clement's dick

    November 8, 2018: The Beaverton will pay whatever it takes to not see Tony Clement's dick

    Luke and the Panel (Michael Balazo, Kristy LaPointe and Ian MacIntyre) try not to get overwhelmed by how much news there is. They start by recapping the midterm elections and CNN's coverage (1:45), then move on to Trump firing everyone's favourite racist elf in Jeff Sessions (32:00) and Tony Clement's Unsexy Sexy Scandal (39:30). Then the Approximately Ten Minute Long Quiz discovers the best get rich quick scheme of all time. 

    • 1 hr
    October 31, 2018: New CBC article ranks top 5 murderous dictatorships that can help grow your RSP

    October 31, 2018: New CBC article ranks top 5 murderous dictatorships that can help grow your RSP

    Luke and the Panel (Dave Atkinson, Aaron Hagey-MacKay and Andrew Ivimey) refuse to let the news get them down. They talk Trump’s influence over the mail bomber (2:30) and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter (11:30), plus his attempt to use an executive order to eliminate the 14th amendment (17:00) while one of his fans plotted to bring down the Mueller investigations (22:30). They also make fun of Brazil’s new crazy leader (31:30) and Ontario’s semi-new crazy one (38:00). And because the news is depressing, Luke reads some Mr. Rogers trivia to make everyone feel happy. Plus the Approximately Ten Minute Long Quiz finds out what has annoyed the Satanic Temple this week.

    • 57 min
    October 24, 2018: Analysts not sure rebate cheques and keeping humanity alive will convince Canadians to support carbon tax

    October 24, 2018: Analysts not sure rebate cheques and keeping humanity alive will convince Canadians to support carbon tax

    Luke and the Panel (Alex Huntley, Alice Moran, Diana McCallum) talk elections! The Canadian municipal elections went mostly as expected with Tory being re-elected (1:30), but also contained some highs: goodbye Mammoliti and @norm and some lows: Patrick Brown is mayor of Brampton, a Nazi finished third in Toronto?! (6:00). Meanwhile at Queen's Park Doug Ford is freezing the minimum wage For The People (15:00) and in Ottawa Justin Trudeau has come up with a great plan to sell Canadians on a carbon tax: giving them free money (20:00). Down south the US Midterms are heating up and Luke is going insane trying to analyze the early voting numbers (30:00). Then the Approximately Ten Minute Long Quiz finds the worst Legal Weed take imaginable. 

    • 52 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
91 Ratings

91 Ratings

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