Wendy Mesley: Freedom 65

If you're a Canadian audience member who's tuned in to a CBC News
broadcast anytime in the last 20 or so years, this week's guest
should look very familiar. We're joined by Wendy Mesley, the
longtime Sunday host of CBC's The National, among several other
shows in CBC's repertoire.


In this episode, you will hear about Wendy's early years as a
reporter at CFCF in Montreal, her time in radio in Toronto, and
her years at the CBC. Wendy officially retired from the CBC in
July 2021, but she hasn't been sitting idly by since then. She's
currently hosting a wildly successful podcast, Women of Ill
Repute, with her good friend and fellow CBC alum Maureen
Holloway. In its first week, the show hit #1 on Apple Podcasts in
Canada- and it just so happens to be produced by our network. If
you haven't yet, you can give it a listen here.


Of course, Wendy shares lots of details about the podcast and how
it's come together over the past few months, but we also talk
about her time in radio and TV news- specifically the way the
landscape of journalism has changed in the 40 years she's been
doing it. And for those of you familiar with Wendy, yes, we do
touch on a certain controversy you might have heard about when
she left the CBC.


For more of Wendy, check out Women Of Ill Repute on the Soundoff
Podcast Network, give her a follow on Twitter, or check out her
weekly newsletter on Substack.


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