Pretendians
4.9/5
Critic Rating
“I love working on Pretendians because it gives me an opportunity to use humor as a vehicle to teach and inform. ” says Angel Ellis, co-host of Pretendians, Apple Podcasts' Spotlight show for July 2024. Angel Ellis is a free-press activist and director of Mvskoke Media. Her co-host Robert Jago is a freelance writer, entrepreneur, and Indigenous rights activist from Richmond, British Columbia. Together, they pitched the show to the podcast network, Canadaland, as a new original series. “I broke one of the first big Pretendian stories of this whole moment,” says Jago, “and the way that I did it didn’t provide enoug...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Sarah Liese • KOSU • Jun 10, 2024
"I'm just blown away by the content … super digestible, and fun to listen to..."
Score: 4.7
The Crime Writers Squad • Crime Writers On • Jun 6, 2024
"Lara and Toby were mild thumbs up, saying the stories were good but the format was uneven. Kevin was taken with the examples of how this kind of racial identity theft depletes resources meant for native people."
