Episode Notes

What do you keep control of when your business, audience, and public voice depend on platforms you do not own?

Karla Joy Treadway joins Cody for a wide-ranging conversation about marketing, Canadian politics, technology, and self-reliance. Karla explains why she thinks broad online courses have become harder to sell and why a recognizable, trusted brand may be one of the few durable business assets left as AI increases the volume of online content.

They also discuss the Freedom Convoy, Bill C-18, Canadian media, online age verification, anonymity, free speech, UBI, internet controls, and independent creators. These political and policy interpretations are presented as the speakers' views; the episode is a conversation rather than a documentary or legal analysis.

The final part moves away from theory. Karla describes remote island life on Lake of the Woods, unreliable power and internet, the skills off-grid living requires, and the tension of keeping one foot in digital business while trying to reduce dependence on the system around it.

Topics discussed:

- Digital burnout and the changing market for online courses

- Brand ownership in the AI era

- Independent media and Canadian platform policy

- The Freedom Convoy and competing media narratives

- Online age verification, anonymity, and free speech

- Off-grid skills, infrastructure, and island life

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