Red Man Laughing

McMahon interviewed Romeo Saganash on Red Man Laughing in 2015.{{Cite web|last=McMahon|first=Ryan|date=October 23, 2015|title=Here's Why, as an Indigenous Person, I Voted for Trudeau in the Canadian Election|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvxqjk/heres-why-as-an-indigenous-person-i-voted-for-trudeau-and-why-im-still-worried|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028071309/https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvxqjk/heres-why-as-an-indigenous-person-i-voted-for-trudeau-and-why-im-still-worried|archive-date=October 28, 2020|access-date=November 3, 2021|website=Vice|publisher=Vice Media|language=en-US}} The show includes interviews with guests such as Nick Sherman, Richard Van Camp, and Joseph Boyden.{{Cite web|date=June 20, 2014|title=Red Man Laughing Marks Aboriginal Day|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/red-man-laughing-marks-aboriginal-day-1.2681076|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029185654/https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/red-man-laughing-marks-aboriginal-day-1.2681076|archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=October 29, 2021|website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} McMahon interviewed Elizabeth LaPensée on her experience in the academic world and the need for creating new things.{{Cite web|last=Wunker|first=Erin E.|date=July 4, 2017|title=Podcasting Canlit|url=https://hookandeye.ca/page/12/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030154827/https://hookandeye.ca/page/12/|archive-date=October 30, 2021|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Hook & Eye|page=12|language=en-CA}} The show started out as a comedy podcast, but the fifth season began with McMahon angrily calling out the celebrations surrounding the 150th anniversary of Canada for ignoring problems that indigenous communities are dealing with such as indigenous food security, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and the impacts caused by residential school system.{{Cite web|date=July 10, 2017|title=How Red Man Laughing Got Serious About Reconciliation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastplaylist/blog/how-red-man-laughing-got-serious-about-reconciliation-1.4194605|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721032008/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastplaylist/blog/how-red-man-laughing-got-serious-about-reconciliation-1.4194605|archive-date=July 21, 2019|access-date=November 3, 2021|website=CBC Radio|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=Monique Gray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bd0uDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Red+Man+Laughing%22+%22Podcast%22|title=Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation|date=September 19, 2017|publisher=Orca Book Publishers|isbn=978-1-4598-1584-1|location=Victoria, British Columbia|pages=131|language=en-CA|oclc=973044139|quote=Ryan uses his gifts to not only entertain but also make us think about our history, about the importance of land and water, about relationships, about so much...including reconciliation. For example, one of his quotes that rings true in my heart is: 'Reconciliation is asking myself who my Ancestors were the day before they went to Residential School, then doing everything I can to return to that.' Ryan has dedicated Season 5 of the Red Man Laughing podcast to reconciliation.|access-date=July 6, 2022|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512052958/https://books.google.com/books?id=bd0uDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Red+Man+Laughing%22+%22Podcast%22|url-status=live}} On the second to last episode of the season, "Land", McMahon addresses indigenous land claims and the important role that returning land to indigenous people plays in reconciliation.{{Cite news|last=Staniforth|first=Jesse|date=August 4, 2016|title=Indigenous Reconciliation Proposals Need to Be Enormous|language=en-CA|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/04/indigenous-reconciliation-proposals-need-to-be-enormous.html|url-status=live|access-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102060519/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/04/indigenous-reconciliation-proposals-need-to-be-enormous.html|archive-date=November 2, 2021|issn=0319-0781}}{{Cite web|last=McMahon|first=Ryan|date=July 25, 2016|title=Red Man Laughing – Land|url=https://www.redmanlaughing.com/listen/2016/7/red-man-laughing-land|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102101207/https://www.redmanlaughing.com/listen/2016/7/red-man-laughing-land|archive-date=November 2, 2020|access-date=November 8, 2021|website=Red Man Laughing|publisher=Makoons Media}} Even though the show receives up to 10,000 listeners every episode McMahon has had difficulty making money from ad revenue.{{Cite news|last=Craig|first=Sean|date=January 6, 2017|title=Indigenous Media Audiences Are Bigger Than Ever, but — Like Others in the Industry — Profits Remain Elusive|language=en-CA|work=Financial Post|publisher=Postmedia Network|url=https://financialpost.com/news/indigenous-media-audiences-are-bigger-than-ever-but-profits-remain-elusive|url-status=live|access-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029185542/https://financialpost.com/news/indigenous-media-audiences-are-bigger-than-ever-but-profits-remain-elusive|archive-date=October 29, 2021}} Red Man Laughing is one of the podcasts on Ryan McMahon's Indigenous multimedia network called Indian & Cowboy.{{Cite web|last=Nair|first=Roshini|date=October 5, 2015|title=Indian and Cowboy Lays the Foundation for an Indigenous Media Revolution|url=https://rabble.ca/arts/indian-and-cowboy-lays-foundation-indigenous-media-revolution/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102171730/https://rabble.ca/web/20211102171730/https://rabble.ca/arts/indian-and-cowboy-lays-foundation-indigenous-media-revolution/|archive-date=November 2, 2021|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=rabble.ca|language=en-CA}}{{Cite web|last=Pinto|first=Jordan|date=September 26, 2017|title=Indigenous Voices on the Rise: Ryan McMahon|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2017/09/26/indigenous-voices-on-the-rise-ryan-mcmahon/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211029174229/https://playbackonline.ca/2017/09/26/indigenous-voices-on-the-rise-ryan-mcmahon/|archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=October 29, 2021|website=Playback|language=en-CA}}

The show includes a "rant" section where McMahon talks about whatever is bothering him at the time.{{Cite book|last1=Kim|first1=Dorothy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9KDzgEACAAJ|title=Alternative Historiographies of the Digital Humanities|last2=Koh|first2=Adeline|date=June 23, 2021|publisher=Punctum Books|isbn=978-1-953035-57-8|pages=410–414|language=en-CA|oclc=1257762953|quote=One of the first and most influential Native podcasts in North America was Red Man Laughing (RML), by comedian Ryan McMahon (Anishinaabe/Métis). It includes routines from his national tours and appearances from some of his comedic personae, like the self-proclaimed sage Clarence Two Toes and the raunchy Powwow Pickup Pimp. McMahon also has a signature bit, the 'rant,' which is a freestyle monologue on whatever is bothering him — bad hotel rooms, his FitBit, the media frenzy over Amy Winehouse's death, how 'kids fuck up your life' when you're a parent. Additionally, he interviews special guests — high-profile Native Studies scholars (Leanne Simpson, Taiaiake Alfred), authors (Richard Van Camp, Lee Maracle), and chiefs from the Assembly of First Nations. RML also breaks new music, and has sophisticated music beds created by hip-hop artists like A Tribe Called Red and Stomp of RezOfficial.|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108132515/https://books.google.com/books?id=M9KDzgEACAAJ|url-status=live}}

The show won the 2020 Canadian Podcast award for "Outstanding Indigenous Series".{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Outstanding Indigenous Series|url=https://canpodawards.ca/award/indigenous/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102201900/https://canpodawards.ca/award/indigenous/|archive-date=November 2, 2021|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=The Canadian Podcast Awards|language=en-CA}} The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation included the podcast on their list of "podcasts for Canada 150".{{Cite web|date=June 30, 2017|title=Made in Canada: Podcasts for Canada 150|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastplaylist/made-in-canada-podcasts-for-canada-150-1.4179400|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721031800/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastplaylist/made-in-canada-podcasts-for-canada-150-1.4179400|archive-date=July 21, 2019|access-date=November 3, 2021|website=CBC Radio|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} The Water Shed Watch Salmon Society included the podcast on their list of their "2020 Podcast Recommendations".{{Cite web|last=Kemp|first=Anna|date=August 12, 2020|title=Our 2020 Podcast Recommendations|url=https://watershedwatch.ca/summer-2020-podcast-recommendations/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031053624/https://watershedwatch.ca/summer-2020-podcast-recommendations/|archive-date=October 31, 2021|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Watershed Watch Salmon Society|language=en-CA}}

In 2014, there were some anonymous online threats to "shoot up" the Alberta Theater where there was going to be a live showing of Red Man Laughing.{{Cite web|last=Chapin|first=Angelina|date=December 4, 2015|title=CBC's Racist Comment Sections Spark Debate on Canada's Prejudice Problem|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/04/cbc-racist-comment-section-canada-prejudice-indigenous-people|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206225347/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/04/cbc-racist-comment-section-canada-prejudice-indigenous-people|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en-GB}} Red Man Laughing had a live show at the 2nd Annual Vancouver Podcast Festival in 2019.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 28, 2019|title=Vancouver Podcast Festival is Back!|url=https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2019/10/28/Vancouver-Podcast-Festival-Back/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125144249/https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2019/10/28/Vancouver-Podcast-Festival-Back/|archive-date=November 25, 2020|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=The Tyee|language=en-CA}}{{Cite web|date=November 4, 2019|title=2nd Annual Vancouver Podcast Festival Highlights the Power of Podcasting|url=https://www.straight.com/news/1320841/2nd-annual-vancouver-podcast-festival-highlights-power-podcasting|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923004816/https://www.straight.com/news/1320841/2nd-annual-vancouver-podcast-festival-highlights-power-podcasting|archive-date=September 23, 2020|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=The Georgia Straight|publisher=Vancouver Free Press|language=en-CA}} In 2020, Red Man Laughing was performed live for the opening of the Available Light Film Festival.{{Cite web|last=Kenny|first=Amy|date=January 20, 2020|title=Ryan McMahon Live Podcast Recording Kicks Off ALFF|url=https://yukonartscentre.com/news/ryan-mcmahon-live-podcast-recording-kicks-off-alff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029184548/https://yukonartscentre.com/news/ryan-mcmahon-live-podcast-recording-kicks-off-alff|archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=October 29, 2021|website=Yukon Arts Centre|language=en-CA}} McMahon went on tour for his 9th season of the show.

In 2014, the show was adapted into a national comedy special on CBC Radio One for National Indigenous Peoples Day and was being adapted into a television series.{{Cite news|last=Griwkowsky|first=Fish|date=January 29, 2014|title=Native Comedian Finds Humour in the Truth by Fish Griwkowsky at the Edmonton Journal|pages=41|work=Edmonton Journal|publisher=Postmedia Network|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87980271/native-comedian-finds-humour-in-the/|access-date=October 29, 2021|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180858/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87980271/native-comedian-finds-humour-in-the/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=March 6, 2015|title=Ryan McMahon's Storytelling Uses Humour to Build Awareness|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ryan-mcmahon-s-storytelling-uses-humour-to-build-awareness-1.2984943|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211029174159/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ryan-mcmahon-s-storytelling-uses-humour-to-build-awareness-1.2984943|archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=October 29, 2021|website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}

• List of Native American podcasts

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• {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415095448/https://www.redmanlaughing.com/|date=April 15, 2020|title=Official Website}}
• {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127155612/http://indianandcowboy.ca/category/shows/red-man-laughing/?post_type=podcasts|date=November 27, 2018|title=Red Man Laughing on the Indian and Cowboy Podcasting Network}}
• {{URL|https://makoonsmedia.org/red-man-laughing/|Red Man Laughing}} at Makoons Media

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