If You Only Ever Listen to One Episode, Make it This One-Jesse Johnson
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Because of COVID restrictions and vaccine passports, Canadian restauranteur Jessie Johnson lost his livelihood. And for the first time ever, he reveals how he even lost his children. This emotional interview casts light upon one of the darkest episodes in Canada’s history. Jesse Johnson is admittedly still broken, trying to heal, and willing to bare his soul in the pursuit of justice.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of sideline sanity with me, Michelle Tafoya, sponsored by Legacy |
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| 0:16.1 | If you only ever listen to just one of my podcasts, I hope this is the one. |
| 0:25.5 | What you're about to hear is a story of insanity. |
| 0:32.7 | We know this stuff went on during the pandemic. |
| 0:35.8 | We know that people were ostracized. We know that |
| 0:39.1 | careers were lost, jobs were lost. Families were divided. This man is from Canada, Jesse Johnson. |
| 0:50.4 | He owned a pizzeria, ironically called Without Papers Pizza. |
| 1:00.3 | Unfortunately, it was someone who was without papers who sat down in his restaurant |
| 1:05.3 | that spelled the end of his 20-year restaurant. |
| 1:12.3 | It broke his family. |
| 1:15.5 | And you're going to hear every detail told from someone who is still broken and |
| 1:22.7 | trying to heal from what was done to him by the Canadian government. |
| 1:30.5 | I really hope you'll listen to this because this is just one example. |
| 1:37.1 | What's happened to us as a society, as humans, in the last few years. |
| 1:46.8 | And I hope at the end you'll consider supporting this man and his future. |
| 1:53.8 | Again, if this is the only episode of sideline sanity you ever listen to, I will be grateful. |
| 2:00.6 | It's that important. |
| 2:04.3 | For nearly three decades, she's reported the action from the sidelines. |
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