Podcast Episodes

Young People Can't Find Work and It's Messing Them Up

Episode 1213

Our kids are broke and seriously unemployed.  We're in the dog days of summer, and for generations, that marked the end of scooping ice cream at the corner shop, pulling espresso shots at the café, o…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ottawa Guy Invents World's Best/Worst A.I. Attack Bot

Episode 1212

Singh built a bot. It’s a concoction of ChatGPT, Grok, and a handful of other advanced AI systems that might destroy truth-based civil discourse once and for all.

Or.

What if that same technology could…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Gutless Wonder of TIFF

Episode 1211

TIFF’s whiff and the legacy of Trudeau’s media policies. 

Carney is reversing course on the Liberal’s approach to media, but can the Canadian media ecosystem exorcise the ghost of Trudeau? 

Host: Jesse…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

BONUS: Why Canadaland Doesn’t Have Interns

Episode 10

Last year Canadaland launched a new initiative called the Canadalabs Audio Journalism Fellowship programme, where we hired two young reporters to come and produce a story with us and learn from our t…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Evan Almighty: Our A.I. Minister is Glitching

Episode 1210

Is Evan Solomon a chatbot? Deciphering the Minister of AI’s jargon-filled tech-speak. Canada is going all in on AI, but what is the plan, exactly?

Plus, new Trudeau tea and a controversial National Po…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Productivity Crisis: are Canadians Just Lazy?

Episode 1209

Apparently, the reason you’re broke isn’t just because of your questionable shopping addiction, it’s because Canada has a full-blown productivity crisis… To host Noor Azrieh, that seems dramatic. She…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Carney Can Get You to Serve in the Military

Episode 1208

Mark Carney is nation building. To do that, he needs to rebuild the Canadian Armed Forces. Between decades of neglect and the forces’ own goals by way of bad headlines that’s no mean feat.

Rebuilding …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I Was Wrong About The Freedom Convoy

Episode 1207

The sentencing of Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber gets political. Poilievre and other Conservative MPs are outraged about the Crown’s requested sentences for Convoy Leaders. 

Looking back,…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

BONUS: The Most Powerful Tool in Media

Episode 9

It’s not a secret that music makes us feel things, but how does it do it? How do composers create music that makes us happy, sad, confused, emotional, hopeful, scared, and perhaps even make us laugh …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Trump Winning Against Canada?

Episode 1206

Canada can’t cut a deal, but Carney’s political honeymoon continues. 

Should Carney take some blame for the ongoing trade war? 

Plus, why real estate developers in BC apparently need foreign money and …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago