Podcast Episodes

Let's Flood Canada With Chinese EVs

Episode 1227

Carney hits pause on EVs but moves forward on “nation-building” projects.

With Canola farmers being hit hard by Chinese tariffs, is the solution to drop the 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs? Scott Moe and …

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Exploiting John Candy

Episode 1226

TIFF turns 50 with celebs, controversy, and Carney suggesting that we’re the John Candy of global trade.  

As the Toronto International Film Festival struggles to find its way in a changing film lands…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

What If Trump Shuts Off Canada's Data Servers?

Episode 1225

While Donald Trump is bent on achieving and maintaining “unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance”, we’re just starting to gear up for the race. There are only about 300 data cent…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Ukraine, Taiwan, Canada

Episode 1224

Mark Carney recently made noises about the future possibility of Canadian boots on the ground as part of an international “coalition of the willing” to help guarantee security in Ukraine. In the 1990…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Nobody Wants to Lead the NDP

Episode 1223

The race to succeed Jagmeet Singh has begun, but most of the NDP’s big names are steering clear. Post-election, vibes within the party have been bleak, mired with handwringing, infighting, and no cle…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

The Bay has a Secret, Ancient Archive and it’s Being Sold off to Millionaires

Episode 1222

The Hudson’s Bay Company is dead. 

While the Canadian media obsesses over the sale of The Bay’s retail properties, thousands of historical artefacts and artworks — including the original copy of the R…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

The Massive Airplane Canada Seized from Russia

Episode 1221

Right now, a hulking Soviet-era Russian cargo plane is just parked at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. And Canada is trying to do something nobody has ever done before…pull off a legal heist. Host Noor sit…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Paul Shaffer on the Toronto Play That Begat Comedy as We Know It

Episode 1220

Three years before the first episode of SNL. Four years before the first episode of SCTV. Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner. Andrea Martin and later Dave Thomas, co-starred in a legendary produ…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Intruder! How Violently can we Defend Ourselves?

Episode 1219

Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, and Pierre Poilievre all seem to want to make sure we have the right to beat people up in our homes. Only if they aren’t invited, of course.

Following a case out of Lindsay,…

Published on 1 month ago

The Return of Pierre

Episode 1218

Pierre Poilievre won his byelection and will be returning to Parliament in September. He’s raring to go, and probably drafting a whole bunch of new catchphrases and slogans. He’s back and ready to tr…

Published on 1 month ago