Podcast Episodes

The changing face of election interference

Presenting Machines Like Us, a Globe and Mail podcast on technology and people.

We’re a few weeks into a federal election that is currently too close …

8 months, 4 weeks ago

The case for prioritizing rest in the age of burnout

Canadians are not particularly good at resting. According to Statistics Canada data collected between July 2022 and July 2023, people over the age of…

9 months ago

Campaign Call: Debate prep and an inside look at polling

With less than two weeks until the federal election, The Decibel is bringing you another edition of Campaign Call, The Globe’s weekly election panel.…

9 months ago

Canada’s fragmented medical records system

The way medical records are handled in Canada is a patchwork of disconnected systems – creating massive headaches for patients and doctors. Patients …

9 months ago

An interview with Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault

The federal election is in two weeks, on April 28 – so the Decibel has invited the leaders from Canada’s major parties onto the show to share their v…

9 months ago

Campaign Call: Western separatism amid a moment of Canadian unity

We’re halfway through the election period and it’s time for Campaign Call, The Decibel’s weekly election panel making sense of the major issues. This…

9 months ago

Global markets reel from tariff whiplash

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on most of the world, plunging markets into some of the worst days in recent…

9 months, 1 week ago

What happened to the ‘carbon tax election’?

For years, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been framing the federal race as a “carbon tax election.” But then Mark Carney became the Liberal…

9 months, 1 week ago

The case for teaching your child it’s okay not to share

In the age of gentle parenting, a new trend has emerged: parents are changing the ways they talk to their young children about sharing. Rather than f…

9 months, 1 week ago

Despite what Trump says, barely any fentanyl comes from Canada

Last week, the U.S. Senate vote to pass Senator Tim Kaine’s resolution to end the state of emergency that allows U.S. President Donald Trump to issue…

9 months, 1 week ago