Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInside Canada Soccer’s equal pay fight
Canada’s national women’s soccer team is protesting unequal treatment by the sport’s governing body. The players say Canada Soccer is not transparent…
3 years ago
Ozempic's effect on the body positivity movement
Ozempic and other medications for type-2 diabetes have shown to be effective treatments for obesity. But this discovery has led to many people, who d…
3 years ago
Why is it so important to get inflation down to two per cent?
We’re all familiar with the cycle now: Inflation is too high, so central banks keep raising interest rates. The hope is to get inflation back down to…
3 years ago
Behind the rise of car thefts in Canada
Car thefts have surged in Canada, with some provinces seeing increases of 50 per cent in a year. And Canada has become particularly popular for this …
3 years ago
Why NATO is back to Cold War strength
At the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Turkey agreed to support Sweden’s bid to join the alliance. This paves the way for Sweden to become the 32n…
3 years ago
City Space: Why are ER wait times so bad in Canadian cities?
Burning hours in an ER waiting room has long been a fact of Canada’s public health care system, but that wait time is starting to spike. Now, in Onta…
3 years ago
When AI decides your pay
App-based ride-share and food delivery companies rely on algorithms that dictate speed, behaviour and the wage of gig workers resulting in different …
3 years ago
The surge of young people dying from opioids
The opioid epidemic is taking young lives – the number of 15-24 year olds dying from opioid overdoses tripled between 2014 and 2021 in Ontario. And y…
3 years ago
Canada’s multi-billion dollar bet on the electric vehicle market
After months of negotiations, automaker Stellantis and battery maker LG Energy Solution have reached a deal with the federal and Ontario provincial g…
3 years ago
Why El Niño is a climate wild card
El Niño is back in a big way. This natural weather pattern is known to increase severe weather around the world. And scientists are trying to predict…
3 years ago