Podcast Episodes

The $100,000 curry chicken

With so many ups and downs in headlines and our personal lives, what often brings us together is food. Food has a way of supporting, nurturing and he…

3 years, 5 months ago

Unearthing our love for the humble potato

Potatoes! They’re affordable, accessible, ultra-versatile, and most importantly, delicious. But a case of potato warts found on two farms in Prince E…

3 years, 5 months ago

How supply chains starve us, and how to fix it

In the past two years alone, the number of severely food insecure people doubled to 276 million, according to the UN, because of issues like inflatio…

3 years, 5 months ago

Octopus: friend or food?

As the global demand for octopus meat rises, a company in Spain is set to open the world’s first ever octopus farm. But scientists and philosophers w…

3 years, 5 months ago

City Space: How online shopping is changing our city streets – and what comes next

With e-commerce largely replacing brick-and-mortar stores, how we shop is having real, physical effects on how our cities work. So in this episode, w…

3 years, 5 months ago

You have Monkeypox questions. We have (some) answers.

Monkeypox cases are climbing worldwide. In July, the World Health Organization declared the virus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern…

3 years, 5 months ago

Are we actually heading into a recession?

New GDP numbers in the U.S. have set off the latest set of worries about whether we’re heading for a recession, even if Canada’s numbers aren’t that …

3 years, 5 months ago

Scammers are taking advantage of the overheated rental market

This year alone, rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Canada went up almost 14 per cent on average – and many rental markets, like Calgary or Guelph, …

3 years, 5 months ago

Stress Test: Retirement might look different for Gen Z and millennials. Here’s how to plan for it

Today we're bringing you an episode of Stress Test, a Globe and Mail podcast about personal finance, hosted by Rob Carrick and Roma Luciw.

We’re talki…

3 years, 5 months ago

Outrage over Hockey Canada’s fund to settle sexual assault claims

Hockey Canada told federal hearings Wednesday that it has paid $8.9 million since 1989 to settle 21 cases of alleged sexual assault, with the bulk of…

3 years, 5 months ago