Podcast Episodes

Why do CEOs get paid so much?

The CEOs of the 100 largest Canadian companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange saw their compensation go up 23 per cent in 2021. Some chief exec…

3 years, 7 months ago

City Space: From tipping to farming: How we should change the way we think about food

Today we're bringing you an episode of City Space, a Globe and Mail podcast about how to make our cities better, hosted by Adrian Lee.

Cities are fill…

3 years, 7 months ago

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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago