Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNew energy source 🔌 — Are big sporting events worth it? Workcations are booming. A major energy breakthrough.
Episode 1
With one year to go until the 2024 Paris Olympics, the event’s budget has already ballooned to €8.3 billion, up from an estimated €6.8 billion in ini…
2 years, 9 months ago
New energy source 🔌 — Are big sporting events worth it? Workcations are booming. A major energy breakthrough.
Episode 1
With one year to go until the 2024 Paris Olympics, the event’s budget has already ballooned to €8.3 billion, up from an estimated €6.8 billion in ini…
2 years, 9 months ago
E-commerce battle 🛍️ — Alberta pauses on renewables. An e-commerce turf war is brewing. Ozempic vs. berberine.
Episode 1
Wind and solar are the [fastest-growing sources](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/12/wind-and-solar-generated-a-record-amount-of-global-power-in-2022.htm…
2 years, 9 months ago
New space station 🛰 — US credit is no longer #1. Hope you like chatbots. The race to replace the ISS.
Episode 1
Fitch Ratings has downgraded America's credit rating from the highest-possible “AAA” to a meagre “AA+”... just like its northern neighbour.
“Four-scor…
2 years, 9 months ago
Economics of aliens 👽 — Saudi Arabia eyes the mining game. Canada wants tech-savvy immigrants. The (hypothetical) economics of alien contact
Episode 1
Saudi Arabia may have been snubbed by soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé, but it can keep its head up knowing that its foray into mining is taking off.
Is…
2 years, 9 months ago
Economics of aliens 👽 — Saudi Arabia eyes the mining game. Canada wants tech-savvy immigrants. The (hypothetical) economics of alien contact.
Episode 1
Saudi Arabia may have been snubbed by soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé, but it can keep its head up knowing that its foray into mining is taking off.
Is…
2 years, 9 months ago
New trains 🚊 — Your pension fund’s next investment: Transit. OpenAI’s deal with AP comes with a catch. El Salvador’s gang crackdown.
Episode 1
A new train system launching today in Montreal is set to reshape how people get around the city—and could become a proof of concept for a new way of …
2 years, 9 months ago
Random range 🚗 — All hail resale. Is the West done raising rates? Tesla hasn’t got the range.
Episode 1
Canada’s top high-end winterwear brand (that’s named after an aggressive northern waterfowl) is tapping into the growing consumer desire to get thrif…
2 years, 9 months ago
Cabinet shuffle 🏛️ — Canada’s Cabinet kerfuffle. The cost of the immigration boom. The dynamic price is right.
Episode 1
Almost 80% of Canada’s ministers are new or in a new role… all with the hopes of making a dent in the country’s most pressing issues ahead of the nex…
2 years, 9 months ago
Twitter is now X 🐦 — The race to build a super-app is on. Why Vancouver’s proposed zoning law matters. What in the Worldcoin?
Episode 1
In one of the most significant rebrand in the history of rebrands, Twitter is now X.
Like baggy clothes and country music, zoning laws are having a mo…
2 years, 9 months ago