Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAI at work 🛠️ — The AI battle for your office. Beat the high rent with an apartment swap. What’s the deal with Alert Ready?
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Google and Microsoft are duking it out to become the provider of AI tools for your office.
Montréal is famous for its bagels, poutine, and… apartment-…
2 years, 11 months ago
Workers staying put 👷♀️ — The West grows wary of Chinese research. Canadian workers are staying put. Cybercrimes are trending up.
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As the West and China’s geopolitical relations grow tenser than our vocal cords during a big podcast recording, academic relations are also under str…
2 years, 11 months ago
New cities 🌆 — Entrepreneurs see opportunity in city-building. Researchers crack the Y chromosome code. How is Ozempic affecting Denmark’s economy?
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Ever played SimCity and thought it might be fun to try your hand at creating a city from scratch in real life? You aren’t alone: A growing cohort of …
2 years, 11 months ago
Nuclear water ☢️ — US intelligence weighs in on Russian warlord plane crash. Nvidia keeps cashing cheques. Japan’s nuclear controversy.
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The exact causes of the plane crash believed to have killed Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin have not been found, but there are plenty of theories b…
2 years, 11 months ago
Cold drinks 🥤 — Building with BRICS. Colder weather, colder drinks. Québec shoots down international student cap.
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An exclusive economic club between Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is officially open for new members.
Cold drinks are hot right now, a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Moon landings 🌕 — The new race to the Moon. Meta launches an AI translator. Subway finds a potential buyer.
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Like vinyl records, lunar exploration is a 1960s fave that’s back in a big way.
For anyone who tries to get by with only **speaking English on vacatio…
2 years, 11 months ago
New travel hotspot 🏖️ — A Montréal housing bylaw falls short. The high art market goes low. Move over Italy, it's all about Albania.
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In today’s episode of ‘Canadian housing gone wrong’: A 2021 Montréal bylaw meant to lead to the construction of over 1,200 new social housing units h…
2 years, 11 months ago
New EU rules 🇪🇺 — Firefighters make progress battling BC blaze. Sweeping EU tech rules set to take effect. One year of subsidy wars.
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British Columbia introduced travel restrictions and expanded evacuation orders over the weekend as wildfires continue to rage in the province, but of…
2 years, 11 months ago
Gamifying sobriety 🍻 — Cities are feeling the pinch. Gamifying sobriety shows. One year of subsidy wars.
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Someone call Ramit Sethi from Netflix’s How To Get Rich, because Canadian cities need financial rescuing.
Looking to cut back on drinking? There’s an …
2 years, 11 months ago
German cannabis 💨 — Canadian cannabis eyes Germany. Google is turning Bard into a life coach. Tinder wants you to pay up for better matches.
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More Germans could soon be putting down the stein of pilsner in favour of der marihuana-zigarette as the country approaches recreational weed legaliz…
2 years, 11 months ago