Podcast Episodes

Economics of aliens 👽 — Saudi Arabia eyes the mining game. Canada wants tech-savvy immigrants. The (hypothetical) economics of alien contact

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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…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Economics of aliens 👽 — Saudi Arabia eyes the mining game. Canada wants tech-savvy immigrants. The (hypothetical) economics of alien contact.

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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…

3 years, 2 months ago

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New trains 🚊 — Your pension fund’s next investment: Transit. OpenAI’s deal with AP comes with a catch. El Salvador’s gang crackdown.

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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 …

3 years, 2 months ago

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Random range 🚗 — All hail resale. Is the West done raising rates? Tesla hasn’t got the range.

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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…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Cabinet shuffle 🏛️ — Canada’s Cabinet kerfuffle. The cost of the immigration boom. The dynamic price is right.

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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…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Twitter is now X 🐦 — The race to build a super-app is on. Why Vancouver’s proposed zoning law matters. What in the Worldcoin?

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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…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Soccer domination ⚽️ — The cruise business is back. Private nursing is booming. Saudi Arabia’s plan for world soccer domination.

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Riding the comeback wave this year are cargo pants, vinyl records and… cruises?

To keep emergency rooms open, hospitals are dropping stacks on private…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Declining wine 🍷 — El Niño could mean higher food prices. Fine wine’s value takes a hit. The race is on to make flying cleaner.

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Get ready to cross some more squares off your extreme weather bingo card, because El Niño is here.

If you followed in Jay Z’s footsteps and locked up …

3 years, 3 months ago

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Barbenheimer 👚 — It’s a Barbenheimer world. Google showcases its new robo-reporter. FBI of the North

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Two of the year’s biggest films, Oppenheimer (about the father of the atomic bomb) and Barbie (about, well, Barbie), are out in theatres and making f…

3 years, 3 months ago

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New tax now  🤑 — Canada wants its new tax now. Bosses want to boss from home. Alberta’s open for business.

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At the age of 156, Canada is going through a rebellious phase.

Who’s leading the return-to-office resistance? It’s not ‘entitled’ millennials, but the…

3 years, 3 months ago

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