Podcast Episodes

Troubling wildfires 🔥— Vice is selling. Western Canada is suffering from wildfires. And Hollywood disapproves of Canadian content laws.

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Vice, which started out as a tiny punk zine in Montréal before becoming the bad boy idol of new media brands, filed for bankruptcy protection. A grou…

3 years, 2 months ago

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TikTok trouble 🎥 — Former TikTok engineer could discredit the company’s position. Used cars tell us lots about inflation. And middle market struggles

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A new lawsuit against TikTok owner ByteDance could discredit the company’s primary defence against efforts by some Western lawmakers to ban the app.

T…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Private stations 🛰️ — Softbank loses big. Private companies are getting in the space station game. And Canada looks for health care workers.

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Only Softbank Group would lose US$7.2 billion and give itself a little pat on the back.

Space startup Vast partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch…

3 years, 2 months ago

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New passports 🛂 — Google is deepening their AI search integration. Canada has newly designed passports. And Canada wants in AUKUS.

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After Google’s developer’s conference yesterday, online search might never be the same.

Yesterday, Canada unveiled a new passport design that’s sure t…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Shellfish 🦞 — BRICS coming up with new currency. Problems with Canadian shellfishing. And an update on the debt ceiling.

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Developing countries are teaming up to take on the global monetary order as we know it.

A pricing dispute in Canada’s crustacean heartland has crabby …

3 years, 2 months ago

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Digital coins 🪙 — The BoC wants to issue a digital currency. Europe is regulating AI. And Lululemon is combatting fakes.

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The Bank of Canada (BoC) wants to know how you’d feel about swapping those cold hard coins for a less tangible alternative.

When it comes to tech regu…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Coronation 👑 — We have a new King. The future of AI and jobs. And the Alberta wildfires.

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In case you weren’t up at 4 a.m. on Saturday waiting with bated breath and a full English breakfast, King Charles III’s coronation was this morning, …

3 years, 2 months ago

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Shopify layoffs 🛍️ — Shopify makes cuts. TD loses a deal. And a new grocery code of conduct. For our first story, Like our goal of reading 100 books, Shopify started the year with an unattainable dream.

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After weeks of speculation about the fate of a takeover deal that would make TD Bank the sixth-largest lender in America, the offer is officially off…

3 years, 3 months ago

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New Airbnbs 🏨 — Bed, Bath and Beyond locations are being bought up. Changes coming to Airbnb. And tension in the banking system.

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If you’re been looking to gift that special someone a lightly used retail outlet, act fast: nearly half of the now-emptying 65 Bed Bath & Beyond stor…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Writers strike ✍️ — Screenwriters are going on strike. A Canadian NHL team is for sale. And Blackberry is back in the news.

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The Writers Guild of America (WGA)—the union representing 11,500 scribes behind American film and TV—is on strike after failing to reach a new deal w…

3 years, 3 months ago

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