Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSlow slopes ⛷️ — Bitcoin miners are leaving Canada. The slopes are going to be busy this year. And retailers want you to spend.
Episode 1
Québec became a destination for crypto mining, a practice often criticized for its high energy use, by boasting some of North America’s cheapest ener…
3 years, 5 months ago
Giving less 🎁 — Canadians are giving less. Developing countries face a debt crisis. And the government is changing foreign investment rules.
Episode 1
The holiday season has always been a time for opening our hearts and wallets to charity, but this year, more Canadians are cutting giving out of the …
3 years, 5 months ago
Vertical farm 🌾 — BoC hikes rates again. GoodLeaf aims big in vertical farming. And Canada is hoping for more critical minerals.
Episode 1
We’ve come a long way since the 8.1% inflation rate seen in June (a near four-decade high), but if you ask the Bank of Canada (BoC), the economy stil…
3 years, 5 months ago
New league ⚽️ — Big departures at Salesforce. There’s a new women’s soccer league coming to Canada. And COP15 kicks off.
Episode 1
A corporate one-two punch has left the executive bench at Salesforce looking a bit empty.
After the Canadian men flamed out of the World Cup, a new gr…
3 years, 5 months ago
Yield curve ↪️ — Circle isn’t IPO-ing. Canada has an inverted yield curve. And rental car customers were getting arrested.
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Stablecoin group Circle has abandoned its plans to go public, one of the first signs that the fall of crypto exchange FTX is starting to hit even dig…
3 years, 5 months ago
Writing bot ✍️ — There’s a new AI writing tool. Xi Jinping acknowledges protests. Volkswagen looks for EV battery manufacturing site.
Episode 1
OpenAI (the lab behind the AI-powered DALL-E image generator) launched its new AI chatbot ChatGPT to the public as part of its beta test.
China’s Pres…
3 years, 5 months ago
Brain chips 💻 — Chips for your brain. The banks are doing well. And LinkedIn has new features.
Episode 1
Elon Musk took a quick break from social media stardom to shift back to mad scientist mode, claiming that chips will start being implanted into human…
3 years, 5 months ago
Spotify wrapped 🎶 — Streamers are looking to theatres for help. Mexicans are moving to Canada. And workers are going back into the office.
Episode 1
Happy Spotify Wrapped Day to all who celebrate! And apologies to all who don’t (hey there, Apple Music users) because your Insta stories are about to…
3 years, 5 months ago
Bank buyer 🏦 — RBC buys HSBC. Nestlé is rethinking its drug plans. And the police are using 23andMe to solve crimes.
Episode 1
RBC is already the country’s largest bank by assets ($1.71T), but just because you’re the biggest doesn’t mean you can’t get even bigger by buying HS…
3 years, 5 months ago
To the movies 🎥 — Streamers are looking to theatres for help. Mexicans are moving to Canada. And workers are going back into the office.
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It’s been an up-and-down year for streamers as they struggle to diversify revenue streams. Now a radical, unprecedented idea has come to the fore: Pl…
3 years, 5 months ago