Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFree the bird 🐦 — The Great Resignation isn’t happening. Elon takes over Twitter. The US Dollar is crushing other currencies.
Episode 1
First came “The Great Resignation”. Then there was “quiet quitting” (and the reaction, “quiet firing”). Countless stories about workers checking out …
3 years, 6 months ago
Household wealth 🏡 — Canada’s nurses are heading south. YouTube is certifying health accounts. And household wealth took a major hit.
Episode 1
In the midst of a healthcare workers shortage, Canada's nurses are heading south of the border.
From exercising organs to “hacking” menstrual cycles, …
3 years, 6 months ago
50 basis points 📈 — Another rate hike from the BoC. Deepfakes are getting into ads. NASA is going deep on aliens.
Episode 1
The Bank of Canada surprised markets with a smaller-than-expected interest rate hike of 0.5 percentage points yesterday (bringing its policy rate to …
3 years, 6 months ago
Swimming in gas 🛢 — The European gas situation is improving. Canopy is buying US cannabis companies. And Microsoft and Alphabet are showing how soft tech markets are.
Episode 1
Remember when Europe faced those “unprecedented risks” to its natural gas supply earlier this month? That was then. Now, the continent is basically s…
3 years, 6 months ago
Davos in the desert 🌴 — The Future Investment Initiative kicks off. You might start getting paid for your blood. Ontario’s EQAO scores are bad.
Episode 1
Saudi Arabia’s [Future Investment Initiative](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/wall-street-is-heading-to-saudi-arabia-as-us-oil-spat-simmers-1.1836247#:~:…
3 years, 6 months ago
Android auto 🤖 — Snap stock is spooky. The G7 price cap on Russian oil might not work. And Apple and Android are fighting over your car.
Episode 1
If Snap’s earnings are any indication of how social media companies are faring right now, the answer is: Not well, not well at all.
The G7 price cap o…
3 years, 6 months ago
Liz out 👩💼 — Liz Truss is out as PM. Via is adding buffer cars. And the Women’s World Cup TV rights are back up for sale.
Episode 1
After six weeks in office (the shortest tenure for a British prime minister), Truss was forced to resign in the wake of economic turmoil caused by he…
3 years, 6 months ago
Inflation only goes up 📈 — Netflix is back. Inflation is up. And global cities lure top talent.
Episode 1
After a rocky year of subscriber losses and investor doubt, Netflix is back with ambitions bigger than a season premiere of Stranger Things.
The annua…
3 years, 6 months ago
Friendship ⛴ — Trade partners are friendshoring. Old school banks are reinventing themselves. And Meta is selling Giphy.
Episode 1
Friendshoring is on the rise as Western countries start shifting trade to friendly partners to cut dependence on totalitarian regimes, most notably C…
3 years, 6 months ago
Price freeze 🥶 — Loblaw freezes No Name prices. Hockey fans are annoyed with the new rink boards. And there’s a new hit social app.
Episode 1
Canada’s biggest grocer announced it is freezing prices on all of its No Name products (over 1,500 items) until the end of January 2023, per The Glob…
3 years, 6 months ago