Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBerry mania 🫐 — The US wants our berries. It’s a tough job to get a handle on Europe’s electricity crisis. Canadian post-secondary students have a housing crisis.
Episode 1
As California experiences its worst drought in 1200 years (no, somehow that’s not a typo), two of North America's largest fruit sellers are looking t…
4 years, 1 month ago
Expensive show 📺 — Amazon’s about to drop the most expensive show ever. Modern is suing Pfizer. And Binance is under scrutiny.
Episode 1
As streamers continue to navigate a difficult year, Amazon has come up with one simple trick to turn things around: Produce and release the most expe…
4 years, 1 month ago
Dollar store 🪙 — Canadians are shopping at budget stores. Expect more Canadians. And a new golf league.
Episode 1
As the consumer price index rises to 7.6% (compared with a year ago) shoppers are flocking to discount retailers… and investors are following closely…
4 years, 1 month ago
Quiet quitting 🤫 — Central bankers are meeting in Jackson Hole. Gen Zs are quiet quitting. And coffee might get more expensive.
Episode 1
It’s been a rough week for markets as we wait for a vibe check on the economy coming out of the Federal Reserve’s annual policy symposium, kicking of…
4 years, 1 month ago
Copycat 🐱 — Europe is facing economic uncertainty. Instagram is copying BeReal. And hydrogen is all the rage.
Episode 1
European economists and business leaders are growing increasingly worried that economic slowdowns in the region’s leading economies could send the eu…
4 years, 1 month ago
Willkommen 🇩🇪 — The German chancellor comes to Canada. There’s a huge book merger on the horizon. And who’s responsible when a self driving car crashes?
Episode 1
Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz has touched down in Canada and is ready to make an energy deal that absolutely does not include Russia.
Because arts …
4 years, 1 month ago
Bed, bath and crash 🛁 — Another meme stock come and goes. Insurers aren’t covering cyberattacks anymore. And there are new crypto regs.
Episode 1
Just five months after activist investor Ryan Cohen took on a ~10% position in Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), his sudden exit has sent shares spiralling b…
4 years, 1 month ago
Gaz guzzlers ⛽️ — Alberta can’t capture the natural gas upside. Homeowners in China are boycotting rent payments. And Canadian VC dollars are coming back to earth.
Episode 1
The demand for natural gas has soared this year, but producers in Alberta have been unable to capitalize on higher prices (and are seeing billions lo…
4 years, 1 month ago
1 year 🎉 — The Peak Daily is one year old. Zellers is coming back. Airbnb is rolling out anti-party technology.
Episode 1
Almost a decade after Zellers left suburban malls across the country sitting empty, Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is looking to launch its Canadian disc…
4 years, 1 month ago
Lab diamonds 💍 — Inflation is down. Pandora is rolling out lab grown diamonds. And US mining dollars might be coming to Canada.
Episode 1
Inflation may have peaked, but still remains “far too high” according to a new op-ed penned by the Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem.
Pandora…
4 years, 1 month ago