Podcast Episodes

Weekend listen: Power & Politics’ campaign wrap

It's almost election day, and our colleagues at Power and Politics have been putting out a weekly wrap, where political strategists break down what t…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Cuts, spending, spin: The economics of party platforms

Within the last week, the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP have all released their costed platforms, detailing their plans for the country and how the…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

The politics of the toxic drug crisis

Since 2016, the toxic drug crisis has taken more than 50 thousand Canadian lives.

The Conservative party has promised $200-million a year to fund addi…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

How different are the party platforms?

The Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP have released their platforms. What exactly are they promising to do on issues like housing, climate change, cri…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

The legacy of Pope Francis

Pope Francis brought a lot of firsts to the Catholic Church. He was the first from Latin America, and under him, the church became increasingly globa…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Do drugs belong in therapy?

On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s…

11 months ago

Recapping the high-stakes leaders' debate

As the federal election reaches the homestretch, four party leaders squared off in Montreal Thursday evening in the only English-language debate of t…

11 months ago

A pre-debate state of the race

With just over a week until election day, Canada's main party leaders go head to head tonight in the only English language debate. 

So, where does the…

11 months ago

When China and the U.S. fight, who wins?

A big part of Donald Trump’s global tariff regime targets the Chinese economy in a bid, he says, to force the country into a deal favorable to the Un…

11 months ago

The Conservative kingmaker behind Poilievre

Three terms and a decisive majority under Stephen Harper. Erin O'Toole's leadership run — and subsequent castigation. Pierre Poilievre's meteoric asc…

11 months ago