Podcast Episodes

The Billion Dollar Influencer Economy

There are a reported 13 million full time influencers in the U.S. today. According to Goldman Sachs, the influencer economy is worth around $250-billion, a number expected to double by 2027. 

Despite …

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Canada’s secret list of alleged Nazi war criminals

In the mid 1980s, the Canadian government tasked a commission to investigate whether a considerable number of alleged Nazi war criminals settled in Canada after the Second World War.

The Commission of…

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Hasan Piker on how Trump seized online culture

For decades, conservatives worried about losing the fight for cultural relevancy. 

During his campaign, Donald Trump aggressively courted Gen Z and young millennial men — appearing on podcasts, stream…

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Why can't Canada have fast trains?

In Canada, we've spent a lot of time and money studying the prospect of high-speed rail, as enjoyed by many other countries — transit infrastructure that has transformed countries like Japan and Fran…

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How Murray Sinclair changed Canada

Murray Sinclair — an Anishinaabe lawyer, judge, senator, and, most consequentially, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation commission — died last week at the age of 73. 

Sinclair helped bring to li…

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What could Trump’s win mean for Canada?

The election of a new U.S. president reverberates around the world, but none of America's partners are as intertwined economically, politically and culturally as Canada. 

With respect to trade, the fu…

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How the Democrats lost to Trump again

As the dust settles and Donald Trump celebrates a remarkable victory, we examine what went wrong for the Democrats this time around. How did they fail to speak to working class voters of all backgrou…

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America embraces a second Trump presidency

For months, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris rallied voters with a message: "We're not going back."

But as the election was finally called in the early hours of Wednesday morning, it's …

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A viewer's guide to U.S. election night

It’s been an incredibly tight race between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ahead of today's U.S. election. 

The winner is expected to be decided by razor-thin margins in seven b…

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What’s up with these political polls?

With the U.S. election just a day away and a Canadian one that could be called very soon, we’re all spending a lot of time talking about polls.

But how exactly do they work and what happens when they …

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