Podcast Episodes

Encore: How Murray Sinclair changed Canada

Murray Sinclair — an Anishinaabe lawyer, judge, senator, and, most consequentially, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation commission — died in No…

1 year, 2 months ago

Encore: Canada’s millennial ‘Jackpot Generation’

In the next two years, Canadian millennials will stand to inherit as much as one trillion dollars from their boomer parents. Today, we take a look at…

1 year, 2 months ago

Encore: Inside controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’

The Apprentice is a Donald Trump biopic that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year and got an extended standing ovation. But it quickly cam…

1 year, 2 months ago

Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 3

Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems …

1 year, 2 months ago

Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 2

Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems …

1 year, 2 months ago

Polymarket and the rise of political betting

Got some money burning a hole in your pocket? You could go online and place a bet about whether or not Canada will become the U.S.’s 51st state befor…

1 year, 2 months ago

What's Trump's place in conservative history?

People talk about Donald Trump as a singular figure. A one-of-a-kind politician who's made conservative history in the U.S. But where exactly does Tr…

1 year, 2 months ago

Trump, fascism and a warning from the past

After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, historian and professor Timothy Snyder wrote a long post on Facebook. Here's how it started: 

"Ameri…

1 year, 3 months ago

Trudeau troubles: embattled at home, mocked abroad

The fallout from Chrystia Freeland’s resignation is far from over. As more people demand Justin Trudeau’s resignation he appears to be in no hurry to…

1 year, 3 months ago

Is Israel committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza?

The charge of ethnic cleansing is not, on its own, considered a crime under international law. Experts consider it to be part of the overall charge o…

1 year, 3 months ago