Podcast Episodes

The WNBA enters its Caitlin Clark era

The Women's National Basketball Association has been around for 30 years now, but has long struggled to stand out in an increasingly busy marketplace…

1 year, 10 months ago

Eurovision’s charged political history

Eurovision might best be described as “the Olympics meets American Idol”: a singing contest where countries face off for the number one spot in music…

1 year, 10 months ago

Israel rejects ceasefire deal, pushes into Gaza’s last refuge

There were scenes of celebration in Gaza last Monday, as word spread that Hamas had accepted the terms of an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal.

But t…

1 year, 10 months ago

Think you’re too smart to be scammed? Think again.

Whether it’s a complex network of fake online designer shops set up to get your credit card details, a scammer impersonating your bank’s fraud depart…

1 year, 10 months ago

Is lobbying corrupting Canadian governments?

On Friday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre published an op-ed criticizing Canadian businesses’ use of lobbyists. He’s also called out the Libera…

1 year, 10 months ago

Is India hiring gangs to kill political enemies in Canada?

In June of 2023, Sikh activist and Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down outside a gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., after evening prayers. T…

1 year, 10 months ago

At the McGill encampment: Calls to divest from Israel

Unless it was dismantled last night after we put this podcast to bed, the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University is now entering into its 11…

1 year, 10 months ago

How Loblaw inspires anger, boycott

On May 1st, the people behind a subreddit called r/loblawsisoutofcontrol launched a nationwide boycott of Loblaw-owned stores for the month.

The very …

1 year, 10 months ago

When Drake and Kendrick beef, who wins?

A long-simmering feud between Toronto's Drake and Compton's Kendrick Lamar has finally erupted into open lyrical warfare. The bars being traded on di…

1 year, 10 months ago

Backlash and walk backs: BC reverses drug policy

In April, a hospital memo was released by the British Columbia’s official opposition party. It was from July 2023, a few months after the possession …

1 year, 10 months ago