Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChaos at OpenAI: did profit and safety collide?
When ChatGPT was released last year, artificial intelligence was suddenly a reality in our everyday lives. The company, OpenAI, and its CEO, Sam Altman, seemed to be on a meteoric rise. So why was S…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The assassin next door
Nearly 50 years ago Nur Chowdhury was at the centre of an assassination and coup that killed Bangladesh’s first president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was convicted by a court in Bangladesh, but now he…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Guilty verdict for Muslim family truck attack
Nathaniel Veltman has been found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, after violently hitting a Muslim family in London, Ontario, with a pick-up truck in 20…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Weekend Listen: Gay Girl Gone
Of all the young revolutionaries in Syria during the Arab Spring, Amina is different. An out lesbian in a country where homosexuality is illegal, she bravely documents her life on the blog Gay Girl i…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Zyn, Zonnic, and the nicotine pouch craze
Snus in Sweden, Zyn all over TikTok and now, Zonnic in Canada. Nicotine pouches have been gaining profile, from Major League baseball dugouts to Joe Rogan’s podcast. What are they? How are they diff…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Is Marvel’s reign coming to an end?
After years of superhero films dominating the box office, The Marvels just had the worst opening weekend the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever seen. Sam Adams, culture writer and senior editor at Sl…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Protests grip Panama over Canadian mining deal
Protests that began over a mining contract with a Canadian company have seized Panama for weeks, with key highways blocked, schools shut down, and a port choked with boats. Why has the situation reig…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The ceasefire debate
Demonstrators around the world are calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as the destruction and death toll in Gaza continues to climb. Meanwhile, some of Israel’s allies, including the Uni…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
A buried history of Canada’s Afghan war
In 2007, military historian Sean Maloney was commissioned to write Canada’s account of the war in Afghanistan. Unlike other official histories, this one would be documented as it was being fought. Th…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Weekend Listen: Evil By Design
More than 80 women from around the world have accused the fast-fashion mogul Peter Nygard of rape, sexual assault, and human trafficking in incidents across four decades and at least four countries. …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago