Podcast Episodes

Could an ID law trigger a Pornhub blackout?

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says his party supports a bill from an independent senator that would require websites to verify users' ages bef…

2 years, 1 month ago

Is it time for an NDP, Liberal divorce?

On paper, the Liberals’ deal for the NDP’s support is supposed to prop up their minority government until next summer.

But in exchange, the Liberals a…

2 years, 1 month ago

Why fast-fashion garment workers' lives are still at risk

 In 2013, Rana Plaza - an eight-storey garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing over 11-hundred people.

It's a tragedy that led to a lot of pu…

2 years, 1 month ago

AI video’s groundbreaking, controversial leap forward

 OpenAI has just introduced a new tool, Sora, which turns text prompts into short, shockingly realistic videos. Sora hasn’t been released to the publ…

2 years, 1 month ago

With Navalny dead, is Putin absolute?

The Kremlin says Alexei Navalny died Friday in an Arctic prison. After surviving a poisoning and still making the decision to return to Russia, Presi…

2 years, 1 month ago

Jon Stewart is back. Does America still need him?

When Jon Stewart stepped down as host of the Daily Show in 2015, it seemed pretty conclusive. For nearly 16 years, he guided the show through 9/11, t…

2 years, 1 month ago

Overdoses and a small city state of emergency

Last week, paramedics in Belleville, Ontario responded to 13 drug overdoses in a single hour. By the time the city declared a state of emergency two …

2 years, 1 month ago

As assault looms, Palestinians are trapped in Rafah

Rafah, a tiny city at Gaza’s border with Egypt, is currently sheltering more than half of the territory’s population. Many, crammed together in tent …

2 years, 1 month ago

The unknown cost, and political price of the ArriveCan app

Canada’s Auditor General says the government paid too much for the pandemic era travel app, ArriveCan. By how much? She can’t figure out the final f…

2 years, 1 month ago

Organized crime's system for stealing cars

Auto thefts have been spiking in Canadian cities, with criminals using and disposing of the vehicles or selling them to fund organized crime, even ex…

2 years, 1 month ago