Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMAID and mental illness: Will feds hit pause?
With concerns mounting over the upcoming expansion of medical assistance in dying to include mental illness as the sole condition in March 2023, we a…
3 years, 3 months ago
Kanye West and the mainstreaming of antisemitism
Kanye West’s recent comments praising Hitler and the Nazis are just the latest examples of a wave of antisemitism that appears to be penetrating furt…
3 years, 3 months ago
Protests and Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID dilemma
This fall, chaos broke out at the world’s biggest iPhone factory. The Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Nicknamed…
3 years, 3 months ago
New Alzheimer's drug met with hope and caution
Two pharmaceutical companies, Eisai and Biogen, have published the results of an 18-month human trial for their new drug, lecanemab. It's meant to tr…
3 years, 3 months ago
ISIS detention camps a ‘ticking time bomb’
For years, relatives of suspected ISIS fighters — including the families of many foreign fighters — have languished in massive detention camps in nor…
3 years, 3 months ago
The backlash to Doug Ford’s housing plan
On Monday, Ontario passed the “More Homes Built Faster Act” – a controversial part of Premier Doug Ford’s plan for 1.5 million new homes in the next …
3 years, 3 months ago
Trudeau takes the stand in Emergencies Act inquiry
Friday marked the end of the public hearing portion of the Emergencies Act commission. It was a blockbuster week of testimony, featuring the highest …
3 years, 3 months ago
Can persuasion bridge the political divide?
In an era of polarization, is it still possible to change people's minds about politics? That's the question Anand Giridharadas sought to answer in h…
3 years, 3 months ago
Big plans and controversies: Alberta’s Danielle Smith charts a path
Danielle Smith has been premier of Alberta for about six weeks. Her anti-Ottawa rhetoric and proposed sovereignty act ignited the leadership race. …
3 years, 3 months ago
Canada and China, in the spotlight and shadows
On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia last Wednesday, a tense face-to-face confrontation between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese …
3 years, 3 months ago