Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat’s sending more kids to the hospital?
This fall, most Canadian kids returned to school and daycare with few or no COVID-19 measures. Beyond the coronavirus itself, that's meant all sorts …
3 years, 4 months ago
As COP27 begins, a new picture of our climate future emerges
David Wallace-Wells, the acclaimed science journalist and author of The Uninhabitable Earth, says the past few years have given him reason to feel bo…
3 years, 4 months ago
The convoy protesters take the stand
This week the leaders of the self-described "Freedom Convoy" protest in Ottawa were brought in front of the inquiry into the use of the Emergencies A…
3 years, 4 months ago
A high-stakes labour fight in Ontario
For many people, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s showdown with CUPE education workers has become about much more than one fight with one union. Experts s…
3 years, 4 months ago
How the midterms could shape U.S. politics for years
On Tuesday, the U.S. holds its midterm elections. That means all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, as are about a third of …
3 years, 4 months ago
Elon Musk owns Twitter. Now what?
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has only been “Chief Twit” of Twitter since Thursday night, but he’s already fired four top executives and dissolved t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Lessons from the Cuban missile crisis
Sixty years ago, the Cuban missile crisis brought the world the closest it’s ever been to a full-scale nuclear war. The story that’s often told about…
3 years, 4 months ago
Kanye West’s words and consequences
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, made a name — and a fortune — for himself making and saying whatever pops into his head. But for nearly a decade th…
3 years, 4 months ago
‘A slow death': Haitians face mounting crisis
After three years without cases, cholera is spreading through Haiti’s poorest neighbourhoods as they struggle for access to clean water. At the same …
3 years, 4 months ago
The problem of unelected leaders
Conservative Rishi Sunak has just become the third leader of the U.K. in two months, and he's got a mandate to rule until 2025. But many are question…
3 years, 4 months ago