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Mr. Dress Up Never Once Used a Script
Season 2 Episode 215
Mr. Dress Up ran for thirty two years, and historian Ed Conroy says Ernie Coombs and puppeteer Judith Lawrence built entire episodes with no script a…
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Why the Mai Tai Has Nothing to Do With Hawaii and is still all Hawaii
Season 2 Episode 215
A cocktail everyone associates with Hawaii was actually invented in Oakland, and Richard Crouse has the recipe along with his verdict on the Moana li…
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Canada's Cheapest Mortgage City Might Surprise You
Season 2 Episode 214
Most affordable mortgage city in Canada is not a Toronto or Vancouver question, and it is not even close to one. A fresh Royal LePage ranking puts th…
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NEW - Smart Speakers - Should the Opposition Leader Keep His House?
Season 2 Episode 214
The agency that insures Canadian mortgages just paid out thirty two million dollars in staff bonuses. The people footing that bill are the same ones …
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SHIFTHEADS: Summer Jobs Aren't a Waste of Your Time. They're Free Education
Season 2 Episode 214
Career myths convince people they get one shot at everything: wrong major, wrong first job, and that's the whole story decided. Candy Ho, a CERIC boa…
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NEW - The Sound of the Sounds of the World Cup
Season 2 Episode 214
World Cup fan celebrations are the actual show this tournament, the games are just the excuse. If the sport itself has never made sense, this is the …
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Shiftheads - The Bermuda Triangle Is Safer Than This Canadian Lake
Season 2 Episode 214
The Great Lakes Triangle has claimed roughly six thousand ships and hundreds of planes, and Nathan Radke explains why the losses feel supernatural ev…
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ICYMI - Your Boss Might Be Drunk on AI
Season 2 Episode 214
Something happens to a manager who spends all day getting agreed with. Greg Fish, a computer scientist behind Cyberpunk Survival Guide, lays out why …
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NEW - Uncle Bob’s Bits: He Sold His FIFA Tickets to Fund a Better Trip
Season 2 Episode 214
Canada World Cup travel plans do not usually involve selling tickets to one game so you can afford tickets to another, but that is exactly the math B…
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The Marketing Lesson Hidden in a Celebrity Wedding
Season 2 Episode 214
Marketing scarcity gets tested against a real example: a wedding with no leaked photos, no outside editor, and twenty six million dollars already rou…
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