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Pizza Hut Got Its Name From a Nine-Letter Sign
Season 2 Episode 205
It's Throwback Thursday and Shane, Ryan, and Noah dig into one of 1995's defining fast food moments: the arrival of stuffed crust pizza and the compe…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Throwback Thursday: A Large Pizza, a Two-Litre Coke, Twelve Dollars. In 1995
Season 2 Episode 205
It's Throwback Thursday and the inflation conversation gets personal fast: in 1995, a large pepperoni pizza and a two-litre Coke ran twelve to fiftee…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
SHIFTHEADS: Canada's Grocery Bill Has a Canada Problem
Season 2 Episode 205
Food inflation in Canada is running hotter than every other G7 country, and food professor Sylvain Charlebois says the reasons are closer to home tha…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Twenty-Six Billion Dollars. But Is the Discount Even Real?
Season 2 Episode 205
Retail analyst Bruce Winder joins on Amazon Prime Day to break down what the numbers actually say about where Canadian consumers are right now and wh…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Shiftheads - The King Paid Tax. The Public Paid for Everything Else
Season 2 Episode 205
Columnist and commentator Rob Breakenridge joins for two stories: what King Charles's voluntary tax disclosure actually reveals about royal finances,…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
ICYMI - The Robot Didn't Replace the Waiter. It Replaced the First Job
Season 2 Episode 205
Technology analyst Carmi Levy joins to talk about where restaurant automation is actually heading, and what gets lost when the entry-level job disapp…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Pizza Hut and Blockbuster Have the Same Problem
Season 2 Episode 205
You miss Pizza Hut. You'd go back. You just wouldn't go back next week. Ryan O'Donnell thinks that's the whole problem, and that he's seen it before.…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
You Wanted Pizza Hut Back. It Came Back. Nobody Went
Season 2 Episode 205
Historian and Retro Ontario founder Ed Conroy joins to trace the stuffed crust pizza back to 1995, the celebrity fast food wars that produced it, and…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
NEW: Toy Story Almost Died. A Work-From-Home Mom Saved It
Season 2 Episode 205
Film critic Richard Crouse joins for two conversations covering the week's biggest entertainment stories and a pair of cocktails built for a superher…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
NEW: The Green Whistle and Your Worst Injury Ever
Season 2 Episode 204
That device Ishmael Kone was holding on the stretcher after breaking his leg at the FIFA tournament wasn't a vape pen. It's called the green whistle,…
1 month, 3 weeks ago