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ICYMI - When Your Kid Catches You in the Lie
Season 2 Episode 201
Kids notice more than parents think, and new research from McGill University shows that when children see parental honesty and behaviour fall out of …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
NEW - Hard Work Doesn't Get You a Raise. This Does
Season 2 Episode 201
Showing up every day feels like it should count for something, but master certified coach Rachel Levy explains why a manager hears that as nothing mo…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
NEW - Throwback Thursday: The Music Pirates Lost. The Artists Still Lose
Season 2 Episode 200
Everybody who built an MP3 library remembers the tools. Winamp, Napster, the slow crawl of dial-up giving way to broadband fast enough to actually st…
2 months ago
ICYMI - Napster Broke the Music Industry. Then Became It
Season 2 Episode 200
Music industry commentator Eric Alper on the two years that permanently rewired how the world hears music, and why the streaming subscription you pay…
2 months ago
SHIFTHEADS: Why Ottawa Won't Like the Answer on Food Prices
Season 2 Episode 200
Food professor Sylvain Charlebois on why Canadian grocery prices are so high, what a Lidl store in Cork, Ireland reveals about what we're actually pa…
2 months ago
NEW - The Lawsuit That Made Spotify Possible
Season 2 Episode 200
Twenty million users in year one. Eighty million at the peak. Then a lawsuit took Napster down in about six months. This one walks through how a plat…
2 months ago
Shiftheads - Electric Car Owners Are Cashing Alberta's Gas Cheque
Season 2 Episode 200
Instead of cutting the gas tax, Alberta sent residents a flat hundred dollar cheque, and the math broke almost immediately. Journalist Rob Breakenrid…
2 months ago
Why Spotify Started Out Just as Shady as Napster
Season 2 Episode 200
Twenty-five years after Napster got shut down, the company that replaced it built its own empire on a strikingly similar shortcut. Tech expert Carmi …
2 months ago
NEW - Why Your Brain Makes Falling More Likely With Age
Season 2 Episode 200
Falls aren't accidents. Aging and balance science now shows exactly why older adults are more vulnerable — and the answer is inside the brain. Dr. Sa…
2 months ago
ICYMI: Napster Died. The Hunger It Created Didn't
Season 2 Episode 200
Writer and historian Ed Conroy on what Napster actually opened up for music fans beyond the free, and why the resentment and entitlement it created h…
2 months ago