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SCAMS: The Message Came From Apple. Apple Didn't Send It
Season 2 Episode 184
iCloud phishing scams are targeting Canadians with messages so convincing they fooled a cybersecurity analyst's own mother.
The pitch is simple: your…
3 months ago
The Inside Job: Organized Crime, Airport Workers, and Your Luggage
Season 2 Episode 184
Canada has an airport drug smuggling problem, and it starts with the people loading your bags. Avery Haines found that corrupt employees have been sw…
3 months ago
Pac-Man Was Not 1983. Mario Was. A Trivia Game Goes Sideways
Season 2 Episode 183
1983 brought Mario, the chicken nugget, and the Swatch Watch. A trivia game on air reveals all of them and gets one answer spectacularly wrong.
The c…
3 months ago
ICYMI: How to Know if a Watch Is Worth the Money, With the Horological Society of Canada
Season 2 Episode 183
Swatch watch saved the Swiss watch industry in 1983. Forty-plus years later, a Swatch collaboration just made an Audemars Piguet accessible to mere m…
3 months ago
SHIFTHEADS: Ontario Charged Food Manufacturers a Billion Dollars. You Are Paying for It
Season 2 Episode 183
Food inflation in Canada has a hidden driver nobody is talking about. Ontario just charged food manufacturers a billion dollars through it. You are p…
3 months ago
People Lined Up at 5am for a $560 Swatch That Is Not Limited
Season 2 Episode 183
Swatch watch was born in 1983. In 2026, people are lining up at 5am at malls across Canada to buy one they could just wait for.
The Swatch collaborat…
3 months ago
The Alberta Separation Question Is No Longer Hypothetical
Season 2 Episode 183
Alberta separation is no longer just a whisper. A court-blocked petition, a rushed committee meeting, and a premier's televised address are all arriv…
3 months ago
NEW - Gambling on Wars: What Is Polymarket and Why Is a US Soldier Being Prosecuted Over It
Season 2 Episode 183
Polymarket lets you bet on wars, missile strikes, and how many soldiers will die. A finance professor says it is gambling, not a market, and the diff…
3 months ago
Swatch Watches, the Gray Hoodie, and What Happened to 80s Fashion
Season 2 Episode 183
Swatch watches turned a timekeeping device into a fashion statement. Ed Conroy had three or four lined up on his desk in grade three and felt like a …
3 months ago
Richard Crouse: Colbert's Exit, Billy Joel's Fight, and Baby Yoda's Big Weekend
Season 2 Episode 183
Star Wars is back on the big screen, and so is a fight over who gets to tell your story when you're famous.
Nobody Told Billy Joel the Movie Was Happ…
3 months ago