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NEW Target Kids: Gambling Advertising, and Brain Development
Season 2 Episode 178
Gambling advertising in Canada is targeting the demographic least equipped to resist it. Steve Joordens explains exactly why, and what two bills in P…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sports Betting Is Just the New (less scary) Word for Gambling
Season 2 Episode 178
Sports betting did not arrive to replace gambling. It arrived to replace the word.
One listener's text put a fine point on it: kids watching sports w…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
SHIFTHEADS: 162 Declassified UFO Files: What's Real, What's a Hoax, and What Nobody Can Explain
Season 2 Episode 178
Declassified UFO files released by the Pentagon on May 8th look explosive on the surface. Nathan Radke spent the better part of his weekend reading t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
When Quantum Computers Break Everything Including Your Money
Season 2 Episode 178
Quantum computers could break the encryption protecting every cryptocurrency on the planet. That is not a distant theory. It is an active scramble.
B…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
NEW - Why Is Yawning Contagious? Dr. Samantha Yammine on the Study That Made Things Weirder
Season 2 Episode 178
Contagious yawning remains one of the most studied and least understood reflexes in human biology. A new finding about yawning in the womb just made …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
ICYMI - Dunkin' Donuts Canada: Tony Chapman Makes the Case Against the 200-Location Bet
Season 2 Episode 178
Dunkin' Donuts Canada is happening: a master franchise has been secured with plans to open one location per week up to 200. Tony Chapman has question…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
NEW: Good News Tuesday: How Finding the Good Is Itself the Good News
Season 2 Episode 177
Good news Tuesday comes from a simple observation: the bad is loud and the good needs to be found. Two stories this week prove the finding is worth t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
SHIFTHEADS: It's Not The Same as a Phone Book: Matt Gurney on the Alberta Voter Data Leak
Season 2 Episode 177
Alberta voter data leak is the story Matt Gurney says everyone is trying to minimize. The fake names baked into the voter list have already identifie…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Finding the Good, Even Inside the Bad + Tulips
Season 2 Episode 177
Dunkin' Donuts is coming back to Canada, a Canadian chain is bringing it in, and the team has thoughts on what this does to the Starbucks and Tim Hor…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Blue Dot Fever: Why Concert Tickets Are Priced for a Market That No Longer Exists
Season 2 Episode 177
Blue dot fever is the new term for half-empty arenas and cancelled concerts. The data behind it is specific and the team has the numbers.
Concert t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago