Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInflation is back to 2%. So the economy is fixed now, right?
Episode 1227
This episode first aired on September 19, 2024 over at In This Economy?!, our sister show at the Frequency Podcast Network. The show helps Canadians …
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Ontario now sells beer in convenience stores. The world has not ended. Yet.
Episode 1228
This is a province with a long and strange history of alcohol regulation. But when Ontario premier Doug Ford announced plans to allow convenience sto…
2 years, 1 month ago
Racism, lies and cat memes. American politics in 2024.
Episode 1227
An Ohio town is thrown into chaos from bomb threats that stem from racist lies. Immigrants across the United States are demonized for political gain.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Six unconnected stories. The same tragic ending.
Episode 1226
Over 11 days recently, six Indigenous people were killed in separate encounters with police departments across the country. The outcome of any one in…
2 years, 1 month ago
What we know about a Canada to New York terror plot
Episode 1225
A few days before Sept. 11, police arrested a Pakistani man living in Canada with allegedly planning to travel to New York to commit a large-scale te…
2 years, 1 month ago
The most interesting city council byelection in the country
Episode 1223
It's got a conservative pundit that wants a council seat and has his eyes on another shot at the mayor's chair. It has three liberal candidates linin…
2 years, 1 month ago
The rapidly widening political gender gap
Episode 1224
With the American election fast approaching, we thought it would be an appropriate time to revisit this episode from February about how political bel…
2 years, 1 month ago
Are car prices finally coming down?
Episode 1222
After years of shortages, dealership lots are finally full of new vehicles again. The question is if this will bring down prices that spiked during t…
2 years, 1 month ago
From Florida to Kitchener: A story of sex, fraud and real estate
Episode 1221
Some stories are better if you don't know much going in. So, no spoilers.
All you need to know is this: An American university is suing a woman who li…
2 years, 1 month ago
How did Toronto's schools get so broken?
Episode 1220
The list is long, and varies from school to school. Some of it is structural—leaky roofs and mice infestations, repairs that never get made, poor ven…
2 years, 1 month ago