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Trailer: In This Economy?!

Episode 933

The team behind The Big Story, has a new podcast! Hosted by Jordan Heath-Rawlings, In This Economy?! debuts with weekly episodes on Nov. 2. You can f…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Inside the hilarious, secretive and petty world of book blurbs

Episode 931

We've all been told not to judge a book by its cover. So why do so many people—from readers, to retailers, to publishers and reviewers—judge them by …

2 years, 7 months ago

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The world waits for Israel's ground offensive, and whatever comes next

Episode 930

The Israel-Hamas war is near a tipping point. At some point Israel will have to decide to push forward with a massive and unprecedented ground offens…

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Why is BC banning drug use in public spaces?

Episode 929

Earlier this year, the province decriminalized certain amounts of some hard drugs, in an attempt to curb the overdose crisis. Nine months later, the …

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Why are we building fewer homes now than during the worst of the pandemic?

Episode 928

Now that we know how huge the gap on housing is—Canada needs 3.5 million more homes by 2030—you would think governments across the country would be d…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Will the supreme court decide the future of sex work in Canada?

Episode 927

After a Charter challenge was turned away in Ontario, an appeal may bring the laws that govern sex work in this country directly to the supreme court…

2 years, 7 months ago

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How the NFT market rose and crashed, and who's left holding the bill

Episode 926

A couple of years ago, NFTs  were the Next Big Thing. They were everywhere, with celebrity endorsements, big media companies jumping on the bandwagon…

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Does Ontario already have a two-tier health care system?

Episode 925

If you, like millions of people in Canada—and two million in Ontario alone—do not have a family doctor, the prospect of paying hundreds of dollars fo…

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Will the Israel-Hamas war draw in other nations?

Episode 924

Since Saturday's horrific Hamas attacks and Israel's brutal response, fighting has continued, but has been contained to those two sides. There are wo…

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In Manitoba, police killings require inquests. So where are they?

Episode 923

Every use of deadly force by police in the province requires an inquest to determine how and why it happened. In theory, this prevents fear or favour…

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