Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Google got its AI answers so wrong
Episode 1136
Using glue to stick cheese on a pizza. Drinking urine to pass kidney stones. The past few weeks have been filled with weird, hilarious and definitive…
2 years, 4 months ago
National security, foreign interference and naming 'traitors'
Episode 1135
Last week, a bombshell report revealed multiple Canadian parliamentarians have, intentionally and unintentionally, worked with foreign agents to inte…
2 years, 4 months ago
What exactly is "Canadian content" in 2024?
Episode 1134
The CRTC decided last week to levy a tax on the Canadian revenue made by the giant streaming services. This money will ostensibly go towards supporti…
2 years, 4 months ago
How does the war in Gaza end?
Episode 1133
This weekend saw four Israeli hostages rescued at the cost of at least 200 Palestinian lives. While the world debates the calculus of that manoeuvre,…
2 years, 4 months ago
Is Alberta ready for a disastrous drought?
Episode 1131
The 1930s was a disastrous time for Alberta, as crops failed and topsoil blew away in the wind. And while the province is not currently at that level…
2 years, 4 months ago
Welcome to the era of "tip creep"
Episode 1132
Traditionally, we think of a tip as an acknowledgement of a job well done, usually by someone who performs a service for us. It's become impolite not…
2 years, 4 months ago
Pre-nups?! In This Economy?!
Episode 1129
In pop culture, pre-nuptial agreements (or pre-nups) are usually talked about as something that protects a rich person from marrying a gold digger. B…
2 years, 4 months ago
Could a Canadian breakthrough lead to an ALS cure?
Episode 1130
Scientists are very careful about throwing around words like 'breakthrough' or 'cure'—especially when it comes to diseases like ALS that are so devas…
2 years, 4 months ago
At long last, an interest rate cut. What comes next?
Episode 1128
On Wednesday the Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate for the first time in four years, after months spent at a 20-plus year high. The cut wa…
2 years, 4 months ago
Everything you need to know about heat pumps
Episode 1127
Heat pumps could fundamentally shift the way we heat and cool our homes, but high costs and misconceptions about their performance in cold weather ha…
2 years, 4 months ago