Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan your DNA create a sketch of your face?
Episode 1028
It can -- but the better question might be: Is it something that could be used against you? The technology does exist to use a sample to create a ske…
2 years, 5 months ago
Police budgets, car theft and the spectre of 'public safety'
Episode 1027
When Toronto's mayor presented her budget on Wednesday, the city's police services got everything they had asked for, with Olivia Chow retreating fro…
2 years, 5 months ago
An unprecedented look inside the sex lives of Canadians
Episode 1026
There's simply never been a Canadian sex survey that's comprehensive, scientific and intimate all at once. For decades we've relied on data from the …
2 years, 6 months ago
A story about how anyone (yes, even you) can get scammed
Episode 1025
Cory Doctorow is one of the world's leading technology journalists and activists. Some of his specialties include information security, fraud and tec…
2 years, 6 months ago
As pandemic bills come due, are Canada's small businesses in danger?
Episode 1023
Last year, small business insolvencies hit a level not seen in more than a decade. And that was before this January's deadline to repay pandemic reli…
2 years, 6 months ago
Have a Kid?! In This Economy?!
Episode 1024
Kacey and her partner just welcomed a new baby girl into their lives. And with this bundle of joy has also come a ton of new expenses.
Jordan talks t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Can a prescription cure loneliness and isolation?
Episode 1022
It would have to be quite the drug, right? Actually, no. While these are real health problems, with many of the impacts of a chronic physical illness…
2 years, 6 months ago
What is Canada's role in a chaotic world?
Episode 1021
There was once a memorable slogan, used by everyone from booksellers to presidents, that proclaimed "the world needs more Canada". Now, in an era def…
2 years, 6 months ago
Inside the massive ideological split between young men and women
Episode 1020
Men are this way, and women are that way. Entire careers in industries ranging from self-help to advertising to standup comedy have been based on thi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Canada's fertility rate is at an all-time low. What should we do about it?
Episode 1019
In much of the world, fertility rates are falling—but very few countries have seen theirs fall as far and as fast as Canada. With just 1.33 children …
2 years, 6 months ago