Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWill the Bay du Nord project save Newfoundland's economy or harm the environment? Or both?
Episode 768
It's the most ambitious offshore mining project in Canadian history, and the fight for approvals has been long and arduous. That's because of both it…
2 years, 11 months ago
We don't just "hang out" anymore. And it's a problem.
Episode 767
Your friends and family live in your phone. Sure, you see them from time to time, but usually for scheduled events, planned well in advance, with an …
2 years, 11 months ago
Why has it become harder to get gender-affirming healthcare in Ontario?
Episode 766
Around the world, transgender people are under attack. Often legislatively, other times physically. And many of us would like to think of Canada as a…
2 years, 11 months ago
The many investigations of Donald J. Trump
Episode 765
It was thought that the former president might be arrested on Tuesday, and charged in relation to alleged hush-money payments to an adult film star. …
2 years, 11 months ago
Why do big American retailers fail in Canada?
Episode 764
Today it's Nordstrom, fleeing Canada after failing to turn a profit in almost a decade of trying. Before them, it was Target, thought to be a sure th…
2 years, 11 months ago
Will we ever know Covid-19's origin story?
Episode 763
Even three years after it emerged, there's still no consensus on the origin of the virus that shut down the world. Last week, the US Department of En…
2 years, 11 months ago
Why did it take so long to phase out a toxic pesticide?
Episode 762
It's called chlorpyrifos, and it's actually still being used in Canada right now. Despite years of reports on the danger it might pose, it was only l…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Canada can help mine the moon
Episode 761
We're already in another space race. The question this time is who gets the prize at the end of it. Both China and NASA have committed to plans to pu…
2 years, 11 months ago
Was the SVB crash a one-off, or a warning sign?
Episode 760
Everyone who lived through 2008 as an adult flinched when Silicon Valley Bank failed last week. But was the bank's crash a unique situation, or somet…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Canada Revenue Agency takes on a notorious Toronto bakery
Episode 759
Over the past couple of decades, five workers have died on the job at Fiera Foods, sparking protests, investigations and allegations of a dangerous w…
2 years, 11 months ago