Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWill AI kill the essay?
Episode 738
Every day brings new headlines of entrance exams Chat GPT has passed, or university essays the AI tech has scored solid grades on. And the technology…
3 years ago
Tracking A Killer: Introducing Season Two
Episode 735
In October of 1988, 23 year old Tatiana “Tania” Anikejew was found in her Toronto apartment by a friend and her parents days after she had been sta…
3 years ago
Welcome to the era of "tip creep"
Episode 737
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…
3 years ago
Keira's story: How a broken system left a little girl dead
Episode 736
Keira Kagan should be an anonymous little girl—going to school, playing in the park, growing up. Instead, after three years of her mother fighting fo…
3 years ago
Why it's been so hard to implement $10-a-day child care
Episode 734
In April of 2021, the federal government announced their intention to give all Canadians access to $10-a-day childcare, amounting to roughly $30-bill…
3 years ago
As the winter thaw looms in Ukraine, NATO tanks will be critical
Episode 733
A Canadian tank arrived in Poland on Monday, and will head off to bolster Ukrainian efforts agains a Russian invasion. The single tank, obviously, is…
3 years ago
Employee monitoring goes to court, and we learn about "time theft"
Episode 732
What counts as "work" and what doesn't? If you're sitting there, doing nothing, thinking of how to accomplish your goals ... are you working? Well, i…
3 years ago
Are we looking for aliens in all the wrong places?
Episode 731
Much of humanity's search for extraterrestrial life has focused on, well, our kind of life—the conditions that make possible the biology we see on Ea…
3 years, 1 month ago
Is Toronto's transit system entering a death spiral?
Episode 730
Even if you don't live in the city, you've probably heard about the recent spate of violence on Toronto's transit system. There have been some really…
3 years, 1 month ago
We're still short on kids' fever meds, and those aren't the only drugs we need
Episode 729
Pain and fever meds for children—acetaminophen and ibuprofen, usually—have been in short (or no) supply across the country for several months. Purcha…
3 years, 1 month ago