Episode 504: Portland protests, how COVID affects weather forecasts, Canada's
opioid crisis, Love On The Spectrum and more
July 24, 2020
Federal agents fuel protests in Portland, why COVID-19 might be making weather forecasts less reliable, Canada's opioid crisis goes from bad to worse, Love On The Spectrum sheds light on dating with autism, a film composer's plea to let movie credits roll, REM's Mike Mills on It's The End of The World As We Know It and more.
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Episode 503: Poker tips for Trump, Muzak goes bust, a Black indie podcast
network, satirist Alexandra Petri and more
July 17, 2020
How learning to play poker could make Donald Trump a better president, the end of elevator music as Muzak's parent company files for bankruptcy, Andray Domise launches a new Black podcast network, excavators search for mass graves associated with the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, satirist Alexandra Petri tackles 2020 in a …
Episode 502: Bolsonaro and COVID-19, U.K. pubs' pandemic plans, racist sports
team names, Walter Mercado and more
July 10, 2020
How Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s test could mark the beginning of the end for his administration, the unique measures pubs in England are taking to stay safe and open, Jim Carrey’s new book, whether corporate sponsors could push sports teams to change their racist names, the life of Walter Mercado …
Episode 502: Bolsonaro and COVID-19, U.K. pubs' pandemic plans, racist sports
team names, Walter Mercado and more
July 10, 2020
How Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s test could mark the beginning of the end for his administration, the unique measures pubs in England are taking to stay safe and open, Jim Carrey’s new book, whether corporate sponsors could push sports teams to change their racist names, the life of Walter Mercado …
Why some people are refusing to mask up during COVID-19, China's new security laws and the future of Hong Kong's protest movement, the longstanding problems with Canada's migrant worker program, how going crowdless changes the game for professional sports teams, Canadian Clayton Theriault raises disability awareness and more.
Why some people are refusing to mask up during COVID-19, China's new security laws and the future of Hong Kong's protest movement, the longstanding problems with Canada's migrant worker program, how going crowdless changes the game for professional sports teams, Canadian Clayton Theriault raises disability awareness and more.
Episode 500: Policing and mental health reform, K-pop fans get political, Bill
Browder on Putin, Summer Reads and more
June 26, 2020
Challenging systemic racism in Canada's mental health institutions, K-pop fans get political, Bill Browder on Putin's push for permanent power, Becky Toyne's Summer Reads list for 2020, how COVID-19 sparked a bike industry boom and more.
Episode 500: Policing and mental health reform, K-pop fans get political, Bill
Browder on Putin, Summer Reads and more
June 26, 2020
Challenging systemic racism in Canada's mental health institutions, K-pop fans get political, Bill Browder on Putin's push for permanent power, Becky Toyne's Summer Reads list for 2020, how COVID-19 sparked a bike industry boom and more.
Episode 499: Bolton's book, opening long-term care centres, Gone With The
Wind, Wind of Change, Aimee Stephens and more
June 20, 2020
John Bolton's scathing new book about Donald Trump, excitement and worry as visitors return to Ontario long-term care homes, re-thinking Gone With The Wind, how drive-in theatres are coping with COVID-19, Wind of Change asks if the CIA wrote a power ballad to help end the Cold War, Aimee Stephens's …
Episode 499: Bolton's book, opening long-term care centres, Gone With The
Wind, Wind of Change, Aimee Stephens and more
June 20, 2020
John Bolton's scathing new book about Donald Trump, excitement and worry as visitors return to Ontario long-term care homes, re-thinking Gone With The Wind, how drive-in theatres are coping with COVID-19, Wind of Change asks if the CIA wrote a power ballad to help end the Cold War, Aimee Stephens's …
This is Not a Drake Podcast is a new series that uses seminal moments in Drake’s career to explore the history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B;, and Black culture. It’s about the rapper who’s blurred genres and dominated the world stage, and the larger hip-hop movement that made him.The podcast …
This is Not a Drake Podcast is a new series that uses seminal moments in Drake’s career to explore the history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B;, and Black culture. It’s about the rapper who’s blurred genres and dominated the world stage, and the larger hip-hop movement that made him.The podcast …
Episode 498: Cops gets cancelled, race-based data in policing, reckoning at
Bon Appetit, J.K. Rowling, Bruce Lee and more
June 12, 2020
Cops gets cancelled after 31 years, the case for better race-based data in policing, what the reckoning at Bon Appetit says about racism in mainstream food culture, why LGBTQ Harry Potter fans feel betrayed by J.K. Rowling, Be Water reframes Bruce Lee as an immigrant outsider, Mark Hamilton's journey from …
Episode 498: Cops gets cancelled, race-based data in policing, reckoning at
Bon Appetit, J.K. Rowling, Bruce Lee and more
June 12, 2020
Cops gets cancelled after 31 years, the case for better race-based data in policing, what the reckoning at Bon Appetit says about racism in mainstream food culture, why LGBTQ Harry Potter fans feel betrayed by J.K. Rowling, Be Water reframes Bruce Lee as an immigrant outsider, Mark Hamilton's journey from …
The Little Rock Nine's Terrence Roberts keeps up the fight, a black university dean finds hope after sharing his anger and grief with his students, Somali- Canadian poet Ifrah Hussein responds to weeks of police violence with verse, why the Boogaloo movement prepares for a second U.S. civil war, business …
The Little Rock Nine's Terrence Roberts keeps up the fight, a black university dean finds hope after sharing his anger and grief with his students, Somali- Canadian poet Ifrah Hussein responds to weeks of police violence with verse, why the Boogaloo movement prepares for a second U.S. civil war, business …
The case for regulating PSWs to fix long-term care, the meaning of Karen in a week of racial violence, why even the Montreal Canadiens would make this year's NHL playoffs, Hong Kong political cartoonist Zunzi, a CRISPR-based at- home COVID-19 test is coming, bidding farewell to Baroness von Sketch and …
The case for regulating PSWs to fix long-term care, the meaning of Karen in a week of racial violence, why even the Montreal Canadiens would make this year's NHL playoffs, Hong Kong political cartoonist Zunzi, a CRISPR-based at- home COVID-19 test is coming, bidding farewell to Baroness von Sketch and …
Episode 495: Incel terrorism charges, isolating in the Arctic Ocean, Ramadan
weight gain, a DIY robot dog and more
May 22, 2020
Terrorism charges in an allegedly incel-motivated killing, a DIY robot dog you can make at home, why so many people fasting for Ramadan gain weight, isolating on an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean, Sally Rooney's Normal People is now a TV show, Finding Sally reveals a family's hidden history and …
Episode 495: Incel terrorism charges, isolating in the Arctic Ocean, Ramadan
weight gain, a DIY robot dog and more
May 22, 2020
Terrorism charges in an allegedly incel-motivated killing, a DIY robot dog you can make at home, why so many people fasting for Ramadan gain weight, isolating on an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean, Sally Rooney's Normal People is now a TV show, Finding Sally reveals a family's hidden history and …