ICYMI - She Planned It for a Year. Still Blew the Budget
Vacation budgeting is something Jessica Moorhouse thinks about professionally. She still went to Italy for three weeks, blew past her carefully built spreadsheet, and came home with zero regrets and a...
4 Jul 9min
The Game That Saves Lives: Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons started in 1974 with no budget and a simple idea, and Ryan O'Donnell makes the case that it has been saving lives ever since. If you've never rolled a die, this is the episode tha...
3 Jul 9min
NEW - Borrowing Against Your Investments: Good Idea or Trap?
Wealth Simple is expanding fast and Vincent Gregoire, Canada Research Chair in Finance and Technology at HEC Montreal, is paying close attention. Lower fees and less friction are good for investors. T...
3 Jul 19min
SHIFTHEADS: 1974: Trudeau, Nixon, and 79-Cent Ground Beef
Canada Day 1974 means a federal election, a sitting prime minister fighting for his majority, and a American president about to become the first to resign the office. The past has a way of arriving ri...
3 Jul 8min
NEW - Secrecy Creep: What Governments Hope You Don't File For
Canadian politics commentator Rob Breakenridge joins the Canada Day long weekend to make a distinction most people skip: the country is not the same thing as the people running it, and one can be wort...
3 Jul 9min
Shiftheads - Why Protein Matters More as You Age
Holistic nutritionist Alyssa B of nourished.ca makes the case that protein isn't a fitness trend — it's the foundation everything else depends on. Muscle protects bone. Bone protects you from the fall...
3 Jul 11min
ICYMI - Playing Pretend With Rules: A Dungeons and Dragons Primer
Dungeons and Dragons for beginners sounds like a rulebook problem. Dean McKinnon says it's actually a playing pretend problem, and once you solve that one, everything else opens up. Dean is a professi...
3 Jul 9min
If You Were Normal in 1974, Did You Play Dungeons and Dragons?
Flipping the script, going against the grain and breaking away from the norm. Dungeons and Dragons was crucial in setting up the counter culture of the 80s and 90s. And it started in 1974! Guest: Ed...
3 Jul 9min
