Canada’s massive military buildup: Part 2
The Canadian defence industry can’t grow the way Prime Minister Mark Carney is proposing by just selling domestically. That’s why another aim of the Defence Industrial Strategy is to grow Canadian def...
3 Jul 25min
Canada’s massive military buildup: Part 1
Mark Carney ran for office promising to spend a whole lot more on the Canadian military. Since being elected, he’s poured billions of dollars into defence, and plans to roughly triple Canada’s defence...
2 Jul 23min
How extreme heat is changing Europe
This week, temperatures across much of Europe reached above 40 C. In parts of Spain and Portugal, it was hotter than the Sahara Desert.Governments are telling citizens to stay indoors. Schools have cl...
1 Jul 30min
Why are prediction markets coming to Canada?
Investment company Wealthsimple is partnering with Kalshi to launch Wealthsimple Predict. It’s an app that’ll allow Canadians to place bets on things like Bank of Canada interest rates, job numbers an...
30 Jun 21min
What’s fuelling residential school denialism?
A warning: this episode discusses the trauma and harms surrounding Canada's residential school history. Please listen with care. So much of what we know about Canada's residential schools has been est...
29 Jun 32min
Solving the Nord Stream attack mystery
In the fall of 2022, Danish authorities scrambled fighter jets to investigate a strange disturbance in the Baltic Sea. What they found was extraordinary.An enormous geyser had opened up on the water’s...
26 Jun 37min
Incel violence and the Montreal shooting
On Monday morning, a 25-year-old man opened fire in Montreal, leading to a shootout that left three people dead.A few hours later, police found a manifesto written by the shooter. It contained a laund...
25 Jun 29min
