How the UFC became a stage for Trump
At Donald Trump’s election victory event in 2024, he was flanked on stage by a collection of family, senior staff, and Ultimate Fighting Championship president and CEO, Dana White. The UFC has, in man...
2 Jun 34min
Does a ‘peace deal’ fuel Middle Eastern war?
Negotiations for an end to the war in Iran took a baffling turn last Monday when U.S. President Donlad Trump declared via social media that he would be willing to end the war in exchange for a number ...
1 Jun 31min
Weekend Listen: Artificial Intimacy
What happens when a human becomes intimately enmeshed with a chatbot? From people who’ve married their bots or who grieve their loved ones with the help of AI, host Victoria Hetherington (author of Th...
30 Mai 37min
Politics! Surveillance backlash, separatism drama
CBC parliamentary reporters Aaron Wherry and Catharine Tunney are back to talk about the big political stories of the week including: Prime Minister Mark Carney losing high-profile MP Steven Guilbeaul...
29 Mai 31min
Trump and the politics of corruption
There’s an old adage from the days of the Watergate scandal: “follow the money.” And in Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States, these words remain incredibly relevant.From foreig...
28 Mai 37min
Alberta’s referendum on a referendum
Western Premiers gathered in Kananskis, Alberta this week to discuss shared issues like trade, defense and energy projects. But another topic overshadowed the meetings: Alberta separatism. Late last w...
27 Mai 33min
Why aren’t Canada and the U.S. officially talking trade?
As we inch closer to the July 1st CUSMA review deadline, there still aren’t any formal trade talks between Canada and the U.S. planned. The government says there are informal talks happening at differ...
26 Mai 29min
Will the U.S. invade Cuba?
In a major escalation of its months long “maximum pressure” campaign, the United States announced it has indicted Raúl Castro, former president of Cuba, over the downing of two planes flown by a group...
25 Mai 32min
