The Five Second Rule Started Hundreds of Years Ago
The five second rule feels like something everyone has just always known, but Dr. Keith Warriner, microbiologist, traces its actual origin back centuries, through a Mongol emperor, a 1960s TV cook, an...
4 Sep 10min
A Fifty Dollar Thrift Store Find Turned Out to Be Worth Hundreds
1988 was the year CDs officially overtook vinyl records in sales, and a CBC report from that exact era laid out why listeners were making the switch, citing everything from surface noise to frequency ...
4 Sep 8min
Shiftheads - Canadians Are Hearing About This Deal From the Wrong Country First
Rob Breakenridge breaks down why Canadians keep learning about their own trade negotiations from American officials before their own prime minister says a word. A recent round of comments from a US ca...
4 Sep 9min
ICYMI - Hockey Season: One Conversation in 2022 Changed the Entire NHL
Victoria Matiash traces the current wave of NHL player movement back to a single moment in 2022, when one star told his general manager exactly what he wasn't willing to wait for anymore. She explains...
4 Sep 9min
ICYMI - Vinyl Sales Keep Climbing. Carmi Levy Explains Why
Something about a needle in a groove still beats digital, at least according to Carmi Levy, who breaks down why vinyl sales have grown by double digits every single year despite streaming's total domi...
4 Sep 9min
Your Favourite Song Isn't the Version You Remember Anymore
Ed Conroy, founder of Retro Ontario, makes the case for cassette tapes over CDs for one very specific reason that still holds up among certain music fans today. It is a small detail that says a lot ab...
4 Sep 9min
Tom Hardy's New Album Has a Shakespeare Monologue in It
Richard Crouse rounds up three unexpected entertainment stories this week, starting with an actor best known for period drama who's now dropping rap albums under a stage name most people have never he...
4 Sep 19min
Elbows Up, Except at the Chick-fil-A Drive-Thru
American fast food chains are expanding into Canada faster than almost anyone expected, and Shane and Ryan dig into how far it's actually gone. Some of these brands are not just testing the waters, th...
3 Sep 9min
