A place to heal: saving lives in Toronto's toxic drug crisis
"You're just trying these interventions to save people but it's not enough because this crisis is structural. We need housing, we need support. We need a foundation to heal." Zoe Dodd, co-founder of M...
28 Apr 202437min
Trailer - A place to heal: saving lives in Toronto's toxic drug crisis
In 2017 synthetic opioid fentanyl hit the Canadian city of Toronto and people using drugs started dropping. Drug deaths hit record levels - across the state of Ontario there were 1,270 that year.Healt...
24 Apr 20241min
The health gap - part three: Why do more men need someone to talk to?
"Our deaths by suicide rate is not coming down because we have too many poor people. They don’t have enough money, they can’t feed themselves, they don’t have any hope because they don’t know what’s c...
5 Sep 202338min
The health gap - part two: How does finding connection help prevent drug deaths?
If it wasn't for safer injecting sites I wouldn't be alive today that's for sure because I wouldn't be able to stay alive long enough to hit bottom – to have a moment of clarity where I was able to sa...
5 Sep 202342min
The health gap - part one: Why does a good start matter for our children's health?
"We know that the first 1,000 days are the most important time in a child's life. If you get that right you have a much better chance of a life being healthy in the future.” Professor Monica Lakhanpau...
5 Sep 202332min
Do more to stop wild beavers being shot, NatureScot told
Conservationists have urged NatureScot to stick to the timetable it set for Scotland’s new policy on wild beavers, to save animals from being shot.In our latest podcast, Richard Baynes talks to campai...
17 Feb 202227min
How green is COP26's supermarket sponsor?
Why is a supermarket sponsoring vital climate talks? And just how green is it?The Ferret has reported on the total carbon cost of the “principle partners” of COP26, which produce a staggering 350m to...
3 Nov 202120min
The Hunterston Hum: A nasty hum sparks fears of what's to come at Clydeport Site
With COP26 in Glasgow approaching, our podcast will let you hear the hum and more about the impact of potential energy industries on this slice of the Clyde coast.This podcast uses the following third...
14 Okt 202119min
