Canadian Carbon Tax Woes
In this episode, Jaryd and Erik discuss the economic rationale behind the carbon tax in Canada, debunk some popular economic misconceptions about it, and analyze why it has become increasingly unpopul...
21 Apr 20241h
A Portrait of the Jazz Artist as a Young Man
In the 17th episode of the Statistically Insignificant podcast Erik and Jaryd are joined by Seth Kitamura - a jazz musician based out of Vancouver, BC. We discuss what it's like to study jazz in music...
11 Juni 20231h 29min
Covid Debrief
In episode 16, Erik and Jaryd have a 1:1 conversation reflecting on what they've learned since the start of the Covid pandemic. The guys reflect on why they should have taken more vacations, whether s...
23 Maj 20231h 17min
Archaeology
In episode 15, Jaryd and Erik are joined by Rachel McMullan, an Osteoarchaeologist by training with an expertise in Near Eastern and Classical archaeology. In this fascinating conversation, Rachel tal...
5 Apr 20221h 5min
Risk management
In episode 14 we are joined by Albert Tam who works as a Data & Risk Management Professional. In this interesting conversation, Albert explains the principles that underlie the risk management framewo...
14 Feb 20221h 1min
Finance and Ottawa
In the 13th episode of the Statistically Insignificant podcast we are joined by Elizabeth Cook who works as an Economist and Policy Analyst at the Department of Finance in Ottawa. Elizabeth is an expe...
24 Dec 202156min
Innovation economics
In episode 12 we are joined by Joshua Zachariah, an economist who works at the Brookfield Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a think tank, in Toronto, Canada. Joshua’s main research interes...
6 Dec 20211h 10min
