Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 42
- Everything you need to know about switching banks
This episode first aired on October 31, 2024 over at In This Economy?!, our sister show at the Frequency Podcast Network. The show helps Canadians understand the systems behind the…
- How Taylor Swift takes over a city (and an industry)
Two weeks from today, Taylor Swift will land in Toronto for the first of six shows in the city on the Eras Tour's Canadian leg. In December she'll play three more shows in Vancouve…
- How did a Canadian snowboarder end up allegedly running an international drug ring?
In 2002, Ryan James Wedding was a member of Team Canada at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Today, if you know where he is, the police will pay you $50,000. In the 22 years in between,…
- Inside BC's incredibly close election
If anyone ever tries to tell you that your vote doesn't matter, you can tell them about this election. The final results of BC's vote took a week to calculate—and even then two rid…
- Mice, neuroscience and the debate around "curing" autism
One of the tools scientists have used in autism research has been lab mice, genetically engineered to display similar behavioural characteristics as some humans with autism. But th…
- How consumer rage defines Canadian politics
For our guest, it was a sandwich. For you it might be a box of cereal or a favourite candy bar. It doesn't matter what it is. What matters is that it makes you mad. There are plent…
- Canada and the world get serious about UFOs
This week, in honour of Halloween, we're revisiting an episode from 2023 about a quintessentially spooky topic: UFOs. Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------…
- Is the Canadian job market really improving?
This episode first aired on October 23, 2024 over at In This Economy?!, our sister show at the Frequency Podcast Network. The show helps Canadians understand the systems behind the…
- What's it like inside a park encampment?
You've walked past them or through them. They're in every Canadian city and town. The result of the housing crisis colliding with the opioid crisis and slamming into a pandemic. An…
- Are BC's salmon farms doomed?
For years, advocates have been citing the damage open-net salmon farming does to the environment off the BC coast. And in recent years the government has agreed with them. But salm…
- Is this latest mutiny the end for Justin Trudeau?
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Liberal MPs are voicing concerns about Justin Trudeau's ability to lead the party in the next election, saying that he should step down for…
- Profane rallies, podcasts and McDonald's: The US election's homestretch
With two weeks to go before America votes, it may seem that nothing at all can possibly move the polls. But what about a story about the size of a dead golfer's genitals? No? How a…
- Canada's bail reform debate, explained
The stories of crimes committed by people out on bail are horrific. And they hit close to home. So of course they get outsized attention. But they're also perfect fuel for a politi…
- A tragic conclusion to a mysterious disappearance
Two years ago, the host and creator of Island Crime, Laura Palmer, appeared on The Big Story to detail the case of a missing young woman named Amber Manthorne, from Port Alberni, B…
- How to choose a credit card that makes sense for you
This episode first aired on October 17, 2024 over at In This Economy?!, our sister show at the Frequency Podcast Network. The show helps Canadians understand the systems behind the…
- The flying car is here! There are…a few issues
At this point, so many facets of old science fiction have become reality, from AI to robots and gene editing technologies. But one classic sci-fi signifier of technological advance…
- What does the new era of hurricanes mean for Canada?
We all watched in horror as America was pummelled by two massive storms in the span of ten days, the second of which gained intensity incredibly quickly before making landfall. Man…
- The pros and cons of pharmacists prescribing drugs
Millions of Canadians don't have a family doctor. Walk-ins and ERs are packed. Access to primary care can be almost impossible for many of us. In an attempt to ease some of that bu…
- How a New Brunswick Policy enflamed the 'parental rights' debate in Canada
At the time it was implemented, there was nothing at all remarkable about Policy 713. It was an update to previous guidance, based on research, and very similar to policies in plac…
- Feedback: Rogers, Tip Creep and Convenience Store Booze
It's a long weekend, and that means it's time to go back into the bag of listener feedback and pull out some of the most thought provoking responses we've received to recent episod…
