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Episodes — page 45
- Listener Feedback: Fixing Canada, Hormones and Safe Supply
It's a long weekend, and that means its time to reach back into the bag and pull out some of our favourite listener feedback from the last few weeks. A sincere thanks to all of yo…
- How to ruggedize your life and prepare for ... whatever comes next
This weekend, we're revisiting an episode from two years ago that we felt framed the discussion around climate change, and human adaptation to it, in a really unique and fascinatin…
- Will Canada's EV tariffs on China actually work?
It depends what your definition of work is... but in announcing a 100% tariff on all electric vehicle's produced in China, Canada is following in America's footsteps. But we're a m…
- When your community becomes a toxic waste dump...
It's expensive to follow complex disposal protocols for construction waste that can often contain toxins. It's a lot less expensive to find someone willing or desperate enough to s…
- How health officials solved a deadly year-long listeria outbreak
When public health finally figured out in June what was causing a listeria outbreak that has killed three and sickened more than a dozen others, it did so by finally cracking what…
- When a DIY approach to safe supply ends in arrests
Safe supply programs across the country that aim to provide alternatives to street drugs are under scrutiny right now. But today's story isn't an official safe supply program... it…
- Cracking the mystery of long covid
We've learned an awful lot about Covid-19 since the virus first hit us—but there are some things that we're still trying to solve. One of them, perhaps the most mysterious, is the…
- What happened in Kitsault, BC, Canada's most perfect Ghost Town?
Today, we're revisiting a fun one from 2 years ago about one of the most unique ghost towns in North America. ----------------------------------------------------- Kitsault was a…
- What's behind the rise of 'hormone imbalance'?
Are you tired? In pain? Gaining weight? Experiencing any unusual symptoms? Welcome to what seems to be this summer's newest TikTok diagnosis from the wellness industry. On the surf…
- Should you really be scared of Mpox?
The WHO has declared an outbreak of the virus in Africa a "global health emergency"—but what does that designation actually mean? That doesn't mean we shouldn't take the disease se…
- Can Kamala Harris ride her momentum to a November win?
This week, the biggest names in US Democratic politics are united in Chicago for one purpose: To give Kamala Harris the momentum she needs to defeat Donald Trump. Thus far, her cam…
- Are Canada's migrant workers experiencing ‘contemporary forms of slavery'?
A UN envoy said last week that the temporary foreign worker program was a breeding ground for just those conditions. And that's amid a rapid recent expansion of the program, which…
- A breakthrough in the race to cure HIV
In 2008, an experimental treatment led to the first documented case of someone being effectively cured of HIV. The man, who was called 'The Berlin Patient,' greatly advanced our un…
- How are other countries dealing with the housing crisis?
If you listened to last week's Fixing Canada series (which you should check out if you haven't!), you may have noticed one key issue was conspicuously absent: housing. A big reaso…
- Fixing Canada: How can we bridge the partisan divide?
[You've probably heard—from politicians, experts or even just friends and family—that "Canada is broken". Everyone can draw their own conclusions about that, but there's no denying…
- Fixing Canada: Why money alone won't solve the healthcare crisis
[You've probably heard—from politicians, experts or even just friends and family—that "Canada is broken". Everyone can draw their own conclusions about that, but there's no denying…
- Fixing Canada: How do we create a more just immigration system?
[You've probably heard—from politicians, experts or even just friends and family—that "Canada is broken". Everyone can draw their own conclusions about that, but there's no denying…
- Fixing Canada: How do we create world-class transit?
You've probably heard—from politicians, experts or even just friends and family—that "Canada is broken". Everyone can draw their own conclusions about that, but there's no denying…
- Fixing Canada: Is business competition dead?
You've probably heard—from politicians, experts or even just friends and family—that "Canada is broken". Everyone can draw their own conclusions about that, but there's no denying…
- The hunt for millions of counterfeit toonies
Canadians love our toonies. And that might explain why a story about bogus ones became our most listened to episodes of all time. So on one of the last remaining summer weekends,…
