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Toxic political polarization is on the rise around the world – and it’s making a mess of things. Ordinary people who might otherwise disagre...
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Election Year
"It's election year" is a phrase often followed by a moment of pause - something said but not understood. This all-Canadian cross-country series will provide a weekly glimpse into the lives...
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20 of 113 episodesWhat’s actually getting better?
Everybody loves a pentalogy. In March of 2020, host David Moscrop and guest Amanda Watson discussed how we were managing early pandemic life...
How did women’s hockey become so popular?
Women’s hockey has surged in popularity in recent years. That growth has been a long time coming. The history of the women’s game stretches...
Is there a better way to do democracy?
Democratic life is increasingly marked by toxic polarisation and partisan hostility. Public institutions are overrun by the few, leaving the...
How do non-profit organizations work – or not?
The non-profit sector is massive. According to Statistics Canada, in 2022 the non-profit sector accounted for over 8 percent of GDP – contri...
Is Canada ready to get serious about tackling monopolies and oligopolies? A conversation with Denise Hearn
Is Canada ready to get serious about tackling monopolies and oligopolies? You’ve heard it before, the old joke that Canada is three telecom...
In conversation with Seamus O'Regan: What does an anti-scab worker bill tell us about the state of labour in Canada?
Canada has passed a law preventing federally-regulated businesses from using scab workers. Bill C-58 passed in June and marked a significant...
Are universities ready to modernize?
Universities are medieval, risk averse institutions. Some like to think of them as bastions of radicalism, but they’re actually quite conser...
What are the hidden costs of climate change?
This week, we have good news and bad news. The bad news, you know already. Climate change is catching up to us. We’re feeling its effects an...
What is AI and is Canada ready for it?
Artificial intelligence means different things to different people. As an amorphous set of technologies deployed in countless applications,...
What is Kenneyism and why should we care?
A few weeks back, we spoke with Tiffany Balducci about the Alberta NDP leadership race. This week, we’re keeping on theme, but instead of lo...
How is life becoming “enshitified"?
There’s no sharper way to assess the state of life in the early 21st century than through a lens of “enshitification,” a term this week's gu...
Who wants to lead the Alberta NDP?
The Alberta New Democratic Party leadership race is underway. In June, the party membership will select a new leader to replace Rachel Notle...
What is the future of trans rights?
Trans rights are under attack throughout Canada. Policy changes in New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Alberta have already constrained rights...
Remembering Ed Broadbent
In January, former New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent died at the age of 87. Outpourings of grief, respect, and gratitude followed thr...
What does 2024 have in store for us?
Everybody loves a quadrilogy. In March of 2020, host David Moscrop and guest Amanda Watson discussed how we were managing our lives during t...
Could a land value tax help solve the housing crisis?
Canada’s housing crisis continues with no end in sight. Shelter – a fundamental human need – is unaffordable for millions, and the surge in...
Is AI a threat to democracy?
Artificial intelligence is already shaping the way we work, consume, and communicate with one another. It’s also shaping the way we govern o...
Can Canada protect itself from American democratic decline?
Around the world, democracies are on the back foot. For years, experts, commentators, politicians, and other practitioners and observers hav...
Does Canada have a foreign policy?
Foreign policy might not win elections, but it shapes domestic politics – and the world. Recent months have seen external affairs intersect...
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