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20 of 75 episodesContending with Canada's intensifying wildfires
Wildfire season is back, prompting evacuations and compromised air quality in several parts of Canada. Forest ecologist and Koerner Chair in...
How do you save a dying language?
From war and nationalism to emigration patterns – there are many reasons languages go extinct. Author and journalist Sophia Smith Galer expl...
With Russia on the ropes, some fear what a desperate Putin may do
Fresh off a NATO summit that saw U.S. President Donald Trump offering assistance to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s allie...
As America turns 250, this historian says there are limits to looking back
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore says the United States is out of step with its history. She discusses how the country's tendenc...
How Donald Trump's second term is totally different than his first
He's reshaped the United States federal government, executive power and foreign policy... and that's just in his first year-and-a-half back...
Your waste is his work. Meet the 'g-man' lifting the lid on our ties to trash
Most people spend their lives trying to avoid garbage, but Simon Paré-Poupart has spent the last 20 years immersed in it. The Montreal garba...
CUSMA joint review, Crucial creepy crawlies, What trash says about us, Mother of murdered journalist
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Rob Russo and The Globe and Mail's Shannon Proudfoot about the imminent CUSMA joint revi...
Can't figure out how to find your life's work? Ask an investigative journalist
Every year around this time, a new crop of graduates grapples with a familiar question: "How do I find my life’s work?" But with the work wo...
U.S.-Iran Deal, Evolution of treaties, Brexit legacy, Jodi Kantor
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Aaron David Miller , from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and national security analyst...
60 years on, veterans are still fighting for recognition over Agent Orange spraying at CFB Gagetown
This week marks 60 years since the United States military first tested Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides at Canadian Forces Base Gaget...
Enduring wars, GPS evolution, Online harms, Agent Orange's Canadian legacy
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom about the latest in the United States and Isra...
Has sports betting hijacked the beautiful game?
The FIFA World Cup kicks off in North America this week. And whatever happens on the field, Darragh McGee says you can bet this tournament w...
Canada's AI strategy, How tech has shaped the face, Sports betting, That’s Puzzling!
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with University of Ottawa's Michael Geist , tech critic and journalist Paris Marx and Benjamin Bergen from th...
Trade wars may be the new normal. So what does winning mean?
You've probably heard the phrase, "There are no winners in a trade war." But that doesn’t mean we don't all have to fight one these days. Th...
Health risks and travel, Shoplifting, How to win a trade war, Crisis management
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Kelley Lee , Canada Research Chair in global health governance at Simon Fraser University, about Canada'...
The world's game. The beautiful game. And in Iran, a game of political football
Her brother was the captain of Iran's national soccer team. But being a woman meant she wasn't allowed to watch him play in their home count...
Alberta referendum, Iran soccer activist, U.S.-Cuba tensions, AI data centres
Host Piya Chattopadhyay breaks down the politics and context of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation referendum question with The Eco...
Why Mary Beard still gets 'tingles' when she confronts the Classics
After more than 50 years as a scholar of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, Mary Beard is looking back on her career and considering why st...
Ottawa-Alberta energy deal, Canada's hidden travel gems, High costs hit farmers, Classicist Mary Beard
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Hub's Falice Chin , The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh and Max Fawcett from Canada's National Observ...