Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 59
- A rapporteur resigns. Is a public inquiry on foreign interference next?
Two weeks ago, special rapporteur David Johnston said nothing would stop him from completing his work investigating foreign interference in Canadian politics. Friday, he stopped. A…
- The ChatGPT guy wants to scan your eyeball with an orb. What could go wrong?
Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT, has co-founded a cryptocurrency project called Worldcoin, which is currently scanning people's eyeballs using an orb and…
- The Gravy Train, Episode 6: The Circus
If you're a newer listener to The Big Story, you may not know aboutThe Gravy Train, a podcast we released in 2019 chronicling the meteoric rise, and tragic downfall of Toronto's mo…
- Is it time to change the Cannabis act?
Right now, the federal government is reviewing the laws that made recreational pot legal in Canada. Everything is theoretically on the table, even if the basics of the act are unli…
- Why are some orcas suddenly attacking boats?
For the past few years, orcas off the coast of Portugal and Spain have been attacking, and sinking, small boats. At least three boats have been completely sunk, and many more have…
- A dam explodes, the stakes rise and the war in Ukraine enters a new phase
For the past few weeks, military analysts have been expecting a Ukrainian offensive in the conflict with Russia, one that might the tables on the Russians, break past the front lin…
- Canada's health care system is falling apart. It's not too late to fix it.
In the grips of a deadly emergency, Canada's health care system stood on its head. It's what the people who sign up to save lives do. But after three years of fending off both a vi…
- The "test case" for anti-LGBTQ legislation in Canada
A policy in New Brunswick that took 10 years to create, and was implemented by a Conservative government three years ago, is now being “reviewed” by that same government. Policy 71…
- The Gravy Train, Episode 5: Brazen
If you're a newer listener to The Big Story, you may not know aboutThe Gravy Train, a podcast we released in 2019 chronicling the meteoric rise, and tragic downfall of Toronto's mo…
- Why you never see an original movie anymore
Last week it was The Little Mermaid. The week before that, the tenth Fast and Furious movie. Soon, it will be Spider-Man and then Barbie's turn. Until the next comic book movie sho…
- "I found your parent's Facebook": The Baby Content generation fights back
They were born in the early days of Facebook. Now they're becoming adults and have spent the past few years realizing just how much of their lives their parents turned into content…
- How dangerous is our household debt?
Canadian households owe more in debt than the total of Canada's GDP. That's first among the G7 and near the top of all the world's developed countries. And as the cost of living in…
- Fire rages near Halifax: "Their house was already burning"
It happened so, so fast. Less than an hour after the first spark, thousands were evacuating, and crews were racing to close thew roads behind them on their way out. One of the fast…
- Why some kids live with their moms in prison
It's a rarely used program—little-known and tough to qualify for—that allows children under five to live inside Canadian women's prisons with their mothers. And a look inside those…
- The Gravy Train, Episode 4: Headlines
If you're a newer listener to The Big Story, you may not know aboutThe Gravy Train, a podcast we released in 2019 chronicling the meteoric rise, and tragic downfall of Toronto's mo…
- Safe supply and the overdose crisis: An FAQ
Harm reduction programs in general tend to be divisive, but safe supply might be the most controversial of them all. It involves providing drug users with, well, drugs—in the hopes…
- How do we fight the bigger, hotter wildfires of the future?
The climate is changing, so wildfires are changing too. The "unprecedented" fires of the past few weeks, won't be unprecedented when they happen again, and again. And the condition…
- No public inquiry on foreign interference. Why not? What happens now?
Despite the controversy dominating federal politics for months now, Canadians will not get a public inquiry about Chinese government interference into our democracy and elections.…
- The ignoble end of "the world's worst McDonald's"
It's not easy to make yourself notorious among the more than 40,000 McDonald's franchises in the world—but Ottawa's Rideau Street location accomplished it. From dangerous violence,…
- The past, present and future of Canadian farming
Right now, while controlling our own food security becomes more important than ever, Canada's farming industry is in transition. An older generation of farmers are ready to retire—…
