Podcast
The Decibel
Episodes — page 67
- Why you still can’t buy a bike this summer
A lot of Canadians have pandemic-savings money to burn – and not many places to spend it. With travel, entertainment and even dining still severely limited, many have turned to rec…
- As China urges families to have more children, it’s cracking down on Uyghur births
China is encouraging people to have up to three children in a bid to reverse the effects of its one-child policy, which has left the country with an aging population in need of wor…
- Ticks: the ‘bags of blood with feet’ that you should know about
For Dr. Vett Lloyd, there really is nothing good about a tick. That’s why she studies them. After getting bit herself and developing Lyme disease, Dr. Lloyd made it her life’s work…
- Why were two scientists fired from a Winnipeg virus lab?
The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada defied an order of the House of Commons on Monday, refusing to provide unredacted documents about the dismissal of two scientists fro…
- How long does COVID-19 immunity last?
Nearly 20 per cent of people in Canada have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, making almost all of them immune to the virus. But how long will that immunity last? The answer…
- Hotel Rwanda hero’s trial, and how we remember the genocide
The genocide in Rwanda shocked the world in 1994, and since then the country has been praised for its recovery. But the trial of Paul Rusesabagina – the central character in the Ho…
- A father’s advice to his children on the other side of the world
When Ethan Lou unexpectedly found himself quarantining with his uncle in Beijing, he learned that his uncle was trying to bridge the distance between him and his children living in…
- The Green Party’s identity crisis
A defection. Calls for a leader’s resignation. Internal fighting. The Green Party of Canada is in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. On Friday, former Green MP Jenica Atwin…
- After the Julie Payette scandal, the search for a new Governor General
Six months after former astronaut Julie Payette resigned from the role of Governor General of Canada, Trudeau has yet to find her permanent replacement. Globe political reporter Kr…
- Could hydrogen revive Alberta’s energy sector?
With the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline and the increasing pressures of climate change, transitioning Alberta from an oil-based economy is feeling more and more urgent. H…
- State surveillance, press freedom and covering China
As a correspondent based in Beijing, Nathan VanderKlippe prepares to leave his post after eight years and return to Canada. He talks about the changes he has seen and felt while co…
- Tension in East Jerusalem as Israel awaits a new government
The Globe and Mail’s European Bureau Chief Eric Reguly is in East Jerusalem, covering a very tense moment in Israel’s history. While last month’s ceasefire has held, the dispute ov…
- ‘Everybody needs to look in the mirror’: London, Ont.’s Islamophobia problem
Police charged a man on Monday for hitting an entire family with his truck on Sunday night in London, Ontario, alleging that he did it intentionally because of their Muslim faith.…
- Will the Pope apologize for residential schools?
On Sunday, Pope Francis prayed for Indigenous families, addressing the announcement that remains of children were found in unmarked gravesites at the former Kamloops Indian Residen…
- The politics of trees in Fairy Creek, B.C.
Three First Nations have deferred the logging of old-growth forest in and around Fairy Creek, B.C. This follows months of blockading by environmental activists to stop logging road…
- Power Gap: How progress has stalled for female academics
Women have been graduating from university at higher rates than men for decades but are still under-represented in the best-paid jobs, like university deans and full professors. Re…
- In Kamloops with Tanya Talaga
Tanya Talaga is an Anishinaabe journalist, speaker and columnist for The Globe. After being invited by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, Tanya travelled to Kamloops, B.C., t…
- A conversation with a doctor who helps people die
Dr. Konia Trouton is a physician in Victoria, B.C., who provides medical assistance in dying, also known as MAID. She describes the process, discusses recent changes to the laws ar…
- The last big battle over oil?
How did a junior oil company from Calgary end up at the heart of a dispute over wildlife preservation in Namibia? Energy reporter Emma Graney talks about the effort by a company ca…
- Canada’s lost residential school children
The remains of 215 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad tells us the…
