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The Big Story
Episodes — page 39
- Is AI raising your rent?
The US Department of Justice is investigating a piece of software that it alleges helps landlords share private information and suggests rent increases accordingly. The DoJ says th…
- Has Canada's Truth and Reconciliation progress stalled?
Today marks the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which is a good chance to assess where we stand on the 94 Calls to Action. After significant early progress, the p…
- The strange origin story of psychedelics in Saskatchewan
For this Sunday's look-back episode, we're revisiting an interview from January 2022 about a psychedelic renaissance taking place in an unlikely locale. Have a lovely long weekend…
- What the new mortgage rules mean for new (and existing) home buyers
This episode first aired on September 26, 2024 over at In This Economy?!, our sister show at the Frequency Podcast Network. The show helps Canadians understand the systems behind t…
- How The Roaring Lion was lost and found again...
It's one of the most iconic photographic portraits in world history—and it hangs in one of the most famous buildings in the Canadian capital. At least it did, until it was stolen..…
- A story of pipelines, consultants and conflicts of interest
The federal government—as well as the government-owned crown corporation Trans Mountain—has paid tens of millions of dollars in two separate contracts to McKinsey and Company, one…
- Will the federal government fall today? What about next week?
Today, the federal Conservatives will table a non-confidence motion, and if the Liberal government cannot defeat it, Canada will be headed to the polls. CPC leader Pierre Poilievre…
- Is Quebec's new proposal a blow against 'tip creep'?
It began during the pandemic with good intentions--give more to service workers, support local businesses and 'we're all in this together'. But somehow, four-plus years later we're…
- What happens when 'The Big One' hits the west coast?
For decades we've known that one day a masssive earthquake would hit the fault off of Canada's west coast—and after new research last year was published this summer, we now know so…
- An unprecedented look inside the sex lives of Canadians
This weekend, we're revisiting an episode from earlier in the year. We hope you enjoy! ------------------------------------------- There's simply never been a Canadian sex survey t…
- Inflation is back to 2%. So the economy is fixed now, right?
This episode first aired on September 19, 2024 over at In This Economy?!, our sister show at the Frequency Podcast Network. The show helps Canadians understand the systems behind t…
- Ontario now sells beer in convenience stores. The world has not ended. Yet.
This is a province with a long and strange history of alcohol regulation. But when Ontario premier Doug Ford announced plans to allow convenience stores to sell beer, wine and cool…
- Racism, lies and cat memes. American politics in 2024.
An Ohio town is thrown into chaos from bomb threats that stem from racist lies. Immigrants across the United States are demonized for political gain. Women are dying from a lack of…
- Six unconnected stories. The same tragic ending.
Over 11 days recently, six Indigenous people were killed in separate encounters with police departments across the country. The outcome of any one incident isn't surprising, but so…
- What we know about a Canada to New York terror plot
A few days before Sept. 11, police arrested a Pakistani man living in Canada with allegedly planning to travel to New York to commit a large-scale terror attack on the anniversary…
- The most interesting city council byelection in the country
It's got a conservative pundit that wants a council seat and has his eyes on another shot at the mayor's chair. It has three liberal candidates lining up to stop him, which might b…
- The rapidly widening political gender gap
With the American election fast approaching, we thought it would be an appropriate time to revisit this episode from February about how political beliefs seem to be increasingly di…
- Are car prices finally coming down?
After years of shortages, dealership lots are finally full of new vehicles again. The question is if this will bring down prices that spiked during the pandemic? In this episode of…
- From Florida to Kitchener: A story of sex, fraud and real estate
Some stories are better if you don't know much going in. So, no spoilers. All you need to know is this: An American university is suing a woman who lives in Kitchener, Ontario. It'…
- How did Toronto's schools get so broken?
The list is long, and varies from school to school. Some of it is structural—leaky roofs and mice infestations, repairs that never get made, poor ventilation. Some of it is impacti…
