Exploiting John Candy
TIFF turns 50 with celebs, controversy, and Carney suggesting that we’re the John Candy of global trade. As the Toronto International Film Festival struggles to find its way in a changing film landsc...
10 Sep 202535min
What If Trump Shuts Off Canada's Data Servers?
While Donald Trump is bent on achieving and maintaining “unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance”, we’re just starting to gear up for the race. There are only about 300 data centr...
9 Sep 202537min
Ukraine, Taiwan, Canada
Mark Carney recently made noises about the future possibility of Canadian boots on the ground as part of an international “coalition of the willing” to help guarantee security in Ukraine. In the 1990s...
8 Sep 202527min
Nobody Wants to Lead the NDP
The race to succeed Jagmeet Singh has begun, but most of the NDP’s big names are steering clear. Post-election, vibes within the party have been bleak, mired with handwringing, infighting, and no clea...
5 Sep 202527min
The Bay has a Secret, Ancient Archive and it’s Being Sold off to Millionaires
The Hudson’s Bay Company is dead. While the Canadian media obsesses over the sale of The Bay’s retail properties, thousands of historical artefacts and artworks — including the original copy of the Ro...
3 Sep 202525min
The Massive Airplane Canada Seized from Russia
Right now, a hulking Soviet-era Russian cargo plane is just parked at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. And Canada is trying to do something nobody has ever done before…pull off a legal heist. Host Noor sits...
2 Sep 202532min
Paul Shaffer on the Toronto Play That Begat Comedy as We Know It
Three years before the first episode of SNL. Four years before the first episode of SCTV. Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner. Andrea Martin and later Dave Thomas, co-starred in a legendary produc...
1 Sep 202526min
Intruder! How Violently can we Defend Ourselves?
Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, and Pierre Poilievre all seem to want to make sure we have the right to beat people up in our homes. Only if they aren’t invited, of course.Following a case out of Lindsay, ...
29 Aug 202528min
