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The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What's happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Ed Keenan talk to their fellow journalists, experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.

Coles notes on the books nominated for 2023’s Giller Prize

17 mins; October 18, 2023

Is Toronto’s ice time policy freezing out girls’ hockey?

24 mins; October 16, 2023

Ozempic: when game-changing medicine becomes a trend

20 mins; October 11, 2023

‘I had to go through the discomfort of being wrong’: a self-proclaimed anti-vaxxer switches sides

23 mins; October 10, 2023

Toronto is the raccoon’s city. We just live in it

28 mins; October 06, 2023

Author Michael Lewis on the rise and fall of ‘King of Crypto’ Sam Bankman-Fried

22 mins; October 04, 2023

Canada-India diplomacy: The view from Ottawa and New Delhi

25 mins; October 03, 2023

Inside the celebration as the Blue Jays clinch a playoff spot

39 mins; October 02, 2023

The Yonge-Dundas Square peg, Eglington Crosstown, Olivia Chow’s measures of progress in Ottawa and at Queen’s Park and more stories of the week

45 mins; September 29, 2023

Are apologies and a resignation enough?

19 mins; September 28, 2023

Doug Ford’s summertime blues

27 mins; September 27, 2023

Truth, reconciliation and sustaining the land

23 mins; September 26, 2023

Ford’s week is a case of ‘surprise, not surprised’ and other big stories

49 mins; September 22, 2023

A history of violence and other Toronto mayoral stories

37 mins; September 20, 2023

Why Hanlan’s Point is important to Toronto history

22 mins; September 19, 2023

How the London terror trial will test Canada’s anti-terror laws

24 mins; September 18, 2023

‘If I can finish it, I will’: the inside story of Terry Fox’s run

23 mins; September 15, 2023

Toronto’s mayor keeps making the case for cash, plus other Toronto news of the week

43 mins; September 14, 2023

Unleashed and barking mad

21 mins; September 13, 2023

The shows must go on: SAG, WGA tiff puts new light on TIFF

20 mins; September 11, 2023

In a Greenbelt hole, Ford keeps digging, plus other Toronto news of the week

42 mins; September 08, 2023

Digital generation struggling with facts vs. misinformation

20 mins; September 07, 2023

The bee catastrophe we should be worried about

18 mins; September 06, 2023

Mission impossible: Real estate

17 mins; August 31, 2023

Is the American dream more attainable than Canada’s?

18 mins; August 30, 2023

Policing wellness checks

20 mins; August 29, 2023

Summer ends early at City Hall

61 hours 59 mins; August 25, 2023

A homebuyer, seller, tenant dispute that could happen to you

16 mins; August 24, 2023

COVID booster shots and the next pandemic wave

15 mins; August 23, 2023

Ford persists that Greenbelt is needed for housing. Experts say no

19 mins; August 22, 2023

Trump’s tangled legal web

20 mins; August 18, 2023

Class-action lawsuit against police ‘carding’ highlights its lasting impact lawsuit against police ‘carding’ highlights its lasting impact

22 mins; August 17, 2023

Style vs. substance: How Trudeau, Poilievre and Canadian minds are changing

25 mins; August 14, 2023

Olivia Chow's one-month performance review

47 mins; August 11, 2023

Does Toronto need to nip tree problems in the bud?

41 mins; August 10, 2023

On class divisions, and why not everyone’s stories get told

21 mins; August 04, 2023

Cruel summer: Devastating wildfires, flash floods and heat records

20 mins; August 02, 2023

The COVID papers: What Canada's top doctors say about the country's pandemic response

17 mins; August 01, 2023

The story of mass murder in a GTA condo tower

22 mins; July 28, 2023

Justin Trudeau just overhauled his cabinet. What now?

22 mins; July 27, 2023

Is Doug Ford ‘excessively preoccupied’ with municipalities?

23 mins; July 25, 2023

Mercury contamination linked to high youth suicide attempt rate in Grassy Narrows First Nation

17 mins; July 24, 2023

Report says minimum wage needs to be higher than $33 to afford rent in Toronto

13 mins; July 21, 2023

Will Canada’s Mounties become the ‘FBI of the North’?

18 mins; July 20, 2023

Star investigation reveals troubling tax trend hitting Toronto’s cheapest homes while mansions catch a break

25 mins; July 19, 2023

Electric vehicles are picking up speed but have one speed bump. They’re illegal

15 mins; July 18, 2023

These nurses treat mental health patients wherever they might find them

18 mins; July 17, 2023

Why do Canadians search for proof of racism instead of finding solutions?

22 mins; July 14, 2023

Toronto’s best (and worst) playgrounds? This dad has made a guide

19 mins; July 13, 2023

Why are newcomers seeking refuge sleeping on Toronto streets?

17 mins; July 12, 2023

King’s Counsel honours stirs questions, accusations of patronage

18 mins; July 11, 2023

Unravelling Meta’s new Threads

20 mins; July 10, 2023

The Star, police and racial profiling: A reporter looks back (Rebroadcast)

18 mins; July 07, 2023

One on one with David Suzuki: climate change, clean energy and whether there’s hope (Rebroadcast)

30 mins; July 06, 2023

A chief at the centre of a national reckoning on residential schools (Rebroadcast)

31 mins; July 05, 2023

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on getting to the moon (Rebroadcast)

22 mins; July 04, 2023

What we know about Google’s plan to block all Canadian news content

18 mins; June 30, 2023

Olivia Chow and a new time of possibility in Toronto?

58 mins; June 29, 2023

Drag has always been part of Toronto. Here’s part of its history

20 mins; June 28, 2023

Pride, hope and Olivia Chow’s prospects

48 mins; June 27, 2023

Toronto Star’s Fresh Air Fund: Its impact and the magic of camp

21 mins; June 26, 2023

Is this ‘the most exciting and positive election in 20 years’?

45 mins; June 23, 2023

Hot shots: Are laced drugs being used to murder people?

19 mins; June 22, 2023

The rising costs and concerns of building light rail transit

20 mins; June 21, 2023

Why are so many newcomers giving up the Canadian dream?

17 mins; June 20, 2023

Your last-minute Toronto mayoral election questions, answered

55 mins; June 19, 2023

Climate change noticeable in Toronto, not so in mayoral platforms

42 mins; June 16, 2023

Three of their kids are going blind. So they went and saw the world

19 mins; June 15, 2023

‘Seizing the means of construction’ and other mayoral attacks

47 mins; June 14, 2023

Toronto Pride: funding woes, rising hate and why events must go on

18 mins; June 13, 2023

Paul Bernardo and how federal corrections handles dangerous offenders

21 mins; June 09, 2023

Are any candidates separating themselves? It’s up for debate

53 mins; June 09, 2023

A reality check on Apple’s new Vision Pro headset

21 mins; June 08, 2023

An insider’s look at the race for mayor from Jennifer Keesmaat

57 mins; June 07, 2023

Is Toronto a safe city? The data versus perception

22 mins; June 06, 2023

Canada is in flames. What you need to know about fire science

22 mins; June 05, 2023

One on one with David Suzuki: climate change, clean energy and whether there’s hope

30 mins; June 02, 2023

Olivia Chow vs. Everyone? Keenan and Teitel weigh in on the Star’s mayoral candidates debate

17 mins; June 01, 2023

‘We’re getting screwed... make that the ballot question’

17 mins; May 31, 2023

The ups and downs of the elevator industry

17 mins; May 30, 2023

Body cams on soccer referees to deter abuse from parents and coaches

14 mins; May 29, 2023

The historical context behind renaming Dundas Street

18 mins; May 26, 2023

Debating Toronto’s future: The race for mayor

24 mins; May 25, 2023

Is Olivia Chow’s ‘untouchable’ lead for real?

42 mins; May 24, 2023

How will Ontario peel Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon apart?

25 mins; May 23, 2023

Sodium nitrite, self harm and the case people around the world are watching

16 mins; May 19, 2023

Supply teachers and demand: How staffing shortages are affecting TDSB

19 mins; May 18, 2023

How the Eglinton Crosstown LRT has been derailed again

17 mins; May 17, 2023

How soon is ‘now’ on affordable housing? A big election question

42 mins; May 16, 2023

Business not as usual: The return to office and downtown Toronto now

22 mins; May 15, 2023

After George Floyd: One city’s vow to ‘end’ police

30 mins; May 12, 2023

Ontario’s housing plan and how it could lead to sprawl

21 mins; May 11, 2023

Canada set to name foreign labs, universities that pose national security risk

22 mins; May 10, 2023

Can you have too many candidates for mayor of Toronto?

37 mins; May 09, 2023

WHO says COVID as global health emergency is over. Now what?

22 mins; May 08, 2023

Alberta’s neck and neck election: Notley vs. Smith

20 mins; May 05, 2023

How Toronto police’s drug evidence locker thefts impact prosecutions

22 mins; May 04, 2023

‘You need to stand up to the bully’: David Miller’s advice to next mayor about Doug Ford

22 mins; May 03, 2023

How will Bill C-11 affect Cancon, streaming platforms and cat videos?

18 mins; May 02, 2023

Violence in Sudan: A Canadian family shares their story

24 mins; May 01, 2023

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