The Big Story
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The US government has shut down: why, for how long, and are Canadians impacted?
18 mins; October 03, 2025
Have adults lost the art of making and maintaining friendships?
19 mins; October 02, 2025
The EU says gel nail polish has a 'reproductive toxicant' in it, but why hasn't Canada banned it?
18 mins; October 01, 2025
Is the Canadian government delivering on reconciliation?
28 mins; September 30, 2025
Ontario opts for no speed cameras...but how will the province stay safe?
27 mins; September 29, 2025
Weekend Listen: Is Canada in a housing drought?
33 mins; September 27, 2025
Trump, Tylenol and medical misogyny
22 mins; September 26, 2025
Carney recognizes a Palestinian statehood..now what?
18 mins; September 25, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel is back, but free speech remains in limbo
27 mins; September 24, 2025
A life-risking trip to deliver aid to Gaza: an Ontario woman shares her story
22 mins; September 23, 2025
Interest rate cuts and more affordable housing: what's the latest on the real estate market?
24 mins; September 22, 2025
Weekend Listen: Sick Boy’s Jeremie Saunders on Life Post Miracle CF Drug
44 mins; September 21, 2025
Back to the office! How to take the workplace from good to great
12 mins; September 20, 2025
Is post-secondary education still worth the time and money?
22 mins; September 19, 2025
Chrystia Freeland out, Budget in November: Parliament's busy first week back
23 mins; September 18, 2025
Are foreign workers really stealing jobs?
16 mins; September 17, 2025
What size of an appetite does Canada have for political violence?
25 mins; September 16, 2025
Back to school for MPs - Parliament reconvenes with trade, tariffs and housing on the brain
21 mins; September 15, 2025
Weekend Listen: before Terry Fox - the story of two war amputees who hiked across Canada
13 mins; September 14, 2025
Weekend Listen: Honey, come meet the new neighbours...on Mars
19 mins; September 13, 2025
The speed camera caper gets away with 16 Toronto takedowns...were they justified?
22 mins; September 12, 2025
Poland has invoked NATO’s Article 4...now what?
25 mins; September 11, 2025
It might be a good idea to put the phone down while answering nature's call
24 mins; September 10, 2025
U.S. Senate vs. RFK Jr.: How Canadians are feeling the impacts
21 mins; September 09, 2025
What is the world entitled to know about the president’s health?
23 mins; September 08, 2025
Why is it so hard for young people to find a job right now?
23 mins; September 07, 2025
Carney and Cabinet hunker down
21 mins; September 05, 2025
What's putting Canadian youth at risk and how much longer do we have until there's no turning back?
21 mins; September 04, 2025
Alberta hits pause on its book ban...for who and for how long?
18 mins; September 03, 2025
What does the future hold for Canada Post?
23 mins; September 02, 2025
Can an enduring peace in Ukraine be brokered?
28 mins; August 29, 2025
What's different about the Canada/U.S. trade talks this time around?
13 mins; August 28, 2025
Cybercriminals are using AI to scam you, now what?
22 mins; August 27, 2025
Canadian boots on the ground in Ukraine?
18 mins; August 26, 2025
How to shake your summer sleep schedule and get back to routine
20 mins; August 25, 2025
Labour disruptions and defiant unions: breaking down the impacts of the Air Canada strike
23 mins; August 22, 2025
The tests ahead that will determine Pierre Poilievre’s future
28 mins; August 21, 2025
Why does it seem like young Canadians are committing more crime?
28 mins; August 20, 2025
What is restorative justice and how could it transform our judicial system?
20 mins; August 19, 2025
What kind of damage is artificial intelligence doing to the environment?
27 mins; August 18, 2025
Weekend listen: Are Canadian farmers going to be okay after the latest tariff threat?
21 mins; August 17, 2025
What’s at stake as Trump and Putin meet in Alaska?
26 mins; August 15, 2025
How will the Aeroplan overhaul impact your travel?
27 mins; August 14, 2025
Home office vs head office: why Canadians aren’t so eager to return to their previous work set-up
19 mins; August 13, 2025
Is the outrage justified over Nova Scotia's so-called "forest ban"?
17 mins; August 12, 2025
Are the Epstein files MAGA's breaking point?
26 mins; August 11, 2025
Weekend listen: Rating the overall health of the Canadian economy
29 mins; August 10, 2025
Keep calm and swim on: how a Canadian man conquered the English Channel
20 mins; August 08, 2025
What's a digital nomad and are you cut out to be one?
27 mins; August 07, 2025
A look back at Mark Carney's first 100 days as Prime Minister
17 mins; August 06, 2025
Are Poilievre's democratic concerns of the long ballot valid?
19 mins; August 05, 2025
Weekend listen: Gentle parenting - is it too rough for parents?
17 mins; August 04, 2025
A look at the Nicole Morin case, 40 years after the little girl's disappearance
31 mins; August 03, 2025
Trump slaps Canada with more tariffs. Now what?
23 mins; August 02, 2025
Are we getting closer to the truth about UFOs?
26 mins; August 01, 2025
How is climate change exacerbating skin diseases?
21 mins; July 31, 2025
What is watermarking and why is it falling short of protecting us against A.I. deepfakes?
30 mins; July 30, 2025
Legacy media under pressure: a conversation with Peter Mansbridge
32 mins; July 29, 2025
The aftermath of the Hockey Canada verdict
21 mins; July 28, 2025
How the Toronto Blue Jays have become the hottest team in baseball
17 mins; July 27, 2025
Should 16 year olds be allowed to vote?
15 mins; July 25, 2025
What's happening with Canada's tourism industry, and how is it impacting our economy?
16 mins; July 24, 2025
Obesity rates spiked, but what else happened to our bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic?
23 mins; July 23, 2025
Can X return to social media respectability?
23 mins; July 22, 2025
Can the federal NDP fight its way back to relevance?
23 mins; July 21, 2025
Weekend listen: How to make sense of strong economic signals when all the pundits say the sky is falling?
17 mins; July 20, 2025
Weekend listen: Why aren't Canadians as happy as they used to be?
18 mins; July 19, 2025
TikTok’s last ditch effort to keep operating in Canada
22 mins; July 18, 2025
Overcrowding & reduced sentences: what's going on in Ontario's jails?
27 mins; July 17, 2025
Java jolt: the real reasons coffee prices have skyrocketed this year
19 mins; July 16, 2025
It's all the rage, but how dangerous is it to use an A.I. therapist?
20 mins; July 15, 2025
How will the massive spending cuts being proposed by Ottawa impact you?
19 mins; July 14, 2025
How to know if your teenager is addicted to their phone, and what to do to combat the algorithms
18 mins; July 11, 2025
Examining political extremism in Canada in the wake of the alleged anti-government militia plot in Quebec
22 mins; July 10, 2025
The simple question about rabbits that nearly drove a Toronto journalist mad
15 mins; July 09, 2025
From pancakes to cowboy hats - why the Calgary Stampede is one of the most important political events in Canada
15 mins; July 08, 2025
An inside look at what it's like to be a sequestered juror in a criminal case in Canada
24 mins; July 07, 2025
Weekend listen: Are we becoming less concerned with data breaches?
17 mins; July 06, 2025
A mixed verdict in the Diddy case - what comes next and what we've learned
16 mins; July 04, 2025
Masai Ujiri's legacy: the championship, Kawhi and what's next for the Raptors
14 mins; July 03, 2025
Did Carney capitulate? Are we still "Canada Strong"?
14 mins; July 02, 2025
What does it mean to be Canadian nowadays?
17 mins; July 01, 2025
Are Canadians experiencing social burnout?
18 mins; June 30, 2025
Weekend listen: What can you expect from the economy in the second half of the year?
24 mins; June 29, 2025
Oops he did it again....another Trump social media post rattles Canada
17 mins; June 28, 2025
The Outlaw Ocean Project: a journalist's near-death experience in Libya
30 mins; June 27, 2025
‘Razor blade throat’ and summer viruses: what you need to know
17 mins; June 26, 2025
In an uncertain world, Canada overhauls its approach to defence
24 mins; June 25, 2025
Canada’s challenging wildfire season: why its impact goes beyond the smoke
19 mins; June 24, 2025
There is a way to make flying more affordable, but will the government actually do it?
16 mins; June 23, 2025
Weekend listen: How do we REALLY deal with the issue of affordable housing?
18 mins; June 22, 2025
Why is breaking down interprovincial trade barriers so controversial?
17 mins; June 20, 2025
The Israel-Iran conflict: how did we get here?
27 mins; June 19, 2025
Light at the end of the tunnel for one of Canada's most expensive transit projects
20 mins; June 18, 2025
Everything that happened at the G7 before Trump's sudden departure
16 mins; June 17, 2025
Digging into Canada’s plan to meet NATO’s 2% target
24 mins; June 16, 2025
Weekend listen: How to balance social media and your mental health
16 mins; June 15, 2025
Will it be action or chaos at the G7 in Kananaskis?
21 mins; June 14, 2025
What happened on Air India Flight 171?
11 mins; June 13, 2025
Experts say there are implications for Canadians from Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"
27 mins; June 12, 2025