It’s easy to imagine medical science and research being done from the safety of a lab with all the proper controls in place. But sometimes, it all starts with one person, going underwater, and exploring caves for unique and mysterious sea creatures.
November 6, 2023
The Newfoundlander
The Newfoundlander: Chapter 1
While at a production of the hit Broadway musical Come From Away in 2019, reporter Justin Brake is confronted with an old story about his family’s history, a story that challenges his sense of identity. He decides to find out what was true in that story, and what was false.
October 30, 2023
CANADALAND
#930 Alive At Ten
Canadaland’s official tenth anniversary celebration took place last Thursday at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, as part of the Hot Docs Podcast Festival. Today we bring you a condensed version of that event. Featuring appearances from all of the Canadaland hosts you know and love. Oh, and Jan Wong interviews Jesse for once… wait for it.
October 23, 2023
CANADALAND
#928 How Connie Walker Won
The CBC once produced a podcast series that was an international hit. The broadcaster-turned-podcaster who made it, Connie Walker, recently won a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody award for her work. Except she won those awards NOT for the CBC, but for Gimlet and Spotify. What happened?
October 16, 2023
CANADALAND
#924 Radical Reconciliation
A radical form of reconciliation is emerging in Saskatchewan.
October 2, 2023
CANADALAND
#922 Foreign Influence: How Castro and a Belgian Brought Violent Revolution to Quebec
What connects Fidel Castro and a stocky Belgian named Georges to the worst campaign of political violence in modern Canadian history?
September 25, 2023
The Backbench
#71 Backbench Catch Up
It’s summer time, and Parliament’s been out of session for 2 months. For this episode of the Backbench, host Mattea roach is joined by an all-star panel of Riley Yesno, Emilie Nicolas, David Moscrop.
August 22, 2023
CANADALAND
#912 Is The Foreign Interference Scandal Overblown?
Foreign Interference by the Chinese government into Canadian politics is probably the biggest news story of the year, and yet we know so little about it. What was the interference? Why did it occur? Did it work? Who was involved?
August 21, 2023
Détours
#19 Rentrée scolaire féministe
Les choses ont-elles vraiment changé ? À l’occasion de la rentrée scolaire 2023, Léa Clermont-Dion se joint à Emilie pour réfléchir à l'évolution de la culture du viol, tant sur les campus scolaires qu'au cinéma.
August 19, 2023
Short Cuts
#911 Pierre Don’t Care
Does Pierre Poilievre touting conspiracy theories count as news?
