Archives: Episodes

#1381 Poilievre Trolls Carney With Help From A.I.

June 12, 2026

So it looks like technically Canada is in the midst of a “technical” recession, but, technicalities aside, is a 0.2% drop in growth really that big a deal?

#185 Ottawa’s Killer Robot Problem

June 9, 2026

Host Sam spent a day at Canada’s biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons.

#1378 A Cohere Founder on What A.I. Critics Get Wrong

June 8, 2026

“ If you don’t know who Cohere is, you will.” -Mark Carney

#1377 What the Media (Including Us) Got Wrong About Residential School Graves

June 5, 2026

The Globe and Mail’s editorial board calls the initial reporting on Kamloops residential school graves a “failure of journalism.”

BONUS: Local Legends and Lore

June 4, 2026

School prisons, inappropriate relationships, teen pregnancy rates, and the mysterious Bioscience building in Edmonton.

#1376 Mark Carney’s First Big Failure

June 3, 2026

Carney’s big address on antisemitism didn’t amount to much. 

#184 Carney Wants Your Data. Why Won’t Big Tech Give it to Him?

June 2, 2026

Is Bill C-22 an Orwellian nightmare or a necessary power?

#1374 Introducing the Nuance: Chrystia Freeland on Trump and Putin

June 1, 2026

“There were people who came in here to tell me I’m a dog. But there are lots of other people who are here having a conversation and lots of other people who made it possible for us to continue to have the conversation.”
-Chrystia Freeland

#1373 Sorry! We Were Wrong about Alberta Separating from Canada

May 29, 2026

Danielle Smith sidesteps the courts to ask Albertans a question about a referendum on separation.