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#8 Hearts And Minds
Host Karyn Pugliese, producer Kim Wheeler, contributors Trina Roache and Cara McKenna reflect on the season, and - wait for it - Karyn and Jesse argue about whether or not journalism can change the hearts and minds of people.
Short Cuts
#883 We Need to Talk About Kevin Vuong
Amidst escalating tensions between Canada and China, an independent MP thinks he’s found the shadowy hand manipulating his fate.
CANADALAND
#882 Blackberry The Phone The Podcast
For nearly a decade, Research in Motion was the global leader in smartphones with its iconic QWERTY-keyboard-having Blackberry. Through a mix of guerilla marketing and an unexpected boost in sales after 9/11, the rather simplistic email device was transferring some of the world’s most closely guarded secrets, from government officials, business leaders, and celebrities through some servers in Waterloo, Ontario. What was the cause of its demise? The iPhone? Google? Hubris?
Short Cuts
#881 Death of the Viral News Site
BuzzFeed is going bust and Vice is headed for bankruptcy - is it the end of viral news sites?
The Backbench
#63 PSAC Strike and the Future of Labour
This week host Mattea Roach is joined by Riley Yesno, Karen Restoule, and Ethan Cox to unpack the The Public Service Alliance of Canada Strike, and the increase of police involved deaths.
CANADALAND
#880 Terry O’Reilly’s Had It With Ads
Who started the first successful podcast network in Canada? What do 1950s TV and Radio have to do with podcasting? Jesse Brown sits down with Terry O’Reilly, host of Under the Influence, to talk about all things podcasting and advertising.
CANADALAND
#878 Escaping America
Canada’s recent decision to close unofficial border crossings, such as Roxham Road, doubles down on the idea that migrants seeking asylum are just as safe in the US as they are in Canada. But there’s a body of evidence saying it’s not — and that’s been clear for decades.
Détours
#12 Robots vs Humanité
En moins d'un mois, deux lettres ouvertes ont appelé à la prudence et à la législation autour de l'IA. Pourquoi? — In less than one month, two open letters have been published calling for caution and legislation around AI.
Short Cuts
#877 CBC Is in a Fight for Its Life
We’re talking the CBC leaving Twitter after being labeled “government-funded media”, while Pierre Poilievre thanks Elon Musk for what he was already going to do. The real losers here are the Canadian public. 
Wag the Doug
#53 TVO Pursuit: After Ontario Place, Is TVO Next?
Doug Ford claims he’s all about building, but he sure has a thing for enthusiastically bulldozing the utopian public projects of yesteryear.