Episodes

  • Who is The Agenda's last guest?

    Who is The Agenda's last guest?
    Jun 28 2025
    The Agenda is coming to an end after 19 seasons. We present the show's final guest: Steve's dad.

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    16 mins
  • Steve Paikin Signs Off The Agenda

    Steve Paikin Signs Off The Agenda
    Jun 28 2025
    After 19 seasons as anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda, Steve Paikin signs off with a final goodnight. As well, a brief highlight reel, including Jean Chretien, Salman Rushdie, Doug Ford, Janice Stein, Elizabeth Dowdeswell among others, offers a glimpse of the range and depth of what the show covered over the years.

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    4 mins
  • This is Not Your Grandparents' Retirement

    This is Not Your Grandparents' Retirement
    Jun 27 2025
    After a long, successful career in journalism, Cathrin Bradbury was at loose ends, post-retirement. How should she spend her time and still-abundant energy? In her latest book, "This Way Up: Old Friends, New Love, and a Map for the Road Ahead," she charts a fresh direction, including a new identity as a writer, grandmother, and freer spirit.

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    22 mins
  • What Will Future Generations Look Back On in Horror?

    What Will Future Generations Look Back On in Horror?
    Jun 27 2025
    Smoking in elevators, movie theatres, or airplanes. Goaltenders playing hockey in the NHL without a mask. Burning tons of coal to generate electricity. Today, we look back at these practices and wonder, how did we ever allow that to happen? Because today, of course, we know better. But what about the future? What do we do today that future generations will shake their heads at? And how do we chart a different path to ensure we make better decisions going forward?

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    37 mins
  • Surviving the Michipicoten

    Surviving the Michipicoten
    Jun 26 2025
    Now retired, Kent Knechtel, a former second engineer aboard the freighter Michipicoten, recounts the day a 13-foot hull crack changed everything. Thanks to calm waters, clear skies, and the swift response of the United States Coast Guard, disaster was narrowly avoided. One year later, Kent reflects with gratitude and quiet resolve on the incident that marked the end of his decades-long career sailing the Great Lakes. This video is brought to you through a partnership with Detroit Public TV's Great Lakes Now.

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    12 mins
  • How Has Medicine Advanced Since 2006?

    How Has Medicine Advanced Since 2006?
    Jun 26 2025
    Since its launch 19 years ago, The Agenda With Steve Paikin has highlighted scientific discoveries and new insights into health. So what's changed over the course of over two decades-and what kinds of challenges and breakthroughs do experts anticipate seeing in the decades to come? To discuss, we're joined by Keith Stewart, University Health Network vice-president, cancer, and director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Raywat Deonandan, epidemiologist and associate professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa; Saskia Sivananthan, neuroscientist and affiliate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University; and Ghazal Fazli, epidemiologist and assistant professor with the Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

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    35 mins
  • What is Thermal Comfort?

    What is Thermal Comfort?
    Jun 26 2025
    Toronto is adapting to climate change with new Thermal Comfort Guidelines, developed after a city-wide study by DIALOG and Buro Happold. With the number of days exceeding 30 C projected to rise from 10 to 55 annually by 2080, we're examining how the city is reimagining public spaces to stay livable throughout the year. Field reporter Jeyan Jeganathan dives into what makes us feel comfortable outdoors-examining the role of wind, humidity, sun, and shade-and how better design can create more resilient, equitable cities.

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    8 mins
  • A Canadian Picture Book at the U.S. Supreme Court

    A Canadian Picture Book at the U.S. Supreme Court
    Jun 25 2025
    How did a Canadian author's alphabet book end up at the United States Supreme Court? And what does this mean for 2SLGBTQ+ books for kids in Canada? We welcome Robin Stevenson to discuss.

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    16 mins