• U.S. strategy and stakes for Iran, World Cup politics, Carney's first year as PM, Coding and AI
    Mar 15 2026
    • Guest host Nora Young speaks with Reuters national security reporter Phillip Stewart about Washington's military objectives as the United States and Israel-Iran war intensifies, and Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari discusses the situation inside Iran


    • Financial Times columnist and author Simon Kuper discusses how the World Cup reflects global politics, culture and power


    • Toronto Star national columnist Susan Delacourt and The Economist's Canada correspondent Rob Russo take stock of Mark Carney's first year as prime minister


    • University of Waterloo associate professor Troy Vasiga and New York Times technology reporter Natasha Singer look back on "learn to code" campaigns and whether they delivered on their promise as AI disrupts tech
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • In a sea of misinformation, Wikipedia wants to shore up trust
    Mar 11 2026

    It used to be the source of great skepticism. But now, many consider Wikipedia a public good… and even, the last best place on the internet. As the crowdsourced encyclopedia marks its 25th anniversary, Nora Young speaks with co-founder Jimmy Wales about Wikipedia's early days, criticisms and controversies it's faced around bias, and why it continues to endure in today's digital age of misinformation, disinformation and artificial intelligence.

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    30 mins
  • U.S. and Israel-Iran war, How wind shapes us, Economic cost of Middle East conflict, Wikipedia's past and future
    Mar 8 2026
    • Guest host Nora Young speaks with University of Ottawa public and international affairs professor Thomas Juneau, and Jasmine El-Gamal, a Middle East policy analyst and former Pentagon advisor, about how the latest developments in the U.S. and Israel-Iran war


    • Author and journalist Simon Winchester explores how wind carries the story of our history and future


    • The New York Times global economy reporter Peter S. Goodman explains the global cost of conflict in the Middle East


    • Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales reflects on the site's early days, criticisms and controversies it's faced, and why it continues to endure in today's digital age
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • That's Puzzling! for March 2026
    Mar 4 2026

    In our monthly challenge, That's Puzzling!, Piya Chattopadhyay competes against one familiar voice and one clever listener in a battle of brain games devised by puzzle master Peter Brown. Playing this week are actor and comedian Shaun Majumder and Melfort, Sask. listener Susan Plant.

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    28 mins
  • U.S. and Israel strike Iran, Rebecca Solnit, That's Puzzling!
    Mar 1 2026
    • Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Gregg Carlstrom, historian Arash Azizi, foreign policy expert Barbara Slavin and international human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan about the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and what may come next


    • Writer and activist Rebecca Solnit reflects on what history can reveal about our turbulent times today, and why what looks like collapse may also be the messy birth of something new


    • Our monthly challenge That’s Puzzling! returns with actor and comedian Shaun Majumder, and Melfort, Sask. listener Susan Plant
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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • How can we treat Canada's ailing ERs?
    Feb 25 2026

    Fifteen years ago, Dr. Brian Goldman gave us a front-line account of life in the emergency room with his book The Night Shift. Now, the ER physician and host of CBC's White Coat, Black Art and The Dose is revisiting that setting with his new book The Casino Shift. He joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss what’s changed for the better and worse at ERs across our country in the last 15 years, and what treatments for our ailing system may look like.

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    24 mins
  • SCOTUS tariff ruling, Canada's changing military, Olympics wrap, Dr. Brian Goldman, Pokémon's soft power
    Feb 22 2026
    • Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Slate justice reporter Mark Joseph Stern and The Economist's Canada correspondent Rob Russo break down the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Donald Trump's emergency tariffs


    • Defence and security expert Andrea Charron and international affairs historian Susan Colbourn explore Canada's changing military strategy


    • Former Olympians Clara Hughes and Beckie Scott size up Canada's performance at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games


    • Dr. Brian Goldman discusses treatments for our ailing emergency rooms


    • Writer Matt Alt and international relations expert Shaoyu Yuan reflect on Pokémon's legacy and how it became a source of cultural soft power


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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Victim. Survivor. Icon. Gisèle Pelicot heard it all. But in her words? ‘An optimist'
    Feb 18 2026

    In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot was the victim in one of the most notorious rape trials in France's history. Her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, was found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife – and recruiting scores of men online to abuse her while she was unconscious, over the course of a decade. Fifty other men were also found guilty, most on rape charges. What made the trial all the more remarkable is that Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity, inviting the world into the courtroom. In a Canadian broadcast exclusive interview, Gisèle Pelicot speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about the shocking crimes, the ripple effects within her family, and how going public made her a feminist hero, as explored in her memoir, A Hymn to Life.

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    36 mins