Canada Day landed on a Wednesday and somehow half the country took the whole week off. Shane and Ryan are both at their desks, mildly annoyed, and very much in the mood to talk about summer grievances. The conversation starts…
Human movement bias is more consistent than almost anyone expects, and Samantha Yammine is here to explain why the research is harder to dismiss than it looks. Studies in Spain and Japan, with children, adults, individuals, and crowds, all point…
It’s Canada Day weekend, give or take, and Shane and Ryan have three stories that will improve nothing about your life and yet somehow feel essential. First: the banana car. Twenty-three feet long, Ford F-150 engine, open top, eighty-five miles…
AI evaluation in business sounds straightforward until you try to do it. Mohit Rajhans says most companies are realizing the math doesn’t work the way they thought it would. Mohit runs and tracks where technology meets business reality. This…
Steve Stebbing, film and entertainment critic, splits this week into two rounds. First, Canadian titles built for a long weekend at home. Then, what’s actually worth the theatre seat right now. Three Canadian Films Worth Your Canada DayUndertone is the…
Vacation budgeting is something Jessica Moorhouse thinks about professionally. She still went to Italy for three weeks, blew past her carefully built spreadsheet, and came home with zero regrets and a slightly rejigged budget. Jessica is a personal finance expert…
Dungeons and Dragons started in 1974 with no budget and a simple idea, and Ryan O’Donnell makes the case that it has been saving lives ever since. If you’ve never rolled a die, this is the episode that explains why…
Wealth Simple is expanding fast and Vincent Gregoire, Canada Research Chair in Finance and Technology at HEC Montreal, is paying close attention. Lower fees and less friction are good for investors. The new ability to borrow against your portfolio, including…
Canada Day 1974 means a federal election, a sitting prime minister fighting for his majority, and a American president about to become the first to resign the office. The past has a way of arriving right on time. This Throwback…
Holistic nutritionist Alyssa B of nourished.ca makes the case that protein isn’t a fitness trend — it’s the foundation everything else depends on. Muscle protects bone. Bone protects you from the fall that changes everything. Getting enough protein is how…
Canadian politics commentator Rob Breakenridge joins the Canada Day long weekend to make a distinction most people skip: the country is not the same thing as the people running it, and one can be worth celebrating while the other deserves…
Food professor Sylvain Charlebois has real-time grocery data for Canada Day weekend, and the news is mixed depending on what’s on your grill. Ground beef, pork chops, and chicken breasts are all up this year. Strawberries and blueberries are more…
Entertainment journalist Richard Crouse of joins for two conversations that together cover everything worth knowing about pop culture right now — from Canada’s biggest honour going to one of its most beloved exports, to a new comedy that Richard…
Flipping the script, going against the grain and breaking away from the norm. Dungeons and Dragons was crucial in setting up the counter culture of the 80s and 90s. And it started in 1974! Guest: Ed Conroy Originally aired on2026-07-02
Dungeons and Dragons for beginners sounds like a rulebook problem. Dean McKinnon says it’s actually a playing pretend problem, and once you solve that one, everything else opens up. Dean is a professional Dungeon Master who runs eleven campaigns a…
