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…
Cycling around the world qualifies for a Guinness World Record, and until recently the oldest person to hold it was 56. Mark Herbst looked at that number at age 69, decided it was beatable, and spent the next chapter of…
Rod Black has been the voice in the room for Canadian sports fans for decades. Cut to Black is the book that explains how he got there, and it turns out it’s not really about him. Rod is a TSN…
The show lands on Canada Day Eve with good news from three cities and a question worth sitting with: what if the most useful thing you can share today is something small? A first Colombian recipe attempt that smelled great.…
The good news tonight comes in three flavors. A Phoenix school resource officer who rented a movie theater for kids who’d never been, then turned to the adults in the room and asked why they weren’t doing the same. A…
Thirty percent of people don’t like cats. Only five percent feel that way about dogs. Rod Phillips has spent years figuring out why, and the answer goes back further than most people expect. Phillips, a historian at Carleton University and…
In Newfoundland, Canada Day doesn’t begin with fireworks. It begins with Memorial Day and the memory of a generation of young men sent over the top at Beaumont-Hamel, France, one hundred and ten years ago tomorrow. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment…
