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Podcasts

The Promise of $10 Child Care: Episode 13 of The Deep Dive

April 14, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

What happens when child care becomes a right, like health care in Canada, and what can we learn from countries who have done this before us?

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 6, 2021December 15, 2021 - by Steve Shih

S3E7 of The Conversation Piece Podcast

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Nationalism Is Not Always Bad for Democracy

September 8, 2021December 15, 2021 - by Prerna Singh

S3E5 of The Conversation Piece podcast

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Nazanine Hozar

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Hozar is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for her novel Aria

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Business

How Tim Hortons Became a Political Prop

March 23, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Max Fawcett

Polarization has infiltrated Canada’s most iconic brand

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Democracy / Politics

The Green Party Is Poised for a Breakthrough

September 24, 2019January 6, 2021 - by Don LePan

But they’ll have to beat the NDP to do it

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July/August 2019 / Politics

Was Canada’s Peacekeeping Stint in Mali Just for Show?

June 17, 2019January 11, 2022 - by Richard Poplak

Our year-long mission in Mali is nearly done. But it was never clear what we were doing there in the first place

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Current Affairs / Society

How an Alberta Environmentalist Became Public Enemy Number One

June 5, 2019January 2, 2020 - by Sharon J. Riley

Ed Whittingham wanted sustainable fossil-fuel production. The United Conservative Party wanted him fired

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December 2018 / Politics

Could the Russians Decide Canada’s Next Prime Minister?

November 21, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Justin Ling

Why the upcoming federal election isn’t safe from manipulation by Moscow

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Current Affairs

Canada’s Not-Great, Not-Terrible Trade Agreement

October 3, 2018November 13, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

We asked five experts to weigh in on what the USMCA will mean for the country

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