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The Decibel

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Context is everything. Join us Monday to Friday for a Canadian daily news podcast from The Globe and Mail. Explore a story shaping our world, in conversation with reporters, experts, and the people at the centre of the news.

Episodes (1236)

Why investors are flocking to the daycare business

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Feb 6, 202320:30pending

The McKinsey controversy explained

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Feb 3, 202322:59pending

B.C. decriminalizes some drug possession

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Feb 2, 202320:51pending

Edmonton spiritual leader charged with sexual assault

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Feb 1, 202319:35pending

What the Rogers-Shaw deal could mean for your phone bill

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Jan 31, 202318:32pending

What went wrong with the Liberals’ gun legislation

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Jan 30, 202320:01pending

What remains a year after the convoy protests

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Jan 27, 202318:47pending

Unicorns, camels and the tech crash

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Jan 26, 202320:42pending

Arsenic in the air divides a small Quebec city

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Jan 25, 202317:53pending

Western allies debate sending tanks to Ukraine

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Jan 24, 202317:28pending

Why physically disciplining kids is still legal in Canada

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Jan 23, 202316:59pending

Are Alberta and BC good models for private surgery?

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Jan 20, 202321:24pending

Inside the life-or-death journey of one Venezuelan family

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Jan 19, 202318:46pending

Canada’s new drinking guidelines

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Jan 18, 202322:10pending

What history can tell us about this economic moment

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Jan 17, 202317:34pending

Why holiday travel chaos is the new normal

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Jan 16, 202319:28pending

The hard-line plans of Israel’s new far-right government

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Jan 13, 202323:10pending

Cheap grocery apps aiming to reduce food waste

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Jan 12, 202317:48pending

A virologist on COVID variant XBB 1.5

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Jan 11, 202318:26pending

Andrew Coyne looks ahead to politics in 2023

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Jan 10, 202319:48pending

Shopify's problems

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Jan 9, 202316:33pending

Disaster-proof your finances for 2023

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Jan 6, 202319:42pending

Why the surge of COVID in China looks a lot like 2020

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Jan 5, 202318:00pending

The weight loss drug everyone’s talking about

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Jan 4, 202319:59pending

How organ transplants could be changed by ... frozen frogs

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Jan 3, 202316:49pending

2022: A look back on the year of the ‘freedom convoy’

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Dec 30, 202216:35pending

As missiles fall around her, this Kharkiv citizen continues to fight disinformat...

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Dec 29, 202223:24pending

Should the Pope reverse a 500-year-old Church law?

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Dec 28, 202217:47pending

If you didn’t get a big raise, you probably got a pay cut

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Dec 27, 202218:47pending

Move over Let It Go, we’re talking about Bruno

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Dec 26, 202218:13pending

What’s the holiday season without a little tradition?

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Dec 23, 202221:51pending

Short on cash and power, Ukraine faces a dark Christmas

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Dec 22, 202215:42pending

The YouTubers guiding immigrants in small-town Canada

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Dec 21, 202217:23pending

What we know about the mass shooting near Toronto

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Dec 20, 202215:02pending

The tiny town that might vote itself out of existence

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Dec 19, 202217:03pending

A success story in Indigenous-led conservation

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Dec 16, 202218:34pending

FTX and Canadian crypto FOMO

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Dec 15, 202217:00pending

A promising young player, a devastating injury and Hockey Canada

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Dec 14, 202219:25pending

Why NASA wants to go back to the moon

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Dec 13, 202219:03pending

A rare look inside war-torn Myanmar

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Dec 12, 202220:38pending

A behavioural psychologist explains why Canadians aren’t wearing masks

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Dec 9, 202218:00pending

The billions of dollars in ineligible COVID benefits

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Dec 8, 202219:50pending

Why your groceries cost so much

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Dec 7, 202216:30pending

How the Canadian justice system treats abused women

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Dec 6, 202219:39pending

How to stop Indigenous identity fraud

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Dec 5, 202218:27pending

What a more sovereign Alberta would mean for Canada

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Dec 2, 202219:17pending

A glut of office space in a hybrid work world

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Dec 1, 202216:10pending

Zero-COVID protests break through the Great Firewall of China

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Nov 30, 202219:28pending

Canada’s ambitious plan to bring in 500,000 immigrants by 2025

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Nov 29, 202220:21pending

Justin Trudeau testifies at the Emergencies Act inquiry

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Nov 28, 202223:03pending
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