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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)

Are we ready for the new medically assisted dying law?

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Nov 25, 202224:12pending

How soaring B.C. wait times are hurting cancer patients

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Nov 24, 202217:22pending

What the World Cup buys Qatar

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Nov 23, 202219:37pending

Premier Danielle Smith takes on health care in Alberta

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Nov 22, 202219:14pending

Can big banks save us from climate change?

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Nov 21, 202218:09pending

Rupi Kaur wants you to start writing

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Nov 18, 202220:35pending

A doctor answers your questions about RSV, flu and COVID

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Nov 17, 202217:32pending

The peace deal to end ‘world’s biggest war’ in Tigray

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Nov 16, 202216:32pending

What the liberation of Kherson means for the war in Ukraine

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Nov 15, 202219:43pending

How FTX went from $32-billion to bankrupt in a week

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Nov 14, 202215:04pending

Why this climate scientist is worried the Bahamas won’t exist in 50 years

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Nov 11, 202219:03pending

Abortion rights’ impact on the Republican wave

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Nov 10, 202217:11pending

Why Doug Ford backpedaled in the dispute with CUPE

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Nov 9, 202215:39pending

The secretive Chinese ‘police stations’ in Canada

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Nov 8, 202216:38pending

How Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law is having a big impact on the U.S.

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Nov 7, 202218:25pending

School staff walk out to protest new Ontario legislation

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Nov 4, 202218:07pending

The convoy leaders speak at the Emergencies Act inquiry

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Nov 3, 202217:35pending

What COVID does to the brain

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Nov 2, 202220:36pending

The Canadians leading the far-right movement in America

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Nov 1, 202217:44pending

How your boss might be monitoring you

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Oct 31, 202219:10pending

What new census data tells us about immigrants in Canada

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Oct 28, 202217:57pending

Financial dos and don’ts for young adults in an uncertain economy

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Oct 27, 202223:33pending

A made-in-Canada solution to help Indigenous people in prisons

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Oct 26, 202219:28pending

Rishi Sunak takes on a fragile British economy

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Oct 25, 202219:34pending

Recovery stalls in Prince Edward Island a month after Fiona

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Oct 24, 202218:03pending

What one annoying sound says about how we deal with homelessness

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Oct 21, 202215:21pending

What we’ve learned from the Emergencies Act inquiry so far

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Oct 20, 202220:04pending

How to fight drones in Ukraine

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Oct 19, 202219:51pending

Cold cases are being cracked with the help of ancestry sites

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Oct 18, 202221:09pending

What you need to know about Buy Now, Pay Later

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Oct 17, 202218:49pending

The future of China’s economy

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Oct 14, 202213:57pending

Loblaw’s driverless trucks hit the road

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Oct 13, 202218:45pending

Mass resignation at Hockey Canada

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Oct 12, 202219:18pending

Facebook, Meta and the future of social media

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Oct 11, 202219:33pending

Wild boars are in Canada and it’s no joke

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Oct 10, 202220:20pending

Gen Z’s housing struggles are worse than generations past

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Oct 7, 202218:55pending

Ukraine’s breakthrough on the battlefield

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Oct 6, 202214:43pending

How a tax cut for the wealthy almost tanked the UK economy

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Oct 5, 202214:56pending

The NFT market has crashed, but NFT thefts are rising

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Oct 4, 202219:31pending

A doctor answers your current COVID questions

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Oct 3, 202220:37pending

Land back and the next stage of reconciliation

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Sep 30, 202220:31pending

Parties promise to limit immigration in Quebec election

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Sep 29, 202217:55pending

A nuclear scientist on Russia’s threat of nuclear war

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Sep 28, 202219:43pending

An Iranian woman’s death in custody sparks global protests

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Sep 27, 202217:27pending

How two Canadian women were switched at birth

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Sep 26, 202219:17pending

Putin doubles down on the war in Ukraine

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Sep 23, 202218:44pending

The good and bad of slowing inflation

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Sep 22, 202215:31pending

A senator sent inauthentic documents to stranded Afghans

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Sep 21, 202219:14pending

What happened to $10-a-day daycare in Ontario?

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Sep 20, 202217:57pending

Soaring energy bills in the UK as winter looms

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Sep 19, 202217:19pending
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