The Decibel
The Globe and Mail
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.
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Episodes (1236)
Why a sleep doctor says we should never change our clocks again
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Why Quebec doctors are threatening to leave the province
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U.S. trade talks stalled after Ford ad, Carney heads to Asia
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Why more young people are signing prenups
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Do we need a ‘buy Canadian’ movement for culture?
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OK Blue Jays! A bandwagoner’s guide to the World Series
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What record gold and silver prices tell us about the stock market
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What’s going on with Pierre Poilievre?
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Why bail reform is hard to get right
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AI and digital sovereignty in the ‘elbows up’ era
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The crop caught in the crosshairs of the Canada-China trade war
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A dispatch from Gaza as the fragile ceasefire takes hold
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What it’s like for migrant workers on Canadian farms
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The fight over the notwithstanding clause
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Machines Like Us: Geoffrey Hinton on AI’s future
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How a new pipeline could test Canadian unity
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How seriously is corporate Canada taking DEI these days?
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Key takeaways from Carney’s second meeting with Trump
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How October 7 is still haunting the Jewish diaspora
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How Trump’s peace plan for Gaza could end the war
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Why Alberta teachers are on the cusp of a historic strike
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Boiling point: the uncertain future of lobster fishing
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What life is like for missing Ukrainian kids in Russian camps
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Machines Like Us: AI upending higher education
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Let's talk about autism
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Who’s behind Canada’s nation-building projects?
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High-stakes trade talks begin as Trump tariffs persist
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Tracing the virus: How measles made its way back to Canada
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Charlie Kirk, free speech, and Canada’s new anti-hate law
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Meet the people who save aggressively to retire early
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The disappearance of Jack and Lilly Sullivan
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Mark Carney’s plan for affordable housing
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Israel begins ground invasion of Gaza, UN inquiry finds genocide
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What you need to know about COVID-19 this fall
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The challenges ahead for Carney as Parliament resumes
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KPop Demon Hunters, Korean culture and why kids love it so much
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Leak reveals China is exporting internet censorship technology
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Pipelines, ports and rail: What’s Carney building first?
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The multimillion-dollar fight over a piece of Canadian history
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Segregation of child inmates being challenged in landmark lawsuit
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Introducing the new host of The Decibel
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Should we worry about the gender gap at university?
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Oct. 7 documentary draws TIFF controversy
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The first wave of AI layoffs
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Is it legal to defend yourself if someone breaks into your home?
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To save this baby, doctors had to kill part of her brain
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The black market for getting hacked Meta accounts back
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How kids are getting hooked on gambling through online games
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Canada’s fragmented medical records system
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Border security bill grants new powers to tighten immigration
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