The Decibel
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Episodes (1236)
Fossil feud: Paleontologists have a bone to pick with new find
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Why tariffs haven’t hit consumer prices hard – yet
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How the Air Canada strike tested Canada’s labour laws
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Why Wikipedia might be the last good place on the internet
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Toddlers among Canadians detained by ICE
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Why Canada’s water security is being threatened by Trump
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Why more Western nations are recognizing Palestinian statehood
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Why an obsession with sleep hygiene might be keeping you awake
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Popeyes Chicken, covert surveillance and alleged rotting meat
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ICE detention and a ‘legal trap’ on the way to Canada
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How a math prodigy-turned-fugitive siphoned millions in crypto
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Why the absence of a U.S. trade deal might be a good thing
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Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help
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Restorative justice and the Hockey Canada trial
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The case for prioritizing rest in the age of burnout
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Gazan journalist describes starvation, chaos on the ground
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If you fall for a scam, who should pick up the bill?
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Boomers, millennials, Gen Beta: Why do we name generations?
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The state of Canadian tourism in the ‘elbows up’ moment
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Why the players were acquitted in the Hockey Canada trial
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What it’s like to be an undocumented migrant in Canada
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Dairy’s outsized political influence and the trade war
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How Carney’s historic defence spending could change the economy
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Ontario colleges see alarming job losses
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What happens when your bank dumps you
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A mixtape of you: the summer of the Great Canadian Playlist
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A Canadian died in ICE custody. His family wants answers
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Canadian soldiers charged in anti-government militia plot
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What you should know about Canada’s growing tick problem
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Your new favourite influencer? She’s AI-generated
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Why the Calgary Stampede is this summer’s biggest political event
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How to talk to kids about climate change
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The B.C. billionaire fighting to take over Hudson’s Bay stores
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Canada’s emergency room crisis is worse than we thought
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The women changing the face of Canadian rodeo
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Making sense of Carney’s tactics in the U.S.-Canada trade talks
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Is AI making us dumb?
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The benchmark of housing affordability has changed in Canada
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Why cuts to a U.S. inspection agency matter for Canadian food
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Do you feel broke? How to overcome ‘money dysmorphia’
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How Canada fits into the high-stakes NATO summit
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National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak wants Carney to slow down
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Threat of wider war looms after U.S. bombs Iran nuclear sites
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How The Matriarch tackled trauma in the wrestling ring
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How wildfires are changing the way we think of summer
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Trump, Iran-Israel attacks loom large over G7 summit talks
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Israel-Iran conflict escalates as death toll rises
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Why the job market is hitting new grads especially hard
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The black market for getting hacked Meta accounts back
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City Space: Why Berliners think expropriation could solve the housing crisis
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