Latest podcasts
- Confused on COVID rules? You’re not alone
Monday, November 23rd 2020
Governments have been criticized for confusing, and at times, contradictory messaging and policies on COVID-19 restrictions. Roxanne Khamsi, science journalist and contributor to WIRED Magazine, joins This Matters to talk about the muddied waters of public health messaging and why that makes controlling COVID in the second wave that much harder.
- Marcus Rashford and the rise of athletes refusing to ‘shut up and dribble’
Friday, November 20th 2020
Nearly two million school-age children in the UK, who qualify for government-subsidized school meals, were facing hunger due to schools closing during pandemic lockdowns, until Manchester United's Marcus Rashford stepped in. Shireen Ahmed, writer and co-host of the ‘Burn It All Down’ podcast joins Adrian Cheung to talk about Rashford, how he represents a new generation of athletes refusing to ‘shut up and dribble’ and who are using their voices to drive social and political change.
- Will the bands play on? The future of live music is on life support
Thursday, November 19th 2020
As concert halls and live music venues sit empty during this pandemic, the Canadian Live Music Coalition says 90 per cent of them are at risk of closing forever. Can they be saved through government support, some crazy scheme or is the hope of a vaccine their best bet? Jonny Dovercourt, co-founder and artistic director of Wavelength Music Series and author of “Any Night of the Week: A D.I.Y. History of Toronto Music (1957-2001),” joins us to discuss if the bands will play on.
- Cold comfort: Overcoming sadness during winter blues (and a pandemic)
Wednesday, November 18th 2020
According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, about 15 per cent of Canadians experience a wave of low emotions during the upcoming cold and dark days, or as we know it, the winter blues. Some experience a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder, known as SAD. It can actually impair daily life and lead to medical treatment. Dr. JianLi Wang, the Director of the Work and Mental Health Research Unit at the Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research in Ottawa, explains the ways we can assess ourselves, make sure we are okay and how fight back those pandemic winter blues.
- Will the promise of national child-care help ease she-cession?
Tuesday, November 17th 2020
The Toronto Star’s business reporter Rosa Saba joins Saba Eitizaz on This Matters to talk about the government’s dangling promise of nationalized child-care, what will it look like and how it can help regain lost ground and equal participation in an economy that will really need it now more than ever.