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The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio) TVO | Steve Paikin
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.
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What Is the State of Entrepreneurship in Ontario?
Recent data suggests entrepreneurship is in decline across Canada. Are people choosing to move away from a self-employed lifesyle? And what are the consequences of lower levels of small business ownership across the province? We ask: Jeff Coull, executive director of the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre; Nancy Wilson, founder and CEO of the Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce; Nadia Ladak, program marketing officer at Startup Canada and co-founder of Marlow; and Joel Blit, associate professor at University of Waterloo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Where Do Seeds Come From?
If plants come from seeds, where do seeds come from? That question from Grade 2 student Wyatt is answered by Peter Kotanen, a professor in the Department of Biology and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How Should We Care for Aging Parents?
More people are living longer, many with better quality of life. Even still, aging parents often require support and care they've never needed before. Laura Tamblyn Watts has a new book out aimed at improving communications when the roles reverse: when the adult children suddenly find themselves the informal caregivers of their older parents. She discuess, "Let's Talk about Aging Parents: A Real-Life Guide to Solving Problems with 27 Essential Conversations."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Gary Marcus: Has AI Hit a Wall?
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022 the great promise was that this was only the beginning and that AIs would only exponentially get more sophisticated and powerful. But has AI hit a wall? Are those big exponential gains that were promised beginning to plateau? Are we now in a world of diminishing returns for AI? Gary Marcus, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, pushes back on the hype around AI.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Is Canada Falling Behind in AI?
The federal government recently announced a $2.4 billion dollar investment in artificial intelligence. It includes money earmarked to accelerate the adoption of AI in sectors as far flung as health care and agriculture. The feds say this will help to 'secure Canada's AI advantage." But does Canada even have an advantage in AI compared to our neighbors? Are Canadian companies and industries doing enough to embrace this technology? And is there a potential downside if we embrace AI too quickly? For insight, we welcome: Ajay Agrawal, the Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the U of T's Rotman School of Management, and Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Krista Jones, Chief Delivery Officer at the MaRS Discovery District; andKristina McElheran, assistant professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and Rotman School of Management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What Effect will AI Have on the Creative Arts?
Valentine Goddard, founder and executive director of the AI Impact Alliance, answers a question from Grade 10 student Xavier on the effect artificial intelligence may have on the creative arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Customer Reviews
A human Westminster Dog show
Hey! You want to know what Steve’s pets are up to? What interesting side project he’s working on now? This is the show for you!
Want to hear a vigorous defence of a mayor who watched Toronto slide into multiple political crises, and made a number of them worse? Check out Steve’s view of John Tory! Don’t be glad that a man who exasperated the housing and COL crisis is gone: Tory was a victim of a witch hunt cuz he cheated on his wife! Just ask Steve.
Want to hear why urban sprawl and gross municipal mismanagement is cool? Check out the eulogy for the queen of sprawl Hazel “don’t wear religious costumes to the hospitals” McCallion! Or download the show from a decade ago where Hazel yells “people want sprawl” and watch Steve nod along. Oodles if fun!
And don’t forget the mandatory references to ‘full disclosure my family is made up of developers’ so he can at least pretend to be objective about the gross urban development failures plaguing the province. Just kidding! There’s no hard questions or serious discussions here. That would take a desire to see Ontario change. Instead enjoy the bread and circuses!
If you want serious discussions about the myriad of issues the province is facing, this is not that show. (Ontario doesn’t have one like that.) but if you want people shilling books, defenders of the status quo, comments about ancient premiers no one remembers, and an answer to “who ghostwrote Patrick Brown’s book?” Try this podcast. Or put on some rose coloured glasses, add some blinders and pretend everything is working as it should. It’s almost the same thing.
Gold Standard
Hands down, this is the best current affairs program in Canada and beyond. Steve’s genuine curiosity and level hand make this show into a highly informative and critical component of our democracy.
The Most Unbiased Show On TV
Steve has been an unbiased and even keeled host for as long as I have been watching him. The agenda is not afraid to have people from all sides of the political field come and share their views.
I appreciate that there are people in the world who are making informed and interesting content about the issues that affect Canadians.