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If you could hang out with some of the smartest people in the world, what would you ask them?

That’s the premise of the podcast Ologies. It’s hosted by science lover, Alie Ward. On her show, she chats with experts of all kinds about their specialties – from flesh-eating plants, to Dark Matter, to the study of raccoons.

You may have seen Alie on TV. She's a Daytime Emmy Award-winning science correspondent for her work on The Henry Ford's: Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca on CBS. She also hosts Did I Mention Invention? on the CW and 100 Humans on Netflix.

This week she joins us to share what makes her brain light up, and how to keep curiosity alive in your own life.

Plus, she shares a few of her favourite educational podcasts. We'll learn about different parts of the brain, how dinosaurs are related to birds, plus, the wonders of the pecan tree.

Podcasts featured this week: Ologies, Hidden Brain, Invisibilia, Completely Arbortrary, Talk Nerdy

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Jordan Heath-Rawlings has been a stalwart of Canadian Media for years. But, with his daily news podcast The Big Story, Jordan has given Canadians the news that matters to them with striking authenticity.

He joins us to tell us some of his favourite podcasts, why not focusing on the biggest daily stories is an advantage and how he likes to ask the questions the audiences want answers to.

We’ll hear a wide variety of podcasts – including a story about the rivalry between Sony and Nintendo in the 90s, as well as the controversies that surrounded the 2000 U.S. Presidential election.

Plus, Jordan tells us about his thinking behind his hit podcast The Gravy Train – about the rise of Mayor Rob Ford – and he’ll tell us why we need to be truly fearful of Canadian geese.

Podcasts featured this week: The Big Story, Fireside Canada, Business Wars, Fiasco

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This week on Podcast Playlist, stories about cons artists and sordid scams.

First, we'll meet Dr. Ronald Dante. To clarify, he’s not an actual doctor. He was a talented hypnotist during the 1980s and 1990s. With that power, he hypnotized women out of their money. We'll hear how he swindled a Hollywood starlet out of her fortune.

Then, Sam Bankman-Fried was a young billionaire who became the trusted face of crypto. He was one to watch thanks to his trading platform FTX. He won over celebrities, politicians, and Silicon Valley. But in an instant, his empire came crashing down ... The Naked Emperor, a new four-part series from CBC News' Front Burner and CBC Podcasts, tells that story.

Plus: When Kitty started using dating apps, she found herself talking to so many scammers. Instead of ignoring them, she decided to scam them back.

Podcasts featured this week: Chameleon: Dr. Dante, The Naked Emperor, Deep Cover Season 3: Never Seen Again, Vigilante, How To Be Fine, Twin Flames

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Have you missed visiting The Vinyl Cafe? The show felt like home to so many Canadians.

Jess Milton, long term producer of that show and one of Stuart McLean’s best friends, opens up about her new podcast Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe. She talks about why she wanted to return to that place, her nervousness at being a host and what it is that brings us together all over this disparate country.

We also speak to Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley from the hit true crime podcast Morbid about their latest grisly show Frozen Head. They tell us about why true crime skews towards female audiences and why some people choose cryogenics to cheat death.

Plus, we’ll hear the latest season of The Heart and about a groundbreaking podcast from Amnesty International.

Podcasts featured this week: Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe, Rights Back At You, The Heart, Frozen Head

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Have you ever wondered how your favourite song was made? Well, there’s a good chance that it’s been covered on the podcast Song Exploder.

From Madonna, to The Roots, to Yo-Yo Ma, musicians take apart their songs piece by piece and tell the story of how they were made.

Song Exploder is hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway. In addition to being a musician himself, he's also a celebrated podcaster, having co-hosted award-winning shows like Home Cooking and the rewatch podcast The West Wing Weekly.

This week he joins Leah to talk about the unifying power of music, and share a few podcasts that bring him joy.

We'll hear profound thoughts from inanimate objects, the adventures of a wizard and a talking badger, an analysis of the Fast & Furious movies, and close with a heartfelt poetry reading.

Podcasts featured this week: Song Exploder, Everything is Alive, Hello From the Magic Tavern, How Did This Get Made?, Interesting People Reading Poetry

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This week on Podcast Playlist, we’re talking about the latest in true crime podcasting.

Hannah Ajala is the host of the new podcast from CBC and the BBC World Service – Love, Janessa.

In the podcast, we learn about a person called Janessa Brazil, whose image has been used in countless catfishing schemes across the world.

Hannah joins Leah Simone-Bowen to discuss catfishing during the pandemic and how online dating has affected relationships.

Plus, new seasons of True Crime Byline, and a new CBC Podcast that looks at the Barry and Honey Sherman murders.

Podcasts featured this week: Love, Janessa, True Crime Byline, Bone Valley, The No-Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, Scamfluencers.

For links and more info on these shows, head to https://cbc.ca/podcastplaylist