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26/11/2024
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24 avr.

Should you invest instead of buying a home?

Buying real estate is seen as a surefire way to build wealth. But it's not the only option. With prices coming down and more rentals being built, the case for renting in Canada is looking better than it has in years. Also, have you been diagnosed with ADHD? Well, there's a financial planner for that. And we talk to the Canadian planning to build a hotel on the moon.

24 avr.

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28 min
16 mai

Coping with chronic pain: Advice, tools and finding support

Dive in for a conversation about finding good care, using new tools and building support while navigating chronic pain. Norman Buckley is an anesthesiologist and chronic pain clinician based at McMaster University. And Desmond Williams has lived with chronic pain for 30 years. He is a member of Pain Canada's National Advisory Committee.

16 mai

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56 min
2 mai

Ditching the 9-to-5: Is the skilled trades path right for you?

The Canadian government wants to invest $6 billion over five years to boost Canada’s skilled trades sectors. As more young people struggle to find entry-level work in 9-to-5 professions, are the skilled trades a viable option? What do you want to know about the demands and the opportunities of life in the trades? Abigail Fulton is the executive director of the Construction Foundation of B.C., a charity focused on workforce development in the trades. She joins Just Asking alongside Jim Stanford, an economist and the director of Centre for Future Work, a labour economics think tank.

2 mai

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25 avr.

Not just a trend: what you need to know about “Looksmaxxing”

“Ascend your looks to be a better version of yourself” is Looksmaxxing in a nutshell, but young men in the movement are using increasingly radical measures to improve their appearances, including extreme dieting and “bone-smashing” to achieve a very specific look. What is this trend that is attracting young men and making its way into mainstream conversation? And why should we watch for its influence on the young people in our lives? Our expert panel is Jamie Cohen, an associate professor of media studies at CUNY Queens College, and John Oliffe, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Men’s Health Promotion and the University of British Columbia.

25 avr.

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59 min
9 mai

How foreign actors are wading into the Alberta separatist discourse online

We’re fielding your questions about foreign influence on Canadian political discourse in the age of AI, paid actors and ‘slopaganda’. Brian McQuinn is an associate professor in the department of politics and international studies at the University of Regina. Mika Desblancs-Patel is a research engineer at the Media Ecosystem Observatory.

9 mai

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59 min
28 mars

Managing your money as a solo earner

From rent to hotel stays and home repairs, many things cost more when you’re flying solo. We’ve got money tips and advice for managing your money on a solo earner. Renée Sylvestre-Williams is a finance journalist and the author of the book The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo-Earners. Stacy Yanchuk Oleksy is a certified financial counsellor and the CEO of Money Mentors, which is a non-profit credit counselling agency.

28 mars

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57 min
8 mai

How the avocado won our wallets

Canada imports 20 times more avocados today than three decades ago — and that's no accident. We explore how the green fruit went from exotic specialty to kitchen staple. Also, how theatres are squeezing more money out of fewer customers and why some divorcees are still living with their ex.

8 mai

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26 min
30/08/2021

Food as a Love Language

In his bestselling book The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman says we express love through physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts and quality time. The Unforked team says there’s a sixth love language: food. Host Samira asks how do we express love through cooking and eating? Folks from St. John’s, Australia, and Vancouver Michelle Zauner [ZONN-er] (Brooklyn, NY) - musician and author of Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir Keith Broni [BROH-nee] (Dublin, Ireland) - Deputy Emoji Officer with Emojipedia

30/08/2021

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27 min
1 mai

What will Canada do about prediction markets?

Betting on a future event — like, who will be a bridesmaid at Taylor Swift's wedding — is the whole point of prediction markets. Every year, Americans spend billions on these kind of bets, but Canada hasn't fully opened the door to them. So, should we let this type of trading in, put restrictions on it, or just say no? Also, what's old is new again as more Canadians take up film photography. And we find out how Nike lost its cool factor.

1 mai

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28 min
11 avr.

Chasing feathers: Why birding is chic and how to get into it

Whether you know all your obscure sparrows and warblers or your bird ID skills are limited to the Blue Jay, dive in for a fascinating conversation on birding and its benefits. Our guests are David Bird, Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology at McGill University, and writer and bird watcher Julia Zarankin.They are briefly joined by Erik Wing, a cognitive neuroscience research associate at York University.

11 avr.

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50 min

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