The Star

•

Channel • 12 Shows

Politics

Politics

Every two months
Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Updated weekly
Daily News

Daily News

Updated weekly
Automotive

Automotive

Weekly series
News

News

Updated daily
News

News

Updated 17/11/2023
Documentary

Documentary

Weekly series

27/02/2022

'I have to grow up eventually and do my own thing'

Cedric, 23, lives with his parents in Brampton. After being laid off in the pandemic, he now makes $20 an hour as a line cook. While he has $5,000 in cryptocurrency, he wants to start focusing on his credit card debt and is considering going back to school to change career paths, and eventually well as move out of his parents house. How can he start? We speak with financial adviser Jason Heath for recommendations. All of our participants have been granted anonymity, and so we'll be using voice actors for their quotes.

27/02/2022

•

9 min
13/03/2022

Officially sick of Toronto, this 29-year old considers moving to the U.S.

Dre is 29-years and works at a start-up. She lives with her partner and is officially sick of Toronto. Dre's weeks often push past 60 hour. Now they're considering moving out of the country, to the U.S. for more opportunities. We speak with financial adviser Jason Heath for recommendations. All of our participants have been granted anonymity, and so we'll be using voice actors for their quotes.

13/03/2022

•

8 min
03/12/2021

Building and investing with community bonds

Guests: Tonya Surman of the Centre for Social Innovation and Rudy Ruttimann of the Sketch Institute Real estate in Toronto is red hot, leaving a lot of prospective buyers out in the cold. So, how the heck does a non-profit buy real estate in downtown Toronto? The answer is something called a community bond. Add that to your bricks and mortar! Today on "Responsible Investing for a Sustainable Economy," we talk with Tonya Surman, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Social Innovation, and Rudy Ruttimann, the founding director of Sketch Institute.

03/12/2021

•

29 min
10/02/2022

Should Black women challenge 'excellence' and embrace 'mediocrity' to reclaim power?

Guest: Kathleen Newman-Bremang, deputy director at Unbothered, Refinery29's sub-brand made for and by Black women Black women are exhausted. Two years into a pandemic that includes the bitter taste of racial inequities, reckonings and the brutalization of Black bodies, the pursuit of societally imposed standards of "excellence" is losing its appeal. Not only are Black women dropping out of the workforce in staggering numbers, many are asking themselves when does attempting to attain an ambiguous definition of exceptionalism become a descent into harm. In her latest article, editorial director and writer Kathleen Newman-Bremang challenges the notion and pursuit of Black exceptionalism as defined by society, and asks if embracing radical "mediocrity" is another way of reclaiming your power. This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Matthew Hearn.

10/02/2022

•

22 min
01/08/2021

This 31-year-old avid saver had a small wedding during the pandemic. What's next?

Sid is a 31-year-old engineer at a consulting firm making $92,000 a year. Being an avid saver, his short-term goals are to pay for deposits for a bigger wedding celebration and to save for retirement. Evy speaks with financial adviser Jason Heath for recommendations. All of our participants have been granted anonymity, and so we'll be using voice actors for their quotes. If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.

01/08/2021

•

12 min
28 MAY · BONUS

Introducing the podcast, Arachnid: Hunting the Web's Darkest Secrets

This Matters is pleased to share a new podcast from the Toronto Star, TVO Podcasts, the Investigative Journalism Bureau and Piz Gloria Productions, Arachnid: Hunting the Web's Darkest Secrets. What if the worst thing that ever happened to you plays out countless times on anonymous computer screens all over the world? Every day, tens of millions of images of child sexual abuse circulate on global online platforms. The proliferation of these images is getting worse as AI technology and deep fakes create an ever-expanding epidemic of online child sex exploitation. The children depicted in those criminal images are real. Many are now adults held hostage by these disturbing images despite available technology like Canada's Project Arachnid, which detects these images and sends out removal notices. Platforms often resist action, citing privacy laws. But in response, survivors and a group of motivated supporters are banding together across the globe to protect kids. Confronting their own trauma, they are speaking out, advocating for change internationally, and demanding stronger laws that hold tech giants to account. This six-part podcast series follows survivors' long-shot fight against the most powerful companies in the world to end a massive, global trade in child sex abuse imagery. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.

28 May · Bonus

•

3 min
24/12/2023

The great Santa conspiracy

For years, you may have heard the whispers about Santa Claus. Some say he's a big hoax, an inside job. When you look at the evidence, it may seem these skeptics have a point questioning the flying sleigh and magical reindeer. But then you start to consider just how many people would have to be in on this thing to keep it secret, and wonder why they would do that. Is it possible that behind Santa Claus there's a truth even bigger than the facts? This podcast is adapted from my 2017 column "Unearthing the truth about Santa." This episode was produced by Paolo Marques, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Edward Keenan. Star readers help the magic of Christmas reach children across the GTA with the Santa Claus Fund. You too can help create joyful Christmas memories that will last a lifetime. So, please, donate what you can. The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund GOAL: $1.5 million How to donate Online: To donate by Visa, Mastercard or Amex use our secure form at https://www.thestar.com/scf By cheque: Mail to The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund, 8 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5V 0S8 By phone: Call 647-250-8282 Tax receipts will be issued. Follow us on social Instagram: @torontostarchildrenscharities Facebook: @thetorontostarchildrenscharities X: @TStarCharities LinkedIn: #StarSantaClausFund

24/12/2023

•

11 min
31 OCT

See You in Court

In the absence of meaningful regulation, thousands of young people are now looking to the justice system to hold Big Tech accountable. In this episode, we go inside three landmark lawsuits that could finally force social media companies to answer for the damage they've done. New Mexico's Attorney General, Raul Torrez, has seen the darkest corners of the internet. After twenty years prosecuting child sex crimes, he knows exactly where predators hunt today: social media. In a groundbreaking lawsuit against Meta, Torrez is alleging that Facebook and Instagram have become a "breeding ground for predators". And he's determined to change that. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Duncan Embury is spearheading a lawsuit on behalf of twenty three different school boards in Ontario. School boards who say that Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram have made teaching next to impossible. Duncan and his team believe that these platforms are knowingly targeting kids while they're at school. And he says that if that doesn't stop, these platforms won't just disrupt education. They'll destroy it. On the other side of the continent, Laura Marquez Garrett is representing more than 4,000 kids who allege they've been broken by social media. And Laura is seeing some disturbing patterns in their stories. Patterns that suggest – not just that social media companies are harming kids – but that they know it.

31 Oct

•

37 min
11/04/2023

Forty per cent of farmers are retiring in the next decade. How do we replace them?

Guest: Nicholas Keung, immigration reporter When forty per cent of farm operators retire in the next decade, an influx of skilled labourers will be needed to fill the gap. A new report says targeted immigration is one step to keep the sector sustainable, but it also calls for a better understanding of the needs of the agricultural business sector to attract more workers. This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

11/04/2023

•

14 min
3 APR

Blue Jays second baseman Andres Gimenez, outfielder Alan Roden and more

Guests: Blue Jays second baseman Andres Gimenez, outfielder Alan Roden, pitcher Jacob Barnes, Orioles/Baseball Canada outfielder Tyler O'Neill This week in Deep Left Field, we talk to the clean-up man, record-setting slugger Andres Gimenez, who has 60% of the Jays' home runs so far. Rookie sensation Alan Roden catches us up on his first week in the big leagues and we'll also meet one of the new, but also not so new, guys in the Jays' bullpen, Jacob Barnes. As well, we talk to Burnaby, B.C.'s Tyler O'Neill, who extended an incredible major-league record by hitting a home run on opening day for the sixth straight season.

3 Apr

•

1h 9m

The Star Podcasts are part of the Toronto Star, a multi-platform news organization that informs, connects, investigates, reports and effects change. The purpose of the Toronto Star is to keep our audience informed about what matters most to them, to help make their life, community, country and world better.