• Sitting down with a Jan. 6 protester
    Oct 15 2024

    The CBC’s Katie Nicholson was reporting live from the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot when she was swarmed by Trump supporters and forced off air. In her new documentary she tracks down one of the people who harassed her — a woman who still firmly believes the 2020 U.S. election was stolen, and is married to a lifelong Democrat who does not.

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    20 mins
  • How DeMar DeRozan changed mental health in sports
    Oct 15 2024

    DeMar DeRozan changed the conversation around mental health in basketball, starting with a single tweet about his own struggles with depression. In September, the former Toronto Raptor spoke to Matt Galloway about why he now sees vulnerability as a form of strength — and why he “couldn't stand” Kyle Lowry when they first met.

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    27 mins
  • The world’s humanity is ‘under the rubble’ in Gaza, says poet
    Oct 15 2024

    Gaza has become a graveyard for the world’s humanity, says Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha. He fled the enclave with his wife and children when Israel invaded last year, in a military campaign that has since killed 31 members of his extended family. He talks to Matt Galloway about watching that violence from afar, and writing poetry amid unimaginable loss.

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    24 mins
  • The molecular approach to great-tasting food
    Oct 14 2024

    Arielle Johnson says knowing the basic building blocks of taste — on a molecular level — can help any cook create something delicious. In a conversation from May, she talks to Matt Galloway about the science of flavour and her book, Flavorama.

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    23 mins
  • Why a place to call home can be the best medicine
    Oct 14 2024

    Over the past year, more than 4,000 visits to ERs in Toronto were made by a small group of 100 unhoused people. Now, the city’s University Health Network is supporting Dunn House, a project offering homes to people in that group, with onsite medical and social supports.

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    20 mins
  • Spike in deadly crime in small B.C. town
    Oct 11 2024

    Julie Hosack’s son Cole is one of several people who have gone missing in Dawson Creek, a picturesque B.C. town that has become a hotbed for drugs and violent crime. The Fifth Estate went there to investigate the sudden spike in deadly crime, and found a community on edge and deeply frustrated with the RCMP.

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    19 mins
  • The Canadian photo that won Wildlife Photo of the Year
    Oct 11 2024

    Canadian Shane Gross has just won the Wildlife Photo of the Year award, for a picture that might change how you think about tadpoles. He tells us about the time he spends underwater and what he wants people on dry land to know about the world below the surface.

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    8 mins
  • How canoes and sea otters shore up Haida Gwaii’s culture
    Oct 11 2024

    Last month Matt Galloway visited the islands of Haida Gwaii, to hear about a historic agreement that recognizes the Haida Nation’s title over the land. We revisit his conversation with renowned Haida artist Christian White — about preserving and celebrating his nation’s ancient traditions — and hear about the return of sea otters to the archipelago’s ecosystem.

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    27 mins