“Blockchain for me is about having the freedom to completely redesign the way we organize society.”
Anne Connelly joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain the concepts behind blockchain, what it can be used for, and how it is transforming our world.
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“If monetary policy does it right, you almost won’t know sometimes that you’ve been nudged in a certain way because of what’s happened 12-24 months ago.”
Bloomberg reporter Luke Kawa joins Mike Moffatt to talk about monetary policy and how to interpret statements from Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz.
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Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by Mike Moffatt, Aaron Reynolds, and Alex Paterson in the Canada 2020 studio to wrap up the week. Topics include Ontario News Now and comparisons to the CBC, and the Liberal government’s track record on gay rights issues. Plus, Alex, Mike, and Aaron face off in the tweet game.
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“We take it seriously in Canada… the Supreme Court of Canada has said very clearly- firearm ownership is not a right in Canada, it is a well regulated privilege… we have a very robust system of controls based on public safety, ensuring that firearms in the legal stream stay in the right hands.”
Solomon Friedman, criminal lawyer and co-author of the only textbook on Canadian gun law, joins Aaron Reynolds to demystify the regulations around buying, keeping, transporting, and using firearms in Canada.
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“Psychologists would say don’t be isolated, interpersonal relationships matter … how you design that on a public policy perspective- governments going to assign everyone a friend, I don’t know.”
Join Mike Moffatt for the second half of his conversation with Justin Wolfers, Heather Boushey, and Jen Robson about policy responses to inequality. Recorded live at the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference on June 5th, 2018.
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“It’s not just cyber campaign, it’s one that is very much routed in human intelligence so that they can use cyber to target… to amplify or suppress certain ideas on Twitter because they had done this groundwork.”
Dr. Stephanie Carver joins Mike Moffatt in the Canada 2020 studio to talk about Russian election interference, Canada’s potential election 2019 vulnerabilities, and Bill C-59.
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Mike Moffatt and Aaron Reynolds join host Sarah Turnbull in the Canada 2020 studio to summarize the week that was. Topics include what Canadians are most afraid of; tweets about handguns, bears, and selfdefence; and something that has been making Mike angry since 1989. Plus, Mike and Aaron face off in the Twitter trivia game.
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“[Mindfulness] is not a new thing, but it is a thing that we are increasingly talking about because of our information driven society, where we are constantly inputting and consuming content and we are waking up to the fact that we can’t be consuming every moment of every day.”
Christina Crook, author of The Joy of Missing Out, talks to Aaron Reynolds about mindfulness, the Twitter outrage cycle, and the importance of finding time to be bored.
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“The people who have been able to keep up with and process the Trump storyline effectively are the people who are able to understand celebrity gossip because this is a celebrity president.”
Celebrity gossip aficionado Elaine Lui, otherwise known as Lainey Gossip, joins Alex Paterson to discuss gossip as anthropology, the merging of celebrity and politics, and the changing face of media in the #metoo era.
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