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Episodes
How can we fix Canada’s health care system?
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Health policy expert Amélie Quésnel-Vallée explains why health care in Canada feels like it is eroding, how we can make it more accessible and equi...
Freedom and justice in a polarized world
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Political Science professor Catherine Lu explores how we might reimagine foundational concepts such as freedom, human rights and global justice in an ...
When governments use AI: what can go wrong (and right)?
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jennifer Raso, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, delves deep into AI and how governments are using AI to make decisions, why regula...
Will the world run out of food?
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how conflict, climate change and rural migration are converging to leave millions increasingly vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition – and wha...
Why great cities matter more than ever - for us and the earth
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Kevin Manaugh, Department of Geography and the Bieler School of Environment, talks about how urban design, transit access, ...
How AI and data science are transforming the shopping experience
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From your local mall to your go-to online shop, Prof. Maxime Cohen, Academic Director of McGill’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management, talks about...
Is a cure for cancer on the horizon?
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Professor John Stagg, Director of the Goodman Cancer Research Institute, to explore how scientists' understanding of cancer is e...
When Climate Change Threatens Human Health
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From intensifying heat waves to the growing impact of wildfire smoke, Dr. Jill Baumgartner, Director of the McGill Centre for Climate Change and Healt...