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Apr 2023
1h 37m

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SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas

Guest: Jordan Bimm, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, University of Chicago


Close Canadian friend on the fight to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being held in Moscow 

Guest: Jeremy Berke, writer, Cultivated, friend of Evan Gershkovich


In Kyiv, NATO chief says Ukraine’s ‘rightful place’ is in the alliance

Guest: Kira Rudik, member of Ukrainian parliament, leader of the Golos Party


Power, Paranoia, and the Fraying of Our Politics

Guest: Jared Yates Sexton, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis 


Senate passes bill named in memory of Toronto 4-year old - Keira’s Law aims to educate decision-makers on domestic violence

Guest: Jennfier Kagan-Viater, Keira’s mother and Philip Viater, Jennifer’s husband


Previewing season four of Scott’s Vacation House Rules on HGTV

Guest: Debra Salmoni, HGTV designer

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