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Young people can't find jobs. Is Canada's economy in trouble?

The unemployment rate for Canadians between 15 and 24 is at 15 percent, the highest it's been since 2010, not including the pandemic.Why can't young people find a job? And how do these numbers fit into the wider health of our economy at the moment?Economist and Atkinson Fellow on ... Show More

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Aug 22

Escape, immortality, AI: Silicon Valley's blueprint for the future

Elon Musk wants a million people living on Mars within 20 years. Jeff Bezos imagines a trillion humans in space, living in a constellation of space stations the size of major cities within a few generations. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is preparing for a future where rogue AI coul ... Show More

33m 35s

Aug 21

How Christian Zionism became a key force in U.S. politics

Christian Zionism — the belief that the modern state of Israel fulfills biblical prophecy — has existed as a theological concept for well over a century. But in the past couple decades its political power and influence in the United States has surged, with many of Donald Trump's ... Show More

38m 59s

Dec 2016

Episode #2: Maria Bamford Talks Bipolar II While Her Pugs Eat Nilla Wafers

For some people, treating depression is a matter of going to a doctor or therapist, maybe getting some meds, and then feeling better. For comedian and actress Maria Bamford, the path to doing better was way longer and more complicated. She shares her experiences with depression, ... Show More

37m 15s

Oct 2022

Molly Russell: how a teenager’s death put social media on trial

Last month a coroner said Molly ‘died from an act of self-harm whilst suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content’. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

29m 27s

Jun 2021

01. La Dépression - الإكتئاب

Dans le premier épisode de notre podcast, nous comprendrons la dépression et découvrirons les idées fausses et les préjugés qui l'entourent dans notre société. En plus de démêler certains symptômes physiques et psychologiques de la maladie, et comment se comporter en cas de dépre ... Show More

15m 42s

Apr 2021

A cruel disease

Reporting on suicide is complicated. In trying to tell the story of someone who’s no longer here, which parts do you tell, which parts do you keep private? After a young woman dies by suicide, Reema sets out to understand why money was on her mind shortly before her death. Just a ... Show More

35m 27s

Apr 2015

#10: Katie

The 21-year-old student talks about using success as a mask for her depression, admitting herself into psychiatric hold, and her recent experience of emerging from the darkness of suicidal thoughts.

1h 29m

Jul 2022

‘There are no words for the horror’: the story of my madness

Emmanuel Carrère was no stranger to depression, but it was late in life that a major episode got him hospitalised and diagnosed as bipolar. In some ways it made sense of his problems, but in the midst of it, everything was broken. Help support our independent journalism at thegua ... Show More

25m 6s

Nov 2019

Battling Depression from the C-Suite

For most of his life, Paul Greenberg suffered from severe depression -- depression so bad that he had near constant thoughts of suicide from the age of 13. But you'd never know it if you met him. And he has built a successful media career, including stints at MTV and Time, and ev ... Show More

34m 4s

Aug 2023

115. Let's talk about depression in our 20s

In this episode, I want to talk about depression. And not just from a psychological and scientific perspective but also from a personal perspective, sharing parts of my story. It's not something I've talked about much on the podcast but recently I've really come to terms with my ... Show More

56m 31s

May 2022

Mental Health Awareness Month: The Factors of Depression, Anxiety, and What Gen Z Needs To Know

What’s up legendaries, it’s Ameenha Lee. On todays podcast episode, I discuss mental health awareness month. The rates of suicide and depression are rising by the minute within Generation Z. Thanks to contributing factors like school, family, and poverty, many young people are fa ... Show More

14m 20s

Jun 2023

The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think

Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficient, but alternatives are coming into view and changing our understanding of the disease. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Redwood Trail” by Audionautix.

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