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The Decibel
The Decibel
The Globe and Mail

Context is everything. Join us Monday to Friday for a Canadian daily news podcast from The Globe and Mail. Explore a story... more

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Episodes

The ‘valley of death’ for Canada’s mining companies

Canada wants to position itself as a leader in the critical mineral industry, as the world becomes more reliant on... more

12 Feb 2025 · 19 minutes
What happens when your bank dumps you

A connection to a bank is an important financial relationship – between chequing and savings accounts, mortgages and loans –... more

11 Feb 2025 · 28 minutes
Why the Conservative path to victory just got complicated

For more than two years, the federal Conservatives have held a solid lead in the polls, and with the party... more

10 Feb 2025 · 24 minutes
‘Buy Canadian’ and the week Canadians got mad at the U.S.

The U.S. tariff threats against Canada may be on pause, but the reaction from many Canadians shows that the cross-border... more

07 Feb 2025 · 23 minutes
Your new favourite influencer? She’s AI-generated

Influencer profiles often have recognizable hallmarks: their feeds are highly stylized, filled with aspirational content and product placement. One of... more

06 Feb 2025 · 18 minutes
What’s stopping Canada from building better public transit

There’s a fairly long list of public transit projects that have gone off the rails all across Canada. These projects... more

05 Feb 2025 · 21 minutes
Trade war on hold as Trump threats loom

Hours before historic, damaging tariffs were set to be imposed between Canada and the U.S., the two nations stepped back... more

04 Feb 2025 · 26 minutes
The U.S.–Canada trade war, explained

The economies of Canada and the United States are on a collision course. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed... more

03 Feb 2025 · 26 minutes
This year’s hottest viral trends: norovirus, flu, COVID and RSV

If it seems like everyone you know is sick right now, that’s because respiratory virus season is in full swing.... more

31 Jan 2025 · 16 minutes
Doug Ford’s big election gamble

Ontario is officially in an election campaign. Voters will go to the polls on February 27 – more than a... more

30 Jan 2025 · 23 minutes