The Decibel

The Decibel

Context is everything. Join us Monday to Friday for a Canadian daily news podcast from The Globe and Mail. Explore a story shaping our world, in conversation with reporters, experts, and the people at the centre of the news.

Latest Episode

Why tariffs haven’t hit consumer prices hard – yet (21.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • How the Air Canada strike tested Canada’s labour laws 20.08.2025
  • Why Wikipedia might be the last good place on the internet 19.08.2025
  • Toddlers among Canadians detained by ICE 18.08.2025
  • Why Canada’s water security is being threatened by Trump 15.08.2025
  • Why more Western nations are recognizing Palestinian statehood 14.08.2025
  • Why an obsession with sleep hygiene might be keeping you awake 13.08.2025
  • Popeyes Chicken, covert surveillance and alleged rotting meat 12.08.2025
  • ICE detention and a ‘legal trap’ on the way to Canada 11.08.2025
  • How a math prodigy-turned-fugitive siphoned millions in crypto 08.08.2025
  • Why the absence of a U.S. trade deal might be a good thing 07.08.2025
  • Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help 06.08.2025
  • Restorative justice and the Hockey Canada trial 05.08.2025
  • The case for prioritizing rest in the age of burnout 01.08.2025
  • Gazan journalist describes starvation, chaos on the ground 31.07.2025
  • If you fall for a scam, who should pick up the bill? 30.07.2025
  • Boomers, millennials, Gen Beta: Why do we name generations? 29.07.2025
  • The state of Canadian tourism in the ‘elbows up’ moment 28.07.2025
  • Why the players were acquitted in the Hockey Canada trial 25.07.2025
  • What it’s like to be an undocumented migrant in Canada 24.07.2025
  • Dairy’s outsized political influence and the trade war 23.07.2025

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