Exponential with Amanda Lang Podcast: Recent Episodes
Andrew Dunlop
Exponential with Amanda Lang explores the worlds of business, technology, sociology and art, delving into how they intertwine with each other. Lang has been covering business news in North America for 20 years, beginning her journalism career at The Globe and Mail and then the National Post, before moving into television with ROBTV, CNN and BNN.
While most countries are attempting to reduce their carbon footprint, Canada has a unique problem. A big and regionally important industry generates a LOT of carbon and the oil and gas sector is on the hot seat. Our challenge is making a pivot that is the equivalent to changing jet engines on a plane…mid flight! Amanda Lang talks to Tom Rand (is a managing partner of Arc Tern Ventures which invests in the clean technology sector)
In the wake of new and awful revelations of residential schools and the treatment of indigenous children, Amanda Lang speaks to long time CBC News Anchor, Author Peter Mansbridge about whether now is the time to celebrate being Canadian.
Amanda Lang speaks to Benjamin Perrin (a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia) about the ‘other’ issue in Canada (beyond the pandemic), the Opioid Crisis killing thousands across the country.
A clear and candid conversation on what should have happened from the start with COVID 19. Amanda Lang speaks to Heather Reisman (Chief Executive and founder of Indigo Books and Music)
Amanda Lang speaks to Dr. Cindy Blackstock (Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada) about the recent discovery of the ‘mass grave’ of 215 children beneath a former residential school in B.C.
Amanda Lang speaks to Dr Michael Warner (Medical Director of Critical Care at Michael Garron Hospital) about a true front line doctors' perspective of how the Covid19 Pandemic has gone. His voice, his wisdom, and yes, his struggle.
Amanda talks to Michael Bryant (Head of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association) about…one of the unpleasant side effects of a pandemic is that suddenly tonnes of government and medical types are telling us what we can and cannot do. Most of us are willing to do what we’re told but for those keeping a sharp eye on our civil rights, it is a time to be vigilant.
Amanda Lang talks to Dennis Kelleher (President and CEO at Better Markets) about how after the credit crisis that threatened the global system back in 2008, a lot of new rules were put in place to make things safer and the banks behave better. So, after all these years, is the system safer…or not?
Amanda Lang talks to Toby Sanger (Executive Director at Canadians For Tax Fairness) governments all over are in need of new cash and Canada is no exception. President Biden is stoking an old debate on raising taxes on capital gains. It also digs up an old debate on why investments are given a tax break?
Amanda Lang speaks to Goldy Hyder (President CEO Business Council of Canada) about the Federal governments first budget in 2 years. Big spending and big ticket items. Its promise is to create growth and pay for itself but is that a valid promise?
Amanda Lang talks to Frank Giustra (Canadian businessman, founded Lionsgate Entertainment/CEO of Fiore Group of Companies) about is recent philenthropic focus, including his partnership with Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal Musk to launch the ‘Million Garden’s movement’
In this episode of Exponential… Amanda Lang speaks to Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Economist/Writer) about how hard woman in the work force have been hit during this economy and the newly formed task force on Women in the Economy as she coined the phrase “SHE-session”.
In this episode of Exponential… Amanda Lang speaks to Gil McGowan (President of the Alberta Fed Of Labour) about when Canadians die, and the interesting difference between dying on the street….and dying “at work”.
In this episode, Amanda Lang speaks to Mark Carney (Canadian Economist/Banker) about his new book “Values”, which explore the issues surrounding climate change and suggest the solution incorporates market and human values alike.
In this Episode, Amanda Lang speaks to John Manley (Canadian Lawyer/Businessman/Politician, Former Deputy Prime Minister) about the immense debt occurred by Canada thanks to the pandemic. As a banker and politician, Manley has a qualified and unique perspective of how we tackle the issue
Amanda Lang speaks to Dr. Robert Bell, who has worked is Ontario Healthcare for more than 40 years as a GP, Cancer Surgeon, Hospital CEO, and Deputy Minister of Health.
This week on Exponential: Amanda speaks with Wayne Lewchuk, professor at McMaster University, Faculty of Social Sciences, about the basic income pilot project cancelled by the Ontario PC Party
This week on Exponential: Amanda talks pandemics with Dr. Michael Gardam, infectious disease expert and chief of staff at Humber River Hospital
Amanda talks with Jeffrey Monaghan, Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Carlton University), about his new book, “Policing Indigenous Movements”. She asks Jeffrey about the way the blockades are being policed, and how the fact they are Indigenous protestors changes that — and whether Indigenous Authority is a real thing.
Amanda speaks with John Rossman, Author of the book “Think Like Amazon; 50 ½ Ideas To Become A Digital Leader”
This week on Exponential, Amanda asks Ken Coates about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the fact many indigenous groups actually support resource development, its ‘other’ groups that often block progression
This week on Exponential, Gillian Hadfield, The inaugural Schwartz Reisman Chair in Technology and Society, Professor of Law, and Professor of Strategic Management
This week on Exponential, Amanda talks with David Blanchflower, British-American Labour Economist and author of the book, "Not Working: Where Have all The Good Jobs Gone?"
This week on Exponential, Amanda Lang asks George Goldsmith, Executive Chairman/CEO of Compass (Navigating Mental Health Pathways) why he decided to take this path towards helping the mental health community through innovation
This week on Exponential: Ian Lee, PhD-Associate Prof for the Sprott School of Business, and Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Economist and Writer, talk to Amanda about what an employee is and whether the recent review of labour laws did anything to improve the plight of today's ‘gig’ employee labour rights
This week on Exponential, Amanda asks Geoffrey Tuff and Steven Goldbach, both principles at Deloitte Consulting LLP, what prompted them to write their new book titled “Detonate”.
This week on Exponential, Amanda talks with Jill Bornstein, Co-founder and CFO of Inspiring Comfort LLC, and Jen Marr, Author of the book "Paws to Comfort"
This week on Exponential, Amanda asks Jacalyn what Canadians need to know about drugs and pharmaceuticals in Canada
This week on Exponential, Amanda Lang speaks with Janice Stein, Canadian political specialist/International relations expert, about what was changed in Canada’s position on Palestinians living within Israel
This week on Exponential, even before we learn to speak, humans learn to laugh and cry…they are amongst the most important sounds we make and they communicate something essential, but what happens to our laughter and tears as we age. Mike Downie is a writer and director of a new documentary “Laughing and Crying”
This week on Exponential, much hand ringing is being done about the decline of Media in Canada. TV broadcasters and print media are struggling in a new environment against new competitors. One possible solution to watching key Canadian cultural institutions go down is being offered in the new book by author and longtime Media industry executive Richard Stursberg called “the Tangled Garden”
This week on Exponential: Recently a Canadian human rights tribunal ruled that after decades of discrimination against indigenous children and their families, the Canadian government owes compensation; the maximum amount the tribunal can levy. At heart is the practice by child and family services of removing First Nations children from their families. Cindy Blacktock has been involved in the case since its inception. She is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
This week on Exponential, Ron Tite, CEO of Marketing for Church+State, has spent his professional life helping businesses build and communicate their brands to the public. His new book, “Think, Do,Say: Building Personal and Organizational Momentum in a Busy, Busy World” distills the wisdom he learned over decades into a concise message.
This week on Exponential: When Canadians think of our iconic businesses, Blackberry comes to mind. Born in Waterloo Ontario in 1996 as a pager company, Blackberry dominated the market for handheld devices… until it didn’t. Now under new leadership with an aim to changing its focus from devices to software, Blackberry is a different company than the one we knew. But its too soon to count it out. Today, a couple of perspectives on Blackberry. This episode features Peter Misek of Framework Venture Partners and Chuck Howitt, author of the book "Blackberry Town"
This week on Exponential, why would one of the largest health networks, running some of the biggest hospitals in the country, decide to get into the business of social housing? That’s what University Health Network said recently it will do, by partnering with the city of Toronto and United Way. I talked to Dr Andrew Boozary, Executive Director of Health and Social Policy, about why housing and health go hand in hand.
This week on Exponential, October 10 is World Mental Health day, which made it the perfect day to launch a new book, “The Awesome Music Project.” It’s stories about music and the way it moves us, and it’s a tool to raise awareness and money for research into music and mental health. The project is collaboration between two very creative minds. Terry Stuart is Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte in Canada…and Rob Carli is an award-winning composer and professional musician.
This week on Exponential, Ilana Ben Ari is the founder of a company called 21 toys…its first product was a toy designed to help people learn about empathy…its latest, aims to teach failure. I asked her when she landed on the idea of teaching concepts like these through toys.
This week on Exponential, when most people hear the words “sex trafficking” they think of foreign countries. But the truth is, the young women forced into the sex trade are predominantly Canadian-born. Toronto’s Covenant House has become a major advocate for young people caught in this life…Julie Neubauer is the manager of Anti-Human Trafficking Services.
This week on Exponential, recently the US-based business roundtable made an important announcement. This group, which represents the biggest US companies, said that no longer should pure profit be the ‘purpose’ of a corporation…but rather, it should consider other things, like the environment, employees and customers. Nell Minnow is a globally recognized expert on business and governance and Vice Chair of Value-Edge Advisors. I asked her what the ‘purpose’ of a corporation is.
This week on Exponential, Amanda talks with Julian Brass, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker and author of “Own your Anxiety”, about how anxiety can be a positive influence in our lives.
This week on Exponential, you may have heard of the charity “WE” or “Me to WE” – it’s a global powerhouse, operating in scores of countries. So it’s easy to forget that WE has humble roots. Its founder, Craig Keilburger, was just 12 years old when he started it. We talked recently and I asked him to take me back to the beginning.
This week on Exponential, Canada has a national housing crisis. In big cities, home prices are running away from most people, making home ownership increasingly out of reach for many. Meanwhile, a lack of social housing in just about every urban centre is a real problem. The federal government has what it calls a ‘national housing strategy’…David Hulchanski, a professor and researcher at University of Toronto who has spent his career looking at housing asks “is it enough to meet the need?”
This week on Exponential, you may have heard of Catalyst as an organization that works to promote the advancement of women in the workplace. But along the way the folks at Catalyst realized something…the experience of women of colour was different than that of white women. It lead them to a new area of research.
This week on Exponential, James Rickards is the author of “Aftermath; Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in The Coming Chaos”. Jim has spent decades in financial markets, observing, describing and participating. Rickards knows a thing or two about how markets work. His latest book aims to explore what happened after the 2008 financial crisis.
This week on Exponential, when Justin Trudeau swept to power in 2015, it was on a groundswell of good feeling. Four years later, Trudeau’s majority could be under threat in the fall election – and the bloom is definitely off the rose for the Liberals. It’s an arc traced by political writer John Ivison in his new book, "Trudeau, The Education of a Prime Minister."
This week on Exponential, the size of “Big Tech” is of increasing concern to regulators, politians, and consumers. It's an issue that Thinktech Open Markets has been focusing on for some time now. Matt Stoller is Policy Director at Open Markets
This week featuring Sharon Hartung, Founder of “Your Digital Undertaker”, and Chris Snyder, author of the book “Creating Opportunities; A Volunteer’s Memoir"
This week on Exponential: Alzheimer’s is a disease that is claiming more and more people, and so far little progress has been made either on a cure or even on a way to slow it progress meaningfully. But, a small American company thinks it may have the key. It plans to start clinical trials of its drugs a few months from now, and if it’s successful, it will be a blockbuster. I talked to the CEO of Alzheon, Martin Tolar.
This week on Exponential, the federal government unveiled a long-awaited ‘national strategy on dementia’. It provides a kind of rough roadmap of how to address a large and growing problem in Canada. But, while dementia advocates say it’s a start, it’s just that – including the relatively small amount of money earmarked. I talked to Pauline Tardif, CEO of the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, and asked her about the importance of a national plan.
This week on Exponential, Seymour Schulich is a legend in Canada’s mining and oil and gas industries. He built his billion dollar fortune on companies like Franco Nevada, and dozens of oil patch investments. But what the 79 year old wants to talk about these days is the energy of the future – namely Nuclear Fusion.
PART1: David and Deborah Cooper are raising money to help establish the first-of-its kind residential treatment facility -- it would fill a big gap in how we treat young adults with mental health problems. I asked them to describe what Elly’s place will be.
PART2: John Collopy had to face down a particularly bad habit -- his own struggle with addiction. He shares his story in the book, "The Reward of Knowing”
Measles was all but eradicated in Canada in 1998, thanks to a successful vaccination program that created what doctors call ‘herd immunity’. Ironically, 1998 was also the year that a doctor in England published an article linking vaccines to autism. The article was a fraud, but the damage, it turned out, was done. Tim Caulfield, is Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and a Professor of Law Public Health at the university of Alberta
This week on Exponential, Dianne Saxe, Saxe Facts/Strategic Advice and Presentations, Climate, Energy, and Environment, was the 5th Environmental Commissioner of Ontario -- a post she accepted in 2015 after decades of work as a globally recognized environmental lawyer and consultant. This year the premier of Ontario scrapped the office altogether. I talked to Saxe recently about the significance of that loss.
This week on Exponential, as our population ages, we are staying at work longer. But, while 60 may be the new 50, many of the myths about older workers persist. That’s, in part, what Lisa Taylor is setting out to challenge, in her work as a consultant, and with her new book, The Talent Revolution.
Much hand wringing is being done about the decline of media in Canada… Television broadcasters and print media are struggling in a new environment, against new competitors. One possible solution to watching key Canadian cultural institutions go down is being offered up in a new book “The Tangled Garden: A Canadian Cultural manifesto for the Digital Age”…its author is long time media industry executive Richard Stursberg.
This week on Exponential, Amanda asks Liane Davy, author of "The Good Fight" about the notion of "good conflict" and tips on how we can learn to ignore our adversarial instincts during conflict. She also talks with Lara Wharton, Meditation Instructor/Founder of Listen Lightly about her own story and where to begin when considering meditation
For a long time we humans have been pre-occupied with how crowded our planet is…it’s a concern that stretches back to the pre-industrial era. But, what if the trend for the world isn’t to ‘too many’ people – but to fewer? Darrell Bricker is the global CEO of Ipsos Pubic Affairs (so he tracks trends of a living). With co-author John Ibbitson, Bricker explores the issue of population trends in the new book “Empty Planet; The Shock of Global Population Decline”
In 2015, Steffanie Strathdee and her husband Tom Patterson were travelling in Egypt when he fell ill from a powerful strain of bacteria. Pattersons prospects were not good…but Strathdee, a doctor specializing in the study of disease, came across a radical fix. Phage therapy (as it’s called) was pioneered in the early 20th century by a Canadian doctor to fight bacteria. It fell out of use as antibiotics became the norm. In their new book, “the perfect predator’, Strathdee describes the process of using this natural viral attacker to save her husband’s life.
It seems that everywhere we turn these days trust is eroding; Trust in our institutions, trust in government, trust in media... so how do we rebuild it, and why does it matter? Amand Lang talks to David Johnston, former governor general of Canada. He is the author of the book, ‘Trust, Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country”…which is part memoir, part how-to guide on developing trust.
Even before we can speak, humans learn to laugh and to cry. They are among the most important sounds we make, and communicate something essential. But what happens to our laughter and tears as we age? Mike Downie (brother to Tragically Hip front man Gord Downie) is a writer and director of a new documentary called ‘Laughing and Crying”
In this episode, Amanda asks Parag Khanna, Indian American Specialist and author of “The Future is Asian” to explain the notion behind the book and how the west needs to overcomes decades of ignorance about Asia
Amanda talks to Leif about major industries’ reaction to the problem, and what industry should we focus on fist when it comes to change.
Amanda asks Leif whether there are any demographic overlays to the problem of air pollution
Amanda asks Leif about the human brains ability to regenerate from the damage caused by air pollution
Amanda asks Ken about the kinds of freedom’s Venezuela’s people has lost due to the government regime
Amanda talks to Ken about a group of “left-leaning” Canadian delegation banding together to openly monitor the Venezuela election process
Amanda asks Ken about what happened inside Venezuela to get to the point the country exist in now.
Amanda talks to Martin about his research and the relationship with his main financier…Walmart
Amanda asks Mary Deacon, Chair of the Bell Mental Health Iniative and Ian Manion, Director of the Youth Mental Health Unit at The Royal to discuss how far they believe we’ve come, as a community, when talking about Mental Health
Amanda talks to Ian expand on his opinion of Bell Let’s Talk. Both Mary and Ian weigh in on how well we’re treating youth that suffer with Mental Health.
Amanda asks Mary to talk specifically about the “Faces of Mental Illness” campaign. Ian Manion expands on his own personal story of Mental Health.
Amanda asks Mary to talk more about how we can communicate better with those suffering from mental health, and opens the floor to the issues of Mental Health at work.
Amanda asks George about the Chinese president Xi Jinping, and what we should understand about him
Amanda askes George about China’s laws and values…and wonders if we can have an on-going relationship with a country that doesn’t reflect our western views.
Amanda asks Bruce the simple question “how do you get people to care about their own finances?”
Amanda asks Bruce about our financial “Values”…what buckets should we channel our money in to?
Amanda asks Paul what it signifies to him now that “Big Tobacco” has partnered with Cannabis companies
Amanda talks to Paul about the perception of cannabis amongst older people, and if he believes their perception will change?
Amanda chats to Paul about large consumers companies that deal in “mind altering substances” like tobacco and alcohol and how they seem to be buying in to another substance that has similar qualities
Amanda asks Paul if he worries that even with tones of cannabis infused products coming to the market, we don’t yet know the long term health ramifications
Amanda talks to Julie about how hard it is to release young women from the mental trauma of a ‘sex trafficking’experience
Amanda refers to a recent IPSOS/Reid Survey and asks Julie what she found most surprising surrounding the results in ‘sex trafficking’
Amanda talks to Kathleen about some qualities in nature that could help us solve some of our social problems
Amanda asks Kathleen about how she came to the notion that nature could teach us something about leadership
Amanda asks Mark Mattson, Environmental Lawyer/Founder of the organization “Lake Ontario Waterkeeper”, about sewage and if he believes people know what is really happening to our waterways?
Amanda talks to Stella about when she realized there was a problem with her septic system and how did she fix the issue
Amanda asks Robin about the changes in cross-species experimentation and what her initial reaction was to the procedure
Amanda talks to Robin continues her conversation with Robin concerning the “designer baby” option now being explored
Amanda asks Ross if, society as a whole deems it “ok”, is it fair to demand payment from the “carbon heavy” industries that show profit despite emission levels.
Amanda talks to Ross about how new policies, moving forward, should be written and applied
Amanda asks Ross McKitrick, Canadian Economist/Professor Of Economics at U of Guelph …what is a carbon tax?
Amanda talks to Daniel about the path he took to get to the invention of a brand new material
Amanda asks Daniel Soderberg, KTH Royal Institute of Tech, Sweden, about cellulose Nano-fibre…what is it exactly?
Amanda asks Rainer Zitelmann, German Historian, Author, Researcher, about his interest in studying the ‘wealthy”
Amanda talks to Rainer if it’s possible to emulate the rich, and in turn, become rich ourselves
Amanda talks with Scott about the story of the “Chinese Hack” and what his reaction consisted of?
Amanda asks Scott Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister of IT security program at the Communications Security Establishment, about this newly formed center for “cyber security” and what its purpose will be?
As companies begin to question their business ties to China, Amanda asks Leland if the Chinese fear a drastic shift in economic supply chains
Cyber Security: Amanda starts the conversation by asking Leland about the now infamous “Chinese Hack”
Amanda asks Lars to explain the idea brought forth by Thomas Picketty…are the wealthiest just circulating wealth amongst themselves?
Amanda talks to Lars about the term “middle class” and what does it mean in Canada today?
Amanda asks Don to explain what might happen to the “middle men” as we adopt this new form of currency and process
Amanda asks Don Tapscott, CEO of the Tapscott Group and the co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, the simple question “what is Blockchain?”
Amanda talks to Sainath on whether science can be relayed upon to solve “real world” problems?
Amanda talks with Sainath about the impact of commercial pesticides on the bee community
Vanishing Bees: Amanda asks Sainath Suryanarayanan, Assistant Scientist for the Study of Transdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Population Health Institute, Institute for Clinical & Translational Research Faculty Affiliate, Center for Culture, History and Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, to explain what people in the field were seeing in the beginning
Amanda asks Phuong to take us back to the beginning of the company her father started many years ago
Amanda discusses with Phuong about the exponential growth plans for the beverage company
Amanda talks to Meir about what the world will look like once their technology is in place?
Amanda asks David Keith, Gordon Mckay Professor of Applied Physics, what the science behind ‘Carbon Engineering’ really is?
Amanda discusses with David how Canada’s government has made its own controversial decisions regarding Carbon Tax and Carbon Output
Amanda discusses with Ray about the level of hypocrisy in business relations surrounding the issue of what is perceived as a bribe, and what is just good business practice?
Amanda asks Janice what’s different in Saudi Arabia that has caused a the most recent flare up in domestic and international relations
Amanda talks to Ray about how long the issue of ‘corruption’ has influenced how we do business internationally
Amanda talk to Janice about when its ok for Canada to engage in economic diplomacy and/or sanctions in Saudi Arabia around their human rights and business practices
Amanda talks more with Evelyn about the recent cancellation of a similar pilot program in Ontario
Amanda chats with Evelyn about how, in the wake of the Dauphin Experiment, an interesting bi product seemed to be a noticeable improvement in mental health
Amanda talks more with Jonathan about his decision to move beyond his career in medical/bio design and where his adventurous nature has taken him
Amanda asks Jonathan about whether he considered a global application for his new invention?
Amanda chats with Jonathan about any interest from some of the big investors out there? And his career before Geyser…
Amanda asks Jonathan Ballesteros, CEO/Founder of the Geyser System, about the Geyser System, and what lead him to invent it
Amanda talks to the panel on where we are in the the game on ride sharing in Canadian markets
Amanda chats with the panel about the politics of acceptance in some markets across Canada
Amanda converses with the panel about some of the issues these services might cause in markets across Canada moving forward…
Amanda talks to the panel about the theory behind the “Trojan Horse” approach behind ride sharing platforms
Sylvain Charlebois discusses the “science” behind the production and modification of our food
Sylvain Charlebois talks about the difference in GMO testing with animals oppose to produce
Sylvain Charlebois describes how difficult it will be moving forward when it comes to labelling GMO products for consumers
Sylvain Charlebois – “The Food Professor” Canadian researcher in food and policy for Dalhousie University explains what the acronym GMO is and how it applies to our food industry
Joseph Heath describes how big companies doesn’t always correlate into better ethics and how a company’s “brand” plays into the equation
Joseph Heath explains how incentives in large companies can blur the lines on ethics in business
Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, discusses where his awareness of Indigenous/First Nation began
Paul Martin shares his honest opinion on how he feels about our current relationship with our indigenous people
Paul Martin talks about his confusion over Steven Harper’s decision on the Kelowna process/negotiations
Paul Martin explains why he believes the “apology” is imperative, and what reconciliation really is
Tim Nash talks about how certain countries are starting to derail the conversation around the benefit of “going green”
Tim Nash chats about his vision for people to take control of their own finances with an eye on investing in green bonds
Tim Nash discusses how each of us need to make our own decisions on what kind of carbon footprint we want to leave
Tim Nash, Founder of Good Investing, teaching people to invest in socially responsible and green funds, explains what a “Green Bond” is?
Sam Sebastian talks about the challenges of leading a creative workforce at Google in comparison to The Weather Network
Sam Sebastian touches on what changes in mindset he’s implementing at the Weather Network to improve the business mode
Sam Sebastian, CEO Pelmorex Corp (The Weather Network), talks about why he left a forward company like Google, to take over at The Weather Network
Joseph Aoun explains how higher education must offer opportunities/courses that will impact the learner positively in a robotic world
Joseph Aoun helps walk us through our Cognitive capacities (the human qualities that computers cannot apply…yet)
Amanda Lang talks with Joseph Aoun, North Eastern University President, author of the book “Robot Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”. Joseph Aoun explains what is Exponential Learning?
Stephen Poloz talks about how a hot housing market and possible trade war, leaves for many tough decisions for Canada moving forward
Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, has strong views of the rhetoric around global trade and trade wars in general
Angel Gurria, Head of the OECD, talks about how when critiquing the different economies around the globe, it’s all about the facts
Bill Morneau, Canada’s Finance Minister, discusses how the conversation at the G7 was hijacked by “tariff talk”
Dan talks more about ‘Behavioral Economics’ and how we’re not actually in control of our own decisions
Dan Arielly, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and is the founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight, explains why we are “naturally” resistant to change…and the behaviors we exercise to stay away from change
Amanda Lang sits down with Barry Pokroy, Partner at Farber and co-founder of Circle and Square. Barry talks about our psychological weaknesses as human beings…and how we often resist change; good and bad
What is Theoretical Physics? Neil Turok - South African physicist, and the Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, walks Amanda through it all
Is the success of these programs/bonds solely attached to private market investment/interest? Who receives the windfall and who gets left out?
Ontario has dabbled in Social Impact bonds. Who should fund and run such programs? Government or private funding?
What is a Social Impact Bond? Its purpose? The costs involved…and the justification for that cost. Amanda Lang talks with Nadine Pequeneza - Director/Producer of the film titled “The Invisible Heart”. Delving into the complex and unorthodox marriage of charity and capitalism with the use of Social Impact Bonds