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Author: Matt Payne

Cell phones, Cinemas, and Comestibles: Canada’s Conundrum with Monopolies, with Vass Bednar

Posted on April 2, 2025January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Vass Bednar is the Executive Director of McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy program, and the co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians. Our conversation starts with the observation that many sectors in Canada’s economy are dominated by one or only a few firms. Vass and Leslie discuss whether that…

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Trials and tribulations trying to bring a refugee to Canada

Posted on March 19, 2025January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

In 2019, Brian and Brent (members of the Calgary-based Rocky Mountain Atheists) joined a “Group of Five (G5)” sponsorship committee (one of the ways Canada allows private citizens to resettle refugees in Canada) to bring a UN recognized refugee, Omer, to Canada. When Omer expressed doubts about his faith, he had to flee his native…

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Distinguishing jargon from gobbledygook – Dr. Jonathan Stea on evidence-based medicine over wellness industry misinformation

Posted on March 5, 2025January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne

Jonathan Stea (BlueSky, Facebook) is a full-time practicing clinical psychologist and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. In today’s episode, Jonathan reveals that many mental health practitioners have no scientific grounding for their treatments, which can lead to disaster – yet it can be very difficult for…

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Burkas, beatings and bicycles – The life of Yasmine Mohammed

Posted on February 19, 2025January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne
Burkas, beatings and bicycles – The life of Yasmine Mohammed

Yasmine Mohammed is a human rights activist and author of Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims. Yasmine is one of the most prominent and vocal figures supporting persecuted freethinkers across the globe, from elevating the voices of marginalized freethinkers on her podcast, to creating a global network of allies across religious and political divides…

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Everything you always wanted to know about the solar system* (*but were afraid to ask), with John E. Moores

Posted on February 5, 2025January 21, 2026 By Matt Payne
Everything you always wanted to know about the solar system* (*but were afraid to ask), with John E. Moores

John E. Moores (X, Bluesky) is a planetary scientist and associate professor at York University. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, formerly served as the Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency and has contributed to five NASA and ESA-led space missions. He is the co-author of Daydreaming…

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