Global Impact

Global Impact

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Global Impact episodes

  • Episode 19: All About Travel Amid the Covid-19 Outbreak
    In this episode we turn our attention to travel during the global Covid-19 pandemic. Will travel ever be the same again? Will the pandemic change forever the way we interact with strangers on the road? What's the safe and sensible thing to do right now when planning a get-away? For these and others answers we turned to one of North America's top travel experts, Mary Jean Tully. We also head to Geneva to learn about why conflicts are happening more often, lasting longer and becoming more lethal.
    55 min
  • Episode 18: In Conversation with Mark MacKinnon, Foreign Correspondent

    From Hong Kong to China to Jordan to Ukraine and Russia. We discuss various geopolitical hotspots with the Globe and Mail's senior international correspondent, Mark MacKinnon. Also - how strongmen are manipulating Civid-19. President Putin's tightening grasp on power in Russia, the shoot-down of MH17 and the state of journalism.

    A special presentation of lives lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a spotlight on the Eurovision song contest popularized by Netflix.

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 17: The Death of Hong Kong
    July 1, 2020 marked not only the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China, it was also a day when the territory's people woke up to news that a draconian, wide-sweeping National Security Act signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping had taken effect. Passed rapidly and without consultation, it criminalizes many acts which for decades Hong Kong people had taken for granted. Within hours of its promulgation, the local police began arresting people for carrying slogans deemed offensive to the motherland. In this episode we get into the ramifications.
    Later in the podcast we have an update on the coronavirus situation as well as the worrying developments in Ukraine which has set off alarm bells in various western capitals.
    54 min
  • Episode 16: An Exclusive Conversation With Ambassador William Taylor

    One of the first witnesses called to testify publicly in the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry was the respected career diplomat William Taylor. We managed to catch up with him this week in Washington, DC to cover a wide range of topics, including: the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, President Zelensky’s next steps, the new charges against Petro Poroshenko, the state of the world as the US disengages, the brain drain from the US State Department and much more.

    55 min
  • Episode 15: Smartphones & Fintech Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Over the years technology has received a bad rap for everything from Silicon Valley firms selling our data to app developers deliberately hooking our kids onto screens. In this episode we feature two special guests. Author and teacher Diana Graber shares her views on how children, parents and teachers have been coping amid the lockdowns - and using technology to stay connected. And as we all look at new ways to shore up our finances during one of the worst economic downturns in modern history, entrepreneur Richard Olsen talks about his disruptive technology to transform financial markets into a more seamless system.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 14: In Conversation With Chef David Hawksworth

    Celebrity chef David Hawksworth joins us at our virtual table to talk about surviving the Covid-19 pandemic, promoting a more vibrant and dynamic Canadian food scene and preparing outstanding dishes for Air Canada passengers at 33,000 feet. And keeping his thriving restaurant business fired up into the future.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 13: In Conversation with Jennifer Zhu Scott

    This week we take the show back to Hong Kong to speak with a leading voice on technology and crypto-currency, Jennifer Zhu Scott. Her TED talk on monetizing your data has generated well over 1.3 million views. In 2018, Forbes named her one of the world’s top 50 women in tech. We discuss how to monetize your data, how AI can be helpful in the prevention of future pandemics, technology during the Covid-19 lockdowns - and more!

    1 hr
  • Episode 11: In Conversation With Emily Lau

    This week, we take the show to Hong Kong to speak with former legislator and a leading voice of the pro-democracy movement, Emily Lau. But first we review some of the recent developments with the Covid-19 outbreak in the Russian Federation.

    48 min
  • Episode 10: In Conversation with Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva

    With the global Covid-19 caseload now surpassing the grim milestone of 4-million, we head over to Russia where an uncontrolled outbreak is adding as many as 10,000 new cases-a-day. Doctors, with little in the way of protection, are being forced to treat patients in extremely dangerous conditions. We speak to a leading doctor and advocate, Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva.

    46 min

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We live in an increasingly confusing and unpredictable world. In Global Impact, co-hosts Michael Bociurkiw and Melissa Ricci connect the dots to world events so you don’t have to. Special guests…