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It's been 3 years since Elon Musk bought Twitter. The revamped "X" remains extremely polarizing with many leaving the platform for a number including concerns about bots, racism and misinformation.

Recently, the CEO of X stepped down and on top of all the other issues, the account for Sesame Street icon Elmo had his X account hacked.

Host Kris McCusker speaks to Kurt Wagner, senior reporter for Bloomberg who covers social media. He's also the author of “Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk and the 44 billion dollar fight for Twitter's Soul” about the platform’s future – and what might come next.

You can find out more on his book here:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Battle-for-the-Bird/Kurt-Wagner/9781668017364

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The federal NDP remains in a political limbo as members continue to lick their wounds from the spring election that left the party with its worst election result ever.

The party has launched an official review to figure out what went wrong with their campaign that saw its caucus shrink from 24 MPs to just 7.

However the NDP already has its eyes set on a rebuild, starting with a leadership race that is set to kick off in September.

Host Cormac Mac Sweeney speaks with Brad Lavigne, President of Counsel Public Affairs and former Principal Secretary to former NDP leader Jack Layton about just how bad things are within the party and how he sees the party's path back to relevance.

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Despite all the noise about tariffs and their potential impact, it appears the Canadian economy is actually weathering the storm.

An interest rate cut looked like a slam dunk a month ago and now, with signs that the economy isn't falling off a cliff, it's highly doubtful that those rates will be going down.

So what to make of where we're at in this economy? How do you plan when things are so unpredictable?

Host Mike Eppel breaks it down with Royce Mendes, Managing Director and head of Macro Strategy at Desjardins.

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At one point in time, Canada was ranked as the 5th happiest country out of 147 countries across the globe. 10 years since that ranking, and Canada has dropped to 18th place...a ranking that's continued on a steady decline since 2020. But why? How do Canadians express happiness? How much of their well-being is shaped by the economy, their friends, their perception of the world around them, or all three? And what can we do if we want to climb back to the top 5 area?

Host Pooja Handa speaks with Felix Cheung, Canada Research Chair in Population and Wellbeing, and assistant professor at U of T’s department of psychology, about this year's World Happiness Report to discuss why Canadians seem to have a declining outlook on the overall perception of happiness, and what the future generations can focus on if they're interested in making their way closer to the top of the list.

You can read the 2025 World Happiness Report here: https://happiness-report.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2025/WHR+25.pdf
You can read the 2024 Canada Happiness Report here: https://cheung.artsci.utoronto.ca/canadian-happiness-report-2024/

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It's one of the most popular social networks in the world and it's fighting for survival in both Canada and the U.S.

But it appears TikTok Canada will not go down without a fight, even it means spending millions in advertisements or pulling the plug on big name sponsorships.

It's all in response to the federal government's recent decision to shut down its sales office over national security concerns in relation to its Chinese ownership. What does that mean for Canadian users of TikTok?

Host Mike Eppel speaks to Michael Geist, Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, to see what the future holds for TikTok's Canadian's branch.

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There are few things more precious in this world than your morning coffee - and add that to the list of things that have become more expensive this year.

So what's the cause? Are the reasons legitimate? Is it tariffs or is it greed?

Host Richard Southern talks to Robert Carter, President of the Canadian Coffee Association.

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Perhaps you’ve used it to help spruce up a resume, write a report or find a recipe — but have you ever turned to artificial intelligence for your mental health?

A.I. therapy is a growing trend, but could turning to a bot for deeply personal life advice be a problem in itself?

Host Melanie Ng speaks with psychotherapist Roxanne Francis about the benefits and potential dangers around using algorithms to process emotions.

Read more about Roxanne Francis here: https://www.francispsychotherapy.com/about

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