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January 26, 2023 The Daredevil's Wife
In some respects, Steve and Danielle Kaplan seemed a very unlikely couple. He was a free spirit who'd take off alone for weeks at a time on daring motorcycle adventures. She was no daredevil, worked in acute care hospitals, and knew all too well the consequences of a trip gone bad. So, what happened a decade ago? I think you can guess. It's all chronicled in Danielle's new book, "I Married a Thrill-Seeker: A Cautious Wife's Memoir of Her Husband's Risk-Taking and Their Long Road to Recovery." The couple discusses the book and their experiences.
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27 min
January 26, 2023 Is Car Theft in Ontario on the Rise?
Thieves stole more than 8,000 cars in Toronto last year, a major increase over previous years. And such thefts are not just a big city problem. For a closer look, we welcome: Tarah Hodgkinson, assistant professor in Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University.
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12 min
January 26, 2023 Surviving the Persistence of Antisemitism
It takes about two minutes on social media to run across anti-Jewish attacks and tropes. Antisemitism has been the most reported hate crime in Ontario's capital city for several years running. Violence and vandalism have struck synagogues in the U.S. and beyond. And of course, that's all against a historical experience of genocide that few communities have had to face. In short, it's unrelenting. What does that do to Jewish identities and communities? We ask: Derek Penslar, the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University; writer Dara Horn, author of "People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present;" and Robert Jan van Pelt, a renowned researcher on Auschwitz, and professor of architecture at the University of Waterloo.
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36 min
January 26, 2023 Do Jewish Students Worry About Antisemitism on Campus?
With antisemitism on the rise, it wouldn't be surprising if Jewish students at Ontario universities felt unsafe. How are antisemitism and anti-Zionism connected? What can universities do to create a safe environment for Jewish students? We ask: Mitchell Horwood, student at McGill University, Stand With Us Canada Emerson Fellow, and CJPAC Senior Fellow; Malka Daniels, student at Toronto Metropolitan University, and president of Hillel TMU; and Yishai Dishy, student at Toronto Metropolitan University, Stand With Us Canada Emerson Fellow, President of AEPi TMU, and VP of Israel for Hillel TMU.
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20 min
January 24, 2023 How Religion and Schools Defeated a PM
We have had some very dramatic moments in history where the mix of education, religion, and politics have created firestorms. But none more than one that resulted in a prime minister being forced from office. Ted Glenn is the author of "A Very Canadian Coup: The Rise and Demise of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell, 1894-1896." Glenn also manages the graduate program in public administration at Humber College.
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18 min
January 24, 2023 How Can We Confront Homelessness in Rural Ontario?
Acute housing shortages in points beyond urban Ontario have policymakers confronting homelessness and need across the province. Earlier today we heard from those on the frontlines looking for solutions at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association's first in-person conference in two years. We take a look at what they said.
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1 hr
January 23, 2023 Private Member's Bill: Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario
Which kind of disaster related to climate change currently costs Ontarians more than any other? If you answered flooding, you're right. Before long, spring will be with us again, and flooding will become an expensive problem for a lot of people. Mary-Margaret McMahon is the Liberal MPP for Beaches-East York and she's pitched a private members' bill dealing with this issue.
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6 min
January 23, 2023 Private Member's Bill: Building More Homes
Ontario does have its share of problems but there may be no more vexing one than housing. How do we create enough places to live for all the people who want to live here? Mike Schreiner has some ideas and he's put them in two private members' bills currently before the legislature. The leader of the Green Party and MPP for Guelph explains.
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7 min
January 23, 2023 Bringing Mental Health Lessons Back to Queen's Park
Lisa MacLeod is a 17-year veteran MPP who's always been considered one of the toughest customers at Queen's Park. But she needed to take a leave of absence last year after mental health issues proved overwhelming. Steve Paikin talks to Ms. MacLeod about her journey back to stronger mental health.
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31 min
January 23, 2023 Has Politics Backlogged Ontario Tribunals?
Ontario has several quasi-judicial tribunals that do some of the really heavy lifting to address problems in people's day to day lives. Dealing with landlord-tenant disputes, disability claims, fire safety, child custody issues, and much more. But reports of massive delays and backlogs have left many people in limbo and raised questions about what's gone wrong. Toronto Star political columnist Martin Regg Cohn tells us why politics might be at the root of the problems.
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7 min

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Hosted by Jeyan Jeganathan, The Rundown delivers original journalism and in-depth analysis of the social, political, cultural, and economic issues that shape life in Ontario. Each episode focuses…