World Beat

Elon Musk recently told Fox News that all life on Earth will eventually be wiped out by the sun. His solution? Colonize Mars. 

From Tesla to DOGE, from buying Twitter to building a city, what's behind Musk's big projects? What is his big dream and what's driving his big personality? Let's find out.

Timeline:

00:31 Elon Musk: "make life multi-planetary."

01:42 So, can we really live on Mars?

02:20 The transportation cost is 9% of the global economy.

03:18 Bloomberg called SpaceX the most "prodigious" launcher.

05:11 Humans are so young, only 300,000 years old.

05:35 212 vs 6 to form a city "Starbase, Texas."

06:46 Musk thinks big, but did those dreams land?

08:22 Tesla investors are paying for it...

By the time this episode drops, Trump will have hit his 100-day mark in office. But his approval rating is at 39% -- the lowest for any president in 80 years.

It is a good moment to take stock: 100 days in, what’s been done, and what’s still just talk, especially when it comes to the pledges he made to voters.

Let’s dive into his domestic moves in this episode.

Timeline:

00:50 Trump's promises to bring back economy

03:41 Trump's promises to solve illegal immigration

06:02 Trump's promises to have the best schools

Trump said in his victory speech that his motto is Promises made, promises kept. Nearly 100 days passed, lots of words of his promises seem to fade into thin air. 

We are gonna spend 2 episodes unpacking how Trump talked the talk, but didn't walk the walk, both at home and abroad. Let's start today with his moves abroad.

Timeline:

00:32 Intro

01:27 Promise to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal 

04:28 Promise to take over Canada, Greenland and Panama Canal

06:48 Promise to settle war in Gaza

08:39 Promise to bring back economy by slapping tariffs

We always hear that flying is the safest way to travel. But it feels like there’s been a lot of air crashes happening recently. Is flying really getting riskier? Or is it all a matter of perception? We help you understand with statistics.

00:20 Intro

01:21 A quick scan of recent U.S. airline disasters

03:44 What the data tells us: Comparing 2025 to 2024 and to other countries

05:53 Why do crashes, even rare ones, spark so much fear?

Today, we're back on the Trump train. Tariffs on penguins, economic formulas, a market meltdown, and protests from Alaska to Amsterdam... some of the latest developments seem hard to believe. We will break down for you this hectic tariff story.

Today, we’re talking Signalgate. The fallout continues over details of U.S. war planning revealed in a group chat. The story just won’t go away.

Today, we're talking tariffs -- "the most beautiful word" in Trump's dictionary. What’s the current situation? Why do some people support them? What’s the real cost? And what does the future hold? We’ll hear from Canadian and Chinese journalists sharing their insights.

Today we talk about why egg prices are cracking records in the U.S., and how it impacts the global economy.

In today’s inaugural episode, we dive into the latest diplomatic earthquake – the fallout from the heated Trump-Zelensky clash, and what it means for U.S.-EU relations, Ukraine, and the future of global alliances.