The Rundown

By TVO

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Subscribers: 467
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 100

Shah Alam
 Apr 17, 2025
This is THE podcast I listen to for remaining current on contemporary subjects, especially those affecting the life of Canadians. Thank you, TVO.

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 Feb 20, 2025

jeff
 Nov 18, 2018
If you like the topic they're discussing the podcast is usually informative and balanced with different points of view.

Description

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 on one topic that’s making headlines, examining it from different angles and through diverse points of view — providing the context you need to understand what’s happening in the province and around the world.


Episode Date
Are Drones Reshaping Canada's Defence?
May 15, 2026
Should Canada Join Eurovision?
May 14, 2026
Where Are Canada's Undeclared Firearms?
May 13, 2026
Should Schools Ban Phones and Social Media?
May 12, 2026
What Are the Real Limits of Fertility?
May 08, 2026
What Becomes of Cases Tied to Corrupt Officers?
May 07, 2026
Will Canada Let Residential School Testimonies Be Lost?
May 06, 2026
How Realistic Is Ontario's Push Toward Electric Vehicles?
May 05, 2026
Can Ontario Build Its Way Out of Jail Overcrowding?
Apr 30, 2026
What Happens When Ontario Shrinks Conservation Authorities?
Apr 29, 2026
Who’s Really in Charge of Ontario’s Cities?
Apr 28, 2026
How Science is Silencing Depression with Magnetic Waves
Apr 24, 2026
How is School Board Control Changing in Ontario?
Apr 23, 2026
What Is Breaking Canada's Veterinary Care System?
Apr 22, 2026
How Do Global Shocks Show Up at the Grocery Store?
Apr 21, 2026
Are Ontario Hospitals Taking Out Loans to Survive?
Apr 17, 2026
How Do You Sell Canadian Films to Canadians?
Apr 16, 2026
Is Canada Ready for a New Era of Extreme Weather?
Apr 15, 2026
Why Are Some Gen Z Men Embracing Traditional Gender Roles?
Apr 14, 2026
Does Ontario Profit Too Much From Gambling and Alcohol?
Apr 10, 2026
Should Pension Funds Help Build Canada's Future?
Apr 09, 2026
Do Ontario's New Housing Incentives Go Far Enough?
Apr 08, 2026
Remembering Stephen Lewis: A Conversation with Bob Rae
Apr 07, 2026
Are Special Economic Zones Redefining How Ontario Governs?
Apr 03, 2026
What Do Ontario's FOI Changes Mean for Transparency?
Apr 02, 2026
Can a Firearms Buyback Reduce Gun Violence?
Apr 01, 2026
Is Ontario Really Fixing Its Primary Care Shortage?
Mar 31, 2026
Will Ontario's Budget Meet the Moment?
Mar 27, 2026
Is the Career Ladder Losing Its Appeal?
Mar 26, 2026
What Comes Next for the NDP?
Mar 25, 2026
Can Smarter Urban Design Make Toronto Affordable Again?
Mar 24, 2026
What Does a Global Oil Shock Mean for Canada?
Mar 20, 2026
Is Canada Finally Ready for Real Tax Reform?
Mar 19, 2026
Why Are Mental Health Challenges Rising So Quickly Among Gen Z?
Mar 18, 2026
What Drives Canada's Foreign Policy?
Mar 17, 2026
Why Are Psychotic Disorders in Young People on the Rise?
Mar 13, 2026
How Big a Threat is Nihilistic Violent Extremism?
Mar 12, 2026
Does it Cost More to Be Single in Canada?
Mar 11, 2026
What Does the Future Look Like for Cuba?
Mar 10, 2026
Welcome to The Rundown
Mar 06, 2026
Who is The Agenda's last guest?
Jun 28, 2025
Steve Paikin Signs Off The Agenda
Jun 28, 2025
What Will Future Generations Look Back On in Horror?
Jun 27, 2025
This is Not Your Grandparents' Retirement
Jun 27, 2025
What is Thermal Comfort?
Jun 26, 2025
How Has Medicine Advanced Since 2006?
Jun 26, 2025
Surviving the Michipicoten
Jun 26, 2025
Is the World Falling Backwards?
Jun 25, 2025
How Much Has the World Change in 20 Years?
Jun 25, 2025
A Canadian Picture Book at the U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 25, 2025
What Went Wrong with the Carbon Tax in Canada?
Jun 24, 2025
If We Had a Choice, Would We Invent Social Media Again?
Jun 24, 2025
Holding on to Bilingualism in Sturgeon Falls
Jun 21, 2025
Can Ontario Get Energy Planning Right?
Jun 20, 2025
Is Pride Still a Protest?
Jun 20, 2025
When Richard Nixon Came to Prince Edward County
Jun 19, 2025
How the Liberals Ended the Tory Dynasty 40 Years Ago
Jun 19, 2025
Why are Wildfires Getting Worse?
Jun 18, 2025
Have Canadians Cared Enough about Climate Change?
Jun 18, 2025
What's on the Table at the G7 Summit?
Jun 17, 2025
How Much Progress Has Canada Made on Indigenous Relations?
Jun 17, 2025
Can Better Data Improve Policing in Ontario?
Jun 14, 2025
Inequality, Populism and the Great Recession
Jun 14, 2025
How Can Canada Deliver On Its Renewed Natural Resources Ambition
Jun 13, 2025
Did The Great Financial Crisis Ever Really End?
Jun 13, 2025
The Hunt for Tradition
Jun 12, 2025
Do Politicians at Queen's Park Really Hate Each other?
Jun 12, 2025
Is the U.K. the Key Ally Canada Needs?
Jun 12, 2025
What's the Future of Populism in Canada?
Jun 11, 2025
Should Canadian Millionaires Pay More?
Jun 11, 2025
Has Inequality Grown Since the Great Recession?
Jun 10, 2025
Bill Browder: Why Putin Will Not End the War
Jun 10, 2025
Are Tariffs a Wake-Up Call for Ontario's Growers?
Jun 09, 2025
Can Canada Stay United?
Jun 07, 2025
Canada Geese Takeover
Jun 06, 2025
Whatever Happened to Transit City?
Jun 06, 2025
The Woman Behind a Legendary Timmins Mining Scandal
Jun 06, 2025
Does Bill 5 Miss the Mark for Indigenous Communities?
Jun 05, 2025
Conrad Black: Canada, the U.S. and the Baron of Crossharbour
Jun 05, 2025
Does the RCMP Need an Overhaul?
Jun 04, 2025
David Lepofsky: A Lifetime of Crusading for People with Disabilities
Jun 04, 2025
Fareed Zakaria: Why Liberal Democracy is Worth Fighting For
Jun 04, 2025
Fareed Zakaria: What Revolutions Teach Us About Politics Today
Jun 03, 2025
How to Pursue National Unity Amidst Resurgent Regionalism
Jun 03, 2025
How Canada's Geopolitical Role is Changing
May 31, 2025
Does Gaming Have a Predator Problem?
May 30, 2025
Are Tariffs Driving Up Food Prices in Ontario?
May 30, 2025
The Case For and Against a Spa at Ontario Place
May 29, 2025
Why is Toronto's Waterfront Development So Complicated?
May 29, 2025
David Frum: The Reconfiguring of American Democracy Under Trump
May 28, 2025
Why Can't Housing Developers Get Shovels in the Ground?
May 28, 2025
What is Canada's Place in an Unpredictable World?
May 27, 2025
Can Canada Stand Tall in a Changing World Order?
May 27, 2025
How Data Collection Undermines Our Humanity
May 24, 2025
Ontario's Award-Winning Teen Poet
May 23, 2025
Andrew Coyne: Is Canadian Democracy Broken?
May 23, 2025
What Happened to the NHL's Hamilton Tigers?
May 22, 2025
Is Ontario's College System in Trouble?
May 22, 2025
Is Data Collection Undermining Human Rights?
May 21, 2025
How Ontario Youth Groups Are Changing the Narrative
May 21, 2025