Mark Carney's Liberals just won three by-elections while he was overseas addressing the European Parliament, and Matt Gurney, journalist and columnist at Read The Line, questions why the Prime Minister wasn't in Canada's own instead.

Matt explains why the United States has been kinder to its adversaries than its own allies lately, and where he thinks Canada sits in coming to terms with that shift compared to Europe.

He also raises the case of Cuba, caught in the same pattern and barely part of the conversation, and the pointed question about who America goes after when it needs a smaller target.

Topics: Mark Carney, European Parliament, Trump allies, Cuba, Canada US relations

GUEST: Matt Gurney | http://readtheline.ca | @‌mattgurney

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Tony Chapman built and sold two marketing agencies before deciding, fourteen years ago, that he was done with that chapter entirely. Then AI showed up, and he tells the story of what pulled him back in and away from the path he thought he'd already left behind.

Tony calls AI the most exciting development of his career, and in the same breath says he'd rather it never existed at all. He explains why both of those things are true for him at once, and what he thinks separates the people who thrive from the ones who get cast aside.

He also goes back to the version of himself paying his way through university selling radio ads, and hands over the one piece of advice that shaped everything after.

Topics: AI marketing, job loss, entrepreneurship, capitalism, career advice

GUEST: Tony Chapman | http://chatterthatmatters.ca

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Calgary's Thunder Run water slide is gone after decades of freezing walkups, flashing green lights, and a climb that always felt endless. Before its final closure, the city gave it a proper send-off, with the mayor himself showing up to mark the moment.

That closure opens up a wider search through Canada's lost attractions, including a water park connected to a political scandal that ended a former BC premier's career entirely. Some of these places lasted decades. One ran for over a century before it disappeared and became a gated neighbourhood.

A few listeners text in their own version of a lost hometown landmark along the way, the kind of place that never made national news but still gets brought up years later.

Topics: Thunder Run Calgary, closed water parks, Crystal Beach Park, Canadian nostalgia, Good News Tuesday

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Thirty years after Tupac was shot on the Las Vegas strip, a conviction has finally landed, and Eric Alper, former Death Row Records publicist, walks through why it took this long despite the shooter's own repeated public confessions.

Alper unpacks how many people over the years falsely claimed a role in the killing just to gain credibility in the scene, and why myths like this tend to outlast the actual legal facts once a name becomes bigger than the crime itself.

He also explains why this particular conviction hasn't dominated headlines the way an OJ-level case might have, and where he ranks Tupac among the greatest to ever pick up a microphone.

Topics: Eric Alper, Tupac case, hip hop mythology, Death Row Records, music industry

GUEST: Eric Alper | thatericalper.com | @thatericalper

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

A new genetic technique just uncovered stretches of DNA in modern humans that do not match any known ancestor, not Neanderthal, not Denisovan, not anything on record. Dr. Samantha Yammine explains how researchers managed to date something this old without ever holding a physical sample of it.

Samantha breaks down what actually makes a stretch of DNA look ancient, using the number of small copying mistakes it carries as a kind of clock. What those mystery genes might have actually done for the people who carried them, though, is still an open question.

She also connects this to Neanderthal interbreeding, and why some ancient traits stuck around while entire species disappeared. It reframes what carrying "ancient" DNA even means.

Topics: ghost ancestor DNA, ancient DNA technique, Neanderthal, Denisovan, human evolution

GUEST: Dr. Samantha Yammine | http://samanthayammine.com | @‌science.sam

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Dyson just teased a toothbrush unlike anything currently on the market, combining circular bristles, a high-velocity water jet, and a built-in camera. Kris Abel explains what Dyson Canada has confirmed so far, and why the camera's exact purpose is still anyone's guess.

A Canadian company has also rolled out a robotic arm built specifically for bakeries, designed to take over the decorating process entirely once a design gets sent to it. Kris breaks down how it works and who it's actually built for.

Elsewhere, a hobbyist's experiment involving a dead king crab and a set of robotics has gone viral for reasons that are as unsettling as they sound, and a Tokyo-designed Cyber Barbie brings a very different kind of tech aesthetic into collectible toy shelves.

Topics: Dyson toothbrush, cake decorating robot, robotic crab, Cyber Barbie, tech news

GUEST: Kris Abel | krisabel.com | @realkrisabel

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Bob Addison inherited his uncle's house over two years ago, and after a slow market finally produced a buyer, he's now racing to clear out decades of furniture, antiques, and family belongings before the deadline hits.

Shane walks through what happens when an auction house comes to pick things up directly from a home, and shares his own experience watching items sell for wildly different amounts than expected. Some pieces, especially teak furniture, turn out to be worth far more than anyone assumes.

Along the way, Bob and Shane land on one piece of advice for anything too sentimental to sell: what to do before letting it go, so the memory survives even if the object doesn't.

Topics: estate sale, auction house, vintage furniture, teak furniture, downsizing

GUEST: Bob Addison | @‌riobobbo

Originally aired on 2026-08-31

Darlene Madott left a career in publishing to attend law school on a dare, and no sooner had she graduated than the writing came back. She explains what pushed that pivot and how storytelling ended up becoming the sharpest tool she had in a courtroom.

Her new book, Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times, links a set of short stories around heartbreak, and Darlene reveals the structure running underneath all of them without her realizing it until the writing was done. It reframes what grief actually gives back to the people who sit with it.

She also talks about what she is learning now, later in life, that has nothing to do with maturing and everything to do with unlearning it.

Topics: Darlene Madott, Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times, grief writing, lawyer turned author, short story collection

GUEST: Darlene Madott | http://DarleneMadott.com

Originally aired on 2026-08-31