The Tyee Podcast
The Tyee Podcast is a conversation with remarkable guests discussing the events and stories happening around us — journalists, experts and iconoclasts who will break down the issues and cut through the noise to find solutions. The Tyee is an independent, online news magazine from B.C. devoted to fact-driven stories, reporting that informs and analysis that enlivens our democratic conversation. Our reporting has changed laws, started movements and garnered numerous awards. Find out more at thetyee.ca Got an idea for a topic for a future episode or a question about what we do? Send us a message at podcast@thetyee.ca. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
When Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced their governments will spend $1.45 billion buying up 2,200 of British Columbia’s unsold condos and turning them into rent-to-own housing, the response was unambiguous. “Everyone kind of hated it,” says Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “I feel like this was something that they had maybe sketched out on ...
Online radicalization is, unfortunately, a growing beat in the media world. Luckily, there are some seriously skilled reporters trying to make sense of a world increasingly filled with misinformation. In May 2026, we gathered a few of those journalists on stage for a special Tyee panel discussion called Reality Check: LIVE.
On this special episode of The Tyee Podcast, we have that panel discussion for your listening enjoym...
Tyee journalist Katie Hyslop has been keeping a close eye on what happens to a city when the FIFA World Cup comes to town. Hyslop has reported for the Tyee for more than a decade, and was in Vancouver when the Winter Olympics arrived. Now, they break down the city’s big spending on the tournament, how it’s affecting workers and which residents the games leave behind.
Who’s protecting your favourite tree? Possibly nobody, says author and journalist J.B. MacKinnon. MacKinnon has reported for The Tyee for two decades, and in these pages co-authored a series called “The 100-Mile Diet.” This week, he explains how beloved trees end up on the chopping block — and what you can do about it.
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Anyone lucky enough to survive 2021’s heat dome knows the anxiety and stress that now accompany every summer on the West Coast. But Tyee health reporter Michelle Gamage says that slowly, and hopefully surely, a public shift is happening. We’re starting to recognize the extreme danger that heat is, and that means we’re starting to better prepare for it. From icy groin towels to how local and federal government...
Earlier this spring Premier David Eby ignited a firestorm when he tried to dismantle the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) — first by saying he would amend it, then suspend it, then backing off the idea completely when his own party revolted. Now the province is scrambling over the summer to figure out a new path forward.
According to Adam Olsen, this moment was inevitable.
The Tyee was founded to bring a B.C. perspective — and impact — to Canada’s mediascape. For over 20 years we’ve been doing just that, right here in British Columbia—investigating, explaining and celebrating our home. The Tyee has changed laws, sparked a global movement, and helped map the future of digital journalism.
And now, it’s a podcast.
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