The Andrew Carter Podcast

For the first time, voter information cards ahead of a Quebec provincial election are being mailed out in French only. Élections Québec had reportedly asked for an exemption under Bill 96 to continue sending the information bilingually, but that request was denied. Premier and CAQ leader Christine Fréchette insists anglophone voters will still have access to information in English online, by phone and at polling stations. But ...

Robert Fajber is Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University, Trudie’s Takeaways with CJAD Newscaster Trudie Mason, Richard Monette is Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief Active for Life, Entertainment with John Moore, Political Analyst Tom Mulcair, Dr. Chris Labos, John Kinsner is the creator and producer of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert, Chris Bumbray from JoB...

Forty years after Labyrinth first took audiences into the Goblin City, the film has become one of those movies that people don't just remember, they love. Now, Labyrinth is getting a very different kind of revival. “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” brings the entire film to the big screen while a live band performs the soundtrack in sync. the show's creator and producer, John Kinsner, spoke to Andrew Carter.

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A new UN report is warning that the world is likely to cross the 1.5-degree Celsius global warming threshold within the next few years. That was the key target of the Paris Climate Agreement, and the UN says crossing it is now virtually unavoidable. But scientists say there is still an opportunity to limit how high temperatures rise and how long they stay there. Robert Fajber is an Assistant Professor at McGill University...

Cybernews has ranked 500 AI companies from around the world based on security, privacy, transparency and public perception. Google’s Gemini came out on top, but the research also found some troubling gaps: security was the weakest category, and nearly two-thirds of AI companies don't clearly say whether they use your data to train their models. Stefanie Schappert is a Senior Journalist at Cybernews covering AI, cybe...

Screens are now part of everyday life for many children, but a long-term study following children from age one to eight found heavier screen use at age one, and again around age six, was linked to poorer academic performance. So what does this research actually tell us about young brains, and should parents be rethinking screen time? Neuroscientist and science communicator Dr. Samantha Yammine, better known as Science Sam, spoke to...