Episodios

  • ‘It was inedible’ – how can Ottawa hospital food be made better?
    Mar 9 2026

    If food is medicine, why are so many hospital meals unpalatable? Robyn Bresnahan speaks to a patient who asked staff to stop bringing him food altogether. She also finds out what hospitals in Ottawa are doing to improve what’s on patients’ trays.

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  • With apologies to Alanis Morissette…
    Mar 2 2026

    The second half of This Is Ottawa’s live trivia show got a little wild. There was karaoke, charades and a revelation of criminal activity. Featuring JUNO nominee Tyler Shaw, graffiti artist Mique Michelle, comedian Tavis Maplesden and musician Jon Hynes!

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    20 m
  • 100th Episode: Live Trivia Show!
    Feb 23 2026

    What is the most Ottawa thing you can do? In which neighbourhood would you find the intersection of Mulder Avenue and Scully Way? What’s a Gee Gee? Join in the hilarity from our Ottawa-themed live trivia show at Redbird, featuring comedian Tavis Maplesden, musician Jon Hynes and special guests!

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    20 m
  • Where did all Ottawa’s movie theatres go?
    Feb 16 2026

    There was a day when you couldn’t throw a bag of popcorn without hitting a movie theatre in downtown Ottawa. Where did they all go? In this encore episode, Robyn Bresnahan goes for a stroll with the man who literally wrote the book on the history of Ottawa’s cinemas.

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    16 m
  • Ottawa’s oddest auction: how to legally buy confiscated goods
    Feb 9 2026

    It’s like eBay - but run by the Canadian government. The GC Surplus site sells everything from ATVs used by the military to Air Jordan sneakers confiscated at the border. Robyn Bresnahan gets a tour of the Ottawa warehouse - where she discovers the most gobsmacking item of all.

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    17 m
  • Dude, Where’s My Bus?
    Feb 2 2026

    If you’re sick and tired of your bus being late or cancelled - this episode is for you. We’ll look at why service is so unreliable, how OC Transpo got into this mess, why the busiest routes in the city are cancelled the most often – and – when things are expected to get better.

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    19 m
  • ‘You are not your job’: how job cuts helped public servants reinvent themselves
    Jan 26 2026

    It’s an anxious time for federal public servants. Thousands of job cuts are coming. Robyn Bresnahan meets two former government workers who thought they’d be in the job for life, but jumped before they were pushed, reinventing themselves in second careers.

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    21 m
  • Heated Rivalry is fiction. What’s the reality for Ottawa’s 2SLGBTQ+ hockey players?
    Jan 19 2026

    The steamy Canadian series Heated Rivalry has hit home for Ottawa players who spent years playing hockey as closeted athletes. But will the show be the catalyst for a cultural earthquake in hockey? They say that’s another story.

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    18 m