Spoke groups real, active podcasts into six subjects, from money and health to sport and culture. Compare each show’s focus, meet its host and head to the official website to listen.
Every collection has between 9 and 12 shows, a short guide to the topics covered and advice on choosing the right one.
Saving, investing, debt, housing and the tax rules Canadians actually deal with.
Sleep, mental health, nutrition, movement and the science behind everyday health choices.
Hockey, basketball, soccer, curling, running and the athletes who shape them.
Canadian designers, fashion history, menswear, slow fashion and the business of style.
Founders, small-business operations, Canadian tech and long-form company histories.
Canadian history, arts, books, media, food and the design hidden in ordinary things.
One or two picks from each subject, chosen to show the range: long-running Canadian favourites, newer independent shows and public-broadcaster series.
Benjamin Felix, Cameron Passmore and Dan Bortolotti
A weekly, evidence-based look at investing and financial decisions from PWL Capital in Ottawa. Expect academic guests, listener questions and long discussions of portfolio construction, factor investing and investor behaviour.
Jeremie, Brian and Taylor
Three friends from Halifax, one of whom lives with cystic fibrosis, talk openly about illness, death and the practical side of staying alive. New guests every week, and a sense of humour about topics most people avoid.
Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson
The untold and under-told history of the country, presented with warmth and humour. Episodes revisit places, people and events that rarely make it into school textbooks.
Gilmore Junio
An Olympic speed skater talks with Team Canada athletes about pressure, preparation and the personal stories behind their careers. Season 2 guests include curlers, a ski jumper and figure skaters.
Danica Samuel
The editor-in-chief of Vainqueur, a Canadian fashion business publication, talks with designers, founders and executives about exports, footwear, red-carpet retail and the forces shaping Canadian fashion and beauty.
Shane Parrish
Long conversations with leaders in business and investing about how they make decisions, from Shopify’s Tobi Lütke to investors and sales experts. Produced by Farnam Street.
Dr. Brian Goldman
An emergency physician looks at Canadian health care from both sides of the stretcher, with stories on new treatments, access to care, sleep, nutrition and the complaints that lead hospitals to change.
Terry O'Reilly
An adman tells funny, well-researched stories about advertising and marketing, and what they reveal about pop culture and human nature. Now published by the Apostrophe Podcast Network.
Most finance podcasts assume U.S. accounts and tax law. These Canadian shows cover the accounts, mortgages and benefits you will actually use, from first budget to retirement income.
Podcasts are informational and are not a substitute for advice from a qualified professional.
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Benjamin Felix and Dr. Mark Soth
Personal finance for Canadian professionals, from building a budget around a “good life” to RRSPs, TFSAs, pensions and investing inside a corporation. One host is a portfolio manager, the other a practising ICU physician.
Doug Hoyes
A licensed insolvency trustee talks with industry insiders about credit cards, CRA tax debt, instalment loans and the questions to ask before you borrow. Useful if debt is the problem you need to solve first.
Jessica Moorhouse
Conversations with money experts, authors and entrepreneurs about the habits and systems that shape your finances, including the link between money and happiness. A good fit if you want practical tools rather than market commentary.
Hockey is here, of course, alongside curling, running, soccer and the athletes who rarely get a national broadcast. Choose a team show for daily reaction or an athlete-led series for the story behind the result.
Explore Sports
Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake
A Toronto-based hockey show that mixes Maple Leafs and NHL talk with pop culture. Best if you want lively, opinionated conversation rather than formal analysis.
John Cullen and Robbie Doherty
Curling news, tournament recaps and interviews with top curlers, with plenty of humour. Presented by The Curling Group, the company behind the Grand Slam of Curling.
Canadian Running
Canadian Running magazine’s show on the running scene, from race previews such as the Chicago Marathon to conversations with Canadian athletes and their coaches.
Shows that make a commute or a long walk more interesting: forgotten chapters of Canadian history, Indigenous voices, author interviews and the hidden decisions behind everyday objects.
Explore Culture & Everyday Life
Craig Baird
An independent history show covering everything from pre-colonial times to roughly 25 years ago, including the strange, local and overlooked episodes in Canada’s past.
Rosanna Deerchild
A space for Indigenous voices, with stories, music and conversations from communities across the country, hosted by a Cree broadcaster and poet.
Roman Mars
Short, carefully produced stories about design, architecture and infrastructure, and the unnoticed decisions that shape cities, objects and sounds.
Fashion and entrepreneurship podcasts are easier to choose once you decide between industry analysis and personal stories. Here is how the two collections are organized.
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Start with Canadian voices such as The Vainqueur Podcast and FashionTalks, then widen out to fashion history, menswear, slow fashion and trade reporting from the U.S., the U.K. and Australia.
Explore Fashion & Style
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Practical shows for Canadian owners on taxes, payroll, hiring and retail sit next to long-form company histories and founder interviews. Pick by the problem you are trying to solve this month.
Explore Business & EntrepreneurshipOpen a category, or use search on the All podcasts page to find a host, topic or show by name.
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Most of them are. 41 of the 63 listings are made in Canada or co-hosted by Canadians. Where a subject needs broader coverage, we include English-language shows from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and label the country on every card.
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