Smart Speakers: Conflict of Interest, Condos, and Canada in the World Cup

NEW: The Green Whistle and Your Worst Injury Ever

That device Ishmael Kone was holding on the stretcher after breaking his leg at the FIFA tournament wasn't a vape pen. It's called the green whistle, and it's a medical pain tool that more people probably wish they'd had when things went sideways on a trampoline, a sea-doo, or a toenail that wasn't quite frozen. Green whistle pain relief is the jumping-off point for a conversation that gets personal fast. Shane and Ryan trade their worst injuries, and the texts coming in from across the country prove that everyone has a story they've never said out loud before. Also tonight: Canada stays alive in the FIFA tournament, and Dr. Robin Handley DeFoe makes the case that swearing might actually be helping you live longer. Topics: green whistle, pain relief, Ishmael Kone, FIFA Canada, worst injury stories Originally aired on 2026-06-24

Smart Speakers: Conflict of Interest, Condos, and Canada in the World Cup

Conflict of interest in Canadian politics is back in the conversation, and Jamie Ellerton and John Tory Jr. are here to sort out what it means when the Prime Minister has been recused from 17 deliberations and nobody's saying exactly why. The Recusal Nobody's Explaining Mark Carney's conflict screen is public record, and Brookfield's ownership stake in Westinghouse puts nuclear energy squarely in the middle of it. Jamie Ellerton says the system is working. The question of whether that's reassuring or just the floor is what makes this conversation worth having. Condos, Cash, and Affordable Housing BC's plan to convert empty condos into affordable housing sounds like a solution until you ask who's paying and at what price. Jamie flags the detail the federal government still hasn't answered: if this is a developer bailout at full market rate, it's a different story entirely. Topics: conflict of interest, Mark Carney, Brookfield Westinghouse, affordable housing BC, Canada FIFA GUEST: Jamie Ellerton | conaptus.com GUEST: John Tory Jr. Originally aired on 2026-06-24

SHIFTHEADS: The Green Whistle: What It Is and Why It Works

Green whistle pain relief became the most searched phrase the moment Ishmael Kone waved from a stretcher mid-exit at the FIFA tournament, and Dr. Mitch Schulman, emergency room physician and chief medical correspondent for CTV, is here to explain exactly what that device is and why a healthy athlete on a soccer pitch is precisely the right person to use it. Methoxyflurane has been approved in Canada since 2022, works in six to twelve breaths, and lasts up to sixty minutes. Dr. Mitch breaks down why it makes sense on a field where needles and IVs aren't an option, and why most emergency rooms have moved on to better alternatives. Listener injury texts set the table first: both arms broken at the wrist simultaneously, a chemistry experiment that ended with a palm-sized blister, and a broken clavicle with a silver lining. Topics: green whistle, methoxyflurane, pain relief Canada, Ishmael Kone injury, emergency medicine GUEST: Dr. Mitch Schulman Originally aired on 2026-06-24

NEW - The World Cup Case Against Social Media Doom

FIFA World Cup 2026 is putting Canada on the world stage, and the cost is real: BC alone is on the hook for up to $114 million after revenue offsets, and a two-hot-dog-two-pop combo just got discounted to $51.75. The numbers are what they are. What the numbers don't capture is a Japanese fan in front of a camera who says he cannot speak English, then says he is excited, then says Japan, and means all of it completely. Or the 6-nothing win over Qatar that had fans inside the stadium comparing it to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The conversation underneath all of it is simpler than the economics: social media keeps telling people they are broken, their relationships are failing, and everything is getting worse. The World Cup keeps producing evidence to the contrary. Topics: FIFA World Cup 2026, Canada soccer pride, World Cup hosting costs, fan experience, social media negativity Originally aired on 2026-06-24

Shiftheads - The Spy Who Built the Net He Was Caught In

Soviet espionage during the Cold War was not paranoia. It was infrastructure, and Lee Kuhnle lays out exactly what that looked like from the inside. Kim Philby was recruited as a journalist in the 1930s, embedded himself in British intelligence from the ground floor, and then personally proposed and was handed control of the department responsible for monitoring Soviet activity in the West. He ran it while reporting everything back to Moscow. Kuhnle explains why catching him took decades, why the evidence that finally pointed to him couldn't be used in court, and why British intelligence may have quietly let him walk rather than face the public embarrassment of a trial. The Venona decrypts that unraveled his network were themselves a secret that couldn't survive a courtroom. The nuclear dimension sharpens the stakes further. Klaus Fuchs didn't just pass along information. He handed the Soviets a shortcut that changed the entire shape of the post-war world. Topics: Cold War spies, Soviet espionage, Cambridge Five, nuclear bomb secrets, Venona decrypts GUEST: Lee Kuhnle | https://www.amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873 [https://www.amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873] | @‌theuncoverup Originally aired on 2026-06-24