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Hey there Canada, it's me, Gavin Crawford, host of the Because News Podcast, a weekly show where I quiz my good-humored friends on the latest headlines. Joining me this week, comedian Miguel Rivas, YouTuber Carly Thorne, and the improv goat Colin Mockery. I'll be asking, what time will the AI uprising be exactly? And if Trump wants Canada so bad, why don't the American hockey players? Also, what took so long to get Yacht Rock in the Merriam-Webster dictionary?
If you want unlicensed therapy for the news, subscribe to the Because News Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you download find podcasts for free. This is a CBC podcast. About 15 years ago, Google made an attempt to count the total number of bound and printed books that had been published in the world. There were many rules and caveats to the company's approach, but on August 5, 2010, the Google algorithm decided on a number. Just shy of 130 million.
And ever growing, of course. Welcome to Ideas. I'm Nala Ayed. What should I read or watch or listen to? These are legitimate questions for our option-packed times.
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