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Ideas · 2026-06-25 · 55 min · 8,100 words

The 33,000 Horsepower Gamechanger | The Greatest Numbers of All Time

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Lots of big questions coming up this fall in Washington. Like, will Canada and the U.S. get back to negotiating? And what'll change for President Donald Trump after November's midterms? We explore these themes and more on two blocks from the White House.

Join me, Katie Simpson, with my fellow correspondents Paul Hunter and Willie Lowry. We help you make sense of what's happening in U.S. politics and what it means for Canada. Find us every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app, including YouTube. This is a CBC podcast.

Around 1780, a Scottish engineer needed a number to represent a horse. After watching, measuring, and calculating, that number turned out to be 33,000. Welcome to Ideas. I'm Nala Ayed, and to another installment in our series, Exploring the Most Significant Numbers in the World. The series examines unique, revolutionary, or, as in this case,

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