Maxed Out Podcast
1) Bitcoin or Bust (Summer rerun)
Is Bitcoin a legitimate alternative currency? Is it the currency of the disenchanted? Or the hedge against a rocky future? Max Fawcett talks with Bitcoin enthusiast Adam O'Brien about that as well as ...Show More
2) Special Episode: Protecting Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii is a stretch of islands teeming with life just off the coast of British Columbia. The land, its skies, and the bodies of water around it have been protected for thousands of years by local...Show More
3) Greedflation and Justflation (Summer rerun)
Greedflation, justflation, and even shrinkflation are the newest terms to describe what we have all been going through financially for the past two years. And on top of this, we have rising interest r...Show More
4) Nuclear Revolution (Summer rerun)
Can nuclear be part of the fight against carbon emissions? In some places, nuclear is back in vogue. Max Fawcett talks with an environmentalist who thinks it is essential for nuclear to be part of the...Show More
5) The Urban-Rural Divide (Summer rerun)
The carbon tax is misunderstood and controversial. The federal government's price on polluting is one of its strategies to fight the climate crisis. But is it working? And is it fair? Max Fawcett talk...Show More
6) Mobilizing for War (Summer rerun)
Should we treat the climate emergency like a war? Seth Klein thinks so. In his book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, Klein lays out a comparison between the Second Wo...Show More
7) Egos & Apologies in Alberta Elections
Jeromy Farkas might be called a cautionary tale of politics and political friends. Max talks to the former city councillor and Calgary 2021 mayoral election runner-up about his take on the recent prov...Show More
8) Bitcoin or Bust
Is Bitcoin a legitimate alternative currency? Is it the currency of the disenchanted? Or the hedge against a rocky future? Max Fawcett talks with Bitcoin enthusiast Adam O'Brien about that as well as ...Show More
9) Nuclear Revolution
Can nuclear be part of the fight against carbon emissions? In some places, nuclear is back in vogue. Max Fawcett talks with an environmentalist who thinks it is essential for nuclear to be part of the...Show More
10) The Politics of Pandemics
Janet Bufton believes in libertarianism — a philosophy that argues for minimal government involvement in people's lives. However, she's thankful for the federal government's intervention during the p...Show More