Toronto transit as a Greek tragedy

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ep302.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe two Transit Steves — Wickens and Munro — return to The Torontonian to explain why you have to go back to the ancient Greeks to...

The smell of chlorine

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ep301.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWalking into an aging Etobicoke pool, the smell of chlorine and the sight of peeling paint instantly transported Olympian Claire...

You’re the top! The CN Tower turns 50 this week

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ep212.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLongtime chief supervising engineer Jamil Mardukhi was there when the concrete was being poured and he kept a watchful eye on the CN Tower...

A running reading marathon

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ep210.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn 1984, Silvia Ruegger became the first Canadian woman to run an Olympic marathon. Her Canadian record wouldn’t be beaten for an...

Gen Z goes back to church

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep209.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA new generation’s search for spiritual meaning takes them in a very different direction than their parents. For Adam Adachi and Francis...

After 27 years in prison, a chance at freedom

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ep208.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNathanael Williams killed a man when he was barely 16. He spent most of his life growing and maturing in Canada’s tough and sometimes...

A brother’s search for justice in Syria

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ep207.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBashir Harba is one of thousands of Syrians who came to Toronto to escape a brutal civil war. But one thing still haunts him: his...

Meet the two Steves

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ep205.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA lot of Torontonians love subway trains, streetcars and buses as kids. But not all of them grow up to be passionate advocates for moving...

Turning offices into homes

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ep204.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLots of Toronto office buildings in the downtown core are sitting vacant. A Toronto entrepreneur wants to convert them into co-living...

Pouring out the last bourbon

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ep106.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe other day, the people who put The Torontonian together met at their favourite bar – just as the bartender took down a blackboard...

The Big Growth in Breast Reduction

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ep105.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe big growth area in cosmetic surgery? Breast reduction. For many women, the surgery is life-changing. And they’re getting it done at a...

Constructing A New Future

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ep104.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFor many teenagers who struggle at school, the classroom has been a place of failure and trauma, since they were kids. But what if you put...

Life Recipes

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ep103.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe return to the food we loved as children throughout our lives. For Mother’s Day, two women from Eritrea tell us about the recipes they...

Reflections on the Death of Pope Francis

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ep102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe lineup to bid farewell to Pope Francis, stretched to the thousands but every one of them had their personal reason for being there. ...

Hockey’s Holiest Shrine Opens Up

https://media.blubrry.com/3935418/torontonianpodcast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ep101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Maple Leaf Gardens – home to some of Toronto’s most joyful victories and agonizing defeats. There are new players now at the Gardens...