How They Did It

Episode 7 — A Ripple across the Pacific: How Canadian meth dealers fuel a transnational crime network

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:04:50 GMT

Vancouver Sun journalist Kim Bolan shares the tradecraft behind Lethal Exports — a five-part investigation exposing Canada’s role in transnational crime and the devastating toll it leaves across continents.

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Episode 6 — Couvrir le crime organisé au Québec: Daniel Renaud, journaliste sur la ligne de feu

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:21:00 GMT

Quand un journaliste apprend qu’un contrat a été mis sur sa tête, il a deux choix : se taire ou continuer. Daniel Renaud a choisi de continuer son travail d’enquête, au plus près des faits, dans un domaine où la vérité peut coûter cher.

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Episode 5 — Six weeks undercover: Investigative lessons from the Toronto Star’s probe into Uber’s algorithm

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:56:54 GMT

Journalist Ghada Alsharif worked undercover as an Uber Eats courier in Toronto to expose the harsh realities of algorithm-driven gig work, revealing shockingly low wages and systemic inequities.

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Episode 4 — Mapping the Tradecraft Behind the Investigation That Saved Ontario’s Greenbelt

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:08:19 GMT

Narwhal reporter Emma McIntosh, Toronto Star journalists Noor Javed and Brendan Kennedy, and The Trillium’s Charlie Pinkerton reflect on their joint investigation into Ontario’s Greenbelt carve-outs. In this Q&A, the team discusses how they exposed backroom deals, navigated political pressure, and ultimately forced the Ford government to reverse course.

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Episode 3 — Abuse, Secrecy, and the Allegations that Broke the Silence Inside Canada’s Spy Agency

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:41:17 GMT

In this episode, Canadian Press journalist Darryl Greer takes us inside one of the most sensitive investigations in recent Canadian memory: A Predator at CSIS. What began as a chance encounter at a social gathering turned into months of reporting on harassment, secrecy, and alleged assault inside Canada’s spy agency. Greer reveals how he gained the trust of intelligence officers bound by secrecy laws, navigated legal and ethical tightropes, and balanced the power dynamics of covering survivors of harassment and assault—an investigation that ultimately sparked parliamentary debate, internal reforms, and a reckoning inside CSIS.

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Episode 2 — The Dark Side of Canada’s International Student Pipeline

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:37:38 GMT

In this episode, Walrus journalist Nicholas Hune-Brown joins the podcast to unpack the tactics behind his ground-breaking investigation into Canada’s international education industry. He reveals the methods he used to expose the unregulated practices of education agents—who treat international students as products, not clients—and shows how careful research and storytelling can be just as impactful as leaked documents.

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Episode 1 — Unraveling an Insider Oil Deal— from Guyana to Ontario's Cottage Country

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:26:19 GMT

CBC Senior Writer Chris Arsenault takes the guest's chair to tell the story of his RTDNA Award-winning investigation into how a small Canadian company with no drilling experience secured a stake in one of the world's hottest offshore oil blocks just days before a president's political departure. From combing through Guyana's corporate registry records to tracing the transaction to a residential home in Ontario, Arsenault explains how Crude Bargain came to be.

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