In a shocking turn of events, 2021 is half over. We catch up on what’s been happening in our usual realms of current events and pop culture in this fast-paced episode. What do we talk about? Better question is: What don’t we talk about? 🙂 Topics include: the seeming end of the pandemic and takeaways;…
What happens when a “conspiracy” is vindicated? In this episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we take a look at the Wuhan coronavirus lab leak hypothesis and its fascinating transformation from shunned conspiracy to legitimate possibility over the course of the past year. Along the way we discuss other conspiracies that have turned out…
In this jam-packed, lightning round episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we cover four fascinating topics in just one hour! First, mask mandates go away as we seem to be approaching the end of the pandemic. What’s our experience so far and how do we handle the inevitable cultural friction of the moment? Next…
Set in 1969,?Apollo 11: Quarantine?is a documentary short that shows what happened after NASA?s successful launch to the moon. In case the astronauts made contact with any microscopic life on the moon, NASA deemed it necessary for them to distance themselves from others for 21 days as a precaution so that they could be properly…
At a time when everyone is looking for answers, it can be frustrating when you don?t get the ones you?re looking for. Thankfully, 76 Days is a reminder that we may be asking the wrong questions. Directed by the team of Hao Wu, Weixi Chen and Anonymous, 76 Days captures the madness surrounding the onset of this year?s global…
Sometimes, timing really is everything. When Yorkdale Mall planned to bring in the world-renowned, interactive Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. exhibit to Toronto, there is simply no way that they could have ever accounted for a city-wide lockdown the day of its release. After all, to bring in such events takes months?even years?of preparation and the events surrounding the global…
Between the pandemic, social upheaval, political turmoil, etc., 2020 has obviously been a challenging year. In this Thanksgiving episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we flip the script and explain why – plot twist! – we’re thankful for 2020. We start with some reactions to the current election drama and positive spins on this…
With one week left before the 2020 election, we present some final thoughts, hot takes, questions, hopes and more. We also share about some of our favorite shows and other media of 2020, asking the question “how can we redeem the time spent on such things?” Finally – to help answer this question – we…
We?re so excited to be back with the first episode of our 7th season (or is it the 7th episode of our 1st season?) as we talk about Christopher Nolan’s latest thriller, TENET which tells the story of The Protagonist (John David Washington), a time-bending secret agent charged with stopping a futuristic terrorist from destroying…
Don?t mess with Alex Gibney. When it comes to documentary filmmaking, Gibney has shone a light on some of the biggest frauds of this generation. The Oscar-winning filmmaker of Taxi to the Dark Side, Gibney has also fearlessly taken on such hot topics as Enron (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), the Church of Scientology…
