The Big Five Podcast

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The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought leaders debate and inform.

Episodes

A Quebec entrepreneur says he’s getting death threats over wealth taxes. Plus: Is the federal government going to destroy online privacy?

The ban on public prayer faces its first tests. Plus: Did a Quebec lotto winner make the right decision?

Are the Feds spying on Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the PQ? Plus: Dunkin’ Donuts is coming back to Canada.

Turns out pothole city doesn’t have any pothole-filling machines. Plus: Why are Quebecers the happiest people in Canada.

Québec Solidaire is coming after you. Plus: Everyone’s jumping on board the Charles Milliard bandwagon.

The McGill College Park is put on hold Plus: It took but one MNA to block a plan to redraw Quebec’s electoral map

Toronto plays dirty, pulls the referendum card on Montreal. Plus: Should your child’s school have a fight club?

More Quebecers are leaving ERs without seeing a doctor. Plus: Is it OK to use A.I. to change how customer service agents sound?

Premier Frechette’s first order of business? Making Charles Milliard look bad. Plus: Québec solidaire wants non-profit grocery stores.

Activists rob Montreal grocery stores and bakeries once again. Plus: Outrage over a mock execution during a Workers' Day protest.

Should you clean up Montreal’s sidewalks? Plus: Canada is making refugees pay for healthcare.

The price of dignity in Quebec hits $88K. Plus: Are Canada’s airports going to be privatized

Canada’s fastest-growing program is interest on debt. Plus: The one guy that took all of Quebec’s family doctor appointments

Vigilante pothole repairs. Plus: Canada’s not-so-sovereign Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Another attempt on President Donald Trump’s life. Plus: One year after a new law, tipping in Quebec is still a mess.

Eric Duhaime’s Bill 96 flip-flop. Plus: Things are getting really snippy between Canada and the U.S.

PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon accused of spreading "conspiracy theories.” Plus: Banning cigarettes forever.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon sticks to his convictions. Plus: Is the solution to overloaded ERs more Habs playoff games?

The PQ would steamroll its way to a majority, on one condition. Plus: Dog bites and community mailboxes, as Denis Coderre returns!

Charles Milliard’s clarification of his clarification of his position on Bill 96. Plus: Mark Carney calls Canada’s close ties to America a ‘weakness.’