• Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with University of Ottawa's Michael Geist, tech critic and journalist Paris Marx and Benjamin Bergen from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association about whether Canada's new artificial intelligence strategy hits the mark.

• Fay Bound-Alberti, a historian and founder of King’s College London's Centre for Technology and the Body, explains how technology has long shaped our relationship with our face.

• Author, sociologist and former University of Toronto soccer team captain, Darragh McGee, lays out why he believes legal online betting is "hijacking" sports.

• Our monthly challenge That’s Puzzling! returns with Chris Glover, the new host of CBC Toronto's morning radio show Metro Morning, and Denman Island, B.C. listener Nairn Stewart.

You've probably heard the phrase, "There are no winners in a trade war." But that doesn’t mean we don't all have to fight one these days. That’s according to Financial Times columnist Soumaya Keynes and former White House economic advisor Chad P. Bown. They join Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about their new guidebook to the new normal of economic battle, How to Win a Trade War, and offer advice to Canada on taking on the world – and Washington – especially as the CUSMA joint review approaches.

• Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Kelley Lee, Canada Research Chair in global health governance at Simon Fraser University, about Canada's travel restrictions amid the Ebola outbreak, and what past events can tell us about how and when to use travel measures to mitigate health risks

• Criminologist Michael Kempa unpacks what recent shoplifting data says about who's stealing and why, and culture critic Rachel Shteir explores the story that shoplifting has told about society over time

• Economists Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown discuss their guidebook to the new normal of economic battle, How to Win a Trade War, and offer advice to Canada about taking on the world

• Navigator founder Jaime Watt sheds light on how crisis management works, and how it's changed in today's fast-paced and politically polarized information environment

Her brother was the captain of Iran's national soccer team. But being a woman meant she wasn't allowed to watch him play in their home country. Maryam Shojaei spent years fighting to overturn Iran's ban on women in soccer stadiums – and faced arrest and intimidation along the way. The Iranian-Canadian activist joins Piya Chattopadhyay to share her journey, and what it’s like to see Iran scheduled to play in the FIFA World Cup while at war with one of the host countries.

• Host Piya Chattopadhyay breaks down the politics and context of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation referendum question with The Economist's Rob Russo and CBC's Kathleen Petty

• Activist Maryam Shojaei shares her fight to overturn Iran's ban on women in Iran's soccer stadiums

• The Guardian's Ruaridh Nicoll and Canada's former ambassador to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, discuss rising U.S.-Cuba tensions and the stakes for people in the country

• The Logic's Murad Hemmadi and Sustainable AI Group's Boris Gamazaychikov explore sustainability concerns around AI data centres

After more than 50 years as a scholar of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, Mary Beard is looking back on her career and considering why studying the Classics is still worthwhile today. She says they may not give us answers to modern questions, but believes they can offer crucial ways of seeing ourselves differently. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to explore why this history still has the power to shock.

• Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Hub's Falice Chin, The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh and Max Fawcett from Canada's National Observer about the politics of Ottawa and Alberta's energy deal

• Travel journalist Will Ferguson shares his favourite Canadian hidden travel gems

• Farmers Carl Stewart and Morgan Charlton, and agriculture economist Stuart Smyth, discuss how rising fuel and fertilizer costs are affecting the industry

• Classicist Mary Beard considers why studying the ancient Greek and Roman worlds is still worthwhile today

From grades and rankings to follower counts and performance metrics, our lives are constantly being measured, compared and optimized. But at what cost? Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with philosopher C. Thi Nguyen about how the systems we use to measure success can reshape our goals – and even change who we become.