There was a day when you couldn’t throw a bag of popcorn without hitting a movie theatre in downtown Ottawa. Where did they all go? In this encore episode, Robyn Bresnahan goes for a stroll with the man who literally wrote the book on the history of Ottawa’s cinemas.

It’s like eBay - but run by the Canadian government. The GC Surplus site sells everything from ATVs used by the military to Air Jordan sneakers confiscated at the border. Robyn Bresnahan gets a tour of the Ottawa warehouse - where she discovers the most gobsmacking item of all.

If you’re sick and tired of your bus being late or cancelled - this episode is for you. We’ll look at why service is so unreliable, how OC Transpo got into this mess, why the busiest routes in the city are cancelled the most often – and – when things are expected to get better.

It’s an anxious time for federal public servants. Thousands of job cuts are coming. Robyn Bresnahan meets two former government workers who thought they’d be in the job for life, but jumped before they were pushed, reinventing themselves in second careers.

The steamy Canadian series Heated Rivalry has hit home for Ottawa players who spent years playing hockey as closeted athletes. But will the show be the catalyst for a cultural earthquake in hockey? They say that’s another story.

The National Capital Commission has been a lightning rod for criticism. From shutting down a lemonade stand on Colonel By Drive to a Sparks Street with no spark - Ottawans have loved to loathe the NCC. But after a slew of new initiatives - and more to come in 2026 - are people’s tunes changing?

And, if you listen then want to know more about the historic O'Brien House in Gatineau Park we have a whole episode on it here.

There’s a big increase in the number of women incarcerated in Ontario. The CBC’s Julie Ireton dug into why - and spoke with two women who were in and out of the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre – and never want to go back.

Sometimes art imitates life. And sometimes life imitates podcast. That was the case for Robyn Bresnahan when she stepped outside one morning to discover her car was gone. In that moment, this episode from December 2024 flashed through her mind.