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[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The skate, from sporting prowess to social rites
Generations of Quebecers took their first steps on the icy surface around the corner. Through the ages, skating has worn different clothes, both that of seduction and that of performance.…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Trip to “Mount Everest of Trash”, New Delhi
New Delhi, India, is the most polluted capital in the world. It alone generates 11,000 metric tons of waste per day, only half of which is treated. The rest of…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The life and death of the animals we eat
Every day in Canada, more than 2.3 million farm animals are slaughtered for human consumption, according to data compiled by The duty. In 2022, 854 million farm animals were killed,…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The new instrumental wave in Quebec
Instrumental music is booming in popularity. Cinema and television are carving out a place for it, and the pandemic has brought “music to the image” back into fashion, enough to…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What to expect from COVID-19 in 2023?
This is the beginning of a fourth year against the backdrop of a pandemic in Quebec. The current pressure on the hospital system, the rise of the new XBB.1.5 variant…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The dark side of lunar exploration
The Moon continues to dream. In 2023, lunar missions should be launched by the United States and Russia, but also by smaller players in the space scene, such as India…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | “The dangerous”, the recipe for dizzying failure
With its record budget for Quebec cinema, its star-studded cast and its ambition to be a Hollywood-style action film, The dangerous was destined for a monster success. Nevertheless, both audiences…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | A sense of deja vu in Brasília
Last Sunday, in Brasília, thousands of supporters of the far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro attacked and vandalized the highest places of Brazilian democracy. Since the October election of President Luiz Inácio…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | These video clubs that live on borrowed time
Barely fifteen years ago, several of us made a detour to our neighborhood video store to find the popular films of the moment. The appearance of distribution platforms has almost…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The ice storm crisis, seen by the media
In early January 1998, nearly 180 millimeters of freezing rain paralyzed southern Quebec. During this ice storm, as it was called, electricity pylons collapsed, bridges had to be closed and,…
[BALADO] International Year in Review: ‘We have been incredibly naive towards Russia,’ says expert
The year 2022 has been very fertile internationally: between the war in Ukraine, the demonstrations in Iran or the elections in the United States, we can say that the governments…
[BALADO] The sad story of Sainte Nuit
Christmas songs make churches and fir trees vibrate at this time of year. Behind each of his songs heard a thousand times, hides a story. The origins of Sainte Nuit…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | “The Dawn Dance”, a Christmas story by Rébecca Déraspe
The year is coming to an end for the team of Pick up the one. Thank you very much for listening to us this fall. As a gift, we offer…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | “Titanic”, the myth and the wave
After seven months of filming, years of research and technological advancements, audiences were finally laying their eyes on the most expensive film in cinematic history to date. Since, titanic has…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Self Defense Guide to Surviving Holiday Meals
Pleasure par excellence for some, but total anxiety for others, the holiday season often confirms the adage that we choose our friends, but not necessarily our family. Because on the…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | COP15, the story of an unexpected consensus
To everyone’s surprise and despite the dissent of some African countries, nearly 200 delegations from around the world to attend COP15 finally agreed in the early hours of Monday on…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | To be twenty years old in gloomy times, yesterday as today
The twenties are synonymous with the end of studies, the dawn of a career, a lot of new questions. It is also sometimes the time when one thinks of starting…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What to read and what to watch during the holidays?
The year 2022 draws to a close, and the podcast team Pick up the one, hungry for good suggestions for books and TV series, wanted to offer you titles to…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | ChatGPT and the inexorable advance of AI
Artificial intelligence is gaining ground. After DALL-E and Lensa AI for the production of digital images, it’s ChatGPT’s turn to disrupt our ways of doing things. The tool is able…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Kherson, chronicle of a liberated city
A few weeks ago, the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine was retaken by Ukrainian forces after months of Russian occupation. Jean-Louis Bordeleau tells how the liberated city is recovering…