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Because News

Because News is Canada's funniest news quiz. Host Gavin Crawford quizzes comedians and celebrities about the headlines.

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Episodes

Wayne's World: Gretzky mispronounces countries at World Cup draw

At the World Cup draw, Trump was given a medal, a trophy and danced to YMCA. Oh yeah, and Canada drew a decent group of competitors. Face-off, pants off - there’s a new steamy hockey show that our panellists love. So far this month pistachios have been recalled, McCain Tasti Taters, and also there’s a petition to recall Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The hottest toy of the holiday season is not Bible Guess Who, but after Gavin and Migeul imagine it, we sort of wish it was. If you’re too afraid ...

Dec 12, 202533 min

So… Are we all officially breaking up with Ticketmaster?

Franklin The Turtle was co-opted by Team Trump and now our childhoods are ruined. We’ve all reached our breaking point with Ticketmaster but Olivia Dean did something about it. Whales are being given breathalysers and don’t even want to talk to a lawyer first. Ozempic is about to go generic in Canada - so are all the GLP-1 drugs, aka “gotta lose pounds” shots. Gavin Crawford quizzes comedians Martha Chaves, Alice Moran and Craig Lauzon about what happened in the news this week. If you’re too afr...

Dec 05, 202533 min

Introducing Because News

Need group therapy for the news? This is the podcast for you. New episodes every Friday. Follow Because News: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbcbecausenews https://www.instagram.com/cbcbecausenews https://www.facebook.com/becausenews/

Feb 27, 20201 min
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