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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 152 episodes
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What if the system isn't broken, it's just finished? What comes next, and who's building it?The Weird Canadian is a show about the people answering that question with action. Engineers writing the protocols that route around outdated institutions. Economists rethinking money, work, and ownership for an AI-native world. Policy advocates dragging Canada out of a decade of decline. Founders building tools, communities, and movements that give regular people leverage they've never had.I believe technology, used right, is the most powerful equalizer humanity has ever invented. AI isn't the threat. Concentration is the threat. So this show platforms the people pushing in the opposite direction: open systems, individual sovereignty, distributed power, and a future where being free isn't a luxury.You don't have to agree with me on everything. You just have to be building, creating, or fighting for something real. If your work makes a regular person stronger, smarter, freer, or less dependen
Unknown Host hosts The Weird Canadian, a business show with 152 episodes published.
Episode Notes A caller needs help, but nobody available speaks their language. The usual options are to wait for an interpreter, pay by the minute, or end the conversation without solving the problem. Saúl Leal, CEO and
Episode Notes AI can generate a polished report, prototype, or presentation. That makes the output useful, but it also makes the output weaker evidence of who understood the problem and did the work. Dan Pratl, founder o
Episode Notes AI tools promise to reduce work, but somebody still has to remember what happened, decide which version is current, carry context between systems, and make sure the next step happens. When tools stay fragme
Episode Notes AI is getting better at repetitive computer work. The useful question for workers and small-business owners is what to do with that change now. Gabe Campbell, founder of AI Genesis and creator of aiOS, join
Episode Notes When an image, comment, or account can be synthetic, how do you decide who to trust? Ross Thorpe, founder and CEO of Rooverse, joins Cody to discuss a social network built around verified human users, no AI
Episode Notes Founders make decisions about pricing, hiring, investment, and growth every day. Regular reports do not automatically mean they have the financial information needed to make those calls well. Cody speaks wi
Episode Notes Humanoid robots can climb, sort packages, and perform polished demonstrations. Hiten Sonpal does not think that means they are ready for ordinary homes. Hiten is the CEO of RISE Robotics and a robotics exec
Episode Notes What happens when one person’s private wealth becomes power over everyone else — and can human behaviour actually change? In this episode of The Weird Canadian, Cody talks with Canadian-born author Diana Co
Read transcript Episode Notes What does "climate-proofing" a home actually mean when no property can be made disaster-proof? Ben Gilliland, founder and chairman of Future Proof Property Intelligence, joins Cody to talk a
Episode Notes Why are younger Canadians losing faith that political participation can improve their lives? Michael Harris joins Cody Johnston on The Weird Canadian to explore how affordability pressure, delayed life mile
Episode Notes What do you keep control of when your business, audience, and public voice depend on platforms you do not own? Karla Joy Treadway joins Cody for a wide-ranging conversation about marketing, Canadian politic
Episode Notes Gig workers, freelancers, creators, and expats are part of the modern economy, but many are still evaluated by lending systems designed for traditional payroll employment. In this episode, Cody talks with T
Episode Notes AI can change how cybersecurity teams monitor threats, respond to risk, and build more adaptive systems — but it is not a magic shield. In this episode, Cody talks with Bhaskar Sawant about where AI cyberse
Episode Notes You did everything right. So why does life in Canada still feel harder every year? In this standalone audio episode from The Weird Canadian, Cody makes a pointed argument about Canada’s affordability crisis
Episode Notes AI filmmaking is changing the path from idea to finished story — and it may matter most for creators who do not want to wait for traditional gatekeepers. In this episode, Cody talks with Qiushi Zhang, write
Episode Notes More of the internet may be automated than most people realize. But if the web is filling with bots, fake accounts, and AI-driven noise, what should replace the broken trust layer? In this episode of The We
Episode Notes In this episode of The Weird Canadian, Cody sits down with Elliot Daigneault, host of The Right Call, for a wide-ranging conversation about Canada’s political, cultural, and institutional decline. The conve
Episode Notes Derek Elliott is the newly elected Leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, and he's taking over at the most turbulent moment in the party's history. The LPoC was deregistered by Elections Canada earlier
Episode Notes AI can help you write, plan, sell, teach, and automate — but should it? Damien Schreurs is the founder of EasyTECH and host of Macpreneur. In this conversation, Cody and Damien talk about AI as a “brain sim
Episode Notes AI is changing software engineering, but the real story is not as simple as “AI will replace developers.” In this episode, Cody sits down with Alex Ponomarev, founder of Volt and author of Thriving In Engin
Paul Slater
AI enablement Advisor
1 appearance on this show
Robert Siciliano
cybersecurity expert, private investigator, “good guy hacker” · Protect Now, LLC
1 appearance on this show
Marina Byezhanova
entrepreneur, global speaker · Brand of a Leader
1 appearance on this show
Joe Toscano
founder of DataGrade · Service Stories
1 appearance on this show
Paul Musson
former professional investor · Paddington Capital Management
1 appearance on this show
Nikki Barua
serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, keynote speaker, co-founder of Flipwork · Flip Work
1 appearance on this show
Marcy Axelrod
bestselling author, TEDx speaker, management consultant
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Hinkelman
1 appearance on this show
Al Kushner
LinkedIn Growth Strategist, Author of The AI LinkedIn Advantage · LinkedVantage®
1 appearance on this show
Donovan Pyle
Founder & CEO · Health Compass Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Mark Carney
Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing · Brookfield Asset Management
2 appearances on this show
Wes Towers
Marketing Guru for the construction industry · Uplift 360
1 appearance on this show
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