- 176
- Episodes
- 158
- Transcribed
- 207
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 370M
- YouTube views
About Cost of Living
Money talks. We translate. Every Friday, Paul Haavardsrud looks at the way money shapes our lives in ways big, small, obvious, and unseen. From Big Macs to Big Banks, the Cost of Living connects the dots between the economy and everyday life.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
158 of 176 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Should we cut seniors' benefits?
31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are we in a 'golden age of fraud' in Canada?
24 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Canada wants to build big. But are we building the right things?
Inside a recent episode
Should we cut seniors' benefits?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And when you add all of that up, what is the total amount? Well, this year it's expected to cost nearly $90 billion. And that amount will go up as our population continues to age. Which, of course, it is because we've got that big demographic bulge of the baby boomers, most of whom are now retired. […]
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- Chris Ragan
- Zak Vescera
- Reece Rogers
- Rob Russo
- Ben Mackenzie
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 369,942,905
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 194 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 78
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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Paul Haavardsrud host the show. Published by CBC.
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