- 1,355
- Episodes
- 676
- Transcribed
- 492
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 26K
- YouTube views
About The Decibel
Context is everything. Join us Monday to Friday for a Canadian daily news podcast from The Globe and Mail. Explore a story shaping our world, in conversation with reporters, experts, and the people at the centre of the news.
- Publisher
- The Globe and Mail
- Category
- news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
676 of 1,355 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Key takeaways from the 2026 federal budget
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
What the U.S. midterm results mean for Canada
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The conflict over a luxury hotel firm that came to a small Ontario town
Inside a recent episode
Key takeaways from the 2026 federal budget
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Higher oil prices and resource prices have helped on the corporate income tax side for the government as well. So. While it may be painful when you're filling up your gas tank for the average consumer, there are other people and in a resource producing country like Canada, there have been benefits. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Decibel
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Doug Saunders
- Greg Mercer
- Vanmala Subramaniam
- Alanna Smith
- Taylor Lorenz
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 25,528
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 40 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 452 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 97
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The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Decibel take guests?
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