Changing Lives, One Story At A Time With André Picard

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Telling stories can change lives, and no one knows this better than André Picard. This week we chat with the big daddy of healthcare journalism. As Canada’s most prominent journalist on the health beat André has been through every major health event in the past few decades. He's been a long time dream guest of ours and we are absolutely honoured that André sat down with us nincompoops to talk about covering healthcare, protecting sources & keeping the powerful accountable.

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0:00.0	It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political
0:05.3	playbook.
0:05.8	And when it comes to what it all means for Canada, well, as they say, it's complicated.
0:09.8	But our podcast, two blocks from the White House, is a way to make sense of it all.
0:13.8	Join me, Willie Lowry, and senior Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Katie Simpson
0:18.6	every week as we break down the headlines from Capitol Hill
0:22.1	with a Canadian spin.
0:24.2	Find and follow two blocks from the White House on your favorite podcast app, including YouTube.
0:30.3	This is a CBC podcast.
0:33.2	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.
0:37.2	This week's guest is Andre Picard.
0:39.5	He's a Canadian journalist and author specializing in health care issues.
0:43.6	Let's talk about it.
0:53.3	This is a very exciting moment for us.
0:57.4	We are sitting down and having a chat with none other than Andre Picard.
1:03.7	And if you've been living under a rock or, you know, somewhere in the world where you don't typically stay up to date with health, uh, which is like, I guess someone, if you're listening to this show, that would be weird.
1:20.1	Uh, Andre Picard is a health reporter and columnist for the Globe and Mail where he has been a staff writer since 1987, which was before I was even born.
1:30.7	I'm sorry, Andre.
1:32.3	He's also the author of five best-selling books.
1:36.5	Andre is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards, Canada's top journalism prize,
1:42.5	and past winner of prestigious Mishner Award for
1:46.4	Meritorious Public Service Journalism.
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