19 NOV 2020 · Host Samson Folk brings on draft expert and overall swell guy, Robel to talk about the Raptors selections of Malachi Flynn and Jalen Harris in the NBA Draft + how the rest of the picks shook out and some missed opportunities.

14 NOV 2020 · Host Zarar Siddiqi and Prof. Doug Hyatt discuss insolvency bubbles, Canada's productivity issues, immigration, student debt, MMT and The Invisible Hand. Doug Hyatt is a Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, where he teaches Microeconomics and Macroeconomics in the MBA programs. Today we discuss the potential solvency bubble, Canada's productivity issues, immigration challenges, student-debt forgiveness, balancing the dependency on oil with climate change, the misunderstood Invisible Hand and a lot more. Enjoy. - Is there an insolvency bubble that will pop when Covid government help is withrawn? - Contrast between the province and federal government's relationship to that of states and US federal government - What can Covid teach us about bumping Canada's very low productivity? - Was it Canada's regulation that blunted the impact of the 2008 financial crisis or the country's slow pace of financial innovation? - The stock market as a proxy for how well the economy is doing - Investment in oil, e.g., Keystone Pipeline, and how it contrasts with climate change initiatives - Supply chain disruptions and Canada's road to become less dependent on US for trade - The Current Account Deficit - Do progressive ideas like student-debt forgiveness have a place in Canada? - The competition for immigrants - Immigration is planned to be increased but current high-skilled immigrants can't get employment in their field - The irony of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand and its socialist roots - The failure to provide financial, moral and social incentives for people to act on climate change - Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) - What is it and what are its applications - This generation has not seen the catastrophic effects of inflation - "What happens in the universities happens on the street in five years"

13 NOV 2020 · Rate us in your podcast app - we appreciate it! Host Zarar Siddiqi is joined by Brendan Stewart (https://twitter.com/brendanps97) to breakdown the pool of players the Raptors are likely to select from. He's already profiled three, but here's a quick look at them all: Theo Maledon - https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2020/11/09/raptors-draft-prospect-theo-maledon-65-pg-19-years-asvel-france/ Zeke Nnaji - https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2020/11/10/raptors-draft-prospect-zeke-nnaji-610%e2%80%b3-c-19-years-arizona/ Ty-Shon Alexander - https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2020/11/11/raptors-draft-prospect-ty-shon-alexander-64-g-22-creighton/ Players discussed in this episode: - Tyrell Terry - Theo Maledon - Desmond Bane - Zeke Nnaji - Xavier Tillman - Ty-Shon Alexander - Devon Dotson

11 NOV 2020 · Host Samson Folk brings on the celebrated analyst, PD Web to talk about who the Raptors should be targeting in the NBA Draft. - Who to trade up for? - Hayes/Poku/Maxey and their fit with the Raptors - Who to target with pick #29 - Theo Maledon/Zeke Nnaji/Grant Riller/Killian Tillie/Tre Jones - How to watch basketball like a scout

9 NOV 2020 · Hey! Rate us in your podcast app - we appreciate it! Host Zarar Siddiqi is joined by Tim Chisholm to talk: - What the Raptors should look for in the draft - Draft interest over the years - Pascal Siakam - linear vs exponential growth - Playmaking gap without Lowry - Raptors/Warriors and Lakers/Heat injury comparisons - Kawhi Leonard underestimating how a title is won - Bubble life niceties - OG Anunoby next development step...passing? - Nick Nurse's learnings from the playoffs - Serge Ibaka - the past, present and future - Norman Powell's future - The return of the mid-range game

30 OCT 2020 · Andrew Damelin (https://twitter.com/transition_d) joins Zarar Siddiqi to talk: - Paul Watson and Oshae Brissett's competition for minutes - Chris Boucher's Raptors future - Experimental G-League rules and what changes we might see in the NBA - Block/charge rule nuance - Dewan Hernandez (2019 second round pick) discussion - Paying Fred VanVleet and what someone like Eric Bledsoe offers - Do hometown discounts exist? Should they exist? - Good things about the bubble that we wish to see when games return