Busted

It seems like the term "manosphere" is everywhere these days, from news headlines to documentaries. On the surface, some of these online spaces can look like they’re simply about self-improvement. There’s content about dating, fitness, money, and men's rights. But actually, the manosphere is much more than just a self-improvement space. In this episode, we'll unpack what the manosphere is, what's behind its rise, and why this "self-help" content can become an entry point to misogyny and harmful ideas about what it means to be a man. 
GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO.
Featured guests:
Dr. Luc Cousineau, Recreation Management Director, Instructor and Internship Coordinator, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University
Jillian Sunderland, PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Toronto
Resources:
Brito, P., Hayes, C., Lehrer, R., & Mahler, J., Salinas Groppo, J. (2024). The Manosphere, Rewired: Understanding Masculinities Online & Pathways for Healthy Connection. Washington, DC: Equimundo. https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Manosphere-Rewired.pdf

Cousineau, L. (2023). “Are there any other male friendly subs on here?” - online men’s rights groups as simultaneous communities of care and hate, inclusion and exclusion. Leisure, Inclusion, and Belonging 47(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2023.2252812
Sunderland, J. (2025). The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-the-performative-male-how-young-men-are-experimenting-with-masculinity-online-268742
Sunderland, J. and Foster, J. (2026). From gym to jawline: What looksmaxxing says about modern masculinity. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/from-gym-to-jawline-what-looksmaxxing-says-about-modern-masculinity-277130
Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang 
Edited by: Ian Gormely

Reproductive healthcare is often framed as a social, moral, or personal issue. It doesn’t come up a lot in conversations about economic prosperity. But the reality is that reproductive care is actually very closely connected to the economy. It can shape people’s financial stability, their education and career opportunities, and the future of their families. For women in particular, safe and affordable access to reproductive care can have a major impact on whether they’re able to work, stay in school, and make decisions about their futures. In this episode, we explain why reproductive healthcare is an economic issue, and why a reproductive justice framework is crucial to how we think about the economy.
GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO.
Featured guests:
Dr. Diana Greene Foster, Demographer and Professor, OB-GYN Department, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Yana Rodgers, Professor and Chair, Labour Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
Resources:
Elakbawy, S. and Rawdon, B. (2026). Costs and Consequences: Impacts of Abortion Restrictions Four Years Post-Dobbs. Institute for Women's Policy Research. https://iwpr.org/articles/costs-and-consequences-impacts-of-abortion-restrictions-four-years-post-dobbs/

Foster, D.G. (2020). The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having―or Being Denied―
an Abortion. Scribner.

McGrew, A. and van der Meulen Rodgers, Y. (2025). Who Benefits? Employer Subsidization of Reproductive Healthcare and Implications for Reproductive Justice. Feminist Economics 31 (1), 53-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2025.2458271

Miller, S., Wherry, L.R., and Foster, D.G. (2023). The Economic Consequences of Being Denied an Abortion. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 15(1), 394-437. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20210159
Ross, L.J. and Solinger, R. (2017). Reproductive Justice: An Introduction. University of California Press. 

Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang 
Edited by: Ian Gormely

Women’s sports get a lot less attention than men’s. In Canada, data show that over 90% of print and online sport media coverage focuses on men’s sports. You may have heard people say that this is because women’s sports aren’t as exciting as men’s, or that they just don’t make as much money. In this episode, we’re going to bust this myth, and talk about how those perceptions are shaped by unfair assumptions about who gets to play sports, who gets attention, and who’s worth investing in. 
GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO.
Featured guests: 
Dr. Dunja Antunovic, Associate Professor, Sport Sociology, University of Minnesota
Dr. Katrina Monton, Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Experiential Learning, Organizational Psychology, Rutgers University
Resources:
Cooky, C. & Antunovic, D. (2022). Serving Equality: Feminism, Media, and Women's Sport. Peter Lang. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1145661
Lebel, K., Mumcu, C., Pegoraro, A., LaVoi, N., Lough, N. & Antunovic, D. (2021). Re-thinking women's sport research: Looking in the mirror and reflecting forward. Frontiers in Sports and Active Liviing 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.746441

Canadian Women and Sport: https://womenandsport.ca/
Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang 
Edited by: Ian Gormely

The global climate crisis is a pressing issue for all of us. Rising temperatures and sea levels, natural disasters like fires, floods, and typhoons, and environmental destruction wreak havoc on the entire planet. But it’s a myth that the climate crisis presents an equal threat to everyone. Existing vulnerabilities and marginalization mean that some people experience the effects more acutely than others. And, to really understand this disparity, we need to explore how closely our economies are tied to climate. In this episode, we’ll discuss why the climate crisis is an equity issue, and how we can apply that knowledge to build more resilient, equitable, and sustainable economies that centre the well-being of both people and planet. 
GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO.
Featured guests:  
Dr. Maria Floro, Professor Emerita, Economics, American University Washington
Dr. Lewis Williams, Associate Professor, Joint Appointment with Geography and Environment and Indigenous Studies, Western University
Resources:
Floro, M. (2026). Climate change, care provisioning, and inequality: transitioning towards a sustainable economy. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. Vol 41(3-4), 1020-1032. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graf032

Williams, L. Awasis, S., & Ranmarine, J. (2025). Disrupting climate emergency through Indigiqueer futurities. Journal of Indigenous Social Development. Special Issue in Indigenous Resurgence amongst climate disruption. Vol 13(1), 1-14. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jisd/article/view/81110
Williams, L., Fletcher, A., Hanson, C., Neapole, J., & Pollack, M. (2018).  Women and Climate Change Impacts and Action in Canada Feminist, Indigenous, and Intersectional Perspectives. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. https://www.criaw-icref.ca/publications/women-and-climate-change-impacts-and-action-in-canada/
Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang 
Edited by: Ian Gormely

What do you think of when you hear the word “entrepreneur”? For a lot of people, the same kind of image comes to mind: a founder, usually a man, who finds a gap in the market, builds something to fill it, and becomes incredibly wealthy—like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos. In this episode, we challenge that prototype and the idea that entrepreneurship is only about risk, innovation, and profit. Because for many people, especially those from marginalized communities, entrepreneurship is about much more than making money. It’s about community, liberation, autonomy, and survival. We’re going to explore the concept of emancipatory entrepreneurship, and what it can teach us about who entrepreneurship is really for, and what can happen when it becomes more inclusive. 
This episode was made possible thanks to funding from Canadian Queer Chamber of Commerce’s 2SLGBTQI+ Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, with backing from the Government of Canada. GATE’s Busted podcast is also made possible by generous support from BMO.
Featured guests:  
Mick Elliott, PhD Candidate, Haskayne School of Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Calgary
Dr. Micah Rajunov, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta
Resources:
Pick, B. and Ravanera, C. (2026). Rainbows Ahead: Pathways for 2SLGBTQI+ Entrepreneurship Research, Policy, and Practice. Institute for Gender and the Economy. https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/faculty-and-research/research-centres/gender-economy/insights/reports/2026/rainbows-ahead/
Rainbow Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub: https://www.rekh.ca/
Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang 
Edited by: Ian Gormely