{"podcast":{"title":"CanCon","slug":"cancon-7243791","podcast_index_feed_id":7243791,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/5KDCoHqs","website_url":"https://elbows-up.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/459eaf0b-a302-4d43-9318-4481701fcb41/ff62d403-6341-4382-9426-9bbdae4fd75e/3000x3000/cancon-showcover-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Laura Palmer","episode_count":43,"summary":"It's a fascinating time to be Canadian. This is a show that breaks all that wide open. Dangers. Opportunities. The stories that make this country what it is. And what it isn't. Longtime journalist and podcast host Jordan Heath-Rawlings (Elbows Up, The Big Story, The Gravy Train) returns to host critical Canadian Conversations with leading experts and storytellers. These are discussions—about who we are, how we got here, and where we're going—designed to offer more than soundbites and headlines. They'll introduce you to places, people and policies you might not have otherwise met, or perhaps not considered to be worth your attention. But they are.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:17:55.541573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791"},"episode":{"title":"Can Canadian tech fix 911 wait times? Do we trust AI enough to let it try?","slug":"can-canadian-tech-fix-911-wait-times-do-we-trust-ai-enough-to-let-it-try","published_at":"2026-04-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791/can-canadian-tech-fix-911-wait-times-do-we-trust-ai-enough-to-let-it-try","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791","url":"https://elbows-up.simplecast.com/episodes/can-canadian-tech-fix-911-wait-times-do-we-trust-ai-enough-to-let-it-try-rt0qYMds","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/651f3112-796a-485e-b005-e50532570169/13039807-2ea8-4138-bba4-ff99d4da8b96/episodes/audio/group/b4b12cdd-4e83-4f6a-bb24-1f7bb54476fa/group-item/38057937-8c61-42ed-b1d3-b984b23584b6/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=5KDCoHqs","summary":"It's not just a Canadian problem, though it has likely cost some Canadians their lives. Staff answering 911 calls in centres the world over are overworked, stressed and sometimes ... there just aren't enough of them. As a result, callers are sometimes left on hold in the most awful circumstances possible. Money has been spent on recruitment, but talent is tough to come by. Enter Hyper. A Canadian startup that was just acquired by Motorola, Hyper is already helping 911 operators in several cities—but not in the way you might imagine. Not yet, anyway... Award-winning reporter Katherine Laidlaw joing the show to discuss her piece on Hyper, which was written for a brand new Canadian publication called Be Giant, which aims to report on the people, places, ideas and breakthroughs shaping Canada's future.","meta_description":"It's not just a Canadian problem, though it has likely cost some Canadians their lives. Staff answering 911 calls in centres the world over are overworked…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2076,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cancon-7243791/episodes/can-canadian-tech-fix-911-wait-times-do-we-trust-ai-enough-to-let-it-try/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791/can-canadian-tech-fix-911-wait-times-do-we-trust-ai-enough-to-let-it-try.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}