Winter ushers in the cozy season, a prime time for digging into new TV shows. Michel Ghanem, a TV critic and writer of The Cut column Appointment Viewing, joins the show as we ask viewers what they're watching this season.

After 16 years in operation, London Drugs has announced plans to shutter its location in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, citing public safety concerns and monetary losses. The location's closure brings up concerns about the availability of affordable stores in Vancouver's poorest neighbourhood. We ask viewers about what can be done to turn around public safety concerns for local businesses with Landon Hoyt, the executive director of Hastings Crossings BIA. Galib Bhayani, the chief safety and risk officer at Simon Fraser University and a former RCMP chief superintendent for Metro Vancouver, joins the conversation on what the closure means for the community.

U.S. President Donald Trump is setting his sights on other territories in the Western Hemisphere that he wants to exert influence over. Among them is Greenland, where Canada says it will send a delegation next month. But what does Trump's pursuit of a new global order mean for Canada directly? We speak to former military officer and diplomat Chris Kilford and the head of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University, Thomas Homer-Dixon, to help answer that question, and we take calls from the audience.

With U.S. President Donald Trump saying he intends to take control of Venezuela's oil industry, Canada's top leaders are assessing the implications for local economies, with attention towards the proposed bitumen pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s coast. B.C. Premier David Eby is maintaining his opposition to the project, though, stressing there is no private sector proponent. We ask viewers if they think there is added pressure for Canada to build the proposed pipeline as UBC business professor Werner Antweiler breaks down what the U.S. play for the Venezuelan oil industry would mean for the Canadian economy. The CBC's Paula Duhatschek breaks down its potential impacts to Canada's oil industry. B.C. Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee joins the show to discuss how the Venezuelan oil prospects factor into pipeline discussions among local First Nations.

During a brief court appearance in New York, ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, each pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons charges after the pair were captured by the U.S. administration over the weekend.

Ivan Contramaestre, a board director with the Venezuelan Canadian Society of B.C., joins the show to give his reaction to Maduro's capture.

We ask viewers how they're taking in the news of Maduro's ousting and what Canada's response should be as UBC political scientist Max Cameron joins the show to break down the political implications of the events.

For our last show of 2025, we recap the year by testing our audience's knowledge with a quiz about some of the biggest moments, from news to sports to pop culture. Research Co. President Mario Canseco and comedian Ivan Decker take the quiz alongside viewers as they discuss highlights of 2025.

CBC climate and science specialist Darius Mahdavi provides an update on the latest with flooding in Haida Gwaii and northwest B.C. We ask viewers for their personal highlights and memorable experiences of 2025, as Nooroongji bookstore owner Jennifer Kim brings us book recommendations from the year. CBC's Ashley Moliere breaks down the biggest pop culture moments of 2025.

As 2025 comes to a close, we ask our audience about the best thing they have done for their health and wellness this past year. Whether it is picking up a sport, cutting back on fast food, or getting better sleep, CBC medical columnist Dr. Peter Lin discusses healthy habits people can do to improve their health.