Podcast Episodes
Back to Search2024: The year of the election
This is a big year for national elections around the world. More than 80 countries have gone to the polls, or will before 2024 is over. The volley of…
2 years, 3 months ago
America's history of assassinations and political violence
At this point, it's still unclear what motivated Thomas Matthew Crooks to climb a nearby roof with an AR-15-style rifle and attempt to shoot former U…
2 years, 3 months ago
Trump assassination attempt: What’s next for U.S democracy?
In the wake of the apparent assassination attempt on former U.S. president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, we look at t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Has NATO outlived its purpose?
As the NATO summit wraps up in Washington, D.C., this week, Canada has finally committed to spending two per cent of its GDP on defense, as required …
2 years, 3 months ago
Preparing for ‘war’: the Alberta blockade trial so far
In 2022, a convoy of truckers angry with COVID-19 measures staged an 18-day blockade, shutting down a busy border crossing with the U.S. in Coutts, A…
2 years, 3 months ago
Grappling with Alice Munro’s dark family secret
The late Canadian author Alice Munro remains one of the best-known fiction writers in the English language. She won a Nobel prize for her work, and w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Canada vs. Messi, Argentina
The Canadian men's soccer team is set to take on Lionel Messi and Argentina, the current holders of the World Cup and No.1 ranked team in the world, …
2 years, 3 months ago
Where does Joe Biden go from here?
On Friday, in an exclusive interview with ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos, U.S. president Joe Biden insisted that only the “Lord Almighty” coul…
2 years, 3 months ago
President as ‘king’, and other giant Supreme Court cases
The U.S. Supreme Court’s latest ruling grants presidents the ability to break the law without fear of criminal prosecution as long as it counts as an…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why is France’s far right surging toward power?
After his centrist coalition suffered a humiliating loss to the far right in European elections early last month, French President Emanuelle Macron c…
2 years, 4 months ago