Podcast Episodes

The Last Straight Women Discuss

Today On The Line, host Jen Gerson sits down with Toronto writer Phoebe Maltz Bovy, who has recently completed her book The Last Straight Woman. They…

3 months ago

Carney and Smith cut a deal, Guilbeault packs his bags

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast, recorded on November 28th, 2025, your hosts start with the biggest story of the week before veering off in…

3 months ago

Should Canada Join America?

In this week's On The Line, host Jen Gerson speaks with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, who was in Ottawa this week to give the inaugural Ian …

3 months ago

Canada needs new values — or any values

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast, recorded on November 21st, 2025, both of your hosts are on the road, and both of them bring stories and ob…

3 months, 1 week ago

How left and right combined can save our cities from themselves

In the latest episode of On The Line, Matt Gurney welcomes two very different guests for two very different conversations — and both of them are well…

3 months, 1 week ago

Crossing the floor is good. Do it more, MPs

In this episode of The Line Podcast, recorded one day early on November 13th, 2025 — and yes, your hosts are aware they’re tempting the wrath of the …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

When did Doug Ford become a liberal?

This week on On The Line, Jen Gerson sits down with entrepreneur and policy advocate Matt Spoke to talk about Project Ontario — a new movement of sma…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Carney verdict is in (for now!)

In this episode of The Line Podcast, recorded on November 7, 2025, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson react to a remarkably busy week in Canadian politics.

Th…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the courts have the peasants sharpening their pitchforks

In this episode of On The Line, host Matt Gurney sits down with Peter Sankoff, a Alberta-based criminal defence lawyer and law professor, to talk abo…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Oh God, are we really having another election?

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast, recorded on October 31, 2025 — spooky! — your hosts take on the big political issues in Canada today, incl…

4 months ago