Podcast Episodes

Friday Focus: the people and events that changed the world in 2025

In the last Friday Focus of 2025 Rudyard and Janice share their picks on the biggest newsmakers and events of the year and offer some geopolitical predictions for 2026 that could shake up an already …

Published on 7 hours ago

Friday Focus: Trump defies all norms and a civil war on the right takes centre stage

Rudyard and Janice begin today's show unpacking Trump's increasingly erratic behaviour. A Truth Social post attacking Rob Reiner was followed by the Trump appointed board voting to add his name to th…

Published on 6 days, 23 hours ago

Friday Focus: Why America's new national security strategy has Ottawa on edge

The full length edition of this week's' Friday Focus podcast is being made available to all paying and non-paying subscribers.

America's new national security strategy doctrine is getting a lot of at…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution: Opening Statements

On this special podcast episode we are sharing the opening statements from the Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution which took place on December 3rd in front of an audience of 3,000 people at Toront…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Friday Focus: protesters fail to disrupt the Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution and Putin threatens Europe with war

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Friday Focus: Back to a Russia-Ukraine stalemate and Mark Carney gets a standing ovation in Alberta

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Rudyard and Janice start the show with a preview of next Wedne…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Ottawa and Alberta agree to energy deal and why two-tier care is not the solution to Canada's healthcare problems

To listen to the full episode consider becoming a donor to the Munk Debates for as little as $50 annually, or $1.00 per episode. Canadian donors receive a charitable tax receipt. Go to www.munkdebate…

Published on 1 month ago

Friday Focus: leaked peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine demands major concessions from Zelensky

The full length edition of this week's' Friday Focus podcast is being made available to all paying and non-paying subscribers.

To sign up to watch the livestream of our upcoming December 3rd Munk Deb…

Published on 1 month ago

The MAGA coalition is coming apart and Mark Carney's government underwhelms voters

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Rudyard and Andrew t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Friday Focus: The Canadian military's shocking plan to train civil servants and will new Epstein revelations affect Trump's hold over the Republican Party?

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To access a 50% discount on tickets for those under 25 become …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago