Podcast Episodes

Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the protests that followed in the summer of 2020, offices across North America began introducing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training programs with the o…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Fredrik DeBoer: How the Elites at the Social Justice Movement

Author, journalist, and popular Substack writer Fredrik DeBoer is a self described marxist with a long standing commitment to left-wing activism. However, his new book, How the Elites At the Social J…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Friday Focus: Canada-India Bust-up

Season 2 Episode 92

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 years, 3 months ago

Be it Resolved, traditional gender roles make for a happier marriage

The women’s liberation movement of the 1970's has long been championed as breaking down the barriers for women in the workplace. As women began to enter the workforce in droves, traditional gender ro…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Big Israel / Big Iran – Progressivism

Season 2 Episode 91

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 years, 3 months ago

Munk Dialogue with David Brooks: How to Know a Person

New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Brooks is a cultural commentator and astute observer of social trends and behaviour. He believes that our society is fractured, and the number of…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Friday Focus: G20 or G-zero?

The following is a sample of the Munk Debates’ weekly current affairs podcast, Friday Focus.  

On this edition of the Friday Focus podcast, Janice and Rudyard dedicate the show to talking about the u…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Be it Resolved, Gen Z is unemployable

Bare-Minimum Mondays. Quiet Quitting. Lazy Girl Job. Ask a Boomer or Gen Xer about their younger employee, and they might point to these viral tik tok slogans as how they see their new coworkers. Bor…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Housing: The Theory of Everything

Season 2 Episode 89

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 years, 3 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Graham Allison: the deteriorating relationship between the US and China

It’s no secret that relations between China and the US are at an all time low. And at the centre of this fraught relationship is the question of Taiwan: China is moving closer to asserting its territ…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago