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Friday Focus: Dr K @ 100 – AI Debate Preview

Friday Focus: Dr K @ 100 – AI Debate Preview


Season 2 Episode 78


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, 6 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Bruce Schneier: AI and democracy

Munk Dialogue with Bruce Schneier: AI and democracy



Over the past few months we’ve heard many warnings about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. But are there some positive aspects about this emerging technology that are being overlooked? On this …


Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Friday Focus: Wild Fires – Ukraine Offensive

Friday Focus: Wild Fires – Ukraine Offensive


Season 2 Episode 77


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, 6 months ago

Be it Resolved, cats, not dogs, make better human companions

Be it Resolved, cats, not dogs, make better human companions



It’s a debate as old as time: when it comes to a household pet, which four legged furball makes the best companion? On one side, we have the independent, low maintenance feline, she who is quiet and …


Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Friday Focus: David Johnston – Inflation Risks

Friday Focus: David Johnston – Inflation Risks


Season 2 Episode 76


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, 6 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Matt Taibbi: mainstream media, the twitter files, and online censorshi

Munk Dialogue with Matt Taibbi: mainstream media, the twitter files, and online censorshi



In November 2022, substack journalist Matt Taibbi joined us on stage for our Munk Debate on Mainstream Media. Matt and his debate partner, political commentator Douglas Murray, argued in favour of th…


Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Friday Focus: No Public Inquiry

Friday Focus: No Public Inquiry


Season 2 Episode 75


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, 7 months ago

Be it Resolved, the United States should publicly pledge to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression

Be it Resolved, the United States should publicly pledge to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression



It’s no secret that both China and the US are preparing for war. Some American military experts think that an armed conflict between the two superpowers is inevitable and could begin as early as 2025…


Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Friday Focus: Industrial Policy – Peace Pageant

Friday Focus: Industrial Policy – Peace Pageant


Season 2 Episode 74


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, 7 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism in a state of crisis

Munk Dialogue with Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism in a state of crisis



The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the Cold War marked a new era in world politics.  For many geopolitical experts, it was championed as the ascendancy of the western liberal world or…


Published on 2 years, 7 months ago





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