Podcast Episodes

Friday Focus: Debating Artificial Intelligence

Season 2 Episode 73

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, teaching gender identity has no place in the k-5 school curriculum

It’s a debate being argued across school boards, politics, and family dinner tables: whether educators should be including gender identity and sexual orientation in their k-5 curriculums. At least 5 …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Friday Focus: China & Canada’s Parliament

Season 2 Episode 72

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 Nadine Strossen: Academic Freedom in Higher Education

60 years ago, university students were leading the protest in defense of free speech. The 1960’s Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley has been credited with paving the way…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Friday Focus: Debt Ceiling – Netflix Gets CanCon

Season 2 Episode 71

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, Central Banks have not adequately represented the public interest

Just when inflation seemed to finally be cooling, high interest rates claimed their first major victim: Silicon Valley Bank. And yet, central banks around the world claim the job is not finished, and…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Friday Focus: Govt Strikes – Stephen Kotkin

Season 2 Episode 70

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, 8 months ago

Be it Resolved, Trump’s prosecution is bad for American democracy

The indictment of Donald Trump is an historic event. The 45th president of the United States now holds the unique distinction of being the first president to face criminal prosecution in the country’…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Friday Focus: U.S. Intel Leaks – Macron Blowback

Season 2 Episode 69

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, 8 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Mark Zandi: avoiding a recession with smart policy decisions

With inflation remaining high despite rising interest rates, many economists are looking for new solutions to bring inflation down without triggering a recession. On this Munk Dialogue, we’re joined …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago