Podcast Episodes

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 33

Season 2

This is a sample of the Munk Members-Only Podcast. The program provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving news and current events. The show …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Be it resolved: Don’t fear the dominance of Big Tech in society

Season 2 Episode 39

While partisan fighting and gridlock has come to characterize most Western governments, one issue has united liberals and conservatives against a common foe: the rise of Big Tech. Anti-trust experts …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 32

Season 2

This is a sample of the Munk Members-Only Podcast. The program provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving news and current events. The show …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Be it resolved: A secular society is a tolerant society

Season 2 Episode 38

First the banning of headscarves in France’s public schools. Then prohibitions against full face coverings and religious worship in public spaces, and most recently legislation that targets Islamic f…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 31

Season 2

This is a sample of the Munk Members-Only Podcast. The program provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving news and current events. The show …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Be it resolved: The time has come to embrace a high-tech/gene enhanced/drug boosted Olympics of sport

Season 2 Episode 37

Who can forget these memorable moments in sports when reigning world champions lost their titles, medals, and invitations to compete as punishment for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 30

This is a sample of the Munk Members-Only Podcast. The program provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving news and current events. The show …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Be it resolved: Yes you can have fair Olympics with transgender athletes competing against cisgender women

Season 2 Episode 36

It’s been 125 years since the modern Olympics were founded in Athens, and this year will see a monumental first for the world’s biggest sporting competition: the inclusion of Laurel Hubbard, a transg…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 29

Season 1 Episode 29

This is a sample of the Munk Members-Only Podcast. The program provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving news and current events. The show …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Be it resolved: Withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan is a tactical and strategic blunder the US will come to regret

Season 2 Episode 35

Twenty years and counting. 800 billion dollars spent. Over 2,000 US service members killed. America, Canada and NATO’s longest war is finally coming to a close as troops begin to withdraw from their …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago