Podcast Episodes

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 1

Season 2

This is a sample of the Munk Members-Only Podcast.

The Munk Members Pod provides a focused, half-hour masterclass on current events with Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School o…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Be it resolved: Britain will boom beyond Brexit

Season 2 Episode 7

It was a nail-biter, but just days before the UK formally severed its forty-seven-year long membership with the European Union, negotiators finally landed a trade deal that takes some of the sting ou…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Anne Applebaum on the future of democracy

Season 2 Episode 6

Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer-prize winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic, on the future of democracy in an era of populist politics and rising authoritarianism.

The host of the Munk Debates is …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Ian Morris on the past and future of human civilization

Season 2 Episode 5

Ian Morris, archaeologist, historian, bestselling author and big thinker, joins us to discuss the past and future of human civilization in an era of rapid social and technological change. 

The host o…

Published on 5 years ago

Be it resolved: It's in America’s interest for Joe Biden to continue Trump’s China policy

Season 2 Episode 4

Tough talk on China helped Trump win the presidency in 2016 and over the last four years the US has taken a markedly more assertive approach to confronting the rise of its first major geopolitical co…

Published on 5 years ago

Be it resolved: Distance learning is a disaster

Season 2 Episode 3

When COVID-19 shut down schools around the world last March, it launched an unprecedented experiment in education with a billion students as participants. At the heart of this experiment is the home …

Published on 5 years ago

Be it resolved: The end is in sight for fossil fuels. The future of energy is renewables.

Season 2 Episode 2

The lowest oil prices in history thanks to stalled economies in lockdown. A President Elect and a Green New Deal that promises a carbon neutral America in a decade. Governments pledging to make the i…

Published on 5 years ago

Be it resolved: We should embrace, not fear, populist politics

Season 2 Episode 1

Some proponents of liberal democracy are interpreting the US election results - and Donald Trump’s near win - as a warning sign that the pulse of populist politics still beats strong in the American …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Be it resolved: The public health response to COVID-19 should focus on protecting the old and letting the young get on with living normal lives

Season 1 Episode 52

We’re heading into the twelfth month of a global pandemic and in many places the spread of COVID-19 shows no signs of slowing down. As infections continue to surge, countries in the northern hemisphe…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

How could the mainstream media and their pollsters once again get the U.S. election results so wrong?

Season 1 Episode 51

The election wasn’t supposed to turn out this way, according to months of American election polling. Survey after survey and breathless media commentary predicted that Joe Biden would beat Donald Tru…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago