Hub Podcasts

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:22 - The BC Conservatives are cruising and could even form government—why on earth would they consider a merger? , by Ginny Roth 7:43 - Utopian ideas always sound nice. But never underestimate...

Jack Mintz, a distinguished senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and president's fellow at the University of Calgary, discusses his recent Macdonald-Laurier Institute paper (co-authored with Philip Cross), Canada's resource sector: Protecting the Golden Goose, which documents the the economic importance of Canada's natural resource sector. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:24 - Canada stands alone in still celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. That's a fitting thing, even in our post-colonial times , by John Fraser 7:43 - How a group of terribly romantic artist...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss pro-Palestine/anti-Israel student encampments at Canadian universities, the failure of these institutions to shut them down, and the double standard with other protest movements, including the Freedom Convoy in 2022. They also discuss Parks Canada reopening of Sir. John A. Macdonald's historic home in Kingston, O.N., with a new foc...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - Canadians are witnessing the slow and relentless erosion of our economic freedoms , by Eric Lombardi 11:58 - We must take foreign interference seriously. Our democratic freedom is at stak...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - Canada just started the largest tax increase you've never heard of , by Trevor Tombe 6:26 - Is Canada's child care program terminating child care spaces by design? , by Andrea Hannen and...

Ian Morris, best-selling author, British historian, archaeologist, and Willard Professor of Classics at Stanford University, discusses the big trends shaping human history and what they can tell us about humankind's present and future. This is a Hub exclusive in the form of an interactive Q&A moderated by The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths. It was delivered mid-May at the Gardiner Museum in To...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 - I am a former immigration minister. Unsustainable population increases won't solve Canada's underlying issues , by Chris Alexander 15:12 - Brace yourselves, Canadian media. The CRTC could...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - Canada is careening towards a constitutional crisis in the Senate , by Howard Anglin and Ray Pennings 10:19 - It's time to hit the brakes on the government's far-too-ambitious electric ve...

Dan Senor, best-selling author, former political advisor and podcast host of Call Me Back, discusses his book (co-authored with Saul Singer), The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World, as well as recent developments in the Israel-Hamas war. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, po...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:22 - DeepDive: Canada's natural resources are a long-neglected golden goose. It's time to change that , by Andrew Evans If you enjoy The Hub 's podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly emai...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the out-of-touch reaction from federal public sector unions to Ottawa's announcement that public servants must work in the office three days per week and surprising silence from Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. They also cover a new federal report on Canada's progress on meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets and wh...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 - We are not taking Canada's fertility crisis seriously enough , by Tim Sargent If you enjoy The Hub 's podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insig...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - A constitutional storm is brewing as Pierre Poilievre flirts with the notwithstanding clause , by Joanna Baron 8:19 - We need more than big promises to solve our housing crisis , by Mike...

André Turcotte, Carleton University communications professor and leading pollster at Pollara Strategic Insights, discusses how Canadians are feeling about the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November and its consequences for Canada. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:21 - Canada's harm reduction regime is collapsing as disillusionment grows around decriminalized drugs , by Adam Zivo 9:45 - The consultant class comes for Fort Calgary , by Kelden Formosa If...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - Anaida Poilievre is the Conservative Party's secret weapon , by Amal Attar-Guzman 10:05 - Isolationists are naive and wrong. So why are we afraid to actually engage them? , by Ginny Roth...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with 2023 Donner Book Prize nominees international lawyer Michael Byers and astrophysicist Aaron Boley, about their book, Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, and Ignacio Cofone, Research Chair in A.I. Law & Data Governance at McGill University, about his book, The Privacy...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:17 - Sorry, Canada, but we can't tax our way to prosperity , by Derrick Hunter 5:42 - Public interest comes second with B.C.'s Haida agreement , by Caroline Elliott If you enjoy The Hub 's pod...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the brouhaha that occurred in the House of Commons this past week, including what the Liberal accusation that Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives are associated with "white supremacy" says about the government's political standing. They also cover Pierre Poilievre's provocative op-ed about corporate lobbyists and how his governm...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - The Liberals are not going to fix Canada's defence spending problem , by Richard Shimooka 10:04 - Our online world is the new Wild West—and just as lawless , by Ignacio Cofone If you enjo...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:21 – The smoking gun for Canada's weak economic growth? A collapse in energy and resource investment , by Heather Exner-Pirot 9:27 – The Queen's Park keffiyeh kerfuffle proves the wisdom of ke...

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the recent escalation of anti-Israel protests on university campuses across North America and what they might tell us about higher education, its institutional leadership, and the conditions that enable antisemitism to flourish. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in con...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 – U.S. politics looms large over Trudeau and Ford's electric vehicle gamble , by Steven Globerman 5:04 – Our universities are in crisis. That's bad news for democracy , by Aaron Wudrick, Da...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 – The $34 billion Trans Mountain pipeline was worth every penny , by Trevor Tombe 6:52 – Canadian conservatism's judicial revolution is only gaining strength , by Charlie Buck If you enjoy...