Hub Podcasts

This episode features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths discussing The Hub's progress in 2023, the opportunities and challenges looking ahead to the new year, and why we're so grateful to be involved in such a exciting project. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne about the opportunities and challenges facing Canada's news media, the problems with government support for the industry, and why he is optimistic about the future of journalism. The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists...

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the controversy over the congressional testimonies of three major American university presidents (Harvard, MIT and Penn) on the presence of anti-semitism on university campuses and what it might tell us about the state of universities across North America. They also discuss the 25th anniversary of J. L. Granatstein's famous book, Who Killed Canadian History?, a...

This is the forty-fifth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two cover the growing divergence between the United States's fast-growing economy and Canada's slow-growing economy and what the differences might tell us about policy and politics in the two countries. They also discuss a new book about fo...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Cato Institute senior fellow Johan Norberg on his must-read book, The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and a...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Martin Baron, a long-time American journalist and former executive editor of The Washington Post, about his must-read book, Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post. The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the...

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses recent Canadian economic data including a decline in third quarter GDP, a rise in the national unemployment rate, and historically-low consumer confidence, and what these bearish numbers tell us about the country's political economy. They also discuss Google's $100 million deal with the Trudeau government for the news media and what it may mean for the future o...

This is the thirteenth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss a recent string of economic data releases—including GDP figures, consumer confidence numbers, and bank earnings—and what they tell us about the state of Canada's economy. The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-la...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Alister Campbell, a senior Canadian insurance executive, adviser to former Ontario Premier Mike Harris, and editor of a new book on Harris's legacy entitled, The Harris Legacy: Reflections on a Transformational Premier. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thi...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, about his must-read, new book Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future a...

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Javier Milei and Geert Wilders' election victories in Argentina and the Netherlands, respectively, and what they signal about the state of populism around the world. They also assess the good, the bad and the ugly in the Trudeau government's Fall Economic Statement. The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean S...

This the forty-fourth episode of the bi-weekly series with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. This episode features a conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, executive director of The Hub , that took place in Toronto on November 21, 2023, at the Gardiner Museum in front of a live audience. The two discuss what they've learned about Canada after Hamas's attacks against Israel on Octob...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Patrick Ruffini, founder of Echelon Insights and leading Republican pollster and political strategist, about his new, must-read book, Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Matt Zwolinski, philosophy professor and director of the Center for Ethics, Economics and Public Policy at the University of San Diego, about his fascinating, co-authored book, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with lea...

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict and their implications for Canada's international standing. They also cover the upcoming Fall Economic Statement and Ottawa's deteriorating fiscal position and talk about the impending launch of The Hub's Future of News series. The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudy...

This is the twelfth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss what to expect from next week's Fall Economic Statement, whether it is too early to declare "mission accomplished" on lowering inflation, and the policy consequences of the Trudeau government's recent changes to the federa...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Harel Oren and Ilan Cohen, who are members of the civilian response team in one of the Israeli kibbutzim attacked by Hamas on October 7. They discuss the terrorist attacks on their community, how they responded to protect themselves and fellow community members, and what they want Canada and the rest of the world to know about their experience. The Hub Dialog...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Rudyard Griffiths in conversation with leading global investor Mohamed El-Erian, about his new book co-authored with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Nobel Prize winning economist Michael Spence, entitled, Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entre...

This is the forty-third episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss the Biden Administration's strong support for Israel in the context of its war with Hamas and why David thinks those who believe it is bad domestic politics for the president and his re-election prospects are wrong. The Hub Dial...

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the shift in Ottawa's mood regarding the current Liberal government, what a Pierre Poilievre-led government might look like, and the idea of Mark Carney becoming leader of the Liberal Party. They also discuss the surge of antisemitism across Canada, what's driving it, and its implications for Canada's national unity. The Roundtable features Hub executive direct...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Washington Post columnist George Will about the nature of North American conservatism, the state of the Republican Party, and the role of analytics in Major League Baseball. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the i...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn, the executive director and litigation director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation respectively, about their new book, Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to Covid-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneu...

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the recent policy changes to the carbon tax, including the Liberal government's carve-out for home heating oil and the resulting blowback. They also discuss Liberal politics as a whole, low opinion polls and how the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is dominating federal politics. The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths, Hub editor-at...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Helen Thompson, professor of political economy at Cambridge University, about her must-read book, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and a...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, about his must-read book, The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers...