Hub Podcasts

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Mark Milke, the president of the new Canadian think-tank, the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy, about its mission, goals, and first book , The 1867 Project: Why Canada Should be Cherished—not Cancelled . The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conver...

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry ex...

The following is an episode of a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This e...

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations...

This is the eighth 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 the recent federal cabinet shuffle and what it might tell us about the direction of economic policy and the issues that will animate the next federal election. They also discuss growing calls from industry groups for the fe...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with leading philosophical scientist Alan Lightman about his fascinating book, The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on t...

The following is a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featu...

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations...

This is the thirty-sixth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss recent criticism that Canada is a "free rider" on global defence and security issues, including the factors behind the country's underinvestment in these areas and their consequences. The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Patrick Deneen, a Notre Dame University political science professor and leading conservative intellectual, about his provocative, new book, Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrep...

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry ex...

The following is a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featu...

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations...

This is the seventh 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 the Bank of Canada's latest hike to its benchmark interest rate including some of the factors behind persistently high inflation and the political economy consequences of a higher interest rate environment. The Hub Dialogu...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Christopher Blattman, professor at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, about his must-read book, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs,...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Yale law professor David Schleicher about his fascinating, new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the i...

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations...

This is the thirty-fifth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss rising illiberalism in Mexico and the need for Canada and the United States to pursue a more ambitious bilateral agenda on clean energy, cross-border shipping and labour mobility. The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-l...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Jaime Watt, the executive chairman of Navigator and Toronto Star columnist, about his new book, What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thi...

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry ex...

The following is a Hub exclusive in the form of a series of interviews conducted by The Hub's executive director, Rudyard Griffiths, where he was in conversation with Yann LeCun, Max Tegmark, Melanie Mitchell, and Yoshua Bengio, professors and scientists who participated in the Munk Debates where they debated the following resolution: Be it resolved, AI research and development poses an existentia...

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations...

This is the sixth 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 the federal government's new "digital nomad" strategy including its plan to target U.S. visa holders for immigration. They also cover a week of turmoil in Canada's news media landscape ranging from the passage of the Online...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with journalist and best-selling author Dan Gardner about his must-read, new book (co-authored with Bent Flyvbjerg), How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podc...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with James Rosen, a journalist, historian and best-selling author, about the first book in his two-volume biography of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entitled Scalia: The Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in...