The Line Podcast

As the writ drops and Canada prepares to go to the polls, The Line is proud to introduce its Anti-Panel — a politics panel, but fun. No, really. That’s possible. Each week, we’ll be publishing a new Anti-Panel in written form, but we thought we’d kick things off with something a little different: getting the whole gang On The Line . Get it?! They're on the line . Literally. This episode of On The...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded in the last-pre-election days on March 21, 2025, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson look around and realize that this is as calm as their lives are going to be for about a month. And that's just sad. And this is where we pause to slip in an announcement to Line readers, listeners and viewers: we are switching over to election mode effective immediately....

Happy Tuesday. It's time for another episode of On The Line . And this is another two-guest episode, too. There's that much to talk about! Our first guest, making a return appearance on On The Line , is P.J. Fournier, creator of 338Canada.com and 338Canada.ca . (The man has so much to offer he needs two websites!) Since we last spoke in February, Canada's federal polling environment has radically...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Carney Era Day 0, or March 14, 2025 on the old calendar, your hosts offer sincere welcome and best wishes to the new prime minister, and we're counting on all of you to not ruin this moment for us. Really. We mean it. We can be nice sometimes. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader...

In this week's episode of On The Line , Jen Gerson speaks with Adam Sadinsky, a refugee lawyer and member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers about the Safe Third Country Agreement — and why lawyers like him think it needs to be radically altered in the Donald Trump era. This episode of On The Line is brought to you by the Forest Products Association of Canada. Canadian forestry support...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on March 7, 2025, your hosts spend a good long while talking about the various new stories to come out of Washington, D.C. this week. A trade war is on! But now it's off! Sort of, maybe! No one really knows! Also, President Donald Trump put on a real masterclass this week in reminding us all that he's a showman, not a career politician. That's a...

Welcome back for another edition of On The Line . Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news. In this episode, Matt Gurney speaks with Richard Shimooka, a Canadian defence expert and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. They talk about the state of wor...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on February 28, 2025, your hosts open with a chat about federal politics. Mark Carney had some good stuff going, but then he got caught in a dumb lie. We aren't sure if this will break outside the Twitter bubble, but it's an interesting reminder that the man is pretty new at politics ... This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsm...

Welcome back for another edition of On The Line , The Line 's latest podcast offering. Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news. In this episode, Jen Gerson speaks with Duncan Dee, an airline analyst and former chief operations officer of Air Canada. Jen shares h...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on February 21, 2025, your hosts continue to bask in the afterglow of Connor McDavid's overtime goal for Team Canada last night. How sweet it was. They also talk about the news and politics and stuff, but, man. Thank you, McJesus. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the...

Welcome back for another edition of On The Line , The Line 's latest podcast offering. Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news. And this week, in something of a break from the routine, we're here with good news. There are ways we can build this country and make...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on February 14, 2025 — Valentine's Day, bummer — your hosts are skeptical that the premiers have accomplished much by their recent jaunt down to Washington, D.C., but we hope they had a lovely time. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the harm caused by smoking, but it r...

Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news. In this episode, Jen Gerson interviews Rob Huebert , a political science professor at the University of Calgary, and director at the Centre of Military, Security and Strategic Studies, to discuss Arctic sovereignty and se...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on February 7, 2025, your hosts take in the sight of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warning Canadians that he thinks Donald Trump is serious about annexing us ... but only doing it behind closed doors to a private business audience. And they just have to laugh. Or cry. Or both. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada....

Thanks for checking out our first regular episode of On The Line , The Line 's latest podcast offering. Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news. And this week, well. Like, look around. OMG. Do you have any idea how many times we had to redo our plans for this on...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Jan. 31, 2025, we've gotta be honest. Your Line editors could be doing a bit better. Jen had dental surgery. Matt has norovirus and potentially a concussion. But they showed up and did the thing anyway. We love you all that much. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing th...

In this episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Jan. 24, 2025, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson make some utterly bonkers proposals. And they want you to make some, too. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the harm caused by smoking, but it requires actionable steps, including giving adult smokers the information they need to...

In this episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Jan. 17, 2025, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson try and remember all the things that happened this week. Because it was a busy one! This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the harm caused by smoking, but it requires actionable steps, including giving adult smokers the information the...

In this episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Jan. 10, 2025, your hosts take in the week that was. Justin Trudeau's semi-resignation five days ago has been all that anyone has wanted to talk about this week. So we do that, and also wonder what it tells us about the modern Liberal party that they allowed this to drag on as long as they did. Nothing good! This episode of The Line Podcast is brou...

In this episode of The Line Podcast , recorded very early on Dec. 30, 2024, your hosts make the best of a weird situation. Here's the thing: we are both going on holiday now. Matt is leaving the country. Jen is going down her hobbyist rabbit holes. But we wanted to get you guys an episode. How do we do that when we won't be able to respond to breaking news events? We don't even try! This episode o...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Dec. 27, 2024, your hosts snack on stocking candy and give listeners a quick update on all that's been happening this week. And a bunch of stuff has been happening! This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the harm caused by smoking, but it requires actionable steps, inclu...

A note from The Line : We are going to attempt to begin our vacation now. Our plan for the next two weeks is to run our holiday “gratitude” series of articles, where The Line and friends of The Line share some things they’re happy about as one year ends and another begins. It’s a nice little palate cleanser as one year enters another. We will release episodes of The Line Podcast on the usual sched...

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on Dec. 13, 2024, Jen Gerson comes crashing back down to reality. Last week, she was feeling better about everything. She thought Trudeau was figuring it out. She thought the premiers were going to play their parts. She thought Team Canada would rally to take on Donald Trump. She doesn't think that anymore. Matt Gurney is glad to have her back....

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded a day early — and when has that ever backfired on us?! — on Dec. 5, 2024, your hosts start with a talk about what happened after we did the last episode. Justin Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with president-elect Donald Trump. Jen feels better. Matt doesn't. They discuss. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada....

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on November 29, 2024, BEFORE JUSTIN TRUDEAU WENT TO MAR-A-LAGO!!!, your co-hosts look hard and deep into the Canadian news and just ... sigh. They sigh. They also giggle a bit, but it was bad giggling. You know? This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the harm caused by smok...