Hub Podcasts
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Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada’s fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content.
Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation.
In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events.
The Hub's media criticism podcast Full Press looks at how the media in Canada is covering the major stories of the day. Full press is hosted by The Hub's managing editor Harrison Lowman, and features journalist Tara Henley, and veteran news media executive Peter Menzies.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.
Each Friday, The Hub Roundtable features Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths' and Sean Speer's take on the big political and economic stories making the news.
Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation.
In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events.
The Hub's media criticism podcast Full Press looks at how the media in Canada is covering the major stories of the day. Full press is hosted by The Hub's managing editor Harrison Lowman, and features journalist Tara Henley, and veteran news media executive Peter Menzies.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.
Each Friday, The Hub Roundtable features Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths' and Sean Speer's take on the big political and economic stories making the news.
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Mar 26, 2025 • 31min
Election 2025: Day 3, How are the Conservatives making inroads with unions?
Listen to The Hub’s experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Brian Dijkema, the president of Canada at Cardus. This program airs daily live on YouTube at 10am ET Monday to Friday. To tune in to the live show visit https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada/live. It is also available on The Hub’s YouTube page as an on-demand video. If you have questions or comments you’d like our hosts and guests to take up on the show email livestream@thehub.ca. For more election coverage from The Hub visit www.thehub.ca or subscribe to our free daily election email newsletter at https://thehub.ca/join/. Be sure to subscribe to this channel to get alerts for The Hub’s latest election related videos. For more information on The Hub and why it is the fastest growing independent news site in Canada visit https://thehub.ca/about-the-hub/. Thanks for listening!
Mar 26, 2025 • 7min
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Carney and Poilievre sidelining the media won't work
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. 0:23 - Carney and Poilievre are trying to sideline the mainstream media. It’s not going to work, by John Ibbitson This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.
Mar 25, 2025 • 37min
Hub Dialogue: Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg on Carney, Canada, and Conservatism
Former British Conservative MP and cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg explains why he was so critical of Mark Carney during his tenure as the governor of the Bank of England, whether the UK should offer more support to Canada in response to Trump’s annexation threats, and why Nigel Farage’s upstart populist party Reform UK is presenting a real threat to the survival of the Conservative Party in Britain. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's managing editor, Harrison Lowman, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/join/.
Mar 25, 2025 • 34min
Election 2025: Day 2, What is the ballot box question?
Listen to The Hub’s experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and partner at Oyster Group, and Trevor Tombe, Hub contributor and professor of economics at The University of Calgary. This program airs daily live on YouTube at 10am ET Monday to Friday. To tune in to the live show visit https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada/live. It is also available on The Hub’s YouTube page as an on-demand video. If you have questions or comments you’d like our hosts and guests to take up on the show email livestream@thehub.ca. For more election coverage from The Hub visit www.thehub.ca or subscribe to our free daily election email newsletter at https://thehub.ca/join/. Be sure to subscribe to this channel to get alerts for The Hub’s latest election related videos. For more information on The Hub and why it is the fastest growing independent news site in Canada visit https://thehub.ca/about-the-hub/. Thanks for listening!
Mar 25, 2025 • 10min
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Can Poilievre win in Quebec?
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 - Federal Conservatives have struggled to win in Quebec. Can Pierre Poilievre change that?, by Élie Cantin-Nantel This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.
Mar 24, 2025 • 30min
Election 2025: Day 1, How are the party leaders kicking off this historic race?
Listen to The Hub’s experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Ginny Roth, partner at Crestview Strategy, and Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs. This program airs daily, live on YouTube, at 10am ET Monday to Friday. To tune in to the live show visit https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada/live. It is also available on The Hub’s YouTube page as an on-demand video. If you have questions or comments you’d like our hosts and guests to take up on the show email livestream@thehub.ca. For more election coverage from The Hub visit www.thehub.ca or subscribe to our free daily election email newsletter at https://thehub.ca/join/. Be sure to subscribe to this channel to get alerts for The Hub’s latest election related videos. For more information on The Hub and why it is the fastest growing independent news site in Canada visit https://thehub.ca/about-the-hub/. Thanks for listening!
Mar 24, 2025 • 13min
Hub Headlines Election 2025: How Mark Carney would govern Canada
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 - How Mark Carney would govern Canada, by Theo Argitis This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.
Mar 21, 2025 • 21min
Hub Roundtable A historic election is on the horizon
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the upcoming federal election campaign, including the fast-moving polls and the tense public mood. They also cover how The Hub will cover this consequential election and how it juxtaposes with the oversized role that the government itself will play in the campaign, including the debates. The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman. If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of The Roundtable please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now!
Mar 21, 2025 • 6min
Hub Headlines: Europe is no quick fix for Canada
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. 0:16 - Europe is no quick fix for Canada, by Theo Argitis This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.
Mar 20, 2025 • 14min
In Conversation with David Frum: Carney's first trip abroad and why he should have gone to Mexico
Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's first trip abroad to the United Kingdom and France instead of the United States, why he should have actually gone to Mexico first, and what to make of Canada's ongoing response to the Trump administration's provocations. If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of In Conversation with David Frum please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now!
