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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Feb 20, 2025 • 15min
Hub Headlines: Poilievre’s plan to spur interprovincial trade is good—here’s a better one
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 - Poilievre’s plan to spur interprovincial trade is good—but here’s a better one, by Trevor Tombe 6:50 - The critics were wrong about Danielle Smith’s Alberta Sovereignty Act, by Geoffrey Sigalet and Jesse Hartery 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/.
Feb 19, 2025 • 16min
Hub Headlines: Why the rise of Mark Carney is good for Pierre Poilievre (and 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. 0:22 - Why the rise of Mark Carney is good for Pierre Poilievre (and for Canada), by Eric Lombardi 9:02 - Why Poilievre chose to double down rather than pivot in his Canada First speech, 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/.
Feb 18, 2025 • 26min
Hub Roundtable: Poilievre's pivot non-pivot speech
In this special episode, The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and Ginny Roth, vice president at Crestview strategy, discuss Pierre Poilievre’s major rally speech over the weekend, including how to measure its effectiveness, as well as the political threat posed by Mark Carney and how the Conservatives should be preparing for what could be an imminent election. 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!
Feb 18, 2025 • 32min
Hub Dialogues: Jean Twenge on the clash of generations
On this Hub Dialogue, we are joined by author and psychologist Jean Twenge, often referred to as the “reigning expert on generational change.” Jean explains how evolving technology, more so than major historical events like the great recession of 2008 or the terrorist attacks of September 11th, has had a greater impact on how younger generations interact with older peers, why they are suffering from higher rates of depression and anxiety, and what kind of change - political and cultural - they want to see in the future. 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 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/.
Feb 18, 2025 • 7min
Hub Headlines: Canadian culture is dying. Do the Conservatives have any plan to save it?
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 - Canadian culture is dying. Do the Conservatives have any plan to save it?, by Lydia Perovic 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/.
Feb 14, 2025 • 19min
Hub Roundtable: The rise of Canadian patriotic populism
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss how the federal ballot question has shifted to a focus on Canada-U.S. relations and its implications for Canadian politics. They cover Pierre Poilievre’s major rally speech this weekend and Mark Carney’s apparent lead in the Liberal leadership race. 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!
Feb 14, 2025 • 13min
Hub Headlines: There’s a fortune to be made in Canada—we need to seize the opportunity
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 - There’s a fortune to be made in Canada—if only we’d seize the opportunity, by Peter Tertzakian 8:31 - Poilievre is right to be tough on crime—but adopting the progressive legal playbook is the wrong way to do it, by Joanna Baron 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/.
Feb 13, 2025 • 33min
Bricker & Speer: How is Canada's political landscape evolving amid Trump's provocations?
Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, and Sean Speer, The Hub's editor-at-large, discuss Canada's evolving political landscape in the wake of Trump's provocations, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's upcoming rally in Ottawa, and Mark Carney's growing lead in the Liberal leadership race. If you like what you are listening, 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/.
Feb 13, 2025 • 39min
Full Press: Don’t cry for the CBC
Harrison Lowman, Tara Henley, and Peter Menzies discuss whether the CBC’s new CEO just bombed her first major media appearance. They also explore whether journalists who use unnamed sources are lazy. Finally, they ask why mainstream media so eagerly adopted the terminology of left-wing academia. If you like what you are hearing, 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/.
Feb 13, 2025 • 14min
Hub Headlines: How Poilievre can make 'stop the crime' a reality
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 - Four ways Poilievre can make ‘stop the crime’ more than a slogan, by Steven Penney 8:13 - Thankfully for David Eby, Donald Trump’s antics are distracting from his disastrous record, by Kirk LaPointe 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/.
