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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Jan 17, 2025 • 13min
Hub Headlines: The dark blemish on Trudeau's messy legal legacy
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 - Don’t forget about the Emergencies Act when assessing Trudeau’s legal legacy, by Joanna Baron 8:18 - What was Christy Clark thinking?, 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/.
Jan 16, 2025 • 16min
In Conversation with David Frum: Trump's growing threats to Canada
Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Donald Trump's growing provocations about Canada becoming the 51st state and what we should make of it. They also cover Prime MInister Justin Trudeau's recently-announced resignation and its implications for his personal legacy, the future of the Liberal Party, and Canadians politics more generally. 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!
Jan 16, 2025 • 35min
Full Press: Why Trudeau and Carney are snubbing Canadian media
Introducing “Full Press” a new media criticism podcast where listeners can escape the mainstream media echo chambers for a precious 40 minutes every second Thursday. This week, in our premier episode, why Prime Minister Trudeau, and Liberal leadership contenders Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are running away from Canadian media microphones, Poilievre’s interview with Jordan Peterson, and why only 37 percent of English Canadians now say they trust the news. Our hosts Harrison Lowman, managing editor of The Hub, current affairs journalist, podcaster and author Tara Henley, and Peter Menzies, former newspaper executive and vice chair of the CRTC now senior fellow with The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Peter Menzies discuss. 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/.
Jan 16, 2025 • 11min
Hub Headlines: 70 percent of Canadians believe the economy is in recession
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 - Financial stress could define 2025 as 70 percent of Canadians believe the economy is in recession, by André Turcotte 7:36 - Why America’s trade deficit with Canada is not the problem Trump thinks it is, by Alicia Planincic 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/.
Jan 15, 2025 • 12min
Hub Headlines: What if an election is not imminent?
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 - Everyone is assuming an election is imminent. What if that’s wrong?, by Sean Speer 6:04 - Of all Trudeau’s many mistakes, trying to control the internet was perhaps the most foolish, by Peter Menzies 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/.
Jan 14, 2025 • 35min
Hub Dialogues: Isaac Stone Fish on if China really is the West’s greatest enemy
As President Trump enters the White House, Isaac Stone Fish, China expert, CEO, and founder of the research firm “Strategy Risks” discusses a looming trade war with China, the implications of admitting the country into the World Trade Organization nearly 25 years ago, and Canada’s rocky relationship with the Middle Kingdom. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer and 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/.
Jan 14, 2025 • 14min
Hub Headlines: Trudeau never understood Canadian pride. Poilievre does
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. 0:19 - What Poilievre understands about Canadian pride that Trudeau never did, by J.J. McCullough 7:37 - ‘Don’t shoot yourself in the foot’—and five other rules for negotiating with Trump, by Fen Osler Hampson and Tim Sargent 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/.
Jan 13, 2025 • 26min
Hub Dialogues: Mike Harris on why Canada's energy future is nuclear
Mike Harris, former premier of Ontario and co-chair of the Canadians for CANDU campaign, discusses why he got involved in the campaign, how leveraging Canada’s nuclear advantage –particularly CANDU technology – can boost the economy and help the environment, and why he thinks Conservatives are uniquely positioned to lead on the file. This episode was made possible by Canadians for CANDU and the generosity of listeners like you 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/.
Jan 13, 2025 • 17min
Hub Headlines: Trudeau’s international record may be his most humiliating legacy
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 - Trudeau’s international record may be his most humiliating legacy, by Derek H. Burney 8:13 - ‘Based’ Pierre Poilievre is here to stay, by Ginny Roth 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/.
Jan 10, 2025 • 16min
Hub Roundtable: Guns and butter 2025
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Trump's escalating threats to annex Canada, the underlying ideas behind his provocations and how Canada should respond. They also cover the upcoming Liberal leadership race, including the rules and process that will govern it, the potential political fallout, and what may happen after the new leader establishes a government and becomes prime minister. 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!
