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 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!
Jan 10, 2025 • 14min
Hub Headlines: We need to be angrier, 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 - You need to be angrier, Canada, by David Polansky 7:39 - Why Biden’s decision on U.S. Steel should have Canadians worried, by David Chmiel 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 9, 2025 • 31min
Bricker & Speer: Trudeau's resignation and the Liberal Party's future
Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, and The Hub's editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement that he will step down as prime minister and how it will shape Canadian politics, including the future of the Liberal Party, the potential for an eventual merger with the New Democrats, the Conservative Party's polling lead and its political strategy, and Trudeau's own legacy. 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 9, 2025 • 14min
Hub Headlines: Justin Trudeau's disastrous economic 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. 0:18 - Justin Trudeau’s disastrous economic legacy in six charts, by Livio Di Matteo 6:25 - Is the Alberta pension plan idea dead?, by Trevor Tombe 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 8, 2025 • 13min
Hub Headlines: Trudeau's resignation is the most ill-timed curtain call in our political history
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 - ‘The most ill-timed curtain call in Canadian political history’: The Hub’s insiders react to Justin Trudeau’s dramatic resignation, by The Hub Staff 5:35 - Justin Trudeau never really understood Canada, by Christopher Dummitt 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 7, 2025 • 41min
Hub Dialogues: Robert Henderson on luxury beliefs, social mobility and the new upper-class
Robert K. Henderson, best-selling author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses his must-read book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, about his journey out of family breakdown and socio-economic disadvantage and the lessons that he learned about elite culture and the U.S. class divide along the way. 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 7, 2025 • 15min
Hub Headlines: The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau
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 - The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau, global progressivism’s heir apparent, by Sean Speer 6:52 - Justin Trudeau is stepping down—here’s where things went wrong with his government, by Robert Asselin 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 6, 2025 • 21min
Hub Roundtable: The Trudeau era comes to an end
On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation. They also discuss the Liberal Party's forthcoming leadership race and the consequences for Trudeau's legacy, his party's political fortunes, and the country as it faces the imposition of tariffs by the incoming Trump administration. 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!
