Hub Podcasts – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss China's announcement of another round of tariffs on Canadian canola exports and what it signals about the inherent risks for Canada in today's great power competition between China and the United States. On the back half of the show, they shift to the controversy surrounding the Toronto International Film Festival's withdrawal of a Canadian documentary on the October 7th attacks, and what this controversy says about broader issues of free speech and discrimination, as well as the dependency of government funding from cultural institutions.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer & Editor

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts

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The Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Air Canada flight attendants' strike and the political responses from Canada's major parties. They also debate whether the Conservative Party of Canada's decision to support the striking workers over the Carney government's back-to-work legislation represents smart politics or misguided policy. 

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CREDITS:

Elia Gross - Producer and Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, discusses his must-read book, Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth: Law and Morality in Our Cultural Moment. He critiques the postmodern notion of subjective truth and warns how feelings are unreliable sources of objective truth. He also discusses the state of liberalism and pluralism in Canada and the U.S. and why some on the political Right are now doubting these bedrock ideals.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor

Alex Gluch and David Matta - Sound Editors

Alisha Rao- Production Assistant

Sean Speer - Host

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Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto Oleh Nikolenko joins The Hub in studio to discuss the impasses to ending the war in Ukraine. Nikolenko also discusses how Russia's aggression after the Alaskan peace summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin indicates the war isn't ending.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer 

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

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.

0:30 - You ain't special, Canada, by Howard Anglin

6:03 - The real reason to be upset by the Toronto International Film Festival scandal, by Ian Cooper

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The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao  – Producer & Sound Editor

University of Ottawa Law Professor Michael Geist discusses the Toronto International Film Festival scandal involving initially blocking the showing of a documentary about the October 7 attacks in Israel. Geist explains how TIFF defied its own principles of defending artistic freedom.

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CREDITS:

Graeme Gordon - Chase Producer

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

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This summer, Wilmot, Ontario council voted to bring back its statues of Canada's former prime ministers, which had been sent to storage after being considered too controversial. Author and historian JDM Stewart details the township's 12-year long history war, and how he thinks Canadians can both celebrate and critique its historical figures.

The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues, and important voices appearing in The Hub, taped live.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Editor

Harrison Lowman - Host

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.

0:28 - The Conservatives are wrong to side with the Air Canada flight attendants, by Sean Speer

7:08 - Quebec's approach to family law is neither liberal nor conservative—it's pragmatic, by Andrea Mrozek

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao  – Producer & Sound Editor

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Sean Speer, The Hub's editor-at-large, joins co-founder Rudyard Griffiths to analyze Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre's decisive by-election victory and its implications for CPC dynamics going into his leadership review. They also discuss the fundamental challenge in expanding Conservative support after the latest polls still show strong support for Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts email support@thehub.ca

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.

0:28 - Ten quick takeaways from Pierre Poilievre's byelection win in Battle River-Crowfoot, by Howard Anglin

5:19 -  Air Canada's strike once again exposes Canada's chokepoint economy, by Theo Argitis

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of each instalment of Hub Headlines and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao  – Producer & Sound Editor

To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, email support@thehub.ca