Explore every episode of the podcast The Paikin Podcast
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| Why Avi Lewis Thinks He Can Save the NDP | 06 Nov 2025 | 01:00:19 | |
Avi Lewis joins Steve to discuss his NDP leadership bid, why he wants to be the leader of a party that 94% of Canadian voters rejected in the last election, the decline of the NDP since Jack Layton, how Trudeau passed the NDP on the left, if Jagmeet Singh was a good leader, and why the NDP needs to return to its roots as a “working-class” party. They also get into if the party focussed too much on identity politics, why the populist right has captured all those voters who also believe the game is rigged and unfair, the prospect of a wealth tax, why we’ve lost the ability to build big things in Canada, if we care about climate change anymore, the failure of the carbon tax, Alberta separatism, and his family’s long history in NDP politics. (Yes, they cover a LOT of ground.) Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| John Ibbitson & Darrell Bricker: Is Canada at a Breaking Point? | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:54:52 | |
Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson join Steve to discuss their new book, Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk, how the country is in the middle of the greatest political crisis it has ever faced, the rising anger young people feel about housing prices and gig jobs, Trudeau’s failures as a prime minister, and how he destroyed the Canadian consensus on immigration. They also discuss the growing regional tensions in Quebec and the Prairies, the looming threat of Trump and tariffs, whether Carney (or Poilievre) can meet this turbulent and uncertain moment, and how exactly to bring this country back from this “breaking point.” Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Everything Political: Free Speech, Chrystia Quits, and Mr. Carney Goes to Mexico | 25 Sep 2025 | 00:45:11 | |
On this episode of “Everything Political,” Steve Paikin and former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss the fallout from the Charlie Kirk assassination, the rise of political violence, free speech in America, Jimmy Kimmel, Chrystia Freeland’s exit from cabinet, and Carney’s trip to Mexico. | |||
| 10 Wars, 1 Man: Brian Stewart on Four Decades Covering the World’s Crises | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:55:22 | |
For decades Brian Stewart was Canada’s eyes on the world – from Nicaragua and the Gulf War to his reporting on the Ethiopian famine which led to international action and the creation of the Live Aid concerts. He joins Steve to discuss his four decades of reporting in warzones, why he “thrived on working in an endless vortex of crises,” the personal costs of bearing witness to history, and the state of the world today. | |||
| World on Edge: Will the Assassination of Charlie Kirk Lead to Civil War? | 18 Sep 2025 | 00:47:08 | |
Michael Ignatieff joins Janice Stein to discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk, if it could lead to increased political violence and even civil war, the rise of authoritarianism worldwide, the state of democracy in Canada, and if we are prepared for an unstable and chaotic America. | |||
| Director Barry Avrich on his Oct. 7th Film and the TIFF Censorship Controversy | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:44:08 | |
Barry Avrich’s October 7th documentary, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, was disinvited from TIFF, then reinstated – and just won the festival’s People’s Choice Documentary Award. Avrich joins Steve to discuss what exactly happened, why it was pulled, how he doesn’t think he made a political film about the war in Gaza, the dangers of censorship and protesting art, and how a film about a family rescuing their children and grandchildren became the centre of so much controversy. Follow The Paikin Podcast: | |||
| JDM Stewart: The History Wars, Statues, and Teaching Kids About the Prime Ministers | 12 Sep 2025 | 00:53:27 | |
Author JDM Stewart joins Steve to discuss his book "The Prime Ministers," how to teach kids history, reconciling the past with the present, and if the pendulum is swinging the other way on the "history wars." And from Macdonald to Laurier to Carney we get into the prime ministers who were transformational, merely "transactional," and irrelevant in Canada's history. Follow The Paikin Podcast: | |||
| Everything Political: Remembering Ken Dryden, Carney’s “Retreat,” and the End of School Trustees | 10 Sep 2025 | 00:52:25 | |
On this episode of “Everything Political,” Steve Paikin and former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement remember Ken Dryden, his political career, and how he wasn’t in Parliament “to play politics.” Then, a look at Carney’s cabinet retreat and the Ontario government’s plan to get rid of school trustees. | |||
| World on Edge: Is Trump Turning America into a Mafia State? | 04 Sep 2025 | 00:31:41 | |
Is it authoritarianism yet? Many may be asking this question about America, but Jeffrey Kopstein thinks we should be asking a different one. | |||
| Everything Political: Does Canada Need the NDP Anymore? | 28 Aug 2025 | 00:51:52 | |
Interim leader of the NDP Don Davies joins the Everything Political panel to discuss the NDP’s worst election in its entire history, if they should dismantle the party, if they leaned too heavily into identity politics, how the NDP needs to “reclaim their roots,” and where they go from here. Davies is joined by Everything Political panelists: former Conservative Party MP Tony Clement and former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay. | |||
| World on Edge: The Alaska Summit, Putin’s Games, and How to End the Ukraine War | 21 Aug 2025 | 00:38:17 | |
After Trump’s meetings with Putin and Zelensky, is the Ukraine war any closer to peace? Is Putin serious about ending the war – and accepting security guarantees for Ukraine? Or is he playing a longer game? Follow The Paikin Podcast: | |||
| Everything Political: Does Poilievre’s Comeback Begin Now? | 14 Aug 2025 | 00:42:39 | |
On this episode of “Everything Political,” former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement break down Poilievre’s upcoming byelection in Alberta, if he can bounce back from a historic election loss, his campaign manager Jenni Byrne’s decision to step down, and if PM Carney’s push to build big things in Canada again is stumbling out of the gate. | |||
| World on Edge: Will Trump’s Israel-Hamas Peace Deal Work? | 30 Oct 2025 | 00:46:36 | |
Trump’s 20-point peace plan includes disarming Hamas, an international stabilization force, and an apolitical Palestinian transitional government. Could it work? Hussein Ibish, contributor to The Atlantic, joins Janice Stein to discuss the state of the deal, why Hamas accepted it, how Netanyahu was forced into it, why Hamas never actually wanted to govern Gaza, if the plan offers a viable long term plan for Gaza’s future, and if one of the legacies of this war is to turn Israel into a permanent pariah state. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| World on Edge: How Canada Survives the End of the American Empire | 07 Aug 2025 | 00:45:18 | |
Stephen Marche joins this episode of World on Edge with Janice Stein to discuss the threat America poses to Canadian sovereignty, if we are prepared for Trump’s new world order, how we can learn from Ukraine and Finland, and how we can defend ourselves both economically and militarily. | |||
| Everything Political: Palestine, Trump Talks and What’s Next for Trudeau | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:41:17 | |
On episode two of “Everything Political,” Steve and former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss PM Carney’s decision to recognize Palestine as a state at the U.N. General Assembly in September, the politics behind this historic decision, Canada-U.S. trade tensions, if a deal with Trump is shaping up, and what’s next for Justin Trudeau. | |||
| World on Edge: The Most Dangerous Era Since WWII? | 28 Jul 2025 | 00:39:54 | |
In the debut episode of “World on Edge,” Steve talks with Janice Stein about why she thinks the world is a more dangerous place than during the Cold War and even the Cuban Missile Crisis, if Israel has become a pariah state, if China will invade Taiwan, the on-going war in Ukraine, and the rising risk to Canada in a world on edge. | |||
| Everything Political: Separatism, Premiers and Pancakes | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:42:20 | |
In the debut episode of Everything Political, Tony Clement, Martha Hall Findlay, and Steve Paikin discuss Danielle Smith and Alberta’s “Brexit Moment,” the premiers meeting in Huntsville and their continuing response to Trump’s tariff threats and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s performance nearly three months since the federal election.
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| Premier Danielle Smith: Is It Time for Alberta to Leave Canada? | 18 Jul 2025 | 00:46:05 | |
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| Welcome to The Paikin Podcast | 13 Jul 2025 | 00:00:48 | |
You don’t have to have an opinion on everything. In fact, Steve Paikin hasn’t had an opinion since 1976. It was about Frank Sinatra. On The Paikin Podcast, he explores provincial and federal politics, seismic global changes, hot-button cultural issues and the arts, all with his usual balance and context and all in search of maybe, one day, having an opinion again. | |||
| Martin Short: Being Canadian in Trump's America | 27 Oct 2025 | 00:46:45 | |
Some guests need no introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, Martin Short. | |||
| Everything Political: Are the Knives Out for Pierre Poilievre? | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:44:19 | |
“Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, serious and credible Conservative Party,” wrote Dimitri Soudas, former director of communications and senior advisor under Stephen Harper. Are the knives out? The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss Soudas’s piece, the growing rift in the Conservative Party, if Harper greenlit the piece, Poilievre’s accusation of an RCMP cover-up for Trudeau, and the upcoming Conservative Party leadership review. Then a look at PM Carney’s attempts to secure a trade deal with America. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast | |||
| World on Edge: Will Canada Defend Itself? | 16 Oct 2025 | 00:48:04 | |
Canadians are just a few weeks away from learning what Prime Minister Mark Carney has in mind when it comes to defence spending. Will Canada ramp up its investments? Will we meet our NATO commitments? And what should we invest in? New American-made F-35 fighter planes? New ice breakers for the Arctic? Joining the Golden Dome defense system? | |||
| Everything Political: Why Canadian Voters Are Split Between a Disruptor or a “Daddy” | 09 Oct 2025 | 00:46:59 | |
David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss how Canadian voters are split between wanting a disruptor that will change things versus a reassuring and calming father figure and how that split played out in the last election. Then, a look at the looming federal budget, if Carney has properly prepared Canadians for what is to come, and Pierre Poilievre at the Blue Jays game. | |||
| Governor Gretchen Whitmer: Can Canada Trust America? | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:26:15 | |
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins the pod for a live recording to discuss Canadian-American relations, ending the “tariff madness,” the rise of political violence, Trump’s claim “the radicals on the left are the problem,’ where the Democrats go from here, Ezra Klein’s concerns about “left wing pessimism,” and the possibility of the Detroit Tigers meeting the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS. | |||
| World on Edge: Canada Recognizes Palestine, What’s Next, & the End of the UN | 02 Oct 2025 | 00:52:43 | |
Conservative Party MP Shuv Majumdar joins Janice Stein to debate Canada’s decision to recognize the state of Palestine, what exactly this entails, and what happens next. Then, a look at Trump's and Netanyahu's remarks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. And, as the UN turns 80 years old, is it still relevant in the world today? Or are we witnessing the end of the United Nations as we know it? | |||
| Justin Ling: The 51st State Votes and Canada’s Existential Election | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:54:16 | |
Journalist Justin Ling joins Steve to discuss his book “The 51st State Votes,” how Trump turned Canada’s 45th general election on its head, Pierre Poilievre’s “campaign malpractice,” whether Canada can survive as Trump's economic punching bag, and how Mark Carney’s “elbows up” approach is going today. Then they consider Chrystia Freeland’s exit from cabinet and what an increasingly unstable and chaotic America means for Canada. | |||
| World on Edge: Is Canada’s Military Ready for the New Chaotic Global Order? | 13 Nov 2025 | 01:02:56 | |
Former MP and Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole joins Janice Stein to discuss the historically huge increase in military spending from last week’s budget, what we should focus spending it on, whether we should buy submarines or drones, why we need a Made-in-Canada approach, if we should take the 51st state rhetoric seriously, if we are on the precipice of war with either Russia or China, how to assert our sovereignty in the Arctic, the end of the rules-based order and globalization, and why Canada needs to step up its spending and meet its NATO commitments. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Justice Rosalie Abella: From a Displaced Persons Camp to the Supreme Court of Canada | 15 Nov 2025 | 00:49:17 | |
Steve goes back to school. In this case to a Canadian Studies class at Harvard where he interviewed Justice Rosalie Abella about her early life, being born in a displaced persons camp in post-WWII Europe in 1946, how she knew at a very young age she wanted to be a lawyer, the difference between the Supreme Courts in Canada and the United States, originalism versus a “living tree” interpretation of constitutions, and how we should understand just what exactly is happening in the US Supreme Court in 2025. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Minister François-Philippe Champagne: Will His Budget “Transform” Canada? | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:59:39 | |
Canada’s Minister of Finance François-Philippe Champagne joins Steve to discuss the budget, if it was truly “transformational,” if it was an “elbows up” budget, how to deal with Donald Trump, why they didn’t cut taxes on all new home purchases, if this budget favors older people at the expense of younger folks, why they didn’t scale back the old age supplement, and how to keep auto plants in Canada. They also look at the curious case of a budget speech mentioning immigration numerous times, how Champagne wants to “take back control” of immigration, and how to build big things again. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Everything Political: The Strange Tale of Carney’s First Budget | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:49:23 | |
David Moscrop joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss the federal budget, if they thought it might not pass, if this budget was truly "transformational," how exactly this government can simultaneously "invest more" and "spend less," the "energizer bunny" Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and the usual "Good On Ya" round highlighting a politician from the past couple weeks. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Playing "House": Hugh Laurie & House Creator David Shore Look Back | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:31:52 | |
Hugh Laurie surprised David Shore, the creator of “House,” at the Forest City Film Festival in London, Ontario. Steve joined them on stage to discuss the creation of House more than two decades ago, the decision to cast Laurie, how they “hit it off fairly quickly,” if they ever argued about dialing back House’s curmudgeonliness, what made House such a memorable character, how he was based on David Shore, and after 177 episodes together what stays with them the most. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Freddie Highmore & David Shore: How to Build an Authentic Autistic Character | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:29:06 | |
"The Good Doctor" Freddie Highmore and David Shore join Steve for a live taping of the podcast to discuss their hit ABC show, its seven-season run, how to get the character of an autistic doctor right, why Shore did not want Shaun Murphy to be TV’s “autistic character” but a particular individual, and the possibility of a “House” crossover. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Armine Yalnizyan & Kaylie Tiessen: Are Canadian Workers in Peril? | 27 Nov 2025 | 00:28:15 | |
Economists Armine Yalnizyan and Kaylie Tiessen join Steve for a live taping at the CSA conference to discuss the budget, if it addresses the economic needs of Canadians, the growing threat to Canadian workers, upskilling, the service sector, the crisis in the “care” economy that comprises 36% of the GDP, the growth of private equity in the care economy, Canada’s industrial strategy, and why we need to realize we are in a state of economic war. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Cait Alexander: Why Canada Needs Bail Reform | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:53:37 | |
During the pandemic Cait Alexander was brutally assaulted and almost killed by her then partner. He was soon out on bail, continued to intimidate her, and was never convicted because it took too long to go to trial. She joins Steve to share her horrifying experience with intimate partner violence, why she thinks Canada needs bail reform, and how the Canadian justice system failed her. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Everything Political: Carney’s Pipeline, Guilbeault's Gone, & Canada’s New Climate Consensus | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:41:34 | |
The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from Carney’s cabinet, the pipeline MOU, how close we actually are to building a new pipeline, if the Carney Liberals are governing like conservatives, the new climate change consensus in Canadian politics, and if Canadians still care about climate change. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| World on Edge: Will Russia Win the Ukraine War? | 11 Dec 2025 | 00:51:27 | |
Paul Grod from the Ukrainian World Congress joins Janice Stein to discuss if there is an end in sight to the Ukraine War, the prospects of a peace deal, how Putin has become stronger since the war began, Trump’s national security plan, how the US has turned its back on Europe, Putin’s messianic vision for the Russian Empire, Witkoff’s “real estate” worldview, and where this all leaves Zelenskyy and Ukraine four years into this illegal and immoral war. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Bob Rae: Is Canada Entering an Orwellian World? | 16 Dec 2025 | 01:01:47 | |
Bob Rae recently stepped down as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. He joins Steve to discuss his five years at the UN, how America has left “the democracy club,” the Orwellian world Canada is entering, and the danger and uncertainty of this geopolitical era. They also consider the Israel-Gaza war, Canada’s decision to recognize Palestine, the Russia-Ukraine War, dealing with the Trump administration, his dispute with China over their persecution of ethnic Muslim Uighurs, and what’s next for the former Ontario Premier, Liberal Party of Canada leader, and ambassador to the UN. Follow The Paikin Podcast: | |||
| Everything Political: Did Trudeau Destroy Canada’s Consensus on Immigration? | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:48:59 | |
Tony Keller joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss his book “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong,” the historical consensus on immigration, the rise in levels under Trudeau, the temporary foreign workers program, if the Canadian consensus on immigration has been broken, where we are now, and what it will take to recapture that consensus. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Tom Nichols: Is This a New Low for Trump? | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:50:25 | |
The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols joins Steve to discuss Trump’s “ghoulish” comments about Rob and Michele Reiner’s murders, if this is a new low for him, how he sees the Trump administration as a “confederacy of toddlers,” if Trump is losing his grip on the Republican Party, the growing rift within the GOP, the resentments Americans feel, and what happens after Trump. | |||
| World on Edge: Why Too Much Information is Driving Us Mad | 25 Dec 2025 | 00:56:44 | |
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein to discuss why the news seems to be driving us crazy, how our brains are being hijacked, how digital media has created a "constitution of confusion,” the erosion of institutional trust, the collapse of the post-war liberal world order, and how exactly we can stay informed without going mad. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| David Peterson: "The More You Have, The More You Owe" | 28 Dec 2025 | 00:39:58 | |
Ontario’s 20th Premier David Peterson joins Steve on stage at The Pearson Centre to look back on his early life, his father’s politics, and “why the more you have, the more you owe.” They also discuss any regrets he had as premier, the Human Rights Code, the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, the separatist scars in Canada today, the state of Ontario’s Liberals in 2025, and what’s next for David Peterson at 82. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Sergio Marchi: Cynicism, Distrust, and How to Survive Our Polarized Politics | 01 Jan 2026 | 01:04:49 | |
Former federal Liberal cabinet minister Sergio Marchi joins Steve to discuss his book, Pursuing a Public Life: How to Succeed in the Political Arena, the fragile state of our democracy, the rise of polarization and cynicism, his 30 years in politics as a city councillor, MP, cabinet minister, and ambassador, and how to survive and succeed in a political climate that has become nastier and more divided. | |||
| Jim Balsillie: Is Canada Sabotaging Its Own Economy? | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:42:27 | |
Jim Balsillie joins Steve to discuss how he thinks Canada is sabotaging its own economy, how we have consigned ourselves to being a low value-added petro state, why we are operating from an outdated playbook, and Canada’s productivity crisis. They then discuss a real made-in-Canada approach, why foreign investment is overrated, and how to create a more sovereign future for Canada. Follow The Paikin Podcast: | |||
| Everything Political: Mamdani, Maduro, and the Biggest Story of 2026 | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:41:36 | |
The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss the new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, his “big hairy audacious goals,” his response to Maduro’s kidnapping, the fight for the soul of the Democratic Party, and if a left wing populism could tap into the same anger and frustrations that Trump has. They then discuss Pierre Poilievre’s response and support for Trump’s actions in Venezuela, what this all means for Canada and Canada’s oil industry, and what the biggest story will be in 2026. Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Kory Teneycke: Why Doug Ford Keeps Winning | 19 Jan 2026 | 00:58:21 | |
Kory Teneycke, senior advisor to Premier Doug Ford, joins Steve to discuss the Premier, his “awful” first year in government, how he turned it around and won three straight majorities, the Greenbelt and Skills Development Fund controversies, and Ford’s earlier praise for Donald Trump. PATREON: patreon.com/thepaikinpodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| World on Edge: Did Trump Just Kill the Liberal International Order? | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:58:11 | |
Janice Stein is joined by Jon R. Lindsay from Georgia Tech to discuss if the kidnapping of Maduro signals the death of the liberal international order, if Venezuela was an inside job, and if Trump has turned the world into a “den of thieves,” as the President Steinmeier of Germany said last week. They then discuss Canada’s response to America’s attack on Venezuela, Poilievre’s vs. Carney’s statements, and what this means for Greenland, Taiwan and, well, Canada. In other words, how seriously should Canadians take Trump’s 51st state rhetoric now? PATREON: patreon.com/thepaikinpodcast | |||
| Margaret MacMillan: Are We Headed Back to the WWI Era of Great Power Rivalry? | 26 Jan 2026 | 00:42:29 | |
Historian Margaret MacMillan joins Steve to discuss the history we are living through, how it reminds her of the zero-sum period before the First World War, Trump’s claims over Greenland, his letter to the PM of Norway, how seriously Canada should take Trump’s 51st state rhetoric, and the history of American attempts to invade Canada. They then discuss Canada’s defence spending, how Trump is unlike any president in American history, how he reminds her of Louis XIV or Henry VIII, the history of middle or smaller powers holding off greater powers, and the cracks growing in the MAGA movement. Support us: patreon.com/thepaikinpodcast Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Everything Political: Will Carney's China Gamble Pay Off? | 22 Jan 2026 | 00:56:16 | |
Peter Donolo joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss Carney’s deal with China. They explore why Tony thinks it’s a terrible decision for Canada, the need to chart a new path away from America, China’s history of foreign influence in Canada, and the future of Canada’s auto industry. The panel then considers whether Carney has come through on his “elbows up” campaign promise, the economic war that Canadians face with America, why Carney may need to call on Canadians to make sacrifices, his “mealy-mouthed” reaction to the American invasion of Venezuela, and joining Trump’s “Board of Peace.” Follow The Paikin Podcast: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| World on Edge: Can Middle Powers Fight Back? | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:44:50 | |
Christian Leuprecht joins Janice Stein to discuss Carney’s speech in Davos, how it was the “most consequential” international speech ever delivered by a Canadian prime minister, why we must move on from the rules-based international order, and why nostalgia is not a strategy. They also discuss middle power alliances, Canada’s foreign policy, “taking the world as it is,” and whether Canada can be both principled and pragmatic in its approach to the world. Support us: patreon.com/thepaikinpodcast Follow The Paikin Podcast: APPLE: https://apple.co/4m81G7K Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com | |||
| Why Heather McPherson Thinks She Can Save the NDP | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:41:14 | |
Heather McPherson, NDP MP from Edmonton Strathcona, joins Steve to discuss her NDP leadership bid, why we still need the NDP even though 94% of Canadian voters rejected them in the last election, and how the party, in her view, has lost its way. Support us: patreon.com/thepaikinpodcast | |||