Best Cuture Podcasts (2024)

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Hub Roundtable: Can Canada’s Liberals find their Kamala Harris? 19:33

8h ago19:33

19:33

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss this week’s Democratic Party convention and how it may influence the Trudeau government’s upcoming Cabinet retreat and the prime minister’s own future. They also discuss the rise of temporary migrants in Canada and the resulting injustice for young Canadian workers and immigrant the…

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Hub Headlines: Time to upend Canada’s temporary foreign worker program 17:55

1h ago17:55

17:55

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 time has come to upend Canada’s temporary foreign worker program, by Mike Moffatt 11:46 - Can Canada’s rail lockout spur much-needed t…

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Hub Headlines: The U.K.’s online speech laws are a warning for Canada 15:11

2h ago15:11

15:11

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 U.K.’s disastrous online speech laws should give Canada pause before implementing our own, by Joanna Baron 6:56 - When it comes to Can…

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Hub Dialogues: U.S. Ambassador David Cohen on if Canada is still America’s greatest friend and ally 43:26

8m ago43:26

43:26

Less than 100 days until an unprecedented American election, U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen discusses U.S./Canada trade disputes, illegal immigration, a belligerent China, and NATO spending promises. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and think…

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Hub Headlines: Canadian euthanasia deaths are soaring 9:31

6h ago9:31

9:31

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 - We were promised MAiD would be rare. Instead, Canadian euthanasia deaths are soaring, by Alexander Raikin 5:50 - Ignore the Trudeau talkin…

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Hub Headlines: Why Canada’s untapped labour pools are a missed economic opportunity 15:52

3h ago15:52

15:52

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 - Canada’s untapped labour pools are a massive missed economic opportunity, by Renze Nauta 13:02 - Foreign investors are still investing in …

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Hub Dialogues: Milica Radisic on organ-on-a-chip technology 38:01

4h ago38:01

38:01

University of Toronto professor and Canadian Research Chair of organ-on-a-chip engineering Milicia Radisic discusses her world-leading research on organ-on-a-chip technology, including what goes into producing organs-on-a-chip, their current and future uses, and why the University of Toronto is uniquely positioned as a leader in the field. This epi…

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Hub Headlines: The problem with Vancouver’s empty home tax 10:41

3h ago10:41

10:41

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 Vancouver’s empty home tax really means for Canada’s housing supply, by Gherardo Gennaro Caracciolo 4:20 - The strange and eternal en…

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Hub Roundtable: The return of the corporate welfare queen 13:57

2h ago13:57

13:57

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the political significance of Pierre Poilievre's summer tour visiting blue-collar workers, growing calls from the Left and the Right for tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, and the inherent problems with a high-profile editorial by a local newspaper on the Trudeau government's new…

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Hub Headlines: Canada's defence capabilities are in disarray 16:26

1h ago16:26

16:26

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 - Canada’s defence capabilities are in disarray. Here are the three biggest reasons why, by Richard Shimooka 8:54 - Quit complaining, premie…

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In Conversation with David Frum: Kamala Harris' political momentum and Canada's EV subsidies 13:45

1h ago13:45

13:45

Leading author, journalist, and public intellectual David Frum and The Hub’s Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' political momentum and what her potential presidency would mean for Canada, the Trudeau government's massive public subsidies for the electric vehicle industry and the implications for Cana…

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Hub Headlines: For China and tariffs, singling out EVs makes no sense 16:22

5h ago16:22

16:22

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 - When it comes to China and tariffs, singling out electric vehicles makes no sense, by Sean Speer 6:26 - The remedy for government overreac…

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Hub Dialogues: Livio Di Matteo on why so many Canadians don't have access to a doctor 34:44

4h ago34:44

34:44

Livio Di Matteo, professor of economics at Lakehead University, discusses his recent DeepDive for The Hub on how Canada's supply of physicians as a share of the population is rising at the same time that a growing number of Canadians don't have doctors and the factors behind this counterintuitive trend. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-a…

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Hub Headlines: Will Ukraine capturing Russian territory backfire? 20:45

4h ago20:45

20:45

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 - Ukraine’s capture of Russian territory is impressive, but could it backfire?, by Ian Garner 9:08 - Ken Sim has stumbled out the gate as Va…

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Hub Headlines: Canada’s Jews deserve far better from our government 13:54

1h ago13:54

13:54

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 - Canada’s Jews deserve far better from our government, by Karen Stintz 5:11 - Pierre Poilievre is right. We need tariffs on Chinese EVs and…

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Hub Dialogues: Joseph Wong on democracy and a 'new Cold War' 48:04

21h ago48:04

48:04

Joseph Wong, a political science professor and vice president, international at the University of Toronto, discusses Chinese political economy, the prospects of a new "Cold War," and what the power of basketball can tell us about globalization and Canada itself. This episode was made possible by the University of Toronto and the generosity of liste…

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Hub Headlines: The political power of declaring normal vs. weird 19:21

4d ago19:21

19:21

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 - The political power of declaring what’s normal and what’s weird, by Ginny Roth 7:44 - Canada’s politics are growing more and more American…

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#30 IMG Academy and More - Dr. Duncan Simpson 57:17

3d ago57:17

57:17

In the third Slice of PIE of 2024, we get the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Duncan Simpson. Duncan joined IMG from Barry University in Miami in 2017 - providing mental conditioning services for tennis, golf, and soccer. Originally from England, he received his Ph.D in Sport Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He’s a Certified Co…

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Hub Roundtable: The Genius of the Laurentians 16:02

11d ago16:02

16:02

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss how the Liberal Party is in crisis management mode in the dog days of summer, Theo Argitis’ recent Hub article on why the politics of job creation now trumps redistribution, and the CBC’s latest foray into Newspeak. The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and …

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Hub Headlines: Canada cannot be complacent about terrorism while ISIS threat looms 14:32

4d ago14:32

14:32

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 - Canada cannot become complacent about terrorism when ISIS and others are still active threats, by Michael Kempa 7:21 - With terror threats…

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Hub Headlines: Redistribution politics means something different now, Trudeau 9:52

17d ago9:52

9:52

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 - For Trudeau, redistribution politics means something different now than it did nine years ago, by Theo Argitis 4:59 - Do the Liberals care…

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Hub Dialogues: Oren Cass on the economics of the New Right 50:38

18d ago50:38

50:38

Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of the U.S. think tank American Compass, discusses the future of the Republican Party, the role of industrial policy in boosting American manufacturing, and the intersection of trade, immigration, and family policy in Canada and the U.S. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conv…

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Hub Headlines: Making politicians unaccountable is a recipe for disaster 13:01

18d ago13:01

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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 - Careful, conservatives—making politicians unaccountable is a recipe for disaster, by Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn 8:10 - Can Canada…

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Hub Headlines: The deluge of Online Harms Act cases will be difficult to handle 21:30

7d ago21:30

21:30

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 - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will not be able to handle the deluge of cases from the Online Harms Act, by Dave Snow 14:29 - Lost job…

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Hub Dialogues: Susan McCahan on artificial intelligence's impact on education 38:25

8d ago38:25

38:25

Susan McCahan, University of Toronto's provostial advisor on artificial intelligence and vice-provost of innovations in undergraduate education and academic programs, discusses how artificial intelligence and large language models are shaping university education in the short-term and may transform it in the long-term. This episode was made possibl…

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Hub Headlines: Foreign buyers are critical to a functioning real estate industry 12:43

20d ago12:43

12:43

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 - Stop the demonization—foreign buyers are critical to a functioning real estate industry in Canada, by Matt Spoke 6:35 - Who will save us f…

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