Best iheartradiopodcasts Podcasts (2025)

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Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The Conservative Party's failure to provide a roadmap for change 37:11

2d ago37:11

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Andrew Coyne is a Globe and Mail Columnist and one of Canada’s most trusted commentators. He joins host Rudyard Griffiths to discuss how the Conservative Party's anti-Trudeau messaging undermined their ability to provide Canadians with an appealing platform in an election that doesn't include the former PM. Mark Carney, meanwhile, is acting like a …

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Friday Focus: Pierre Poilievre's prime ministerial debate performance and Donald Trump's unconstrained chaos 19:18

6d ago19:18

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. Rudy…

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Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: how the Liberals are benefitting from the Canada-US trade war 35:42

9d ago35:42

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Andrew Coyne is a Globe and Mail Columnist and one of Canada’s most trusted commentators. He joins us for a far reaching conversation about how the Liberal Party went from having no hope in this election to being the frontrunner, and how the widespread anti-elite sentiment in Canada has been affected by erratic policies south of the border. Andrew …

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Friday Focus: America and China's trade war is destabilizing the global economy 20:15

13d ago20:15

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. Rudy…

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Friday Focus: China's reciprocal tariffs and Canada gets a Liberation Day exemption 16:21

20d ago16:21

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. Rudy…

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Tension with Iran, Greenland's annexation rejection, and China provokes Taiwan (again) 28:49

21d ago28:49

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On this episode we are joined by Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, to discuss the likelihood of US military strikes on Iran, America’s Greenland annexation plans, and Chinese military drills off the coast of Ta…

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Friday Focus: Another tariff announcement and Bibi scores a political victory 18:01

26d ago18:01

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. Rudy…

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Be it Resolved: Religion is a Force for Good in the World 39:21

27d ago39:21

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This week we are airing a special edition of the Munk Debates Podcast—a rebroadcast of a classic debate that launched our series on the world stage. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and the late Christopher Hitchens - an avowed atheist - debating the motion Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world. To support civil and substantive …

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Friday Focus: Canada's existential election and a very concerning Trump interview 27:38

1M ago27:38

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. With…

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The ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Democrats in disarray, and can tariffs actually benefit the working class? 33:52

1M ago33:52

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On this episode we're joined by Bernie Sanders's former presidential campaign manager Jeff Weaver and Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel to debate the biggest news stories of the week. The host of this episode is Ricki Gurwitz To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions of the day, consider becoming a Munk Member at h…

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Friday Focus: Trump's on-off-on tariffs and a new Canadian Prime Minister 19:26

1M ago19:26

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. Rudy…

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Munk Debates Podcast: Trump's trade wars with Jared Bernstein and Oren Cass 42:05

2M ago42:05

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Can Trump's trade policies and US protectionism bring economic gains to the middle and working class? On this episode we hear from two people with vastly different perspectives: President Biden's former economic advisor Jared Bernstein, and American Compass Executive Director Oren Cass, whose thinking on these issues have influenced a number of you…

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Friday Focus: Trump's plan to weaken Canada so he can annex it 31:05

2M ago31:05

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. Rudy…

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Friday Focus: Zelensky clashes with Trump and Canada faces tariff threats - again 20:18

2M ago20:18

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Debates Podcast: Stephen Walt and Evelyn Farkas on Trump's plan for Ukraine and the changing world order 24:58

2M ago24:58

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Harvard Kennedy School's Stephen Walt and the McCain Institute's Executive Director Evelyn Farkas join us to debate and discuss what a good peace deal for Ukraine would look like, Russia's imperialist ambitions, and how Trump's reverence towards strongmen like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are remaking the world order and challenging America's long…

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Friday Focus: Trump attacks Zelensky and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity 17:49

2M ago17:49

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media 1:28:18

2M ago1:28:18

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On this special edition of the Munk Debates podcast, we are bringing you the best moments from the Munk Debate on media bias, which took place in the fall of 2020 in front of a crowd of 3,000 people at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. This is a debate that went viral on social media - it spoke to a vast number of people whose growing distrust in legacy …

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Friday Focus: Plans to end the war in Ukraine and momentum for Mark Carney 13:27

2M ago13:27

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Debates Podcast: Gaza, tariffs, and a constitutional showdown 33:25

2M ago33:25

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Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle and Vox senior correspondent Zack Beachamp unpack President Trump's plans for Gaza, closing USAID, and what we can expect from a constitutional showdown between this administration and the courts. The host of this Munk Dialogue is Rudyard Griffiths To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions …

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Friday Focus: Tariff reversal and Trump's shocking plan for Gaza 18:01

3M ago18:01

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right 1:29:18

3M ago1:29:18

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Liberal democracy has long been credited with the West’s economic development, social tolerance, personal freedoms, and the rule of law. And yet, in recent years, it's been blamed for everything from growing inequality, environmental degradation, political polarization, and cultural fragmentation. Its critics argue that liberalism’s failure to meet…

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Friday Focus Special Episode: Day One of The Canada-U.S. tariff war 32:06

3M ago32:06

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The following is a special episode of Friday Focus featuring Janice and Rudyard in conversation with The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer. They discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on Canada, the Canadian response to date and what could happen next. To access all of The Hub’s latest analysis and insights on Trump’s tariff on Canada and our response v…

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Friday Focus: Canada needs a better response to Trump's tariffs 17:30

3M ago17:30

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Debate Podcast: Elon Musk embraces the far-right and Trump ends DEI 34:15

3M ago34:15

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On the first episode of our new series on politics and culture, Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle and Vox senior correspondent Zack Beachamp debate Elon Musk's embrace of far-right political parties, Trump's totalitarian impulses, and the end to DEI in government agencies. The host of this Munk Dialogue is Rudyard Griffiths To support civil a…

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Friday Focus: Trump doubles down & Canada prepares for tariffs 21:33

3M ago21:33

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children 46:35

3M ago46:35

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If you're a new parent, you've probably heard the term 'gentle parenting'. It's the latest trend that has taken hold among millennials who reject the authoritative principles under which they themselves were raised. This new, softer approach discourages consequences and punishments for bad behaviour in favour of positive reinforcement and a focus o…

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Friday Focus: Gaza ceasefire - Trump prepares to take office 14:06

3M ago14:06

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Friday Focus: Trump's territorial aspirations - Liberal leadership race 19:09

3M ago19:09

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Dialogue with Rudyard Griffiths and Ricki Gurwitz: the Munk Debates in 2025 29:55

4M ago29:55

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On this special edition of the Munk Debates podcast, host Rudyard Griffiths and managing director Ricki Gurwitz take listeners behind the scenes of our Munk Debate on anti-Zionism and explain the reasons behind cancellation of the autumn debate with RFK Jr. They also give a sneak peak into what to expect in 2025 with a revamped podcast and some exc…

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Friday Focus: Trudeau's January and lone wolf terrorist attacks 16:10

4M ago16:10

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Friday Focus: A Year in Canadian Politics 20:39

4M ago20:39

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it Resolved, history will be kind to Joe Biden 45:16

4M ago45:16

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“Together, we shall write an American story of hope, not fear” Joe Biden proclaimed as he took his oath of office in January 2021. His supporters argue that what the President was able to accomplish in four years is nothing short of remarkable. They point to his success at passing the largest infrastructure program since the 1950’s, expanding healt…

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Friday Focus: A crisis in Ottawa - Canada as the 51st state? 18:25

4M ago18:25

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Dialogue with Stephen Moore: why Trump's tariff plans will benefit Americans 32:49

4M ago32:49

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Donald Trump’s plan to impose high tariffs on all goods coming into the US, including a 25% tax on items imported from Mexico and Canada, has leaders on both sides of the border on edge as they try to make sense of how these tariffs could impact their businesses and their economy. Stephen Moore is one of President Trump’s economic advisors and is r…

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Friday Focus: Trump's tariff plan and Canada's soaring debt 16:50

4M ago16:50

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Dialogue with Michael Weiss: how Assad's fall is reshaping the Middle East 45:29

4M ago45:29

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Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia. Rebel leaders have taken over Damascus. And hundreds of thousands of refugees from the country’s long civil war are making their way back home. And while many in Syria and around the world are rejoicing at the downfall of Assad and his brutal regime, there are growing concerns that the country could go the way of…

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Friday Focus: Democracies in trouble - a controversial political pardon 19:10

5M ago19:10

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Munk Dialogue with Raja Mohan: the Canada-India relationship hits a new low 44:47

5M ago44:47

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that six Indian diplomats were being expelled from Canada due to an alleged campaign to threaten and kill Sikhs on Canadian soil. India responded by sending home six high level Canadian diplomats and issuing a tensely worded statement, accusing Trudeau of initiating and escalating this diplomatic dis…

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Friday Focus: Trump Tariffs – Lebanon Ceasefire 18:53

5M ago18:53

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good 41:25

5M ago41:25

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In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the protests that followed in the summer of 2020, offices across North America began introducing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training programs with the objective of reducing racial bias and discrimination in the workplace. Lately, however, this multi-billion dollar industry is facing scrutiny by critics…

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Friday Focus: Ukraine's dangerous escalation against Russia and the ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant 24:45

5M ago24:45

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Friday Focus: Trump takes a wrecking ball to America's governing institutions 36:11

5M ago36:11

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it Resolved, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK 1:00:20

5M ago1:00:20

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It’s America’s greatest unsolved murder: who shot JFK? On the 60th anniversary of the Warren Commission, we debate who was really behind the assassination of the 35th President of the United States. One one side of this debate is the lone gunman theory, the U.S. government’s official statement supported by the Warren Commission's findings. Proponen…

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Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a sober wake-up call for the Democrats 31:07

5M ago31:07

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As Democrats are left wondering how their candidate could lose so badly, so decisively, to a man who is not only loathed by half the country but denounced by many of his former aides and cabinet members, there is one democratic strategist who predicted this long before Kamala was anointed as the party's nominee. Jeff Weaver was Bernie Sanders’s cam…

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Friday Focus: Democrats point fingers and Iran threats another strike on Israel 19:25

6M ago19:25

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Friday Focus: special US election episode 23:35

6M ago23:35

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On this special edition of the Friday Focus podcast, Rudyard and Janice react to the election of Donald Trump. Voters this time around knew who Trump was and voted for him anyway. Rudyard sees this as significant a vote as Brexit: voters are fed up with the elite and showing their discontent at the ballot box. The Democratic Party needs to figure o…

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Friday Focus: the US election enters the final stretch and North Korean troops join the war in Ukraine 18:29

6M ago18:29

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it Resolved, don’t stop now. The U.S. should join Israel and take out Iran’s nuclear program 49:12

6M ago49:12

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Israel’s retaliatory air strikes against Iran last week targeted strategic military locations, including drone and ballistic missile manufacturing sites as well as air defense batteries. And while the mission has been celebrated as a successful one by both Israeli and US military officials, some argue that Israel should seize on the current moment …

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Friday Focus: A consequential election and serious warnings about Donald Trump 24:16

6M ago24:16

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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The …

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Be it Resolved, cultural appropriation is part of the American experience. 48:48

6M ago48:48

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The release of the country album “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé this spring caused some surprising controversy. Some complained Beyoncé, who is Black, shouldn’t be dabbling in what many consider a white music genre. At least one radio station in Oklahoma initially refused to play the album’s first single, “Texas Hold’em.” Her supporters pointed out tha…

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