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Facts are facts but every issue has multiple sides, and Steve Paikin wants to hear them all. From Canadian politics to seismic global changes to signature one-on-one interviews and redline debates on the most hot-button issues, The Paikin Podcast helps you understand the world today, with balance and context.
Unknown Host hosts The Paikin Podcast, a news show with 114 episodes published.
In our “Best of The Paikin Podcast,” we look back at our most popular episode of all time. If American democracy ends, what happens to Canada? Stephen Marche joins Janice Stein on World on Edge to debate the threat Ameri
Danielle Crittenden joins Steve to discuss her book, Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the Unthinkable, being deported to an “alternative universe,” her daughter Miranda’s diagnosis with a brain tumour, M
Steve and Martin Short discuss what it’s like being a proud Canadian in America, Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air, if there is increasingly a cost to be paid for making jokes about the wrong people in America, and M
Rocco Rossi has had an eclectic career. He ran for mayor of Toronto in 2010 and for Queen’s Park in the 2011 Ontario election. He has headed up the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Prostate Cancer Canada, and is currently
In our “Best of The Paikin Podcast,” we go back to our very first episode. Steve flew to Calgary to sit down with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to discuss Alberta’s sovereignty act, if this could be Alberta’s "Brexit mo
Ontario’s 21st premier and Canada’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, joins Steve for one of their monthly chats to discuss the federal government saying no to expanding Billy Bishop Airport on Toronto’s
In this episode of World on Edge, Janice Stein and Steve discuss the NATO summit in Turkey, the “Trump whisperer” Mark Rutte, why Turkey matters to NATO, Article 5, Germany’s steep increase in defence spending, and growi
Christine Elliott joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss Trump's wildfire tariffs, the Gordie Howe bridge opening, and Elliott's organization Decency Matters.
Canada’s Minister of AI and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon joins Steve to discuss whether the AI revolution will make the Industrial Revolution more than a century ago look like a tea party, his role as Canada’s first-e
Walter Russell Mead joins Steve to discuss America’s 250th anniversary, how “we’re in an uncharted world with a man who doesn’t believe in charts,” Trump’s political genius, how he sees drama as the core of power, not ac
In our third edition of “Paik’s Takes,” Steve is joined by The Big Story’s Caryn Ceolin to discuss why Steve thinks soccer is boring, whether the World Cup was worth it for Canada, why Steve thinks municipal politics sho
Stephen Marche, host of the Gloves Off podcast, joins Steve to discuss Canada-U.S. relations, how Canada is making its way through the “mess” south of the border, the weakening of American power worldwide, and his optimi
James Scongack, COO and Executive Vice President at Bruce Power, joins Steve for a sponsored piece of content in partnership with Bruce Power to discuss the history of nuclear power, when the nuclear era began in this pr
The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discusses the campaign to restore 24 Sussex Drive, if it should be torn down entirely, and if it’s an embarrassment to Canada. They also
“I’ve fought Putin for 17 years.” Bill Browder, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign, joins Steve to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, how Russia is now incurring eight men killed or seriously wounded for ever
Let’s review this, shall we? The United States and Israel decided to unilaterally attack Iran. There were a number of justifications for the attack: stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, deterring Iran’s ability
Harvey Brownstone’s “life story is one of the most astonishing you’ll ever encounter.” He joins the pod to discuss his book, Without Prejudice: My Life as a Gay Judge, his early life, his traumatic experience coming out
The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discusses “Carney infatuation syndrome,” if the honeymoon will ever end, rumours that Carney may stand down after one term, the G7 summi
In our second edition of a monthly segment, Steve is joined by “the most difficult man to introduce in Canada,” Bob Rae, to discuss Trump’s negotiating style, how we’ve “seen this movie before,” and if America First does
Welcome to the first collaboration between The Paikin Podcast and Charlie Angus’s Meidas Canada. Steve and Charlie get into how we should understand this moment in history, how we are in a “new age of monsters,” and the
Bob Rae
80th President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council · United Nations
1 appearance on this show
John Baird
Vouched
1 appearance on this show
Chrystia Freeland
Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
1 appearance on this show
Rob Ashton
Director of rugby at Bedford Tigers, Head Coach of Cambridge University rugby league team, rugby development in Scotland · International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Brown
head coach of the boys Newcastle Racer Basketball team · Canadaland
1 appearance on this show
Heather McPherson
Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona · New Democratic Party
1 appearance on this show
Margaret MacMillan
Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto
1 appearance on this show
Cait Alexander
founder · EVE (End Violence Everywhere)
1 appearance on this show
Hugh Laurie
Eater of Cars (The Doctor's Wife)
1 appearance on this show
Darrell Bricker
pollster and thought leader · Ipsos Public Affairs
1 appearance on this show
Martin Short
1 appearance on this show
Gretchen Whitmer
Governor of Michigan
1 appearance on this show
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