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Where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat about whether or not it makes sense at all out in the world of politics and communications. She chats with political staffers, journalists, comms experts, lobbyists, activists and other political actors. Elizabeth quizzes them on pol comm theory and they tell her how ridiculous (or super helpful) that theory actually is.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhere political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat about whether or not it makes sense at all out in the world of politics and communications. She chats with political staffers, journalists, comms experts, lobbyists, activists and other political actors.
Wonks and War Rooms is hosted by Elizabeth Dubois. The show has published 75 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Season 8 Episode 5: Health Policy and AI" (28 October 2026, 25 minutes), "Season 8 Episode 4: AI and Higher Education" (21 October 2026, 34 minutes), and "Season 8 Episode 3: Ethics, Engineering and AI" (14 October 2026, 35 minutes).
Wonks and War Rooms publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 75 episodes.
Booking probability for Wonks and War Rooms is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Wonks and War Rooms requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Wonks and War Rooms's contact route on record: verified email.
Elizabeth Dubois hosts Wonks and War Rooms, an education podcast with 75 episodes published.
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Episode #5
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Kumanan Wilson, Chief Scientific Officer at Bruyere Health Research Institute, internal medicine physician at the Ottawa Hospital, and co-founder of Canimmunize, at unpack AI and...
Episode #4
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Shaily Gebethner , a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa's in the Faculty of Education and Director of International Programs at Ecole Des Langues ABCE , to unpack AI in...
Episode #3
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Jason Millar , a professor in the School of Engineering, Design and Teaching Innovation in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa. And I have a Canada Research Chair...
Episode #2
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Étienne Brown who is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. From recommending algorithms to AI chatbots, Étienne has spent the last ten...
Episode #1
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Christelle Tessono who is a doctoral student at the University of Toronto and a researcher at The Dais , to unpack what AI governance really means. They chat about AI as a...
Wonks and War Rooms
Get ready for Season 8 of Wonks & War Rooms! This season, we’re looking at AI Beyond Tech. Chatting with experts from social sciences, humanities and law, we ask what’s missing from discussions of AI, its impacts and...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode, Elizabeth talks to Mike Pal, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, about election laws in Canada. Elizabeth and Mike discuss the laws and institutions that govern elections in Canada...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode, Elizabeth talks to Nick Taylor-Vaisey, a journalist for Politico who works on the Ottawa Playbook, a free daily morning newsletter decoding Canadian politics. Nick and Elizabeth discuss the role of...
<p>In this episode, Elizabeth is joined by Conner Coles, a former lobbyist with experience working in and around politics, including during the political party candidate nomination process. Conner walks us through the...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode, Elizabeth interviews Brazilian journalist and columnist Patrícia Campos Mello, who first exposed the illegal use of WhatsApp mass messaging in Brazil's 2018 presidential elections. Together, they...
<p>In this episode, Elizabeth Dubois chats with Melanie Paradis, President of Texture Communications, to dissect the theory of planned behaviour and its application in political communication. With Melanie’s extensive...
Episode #1
<p>Wonks and War Rooms is kicking off season 7 with all things elections! With 73 elections worldwide, 2024 is being called a “global elections supercycle”. Elizabeth introduces the headlining topics listeners can get...
<p>This week Elizabeth talks with Seher Shafiq, a program manager at the Mozilla Foundation and expert in civic engagement, particularly in the context of elections and engaging marginalized people in the vote. They...
<p>In this episode Elizabeth discusses the idea of counter-speech as content moderation with far right extremist researcher, Kesa White. Kesa describes her work on “dog-whistling,” talks about how counter speech can be...
Episode #8
<p>This week Elizabeth talks with Michael Redhead Champagne, a community organizer in Winnipeg working to dismantle harmful systems and build better ones through Indigenous practices and knowledge. They discuss...
<p>In this episode Elizabeth chats with TikTok creator and researcher T.X. Watson about parasocial relationships and how this term created in the 1950s applies, or not, to digital content creators. T.X. talks about...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode Elizabeth delves into the fascinating world of data and personalization with Hamish Marshall, former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada and seasoned expert at the...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode, Elizabeth chats with digital communication strategist and experienced political campaigner, Nate Lubin about social media content creators in politics. Nate draws on his experience with the Better...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode Elizabeth chats with journalist Rachel Gilmore about what counts as journalistic content and how to navigate the intersection of journalism and the social media influencer industry. Rachel is a...
<p>This week Elizabeth chats with Dave Sommer, Vice President of Strategic Communication at Enterprise Canada, former Head of Politics and Government at Instagram in Washington, D.C., and former Deputy Director of...
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