Hub Podcasts
Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada's fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content. Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation. In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices appearing in The Hub. Every week, editor-at-large Sean Speer is joined by David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, to dig into the drama and strategy of Canadian politics. Topics range from the issues dominating headlines, the communications battles behind the scenes, to the trends shaping parties, leaders, and voters. Some weeks, they'll focus on the hot story in Ottawa. The Hub's media criticism podcast Full Press looks at how the media in Canada is covering the major stories of the day. Full press is hosted by The Hub's managing editor Harrison Lowman, and features journalist Tara Henley, and veteran news media executive Peter Menzies. Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. Each Friday, The Hub Roundtable features Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths' and Sean Speer's take on the big political and economic stories making the news.
Episodes
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the political shockwaves from ex-Conservative MP Michael Ma crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party, which puts Carney within one seat of a majority government. They examine the strategic implications of securing a majority without an election, the growing restlessness within Conservative ranks, and what this could mean for Poilievre's upcoming leadership review.
In the second half, the...
Missing Middle Initiative founding director, Mike Moffat, reveals new data that shows for the first time in Canadian history, the average 65-year-old man now earns more than the average 25–34-year-old man, with their median incomes falling by $14,300.
The economist explains how this happened, and what the implic...
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 - Reality check: Canada's economy is falling behind our OECD peers, by Alicia Planincic
3:25 - Stolen Canadian cars are ending up all over the world—will we finally do something about it?, by Daniel Robson
11:10 - Fi...
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data, to discuss how since becoming prime minister, Mark Carney has systematically dismantled key parts of Justin Trudeau's policy legacy, including with respect to carbon taxes, immigration, pipelines, and even criminal justice policy.
The conversation then addresses...
Full Press discusses the Trump White House's newly unveiled journalist snitch line, which encourages Americans to report fake news to their government, criticizing a CBC news article that links naming white the colour of the year to eugenics, calls on reporters to stop tweeting, and predicts which major stories could unfold in 2026.
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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.
0:18 - Get ready for a troubling new era for the Canadian economy, by Trevor Tombe
8:38 - Doctors see promise in Alberta's dual-practice health-care proposal, by Falice Chin
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Trump administration's new National Security Strategy and its implications for Canadian sovereignty. They discuss America's shift from global hegemon to regional power, the emergence of spheres of influence reminiscent of 19th-century geopolitics, and how this limits Canada's ability to pursue alternative partnerships with Europe or China. They also explore whether great power accommodat...
This special episode of Hub Dialogues features the opening statements from the Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution moderated by The Hub's Rudyard Griffiths. Arguing in favour of the resolution was former Israeli prime minister, finance minister, and mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert. His debate partner was Tzipi Livni, who served as Israel's justice and foreign minister and the country's chief peace negot...
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 - Populism without populists: New polling reveals Canada's puzzling political contradiction, by André Turcotte
9:43 - Hate speech is a problem, but threatening religious freedom is the wrong solution, by Andrew Bennett
...Kendall Dilling, the president of the Pathways Alliance, joins Hub Dialogues just days after a landmark memorandum of understanding between the federal government and Alberta. He discusses why Canada's oilsands matter to all Canadians, walks us through the Pathways Alliance's ambitious carbon capture project, and makes a compelling case for why developing our resources responsibly is both an economic imperative and an environmental...
Christopher Ragan, economics professor at McGill's Max Bell School of Public Policy, examines how well the Alberta-Ottawa memorandum of understanding balances pipeline development with environmental protection. He analyzes whether the deal—featuring carbon capture investment, enhanced industrial carbon pricing, and a new pipeline to Asian markets—will help or hinder Canada's emission targets.
The Hub is Canada's fastest growing i...
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 - How Trump's new National Security Strategy targets Canadian sovereignty, by Rudyard Griffiths
5:23 - The autonomy trap: Why AI's 'chain of command' still needs humans, by Shaun Tofsrud
10:54 - The Thomas King saga ...
On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, recorded at the Indo-Pacific Strategy Forum in Ottawa hosted by the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, Thompson Rivers University, and The Hub's partner, the New North American Initiative, at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy, Sean Speer, The Hub's editor-at-large, moderated a live discussion with Frederick Fleitz, Matt Turpin, and Stephen Yates from the America First Policy...
Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg professor of Conflict Management and the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, discusses the Trump administration's new national security doctrine and its implications for Canada. She examines how this strategy asserts U.S. hemispheric dominance and challenges Canadian Arctic sovereignty. She argues the doctrine signals a return to 19th-cent...
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 myth of unified Indigenous opposition to a West Coast pipeline, by Falice Chin
12:46 - Coping with President Trump isn't easy, but our best ally is time, by Derek H. Burney
20:07 - Seven Canadian provinces ra...
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.
0:30 - The Weekly Wrap: Canadians hate 'populism'—but love populist policies, by Sean Speer
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Calgary Herald columnist Rick Bell discusses the pipeline deal between Prime Minister Carney and Premier Smith, and the effect it's had on separatist sentiment in Alberta.
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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's political momentum following his pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. They explore whether a "silent majority" exists beyond polarized political extremes and how Carney's centrist positioning has created some challenges for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives.
In the back half of the show, they are joined by The Hub's contributor Stephen Sta...
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 remarkable rise and spectacular fall of John Rustad, the B.C. premier who never was, by Kirk LaPointe
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data, to discuss new polling from Abacus Data that shows the pipeline agreement between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is popular with Canadians, particularly among self-identified Conservatives.
They explore the possible political risks...
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