The Paikin Podcast
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.
Podcasting since 2025 • 53 episodes
The Paikin Podcast
Latest Episodes
Why Longshoreman Rob Ashton Wants the NDP to Return to Its Roots
Rob Ashton joins Steve to discuss his NDP leadership bid, why he thinks the NDP needs to return to its working-class roots, if the Conservative Party outflanked them, and what he offers as an NDP leader that the other candidates do not.
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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42:45
How Safe? The Rise of Antisemitism in Canada with Jesse Brown
Canadaland’s Jesse Brown joins Steve to discuss his investigative podcast series, “What is Happening Here,” how October 7th made his world “fall apart,” the rise in antisemitism in Canada, the “double standard” in how it’s covered, and the push...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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56:58
Everything Political: Can a Conservative Party Led by Pierre Poilievre Win?
The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, what 87.4% support means, the level of unity in the Conservative Party, and how Poilievre gave the “best speech of...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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45:39
Why Heather McPherson Thinks She Can Save the NDP
Heather McPherson, NDP MP from Edmonton Strathcona, joins Steve to discuss her NDP leadership bid, why we still need the NDP even though 94% of Canadian voters rejected them in the last election, and how the party, in her view, has lost its way...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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41:14
World on Edge: Can Middle Powers Fight Back?
Christian Leuprecht joins Janice Stein to discuss Carney’s speech in Davos, how it was the “most consequential” international speech ever delivered by a Canadian prime minister, why we must move on from the rules-based international order, and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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44:50
