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 • 51 episodes
The Paikin Podcast
Latest Episodes
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
Margaret MacMillan: Are We Headed Back to the WWI Era of Great Power Rivalry?
Historian Margaret MacMillan joins Steve to discuss the history we are living through, how it reminds her of the zero-sum period before the First World War, Trump’s claims over Greenland, his letter to the PM of Norway, how seriously Canada sho...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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42:29
Everything Political: Will Carney's China Gamble Pay Off?
Peter Donolo joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss Carney’s deal with China. They explore why Tony thinks it’s a terrible decision for Canada, the need to chart a new path away from...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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56:16
