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.
Episodes
42 episodes
Sergio Marchi: Cynicism, Distrust, and How to Survive Our Polarized Politics
Former federal Liberal cabinet minister Sergio Marchi joins Steve to discuss his book, Pursuing a Public Life: How to Succeed in the Political Arena, the fragile state of our democracy, the rise of polarization and cynicism, his 30 years in pol...
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Episode 41
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1:04:49
David Peterson: "The More You Have, The More You Owe"
Ontario’s 20th Premier David Peterson joins Steve on stage at The Pearson Centre to look back on his early life, his father’s politics, and “why the more you have, the more you owe.” They also discuss any regrets he had as premier, the Human Ri...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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39:58
World on Edge: Why Too Much Information is Driving Us Mad
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein to discuss why the news seems to be driving us crazy, how our brains are being hijacked, how digital media has created a "constitution of confusion,” the erosion of institutional trust, the collapse of the post-war...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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56:44
Tom Nichols: Is This a New Low for Trump?
The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols joins Steve to discuss Trump’s “ghoulish” comments about Rob and Michele Reiner’s murders, if this is a new low for him, how he sees the Trump administration as a “confederacy of toddlers,” if Trump is losing his grip...
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Episode 38
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50:25
Everything Political: Did Trudeau Destroy Canada’s Consensus on Immigration?
Tony Keller joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss his book “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong,” the historical consensus on immigration, the rise in...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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48:59
Bob Rae: Is Canada Entering an Orwellian World?
Bob Rae recently stepped down as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. He joins Steve to discuss his five years at the UN, how America has left “the democracy club,” the Orwellian world Canada is entering, and the danger and uncertainty of...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:01:47
World on Edge: Will Russia Win the Ukraine War?
Paul Grod from the Ukrainian World Congress joins Janice Stein to discuss if there is an end in sight to the Ukraine War, the prospects of a peace deal, how Putin has become stronger since the war began, Trump’s national security plan, how the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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Cait Alexander: Why Canada Needs Bail Reform
During the pandemic Cait Alexander was brutally assaulted and almost killed by her then partner. He was soon out on bail, continued to intimidate her, and was never convicted because it took too long to go to trial. She joins Steve to share her...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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53:37
Everything Political: Carney’s Pipeline, Guilbeault's Gone, & Canada’s New Climate Consensus
The Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from Carney’s cabinet, the pipeline MOU, how close we actually are to building a new pipeline, if the Carney Liberals ar...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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41:34
Freddie Highmore & David Shore: How to Build an Authentic Autistic Character
"The Good Doctor" Freddie Highmore and David Shore join Steve for a live taping of the podcast to discuss their hit ABC show, its seven-season run, how to get the character of an autistic doctor right, why Shore did not want Shaun Murphy to be ...
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Episode 32
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29:06
Armine Yalnizyan & Kaylie Tiessen: Are Canadian Workers in Peril?
Economists Armine Yalnizyan and Kaylie Tiessen join Steve for a live taping at the CSA conference to discuss the budget, if it addresses the economic needs of Canadians, the growing threat to Canadian workers, upskilling, the service sector, th...
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Episode 31
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28:15
Playing "House": Hugh Laurie & House Creator David Shore Look Back
Hugh Laurie surprised David Shore, the creator of “House,” at the Forest City Film Festival in London, Ontario. Steve joined them on stage to discuss the creation of House more than two decades ago, the decision to cast Laurie, how they “hit it...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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31:52
Everything Political: The Strange Tale of Carney’s First Budget
David Moscrop joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss the federal budget, if they thought it might not pass, if this budget was truly "transformational," how exactly this government c...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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49:23
Minister François-Philippe Champagne: Will His Budget “Transform” Canada?
Canada’s Minister of Finance François-Philippe Champagne joins Steve to discuss the budget, if it was truly “transformational,” if it was an “elbows up” budget, how to deal with Donald Trump, why they didn’t cut taxes on all new home purchases...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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59:39
Justice Rosalie Abella: From a Displaced Persons Camp to the Supreme Court of Canada
Steve goes back to school. In this case to a Canadian Studies class at Harvard where he interviewed Justice Rosalie Abella about her early life, being born in a displaced persons camp in post-WWII Europe in 1946, how she knew at a very young ag...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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49:17
World on Edge: Is Canada’s Military Ready for the New Chaotic Global Order?
Former MP and Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole joins Janice Stein to discuss the historically huge increase in military spending from last week’s budget, what we should focus spending it on, whether we should buy submarines or drones, why...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:02:56
Why Avi Lewis Thinks He Can Save the NDP
Avi Lewis joins Steve to discuss his NDP leadership bid, why he wants to be the leader of a party that 94% of Canadian voters rejected in the last election, the decline of the NDP since Jack Layton, how Trudeau passed the NDP on the left, if Ja...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:00:19
John Ibbitson & Darrell Bricker: Is Canada at a Breaking Point?
Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson join Steve to discuss their new book, Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk, how the country is in the middle of the greatest political crisis it has ever faced, the rising anger young peopl...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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54:52
World on Edge: Will Trump’s Israel-Hamas Peace Deal Work?
Trump’s 20-point peace plan includes disarming Hamas, an international stabilization force, and an apolitical Palestinian transitional government. Could it work? Hussein Ibish, contributor to The Atlantic, joins Janice Stein to disc...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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46:36
Martin Short: Being Canadian in Trump's America
Some guests need no introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, Martin Short. Steve and Martin Short discuss what it’s like being a proud Canadian in America today, Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air, if there is increasingly a cost to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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46:45
Everything Political: Are the Knives Out for Pierre Poilievre?
“Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, serious and credible Conservative Party,” wrote Dimitri Soudas, former director of communications and senior advisor under Stephen Harper. Are the knives out?The Everything Political panel...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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44:19
World on Edge: Will Canada Defend Itself?
Canadians are just a few weeks away from learning what Prime Minister Mark Carney has in mind when it comes to defence spending. Will Canada ramp up its investments? Will we meet our NATO commitments? And what should we invest in? New Ame...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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48:04
Everything Political: Why Canadian Voters Are Split Between a Disruptor or a “Daddy”
David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement to discuss how Canadian voters are split between wanting a disruptor that will change things versus a reassuring and ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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46:59
Governor Gretchen Whitmer: Can Canada Trust America?
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins the pod for a live recording to discuss Canadian-American relations, ending the “tariff madness,” the rise of political violence, Trump’s claim “the radicals on the left are the problem,’ where the Democ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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26:15
World on Edge: Canada Recognizes Palestine, What’s Next, & the End of the UN
Conservative Party MP Shuv Majumdar joins Janice Stein to debate Canada’s decision to recognize the state of Palestine, what exactly this entails, and what happens next. Then, a look at Trump's and Netanyahu's remarks at the United Nations Gene...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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