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
14 episodes
World on Edge: Will the Assassination of Charlie Kirk Lead to Civil War?
Michael Ignatieff joins Janice Stein to discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk, if it could lead to increased political violence and even civil war, the rise of authoritarianism worldwide, the state of democracy in Canada, and if we are prepared fo...
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Episode 12
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47:08
Director Barry Avrich on his Oct. 7th Film and the TIFF Censorship Controversy
Barry Avrich’s October 7th documentary, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, was disinvited from TIFF, then reinstated – and just won the festival’s People’s Choice Documentary Award. Avrich joins Steve to discuss what exactly happened, wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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44:08
JDM Stewart: The History Wars, Statues, and Teaching Kids About the Prime Ministers
Author JDM Stewart joins Steve to discuss his book "The Prime Ministers," how to teach kids history, reconciling the past with the present, and if the pendulum is swinging the other way on the "history wars." And from Macdonald to Laurier to Ca...
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Episode 11
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53:27
Everything Political: Remembering Ken Dryden, Carney’s “Retreat,” and the End of School Trustees
On this episode of “Everything Political,” Steve Paikin and former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement remember Ken Dryden, his political career, and how he wasn’t in Parliament “to play politics.” Then, a look at Carney’s cabinet retreat ...
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Episode 10
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52:25
World on Edge: Is Trump Turning America into a Mafia State?
Is it authoritarianism yet? Many may be asking this question about America, but Jeffrey Kopstein thinks we should be asking a different one. He joins Steve and Janice Stein to discuss his book "The Assault on the State,” if Trump i...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:41
Everything Political: Does Canada Need the NDP Anymore?
Interim leader of the NDP Don Davies joins the Everything Political panel to discuss the NDP’s worst election in its entire history, if they should dismantle the party, if they leaned too heavily into identity politics, how the NDP needs to “re...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:52
World on Edge: The Alaska Summit, Putin’s Games, and How to End the Ukraine War
After Trump’s meetings with Putin and Zelensky, is the Ukraine war any closer to peace? Is Putin serious about ending the war – and accepting security guarantees for Ukraine? Or is he playing a longer game? Steve is joined by Janic...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:17
Everything Political: Does Poilievre’s Comeback Begin Now?
On this episode of “Everything Political,” former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement break down Poilievre’s upcoming byelection in Alberta, if he can bounce back from a historic election loss, his campaign manager Jenni Byrne’s decision t...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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42:39
World on Edge: How Canada Survives the End of the American Empire
Stephen Marche joins this episode of World on Edge with Janice Stein to discuss the threat America poses to Canadian sovereignty, if we are prepared for Trump’s new world order, how we can learn from Ukraine and Finland, and how we can defend o...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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45:18
Everything Political: Palestine, Trump Talks and What’s Next for Trudeau
On episode two of “Everything Political,” Steve and former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss PM Carney’s decision to recognize Palestine as a state at the U.N. General Assembly in September, the politics behind this historic deci...
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Episode 4
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41:17
World on Edge: The Most Dangerous Era Since WWII?
In the debut episode of “World on Edge,” Steve talks with Janice Stein about why she thinks the world is a more dangerous place than during the Cold War and even the Cuban Missile Crisis, if Israel has become a pariah state, if China will invad...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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39:54
Everything Political: Separatism, Premiers and Pancakes
In the debut episode of Everything Political, Tony Clement, Martha Hall Findlay, and Steve Paikin discuss Danielle Smith and Alberta’s “Brexit Moment,” the premiers meeting in Huntsville and their continuing response to Trump’s tariff threats a...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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42:20
Premier Danielle Smith: Is It Time for Alberta to Leave Canada?
In the debut episode of The Paikin Podcast, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sits down with Steve Paikin to discuss Alberta’s sovereignty act, if this could be Alberta’s Brexit moment and if any part of her wants to become the first Prime Min...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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46:05
Welcome to The Paikin Podcast
You don’t have to have an opinion on everything. In fact, Steve Paikin hasn’t had an opinion since 1976. It was about Frank Sinatra. On The Paikin Podcast, he explores provincial and federal politics, seismic global changes, hot-button cultural...
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Episode 1
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