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
29 episodes
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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52:43
Justin Ling: The 51st State Votes and Canada’s Existential Election
Journalist Justin Ling joins Steve to discuss his book “The 51st State Votes,” how Trump turned Canada’s 45th general election on its head, Pierre Poilievre’s “campaign malpractice,” whether Canada can survive as Trump's economic punching bag, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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54:16
Everything Political: Free Speech, Chrystia Quits, and Mr. Carney Goes to Mexico
On this episode of “Everything Political,” Steve Paikin and former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss the fallout from the Charlie Kirk assassination, the rise of political violence, free speech in America, Jimmy Kimmel, Chrystia ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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45:11
10 Wars, 1 Man: Brian Stewart on Four Decades Covering the World’s Crises
For decades Brian Stewart was Canada’s eyes on the world – from Nicaragua and the Gulf War to his reporting on the Ethiopian famine which led to international action and the creation of the Live Aid concerts. He joins Steve to discuss his four ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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55:22
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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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Episode 4
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