The Paikin Podcast

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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.

  1. Why Avi Lewis Thinks He Can Save the NDP

    4D AGO

    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 Jagmeet Singh was a good leader, and why the NDP needs to return to its roots as a “working-class” party.  They also get into if the party focussed too much on identity politics, why the populist right has captured all those voters who also believe the game is rigged and unfair, the prospect of a wealth tax, why we’ve lost the ability to build big things in Canada, if we care about climate change anymore, the failure of the carbon tax, Alberta separatism, and his family’s long history in NDP politics. (Yes, they cover a LOT of ground.) Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com

    1 hr
  2. John Ibbitson & Darrell Bricker: Is Canada at a Breaking Point?

    NOV 3

    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 people feel about housing prices and gig jobs, Trudeau’s failures as a prime minister, and how he destroyed the Canadian consensus on immigration. They also discuss the growing regional tensions in Quebec and the Prairies, the looming threat of Trump and tariffs, whether Carney (or Poilievre) can meet this turbulent and uncertain moment, and how exactly to bring this country back from this “breaking point.” Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com

    55 min
  3. World on Edge: Will Trump’s Israel-Hamas Peace Deal Work?

    OCT 30

    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 discuss the state of the deal, why Hamas accepted it, how Netanyahu was forced into it, why Hamas never actually wanted to govern Gaza, if the plan offers a viable long term plan for Gaza’s future, and if one of the legacies of this war is to turn Israel into a permanent pariah state.  Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com

    47 min
  4. Martin Short: Being Canadian in Trump's America

    OCT 27

    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 be paid for making jokes about the wrong people in America, and Mark Carney’s "elbows up" commercial with Mike Myers. Then, a deep dive into Short’s comedy career, his experience on Johnny Carson and David Letterman, making fun of Conan, his love for Diane Keaton, meeting his hero Frank Sinatra, who he thinks was the greatest late show guest of all time, and why he and Steve Martin are the bestest of pals.  Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com

    47 min
  5. Everything Political: Are the Knives Out for Pierre Poilievre?

    OCT 23

    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 with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement discuss Soudas’s piece, the growing rift in the Conservative Party, if Harper greenlit the piece, Poilievre’s accusation of an RCMP cover-up for Trudeau, and the upcoming Conservative Party leadership review. Then a look at PM Carney’s attempts to secure a trade deal with America.  Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com

    44 min
  6. World on Edge: Will Canada Defend Itself?

    OCT 16

    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 American-made F-35 fighter planes? New ice breakers for the Arctic? Joining the Golden Dome defense system? Wesley Warks joins Janice Stein in this episode of World on Edge to discuss the state of Canada’s military and how Canada should defend itself in a changing world order.  Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social Email us at: thepaikinpodcast@gmail.com

    48 min
  7. Everything Political: Why Canadian Voters Are Split Between a Disruptor or a “Daddy”

    OCT 9

    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 calming father figure and how that split played out in the last election. Then, a look at the looming federal budget, if Carney has properly prepared Canadians for what is to come, and Pierre Poilievre at the Blue Jays game.  Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast TWITTER x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social

    47 min
  8. Governor Gretchen Whitmer: Can Canada Trust America?

    OCT 6

    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 Democrats go from here, Ezra Klein’s concerns about “left wing pessimism,” and the possibility of the Detroit Tigers meeting the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS. Follow The Paikin Podcast:  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPodcast X: x.com/ThePaikinPod INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thepaikinpodcast BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social

    26 min
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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.

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