From policy battles to personal reflections, @spaikin.bsky.social talks with Ontario’s former premiers about their lives before, during, and after politics — and the decisions that have shaped the province. The Premier Files begins Sept. 26 at 8pm on TVO.

This week on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social, is America heading closer to civil war because of the #CharlieKirk assassination? Special guest: Michael Ignatieff. stevepaikin.com #authoritarianism #democracy @liberalparty.bsky.social

Ken Dryden shared plenty of wisdom with me over the years; and he gave me hell too! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @canadiensnhl.bsky.social @nhlscores.bsky.social @mapleleafsaggr.com #hockey #NHL

🚨🎙️NEW episode. A very candid chat with Director Barry Avrich on his doc, The Road Between Us. ➡️His story of why it was pulled from #TIFF50 ➡️Why he thinks it is "not a political" film ➡️The protests and response to a film "about a family" YouTube: youtu.be/ZU9gqqkWk00 Apple: apple.co/46lXwmL

Eventually, ⁦‪⁦‪⁦‪@BonnieCrombie‬⁩ will not regret her time as ⁦‪@OntLiberal‬⁩ Leader. tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli

The @ontarioliberal.bsky.social party has announced that @bonniecrombie.bsky.social will resign the leadership upon the selection of a successor. She got 57% support in a review & evidently decided that wasn't enough to continue. Yesterday was a happy day for Crombie. Today, very different #onpoli

I just recorded a wonderful tribute to Ken Dryden with @spaikin.bsky.social, Bruce Dowbiggin and James Maloney. www.torontomike.com/2025/09/the-...

Hockey superstar and former cabinet minister Ken Dryden could have had any funeral he wanted. He chose an intimate gathering with family and close friends. — by @spaikin.bsky.social

And here's the YouTube link youtu.be/o72su0F60Jo?...

🎙️The #onpoli podcast is back! @spaikin.bsky.social and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social discuss: • Bonnie Crombie’s leadership vote • Doug Ford’s popularity paradox • Bike lane court ruling • The 401 tunnel • Return to offices 🎧 Watch/listen on YouTube & podcast feeds podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

This was a great and in-depth chat with JDM Stewart on his book “The Prime Ministers.” A deep dive into Canada’s PMs, why kids aren’t learning about these leaders anymore, & if the pendulum is swinging the other way on the “history wars.” YouTube: youtu.be/AFaJLtVmxpQ Apple: apple.co/41RBw1M

A quiet goodbye to Ken Dryden: www.tvo.org/article/a-qu... #cdnpoli #nhl @nhlscores.bsky.social @canadiensnhl.bsky.social @mapleleafsaggr.com @liberalparty.bsky.social

We had a quite wonderful conversation about the late, great Ken Dryden on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social this week. Hope you'll check it out here. Apple: apple.co/4peY2vo Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3WSw... All other platforms: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...

Inside the resignation that shook the country — and forever altered Ontario politics www.tvo.org/article/insi... #cdnpoli #onpoli @liberalparty.bsky.social

We dropped this episode early this week. The Everything Political panel remembers Ken Dryden, his time in Parliament and what he meant to Canada. (Then a look at Carney’s cabinet retreat and the end of school trustees.) Youtube: youtu.be/gbyNo17ha_U?... Apple: apple.co/4peY2vo #cdnpoli

Thanks to the @townofaurora.bsky.social & the Public Library for a wonderful welcome on Sunday. Bruce Dowbiggin & I regaled the crowd with our stories (pretty sure no one fell asleep) while @Andrew Applebaum ably steered the ship. We'd love to do this again. Ask us!

"There has never been — nor will there ever be — any other player like Ken Dryden. He was unique. And I am so honoured to have been able to call him my friend." — by @spaikin.bsky.social

Is Donald Trump presiding over a Mafia-style government? We just debated that on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social with Janice Stein and Jeffrey Kopstein. Have a listen: apple.co/3HJIz5V (or on other platforms: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...). #Trump @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Just a few more days 'til I get reminded about how there are very few things Bruce Dowbiggin and I agree on. Hope to see you Sunday afternoon!

🚨NEW episode of World on Edge ➡️ Is Trump turning America into a Mafia-style state? ➡️ The global shift from the rule of law to the rule of men ➡️ And why we need to go “beyond the democracy debate” YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWv... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Despite all the gains women have made in public life over the past many decades, does the playing field remain uneven? — by @spaikin.bsky.social

ICYMI, we talked on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social about whether the @ndp.ca has a future in Canadian politics with the party's interim leader @dondavies.bsky.social. Have a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #cdnpoli

Thanks to Village Media for this story on @ndp.ca leader @dondavies.bsky.social's appearance on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social. Davies discusses whether the party has a future in Canadian politics. #cdnpoli #ndp #ndp2025 www.notllocal.com/local-news/n...

Only 9 more days until the @spaikin.bsky.social-bruce dowbiggin cage match in the Town of Aurora. Should be fun. www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/a...

“When we’re talking about drag reading in libraries or trans women in sports … I don’t think we’re talking about the real issues that most working people are struggling with.” - Interim NDP leader Don Davies. YouTube: youtu.be/v3gGW0votEA?... #cdnpoli

🚨 Interim leader of the NDP Don Davies joins the Everything Political panel to discuss the NDP's worst election in its entire history and if Canada needs the NDP anymore. This was a VERY honest chat. YouTube: youtu.be/v3gGW0votEA?... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #cdnpoli

Well, it should be. Come see us!

Still some seats left (but not too many) for this showdown between Bruce Dowbiggin and me on Sept. 7. He's one of the most agreeable people to disagree with. Hope to see you there. boxoffice.auroratownsquare.ca/event/109:14...

Thanks for the suggestion.

How this northern Ontario church puts reconciliation on display www.tvo.org/article/how-... #religion #catholic #INDIGENOUS #manitoulin @manitoulinmagic.bsky.social @visitmanitoulin.bsky.social @manitoulin.bsky.social @kingof705.bsky.social @manitoulinlife.bsky.social

I find the older I get that there's very little about life that's as simple or as quick as you claim. Maybe you should take a breath and not jump to conclusions about someone I suspect you don't know and have never met, and yet you have a definitive opinion about.

Thank YOU Beth. Hope you'll subscribe and keep watching/listening.

Exactly right. I know hundreds, if not thousands of former politicians. Rima is the only one doing this that I know of. I found that interesting.

You should tell me why.

Try this! boxoffice.auroratownsquare.ca/event/109:14...

Energy? Specifically about what?

Thanks Susan. Happy to have another platform to get my stuff out there. Village Media are good peeps.

Why Putin’s view of a “multipolar” view is seen as a clear and present danger by Europeans. Those close to Russia see themselves as “next on the menu,” says Janice Stein in our last World on Edge. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2nCJ...

“It’s imperative that the United States fix its relationship with Russia.” Zach Paikin on our latest episode of World on Edge with Janice Stein. FULL episode on YouTube: youtu.be/kN0NcalRngs Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2nCJ...

Delighted that Village Media also hosts @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social every Saturday on its website. www.villagereport.ca/village-pick... #Putin #putintrump #TrumpPutinSummit #trump

🚨NEW episode of World on Edge. - Alaska Summit & Zelensky meeting - Is Putin playing games with Trump? - Article 5 but not actually Article 5? - Canada & Russia YouTube: youtu.be/kN0NcalRngs Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2nCJ... #TrumpPutin

If you prefer @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social in video, here's a show with someone I've never interviewed before, but is pretty sharp on international affairs. The #TrumpPutinSummit according to Zach Paikin from the @quincyinst.bsky.social & Janice Stein. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0N... #Putin #Trump

I've been talking foreign affairs with Zach Paikin for years. Now that I've got @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social, I figured we may as well let you in on the convo too, along with Janice Stein. Have a listen: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2nCJ... #Putin

Bruce Dowbiggin and I have known each other for about 40 years and we agree on… Pretty much nothing! Come see us have it out in Aurora, Ontario on Sunday, September 7 at 2 PM. Details at aurora.ca.

All episodes of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social can be found at stevepaikin.com or at www.youtube.com/@ThePaikinPo.... Happy to get your emails at [email protected]. #podcast #cdnpoli

🚀 NEW episode of Everything Political. Steve, Martha Hall Findlay and @TonyclementCPC discuss Poilievre’s byelection on Monday, Jenni Byrne stepping down and if @MarkJCarney’s push to build big things in Canada is stumbling out of the gate. YouTube: youtu.be/OZEexUJ-tIQ #cdnpoli

Here's our newest episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social, hot off the presses. * the Pierre Poilievre by-election on Monday; * Jenni Byrne standing down as CPC campaign mgr; * & find out why Tony Clement gives a "Good on Ya" to PM Mark Carney. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZEe... #cdnpoli

From Queen’s Park to the spirit world? Former MPP Rima Berns-McGown has traded politics for intuitive mediumship — and she’s not shy about it. “I’m now fearless,” she tells @spaikin.bsky.social. “This is what I do now.”

This should definitely be fun: www.newmarkettoday.ca/towninfo/an-... #media #journalism #Sports #History

“Let’s just agree on this … we are in an emergency.” Janice Stein and Stephen Marche go back and forth on just how big a threat Trump and the US pose to Canada – and then they have a very nice, civil Canadian moment at the end. FULL interview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...