Frank McKenna, former Premier of NB and Cdn Amb. to the USA, joins the pod. ➡️ How to deal with a “malignant narcissist” ➡️ Trump constrained by markets? ➡️ More dangerous time than height of the Cold War? ➡️ Brian Mulroney and his biggest regret YouTube: youtu.be/NmQVAFe4hzg Apple: apple.co/4e6Xqo1

🚨🌐 Vipin Narang joins Janice Stein to discuss the rising global nuclear threat. ➡️ Category 5 hurricane of nuclear threats? ➡️ China, a nuclear powerhouse? ➡️ Putin’s posturing? ➡️ Do more countries want the bomb? ➡️ Should Canada get a nuke? YouTube: youtu.be/GTV_bEB9DC0 Apple: apple.co/3PuXPaD

Caryn Ceolin joins Steve for our second edition of “Paik’s Takes” ➡️ Do we want to have an auto industry in 🇨🇦? ➡️ Europe as the new centre of power? ➡️ Cheering for the Habs? ➡️ Rising discontent, declining trust ➡️ Tragically Hip ice cream YouTube: youtu.be/wY_FS4CmGXQ Apple: apple.co/4dmoNKA

“He can be quite kind and thoughtful but … he’s kind of given into a side of his personality that I don’t think helps him in the end.” Bob Rae offers advice to Pierre Poilievre. FULL episode: youtu.be/5mmUc9hdSIY #cdnpoli

“It doesn’t take the steam out. … It just spreads the poison wider.” - Bob Rae. David Cameron misplayed the Brexit vote. Is Danielle Smith doing the same thing in Alberta? FULL episode: youtu.be/5mmUc9hdSIY Apple: apple.co/3PCxXcP #cdnpoli

Can you say the Iran War achieved nothing? “Oh, it’s worse than that.” - Bob Rae. FULL episode: youtu.be/5mmUc9hdSIY Apple: apple.co/3PCxXcP #cdnpoli

🚨NEW: our first episode in a monthly series with “the most difficult man to introduce in Canada”: Bob Rae. ➡️Entering an age of tyranny? ➡️Iran War achieved nothing? ➡️Why Canada must be more than a bystander ➡️Separatism and a new Governor General YouTube: youtu.be/5mmUc9hdSIY Apple: apple.co/3PCxXcP

🌐🚨Joining Janice Stein on this week’s World on Edge is MP Ali Ehsassi. ➡️Another forever war? ➡️The (new) endgame? ➡️Nuclear proliferation? ➡️Weaponizing the Strait of Hormuz YouTube: youtu.be/z0IIsgykpxU Apple: apple.co/4tl051M

🚨🎙️Michael Bonner joins the Everything Political crew to discuss his book, The Crisis of Liberalism: The Origin and Destiny of Freedom. ➡️ Rising political violence ➡️ The end of history ➡️ Individual vs. group identity ➡️ Liberalism unravelling? YouTube: youtu.be/5jzv0t7Yp4o Apple: apple.co/4cO7wKb

NEW ep: Ric Bienstock joins Steve to discuss her CBC/BBC documentary, "Speechless." ➡️ College campuses ➡️ A decade of culture war ➡️ The “woke right” ➡️ Does anyone care about free speech anymore? ➡️ Doing DEI right YouTube: youtu.be/_mcr6ixa0Hk Apple: apple.co/4u9NfEo

🚨🌐NEW World on Edge. Frank Gavin on his book, “Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy.” ➡️Does Trump and Co. know their history? ➡️China, Russia & Iran ➡️The misuse of history ➡️How to actually use history to guide foreign policy YouTube: youtu.be/fTqgSPnrasw Apple: apple.co/4tEWDjF

You all really put the Everything Political crew through their paces with your fantastic mailbag questions. 🛑End of populism? 📈“Peak” Carney? 🇺🇸influence in #cdnpoli? 🗳️Alberta and proportional rep 😡Cynicism rising? 📉Economic prospects waning? YouTube: youtu.be/DF35zt1ZdkE Apple: apple.co/4vYSed9

🚨🗳️Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell joins Steve on a special Sunday pod. ➡️ Threats to democracy? ➡️ Voter turnout too low? ➡️ Mandatory voting? ➡️ How education can safeguard democracy YouTube :https://youtu.be/m4pltxQTL-E Apple: apple.co/4vG6nLM

Justin Ling (@justinling.ca) joins the Everything Political panel with Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement. . ➡️ Carney’s majority ➡️ A true national unity government? ➡️ Democratically legitimate? ➡️ A stable "tiny minority"? YouTube: youtu.be/Pq1w455runU Apple: apple.co/4cpKYOk #cdnpoli

🎧🎙️John Fraser joins the pod to discuss his new book, The Governors General: An Intimate History of Canada's Highest Office. They go through every single governor-general since 1952. YouTube: youtu.be/EbFpWyw_AHo Apple: youtu.be/EbFpWyw_AHo #cdnpoli

🚨🌐NEW episode of World on Edge. ➡️ Is this the end of NATO? ➡️ What will replace the old world order? ➡️ Has drone tech changed war? Is Canada buying the right stuff? ➡️ A post-communist China? ➡️ No more safe passage in international waters? YouTube: youtu.be/1WppYPdMyts Apple: apple.co/4dEBzoo

🇬🇧🇬🇧Former UK diplomat Ashley Prime joins the pod to discuss all things Britain. ➡️ No Kings in 🇺🇸 (except King Charles) ➡️ Will he push back on Trump? ➡️ What is going on with PM Starmer? ➡️ Brexit ➡️ Can Canada still rely on Britain? YouTube: youtu.be/-Py_kgHW7LQ Apple: apple.co/4dwezb5

🚨🍊Kathleen Monk joins the Everything Political crew, Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement, to talk all things NDP. 🔸Is Avi Lewis the right choice? 🔸Can he rebuild the party? 🔸Can the NDP be relevant again? 🔸“Factory floor or faculty lounge”? YouTube: youtu.be/8wpLBNO1InY Apple: apple.co/4dwx1At

A couple former premiers, Kathleen Wynne and Philippe Couillard, join the pod, along with Allen Sutherland and Victoria Kuketz. ➡️Populism a threat to democracy? ➡️Low trust in government? ➡️The Young and the Resentful? ➡️What’s the fix? YouTube: youtu.be/Foe6y6Qk8zI Apple: apple.co/41DmpIz

🚨🌐Arif Lalani, fmr Canadian Amb. to Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates, joins World on Edge. ➡️Could Trump Learn from Bush’s Gulf War in 1990? ➡️An incoherent and “shambolic” war? ➡️Trump saw 🇮🇷 as another 🇻🇪? ➡️Exit strategy? YouTube: youtu.be/BoAapi3PHTY Apple: apple.co/4lS77ZS

We had a big ol’ mailbag of some fantastic questions and comments for our first edition of “Paik’s Takes” and naturally many of you asked Steve about Travis Dhanraj. So he answered. FULL episode: youtu.be/O78noVqJoXI #cdnpoli

In our first ever edition of “Paik’s Takes,” Steve answers a variation of a question we’ve gotten over and over about this wild and unpredictable moment in history. FULL episode: youtu.be/O78noVqJoXI

🚨🚨Alright folks, here it is, the first ever edition of “Paik’s Takes.” Steve Paikin aka Paik gives you his take and answers a few questions. Then former Ottawa Chief of Police, Peter Sloly, joins to give his take on the Freedom Convoy. YouTube: youtu.be/O78noVqJoXI Apple: apple.co/4c4QVkA

🚨NEW episode of Everything Political. ➡️ Carney the convincer? ➡️ Majority through floor crossings? ➡️ Historical precedent? ➡️ Mr. Poilievre goes abroad YouTube: youtu.be/lQXPWsYNHcI Apple: apple.co/4bVaewG #cdnpoli

🚨NEW episode with two very different perspectives. International law prof Ardi Imseis and Israel’s Deputy Min. of Foreign Affairs, Sharren Haskel, join. ➡️ An illegal war in Iran? ➡️ What’s the endgame? ➡️ Another Iraq? ➡️ A war to distract from Gaza? YT: youtu.be/rFxbAbExB08 Apple: apple.co/4dcgIIX

🚨 🌐NEW episode of World on Edge. Thomas Juneau joins Janice Stein. ➡️What should Canada do in Iran? ➡️The endgame? ➡️Why you cannot bomb your way to regime change ➡️A weaker but “nastier” Iranian regime? ➡️Escalation and the nuclear threat YouTube: youtu.be/oNCWK6vAjkA Apple :https://apple.co/4cPuvF7

🚨🌐NEW episode with John Baird. ➡️ Should Canada support the Iran War? ➡️ Another Iraq or Libya? ➡️ PM Carney's evolving statements ➡️ How a government internally responds to war YouTube: youtu.be/aBAqDYG4gKY Apple: apple.co/4riCwWn #cdnpoli

🚨🚨New episode of Everything Political. We focus on one topic this week: Iran. ➡️ Carney's backpedal on 🇮🇷? ➡️ Support the war but “with regret”? ➡️ An illegal war? ➡️ Does the UN matter anymore? ➡️ The middle power doctrine YouTube: youtu.be/mO9MS12lg1s Apple: apple.co/40gPx7Z #cdnpoli

🚨🌐NEW episode of World on Edge. Ryan Hass from Brookings joins Janice Stein. ➡️ War with Iran? ➡️ Regime change? ➡️ China rising? ➡️ What does China want? ➡️ Renewed nuclear arms race? YouTube :https://youtu.be/RF8JNWTOSMs Apple: apple.co/40t9Zm6

🚨🚨 NEW: Welcome to the inaugural edition of Redline Debates. @justinling.ca and Candice Malcolm debate the Freedom Convoy. ➡️ What was it all about? ➡️ History's verdict? ➡️ Media failures? ➡️ The Emergencies Act “unreasonable”? YouTube: youtu.be/4NecAnqW7bE Apple: apple.co/4rB6TZ6 #cdnpoli

🎙️💰NEW episode of Everything Political. @lindamcquaig.bsky.social joins to discuss her book, "Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us." ➡️The politics of a wealth tax ➡️Will the rich leave Canada? ➡️Should billionaires … exist? YouTube: youtu.be/eSlQuTFvihw Apple: apple.co/4asGyqh #cdnpoli

🚨🌎New Episode: @stephenmarche.bsky.social joins Janice Stein on World on Edge. ➡️ A “time of monsters”? ➡️ America a bigger threat than Russia or China? ➡️ “The Globalization of Canadian Rage” ➡️ US Midterms and Trump losing grip on MAGA YouTube: youtu.be/qsmseION29A Apple: apple.co/3OopDwd

🚨🍊Rob Ashton (@rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social eader.bsky.social) joins the pod to discuss his @NDP leadership bid. ➡️ How the party lost its way ➡️ A return to its working-class roots ➡️ Unions ➡️ Housing ➡️ Foreign policy ➡️ His favourite PM YouTube: youtu.be/3X9i8Da_kd0 Apple: apple.co/4aGQT1E

🚨🎙️NEW episode: @jessebrown.bsky.social joins the pod. ➡️ Rise of antisemitism in Canada ➡️ How safe are Jews? ➡️ Media coverage & "double-standards" ➡️ Right-wing vs. left-wing antisemitism YouTube: youtu.be/rubL3TjV26o Apple: apple.co/4qI3JBT

🚨🎙️NEW episode. The Everything Political crew discuss all things Pierre Poilievre ➡️ What 87.4% support means ➡️ Level of unity in the CPC? ➡️ Can he beat Carney? ➡️ The right man for this geopolitical moment? ➡️ Next election = "last chance"? YouTube: youtu.be/o3eYHSLeZVg Apple: apple.co/4ahj5a7

🚨🟠NDP MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social joins Steve to discuss her @ndp.ca leadership bid. ➡️ Alberta’s first federal NDP leader? ➡️ Do we still need the NDP? ➡️ Has the party lost their way? ➡️ Climate and pipelines ➡️ Canada's foreign policy YouTube: youtu.be/ablefrjdnIA Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K

🚨🌐NEW episode of World on Edge with Christian Leuprecht. ➡️Carney’s New World Order? ➡️Most consequential intl. speech ever by a 🇨🇦 PM? ➡️Middle power alliances ➡️Why nostalgia is not a strategy ➡️And “taking the world as it is” YouTube: youtu.be/WC3vEzHGULc Apple: apple.co/3ZJR06g #cdnpoli

Historian Margaret MacMillan thinks Trump is unlike any President in American history and is more like Louis XIV or Henry VIII. Full interview drops Monday morning. #Davos #Trump

🚨🌐NEW episode of Everything Political. Peter Donolo joins the crew. ➡️ Carney's deal with China ➡️ Canada’s auto industry? ➡️ Elbows Up? ➡️ Sacrifices and economic war with America YouTube: youtu.be/Sn4EKogal7Q Apple: apple.co/3YXgZHc #cdnpoli

🚨New Episode: Kory Teneycke on the pod to talk all things Doug Ford ➡️His “awful” first year ➡️Three straight majorities ➡️Greenbelt and Skills Development Fund ➡️Pierre Poilievre and “campaign malpractice” ➡️Conservatism across Canada YouTube: youtu.be/Hjk5Nrb1i8Y Apple: apple.co/4jK7WTo

NEW episode of World on Edge. Janice Stein is joined by Georgia Tech's Jon R Lindsay. ➡️Venezuela ➡️End of the rules-based order? ➡️Canada’s response ➡️Is Greenland next? YouTube: youtu.be/QS_a0OLFlJ0 Apple: apple.co/3Nj47Zv

🚨📣ANNOUNCEMENT: We’ve launched something new here at the podcast: a Patreon! Here's the link: patreon.com/ThePaikinPod... We’ll have a community chat there and some exclusive interviews. This podcast will always be free. But, if you want, you can support us there and become a paid member.

“Pretty soon it’s going to be a five alarm fire.” Jim Balsillie makes the case that Carney’s economic playbook is outdated, foreign investment is overrated, and we need to rethink our economic policy. YouTube: youtu.be/0vuoajgjerI Apple: apple.co/3YmiH4H #cdnpoli

🎙️🇨🇦New Ep: Jim Balsillie joins the pod to discuss Canada’s productivity crisis, how we are operating from an outdated playbook, why he thinks Canada is sabotaging its own economy, and how Canada’s biggest problem is not Trump – it’s Canada. YouTube: youtu.be/0vuoajgjerI Apple: apple.co/3YmiH4H

🚨🎙️NEW episode: Tom Nichols joins the pod to discuss his @theatlantic.com piece “A Confederacy of Toddlers.” ➡️A new low for Trump? ➡️Are Americans turning on him? ➡️Is he losing his grip on the GOP? YouTube: youtu.be/kP5HKVeorxw Apple: apple.co/3KYWGG4

🎙️🇨🇦NEW episode of Everything Political. Tony Keller joins Tony Clement and Martha Hall Findlay to discuss his book, “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong.” ➡️ Did Trudeau destroy the 🇨🇦consensus on immigration? YouTube: youtu.be/aCTHj6GO13U Apple: apple.co/44Bi36P

🚨NEW episode: Bob Rae joins the pod. ➡️ Five years as Canada’s ambassador to the UN ➡️ How America has left “the democracy club” ➡️ The Orwellian world Canada is entering ➡️ China, Russia, Israel YouTube: youtu.be/mJCriWr45gc Apple: apple.co/3XYa9AS #cdnpoli

🌐🚨NEW episode of World on Edge: Paul Grod joins Janice Stein. ➡️End in sight to the Ukraine War? ➡️Will Zelenskyy accept a deal? ➡️Is Putin stronger than before the war began? ➡️Trump's national security strategy & Ukraine YouTube: youtu.be/v_a5YFAcsHg Apple: apple.co/4iSiQ9q #UkraineWar

Cait Alexander shares her very difficult story of nearly being killed by her then partner in 2021, how she thinks the Canadian justice system failed her, and why Canada needs bail reform. YouTube: youtu.be/jyljwyR6vTo Apple: apple.co/3Ycyhj5 #cdnpoli

🚨🎙️NEW episode of Everything Political with Tony Clement and Martha Hall Findlay. ➡️ Guilbeault's resignation ➡️Will a pipeline actually get built? ➡️Carney Liberals = progressive conservatives? ➡️Economy > Environment? YouTube: youtu.be/tAldItGlNVA Apple: apple.co/3MF02OI #cdnpoli