Hub Podcasts

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses recent Canadian economic data including a decline in third quarter GDP, a rise in the national unemployment rate, and historically-low consumer confidence, and what these bearish numbers tell us about the country's political economy. They also discuss Google's $100 million deal with the Trudeau government for the news media and what it may mean for the future of journalism. The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.If you like what you are hearing on The Hub’s podcast consider subscribing to our free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This is the thirteenth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss a recent string of economic data releases—including GDP figures, consumer confidence numbers, and bank earnings—and what they tell us about the state of Canada's economy.The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Alister Campbell, a senior Canadian insurance executive, adviser to former Ontario Premier Mike Harris, and editor of a new book on Harris's legacy entitled, The Harris Legacy: Reflections on a Transformational Premier.The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, about his must-read, new book Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality.The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses Javier Milei and Geert Wilders' election victories in Argentina and the Netherlands, respectively, and what they signal about the state of populism around the world. They also assess the good, the bad and the ugly in the Trudeau government's Fall Economic Statement. The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.If you like what you are hearing on The Hub’s podcast consider subscribing to our free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This the forty-fourth episode of the bi-weekly series with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. This episode features a conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, executive director of The Hub, that took place in Toronto on November 21, 2023, at the Gardiner Museum in front of a live audience. The two discuss what they've learned about Canada after Hamas's attacks against Israel on October 7th and how its identity has been shaken by the Israel-Hamas conflict. They also discuss the upcoming U.S. presidential election a year from now, including Donald Trump's candidacy and President Biden's re-election prospects.The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Patrick Ruffini, founder of Echelon Insights and leading Republican pollster and political strategist, about his new, must-read book, Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP.The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Matt Zwolinski, philosophy professor and director of the Center for Ethics, Economics and Public Policy at the University of San Diego, about his fascinating, co-authored book, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism.The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict and their implications for Canada’s international standing. They also cover the upcoming Fall Economic Statement and Ottawa’s deteriorating fiscal position and talk about the impending launch of The Hub’s Future of News series.The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.If you like what you are hearing on The Hub’s podcast consider subscribing to our free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.