All Episodes

Quick Hits | So long and thanks for all the fish

Episode #134 - What keeps French security forces up at night?

Episode #133 - What can ordinary citizens do to stop radicalisation to violence?

Episode #132 - Anders Breivik: What to do with terrorist mass murderers behind bars?

Episode #131 - The challenge of running a large domestic security intelligence operation

Episode #130 - Should Canada bring back ISIS fighters for prosecution here?

Episode #129 - Why 'follow the money' applies to terrorism too

Quick Hits | Who wants to work in national security?

Episode #128 - Are incels really a threat to national security?

Quick Hits | Terrorism: Canadian Style Eh!

Episode #127 - What was it like to work as a spy in Canada?

Episode #126 - Is it time to revisit the mental illness/terrorism nexus?

Episode #125 - What should Canada do with Saudi Arabia?

Episode #124 - Policing a capital city during a major demonstration

Quick Hits | Now there's a person on a mission

Episode #123 - Canada-China relations in the post 'two Michaels' era

Episode #122 - Just how bad are terrorist inmates?

Episode #121 - A life as a US Special Agent

Episode #120 - Killing to prevent terrorism from occurring

Quick Hits | ISIS terrorists should be tried and punished over there, not over here

Episode #119 - Could plastic recycling fund terrorism?

Quick Hits | Now I've seen it all: Sharks as 'terrorists'!

Episode #118 - A fictional Canadian terrorism plot by a leading Canadian writer

Episode #117: Veteran CSIS investigator Dan Stanton

Quick Hits | How reliable is Saudi Arabia as a counter terrorism partner?

Episode #116: Mayor Brad West on the role of municipalities in national security

Quick Hits | Way too many things are being called terrorism today

Quick Hits | Those that can become practitioners, those that don't...

Episode #115: Former NSA Mark Ericson - The importance of alliances in intelligence sharing

Quick Hits | It turns out Canada cannot prosecute returning foreign fighters...

Episode #114: Former FBI Brig Barker - Counterterrorism at the coalface

Episode #113: Mike King - What is CVE and what does it actually do?

Episode #112: Ahmed Patel - Why are many Muslims in denial over Islamist terrorism?

Quick Hits | Repeat after me: Satan-worshiping pedophile cannibals are NOT ruling the world!

Episode #111: James Dorsey - An award-winning journalist's take on the Middle East, Asia and terrorism

Quick Hits | 2017 Manchester Arena bombing: What is working on counter-terrorism really like?

Episode #110: Archie Alafriz - What we do about about terrorist financing and money laundering

Episode #109: Borealis joins Counterpoints for a wide-ranging discussion on terrorism and national security

Quick Hits | Top 10 Dumbest Terrorists of all Time

Episode #108: Vern White on how well does intelligence coordination work in Canada?

Quick Hits | Is Neo a terrorist? Can we reclaim The Matrix from the alt-right?

Quick Hits | Why what we call "terrorism" matters!

Episode #107: Gavin Horner on intelligence vs evidence from a law enforcement officer's perspective

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are back in Canada after 1020 days detention in China

Quick Hits | Should academics tell national security professionals how to do their jobs?

Episode #106: A conversation with former Al-Qaeda recruiter Jesse Morton

"There has been hints and warnings" - Intelligence veteran remembers 9/11, 20 years later

Episode #105: Taliban takeover, Incels and New Zealand attack - Chatting with Destiny about recent events

Quick Hits | Was Afghanistan an 'intelligence failure'?

Episode #104: Naama Kates on the Plymouth shooting and what the media gets wrong about incels

Quick Hits | When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban

Episode #103: Hostage taking - A conversation with Rachel Briggs

Episode #102: Peter Neumann on what is going on with extremists in Germany

Episode #101: Minke Meijnders on the role of strategic foresight innational security

Quick Hits | What if we stopped charging people with terrorism?

Episode #100: Borealis talks with American terrorism guru Brian Jenkins

Episode #99: Suzanne Raine on the terrorist calm before the next terrorist storm

Quick Hits | Yes, Canada needs a foreign intelligence service, but does it want one?

London truck attack: 2 weeks later, what do we know now?

Episode #98: Angus Smith on intelligence vs evidence in the life of a strategic analyst

Quick Hits | London truck attack: Why ''why'' is hard to fathom

Episode #97: Sara Kamali on what jihadis and white nationalists have in common

Too early to say if London vehicle attack was terrorism

"We don't know the facts yet" - Former CSIS Strategic Analyst on the Ontario truck attack

Quick Hits | Ontario truck attack: Murder, hate or terrorism?

Quick Hits | Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) - When language matters

Episode #96: Greg Fyffe on how good is intelligence analysis in Canada

Quick Hits | Biden orders investigation into Covid virus origin as lab leak theory debated

Episode #95: Ben Maure on how Canada makes a huge contribution to policing around the world

QH #164 | Repeat after me: Saudi Crown Prince MBS is NOT a friend of the West

Episode #94: Frank Furedi - Are we living in a culture of fear?

QH #163 | Should Canadian MPs decide who is and who is not a terrorist?

Episode #93: Matthew Zegar on how to get a career in counter-terrorism

Episode #92: Simon Cottee on Trinidad and Tobago as the #1 source for ISIS jihadis

QH #162 | Why are jihadis so barbaric?

QH #161 | Labelling opposition parties as terrorists is dirty politics

Episode #91: Kayum Masimov on why is China harassing Canadian Uyghurs

QH #160 | Why on earth would someone lie about being in a terrorist attack?

Episode #90: Louisa Rogers - A Belgian citizen's view on terrorism

QH #159 | What to do about Afghanistan?

Intelligence Veteran Reacts - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Trailer

Intelligence Veteran Reviews - Iron Man 3

QH #158 | Are we losing our ability to label terrorism accurately?

Episode #89: Lorcan Owens, is a return to ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland in the cards?

Intelligence Veteran Reviews - Black Panther

Episode #88: Chat with Destiny - Surveillance, Trump's role vs the DC Mayor, Entrapment and wild stories

QH #157 | Language matter when talking about terrorism

Intelligence Veteran Reacts - James Bond 007: No Time To Die Trailer 2 (2020)

Episode #87: Al Treddenick on Saudi Arabia sending hit squads to Canada

QH #156 | Is Africa the new “Jihadist central”?

QH #155 | Are experts as good as they say they are?

Episode #86: Chris Lewis - From cop to commentator

QH #154 | Why are we in such a hurry to call mass murder terrorism?

QH #153 | What does a 1940s Hollywood movie tell us about disinformation?

Episode #85: Alexandre Rodde - Analyse de la menace extremiste en France

QH #152 | Intelligence Veteran Reviews Wisting - Are serial killers terrorists?

Do players of violent video games become terrorists?

QH #151 | The Winter Soldier: Did HYDRA create the ultimate terrorist?

Zack Snyder's Justice League gets terrorism wrong!

Quick Hits | Entrapment laws: Destiny stunned by massive difference between Canada and the USA