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The Munk Debates Podcast — 566 episodes
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: A weakened President needs China's help and a debate over the new Governor General
Friday Focus: Trump faces pressure from Gulf States, Britain's populist parties get a boost, and Canada's new GG is plucked from the Laurentian elite
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: America and Iran inch closer to war, Ukraine proves itself worthy of NATO, and Canada moves closer to Europe
Friday Focus: Iran's window of maximum leverage and a new AI model puts financial systems at risk
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney's new sovereign wealth fund is a solution in search of a problem down
Friday Focus: Munk Debate on Foreign Wars, a shaky ceasefire with Iran, and Carney braces for tough trade talks
Friday Focus: A landmark Israel–Lebanon ceasefire and the erosion of party loyalty in Canada
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority
Friday Focus: A historic week in geopolitics signals the unravelling of America's global dominance
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are one seat closer to a majority government
Friday Focus: Trump has no good options in Iran and the NDP leans into left-wing populism
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump's mixed messages on Iran and the NDP elects a new leader
Friday Focus: Is Trump about to TACO out of this war?
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: at this point, what is Iran's incentive to negotiate?
Friday Focus: a regional war with global consequences
Friday Focus: Trump is learning that Iran is not Venezuela
Friday Focus: What is the U.S. trying to accomplish in Iran?
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump strikes Iran without a strategy
Friday Focus: the U.S. and Iran inch closer to war
Trump shakes his fist at the court and will AI take everyone's jobs?
Friday Focus: Trump is trapped but lacks a military strategy in Iran
Friday Focus: Trump becomes more erratic as the midterms approach and why Canadians should anticipate a spring election
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump demands half ownership of the Gordie Howe Bridge and will Carney call a spring election?
Friday Focus: Trump needs to make a decision on Iran and AI has come for the laptop class
Alberta's separatist movement gets support from Washington and Canada needs a new security agenda
Friday Focus: US warships move into the Middle East and does Canada need to pick a trade lane?
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump wants to de-escalate ICE crackdown and Canada is at the centre of a geopolitical crisis
Friday Focus: Trump's Davos TACO, Carney's vision for Canada, and an AI deepfake blurs the lines of reality
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump faces off with NATO allies over Greenland
Friday Focus: Canada enters a 'new world order' and Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Jerome Powell stands up to Trump and why the West is reluctant to intervene in Iran
Friday Focus: Mass demonstrations in Iran and Trump sets his sights on Greenland and Latin America
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump's hard power doctrine alienates allies and sets a destabilizing precedent
Friday Focus Emergency Episode: Trump's military operation in Venezuela replaces the dictator but not the dictatorship
Friday Focus: Putin derails peace talks and Iranian protesters take to the streets
Friday Focus: the people and events that changed the world in 2025
Friday Focus: Trump defies all norms and a civil war on the right takes centre stage
Friday Focus: Why America's new national security strategy has Ottawa on edge
Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution: Opening Statements
Friday Focus: protesters fail to disrupt the Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution and Putin threatens Europe with war
Friday Focus: Back to a Russia-Ukraine stalemate and Mark Carney gets a standing ovation in Alberta
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Ottawa and Alberta agree to energy deal and why two-tier care is not the solution to Canada's healthcare problems
Friday Focus: leaked peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine demands major concessions from Zelensky
The MAGA coalition is coming apart and Mark Carney's government underwhelms voters
Friday Focus: The Canadian military's shocking plan to train civil servants and will new Epstein revelations affect Trump's hold over the Republican Party?
Friday Focus: Important lessons from Mamdani's victory and a U.S. government shutdown holds the public hostage
An uninspiring budget and Carney's government inches closer to a majority
Friday Focus: Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution and China's chokehold on the U.S.
Trump's trade tantrum and will Mark Carney's first federal budget meet the moment?
Friday Focus: Trump cancels trade talks with Canada and targets Russia with sanctions
Putin's hold over Trump and Pierre Poilievre makes a stunning accusation
Friday Focus: Hamas's public executions and Zelensky presses Trump for Tomahawk missiles
Trump's Middle East diplomacy and why Canada should re-evaluate its auto sector subsidies
Friday Focus: Trump's Gaza deal, the details that could derail it, and the Middle East's new power players
Trump sends in the National Guard (again) and Mark Carney goes to Washington
Friday Focus: Trump gives Hamas an ultimatum and how "AI slop" is working against productivity
Trump's military speech ramblings should concern every Canadian
Friday Focus: Trump's warning to European countries, and what Canada should learn from their mistakes
Carney's Palestinian statehood recognition comes without conditions and the powerful companies benefiting from Trump's authoritarianism
Friday Focus: ABC capitulates to Trump and what to expect in Canada's upcoming federal budget
Friday Focus: Charlie Kirk's assassination points to a democracy in trouble and a debate about Israel's strike in Qatar
Trump is stuck in a dangerous spiral feedback loop and Rudyard and Andrew debate Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker program
Friday Focus: China's great power performance and Mark Carney's bad budget messaging
A public display of friendship between China, Russia, and India is a searing indictment of Trump's foreign policy
Friday Focus: Trump takes aim at the CDC and Putin is undeterred
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the US slides towards dictatorship and Carney clings to Canada's peacemaking past
Friday Focus: Trump is a foreign policy wrecking ball, and Carney goes from elbows up to elbows down
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: a phony peace deal for Ukraine could put all of Europe at risk
Friday Focus: China's tax on Canadian canola and TIFF abandons the principles of free speech
Friday Focus: Bibi's Gaza plan prioritizes his political survival over his country's interests and Putin dreams of a new Russian Empire
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: America's checks and balances are failing to restrain Donald Trump
Friday Focus: A late night tariff announcement and Canada's plan to recognize a Palestinian state
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The EU-US trade deal should serve as a warning to Canada and why supply management hurts the poorest Canadians
Friday Focus: Israel is weaponizing food, and Hamas is weaponizing its own people
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: we are living through the golden age of conspiracy theories
Friday Focus: Trump can't shake Epstein and Carney faces another trade test
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Canada seeks to diversify its trade partnerships beyond the U.S
Friday Focus: Google's AI Overview will devastate small and medium-sized businesses
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: irresponsible tax cuts on both sides of the border
Friday Focus: The US turns its back on Ukraine and a sombre American Independence Day
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: how do you negotiate with Donald Trump?
Friday Focus: Diplomacy with Iran and a Democratic socialist stuns New York City
Friday Focus special Tuesday edition: a fragile ceasefire takes hold
Friday Focus Emergency Episode: a game changing moment in the Middle East
Friday Focus: A crisis over nuclear weapons with the most incompetent set of leaders
Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: why the West must support Israel's war against Iran
Friday Focus: Israel's spectacular strike on Iran
Be it Resolved, this is America's golden age
Friday Focus: The Trump-Elon bromance blows up and Ukraine's stunning military attack
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney's economic plan to get Canada back on track
Friday Focus: Recap of the Munk Debate on Trump's America and Israel moves closer to striking Iran
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney's bumpy start and Canada's weaknesses exposed
Friday Focus: Donald Trump's Oval Office tirade and Mark Carney's threat to Israel
Friday Focus: Trump's graft in the Gulf States and Bibi's war drags on
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy
Friday Focus: Two nuclear powers face off and Carney meets with Trump
Friday Focus: Mark Carney gets a Boomer boost and Trump wants a nuclear deal
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: key takeaways from Canada's election results
Friday Focus: Trump's generous offer to Russia and Canadian leaders fail to address domestic concerns
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The Conservative Party's failure to provide a roadmap for change
Friday Focus: Pierre Poilievre's prime ministerial debate performance and Donald Trump's unconstrained chaos
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: how the Liberals are benefitting from the Canada-US trade war
Friday Focus: America and China's trade war is destabilizing the global economy
Friday Focus: China's reciprocal tariffs and Canada gets a Liberation Day exemption
Tension with Iran, Greenland's annexation rejection, and China provokes Taiwan (again)
Friday Focus: Another tariff announcement and Bibi scores a political victory
Be it Resolved: Religion is a Force for Good in the World
Friday Focus: Canada's existential election and a very concerning Trump interview
The ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Democrats in disarray, and can tariffs actually benefit the working class?
Friday Focus: Trump's on-off-on tariffs and a new Canadian Prime Minister
Munk Debates Podcast: Trump's trade wars with Jared Bernstein and Oren Cass
Friday Focus: Trump's plan to weaken Canada so he can annex it
Friday Focus: Zelensky clashes with Trump and Canada faces tariff threats - again
Munk Debates Podcast: Stephen Walt and Evelyn Farkas on Trump's plan for Ukraine and the changing world order
Friday Focus: Trump attacks Zelensky and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity
Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media
Friday Focus: Plans to end the war in Ukraine and momentum for Mark Carney
Munk Debates Podcast: Gaza, tariffs, and a constitutional showdown
Friday Focus: Tariff reversal and Trump's shocking plan for Gaza
Be it resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right
Friday Focus Special Episode: Day One of The Canada-U.S. tariff war
Friday Focus: Canada needs a better response to Trump's tariffs
Munk Debate Podcast: Elon Musk embraces the far-right and Trump ends DEI
Friday Focus: Trump doubles down & Canada prepares for tariffs
Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children
Friday Focus: Gaza ceasefire - Trump prepares to take office
Friday Focus: Trump's territorial aspirations - Liberal leadership race
Munk Dialogue with Rudyard Griffiths and Ricki Gurwitz: the Munk Debates in 2025
Friday Focus: Trudeau's January and lone wolf terrorist attacks
Friday Focus: A Year in Canadian Politics
Be it Resolved, history will be kind to Joe Biden
Friday Focus: A crisis in Ottawa - Canada as the 51st state?
Munk Dialogue with Stephen Moore: why Trump's tariff plans will benefit Americans
Friday Focus: Trump's tariff plan and Canada's soaring debt
Munk Dialogue with Michael Weiss: how Assad's fall is reshaping the Middle East
Friday Focus: Democracies in trouble - a controversial political pardon
Munk Dialogue with Raja Mohan: the Canada-India relationship hits a new low
Friday Focus: Trump Tariffs – Lebanon Ceasefire
Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good
Friday Focus: Ukraine's dangerous escalation against Russia and the ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Friday Focus: Trump takes a wrecking ball to America's governing institutions
Be it Resolved, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK
Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a sober wake-up call for the Democrats
Friday Focus: Democrats point fingers and Iran threats another strike on Israel
Friday Focus: special US election episode
Friday Focus: the US election enters the final stretch and North Korean troops join the war in Ukraine
Be it Resolved, don’t stop now. The U.S. should join Israel and take out Iran’s nuclear program
Friday Focus: A consequential election and serious warnings about Donald Trump
Be it Resolved, cultural appropriation is part of the American experience.
Friday Focus: the death of Yahya Sinwar and Trump's worrying economic plans
Friday Focus: How will Israel respond to Iran?
Munk Dialogue with Dan Senor: a defining moment for Israel
Be it Resolved, the UK needs migration for its future prosperity
Friday Focus: A Shape-Shifting Moment in the Middle East
Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: Israel's next move
Friday Focus: Israel pushes forward in Lebanon and Putin changes Russia's nuclear doctrine
Munk Dialogue with Adam Kirsch: the dangerous ideology behind settler colonialism
Friday Focus: Israel's pager attacks have changed the rules of war
Be it Resolved, Baby Boomers have knee-capped the prospects of future generations
Friday Focus: Staring Down the Barrel of a NATO-Russia War
Be it Resolved, Israel must agree to a hostage deal
Friday Focus: Judicial reforms in Mexico and Putin changes his nuclear doctrine
Munk Dialogue with Ayaan Hirsi Ali: why the UK is facing a clash of civilizations
Friday Focus: Israel on the Offensive and Kamala Harris's Foreign Policy
Munk Dialogue with Dmitri Trenin: when nuclear war becomes inevitable
Friday Focus: Kamala's "vibes" and a final push for a ceasefire deal
Be it Resolved, Bibi is the best Prime Minister for an Israel at war
Friday Focus: The Middle East on tenterhooks and Putin's military blunder
Be it Resolved, Kamala Harris is the Democrats' best hope to defeat Donald Trump
Friday Focus: Israel waits for Iran's response and Ukraine's surprising offensive into Russia
Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children
Be it Resolved, Ukraine should be admitted to NATO
Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a new race for the White House
Be it Resolved, journalism schools are bad for journalism
Be it Resolved, Joe Biden must step down
Munk Dialogue with John Mackey: Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism
Be it Resolved, anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Munk Dialogue with David Ignatius: Space as the future of warfare
Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy: Looking ahead to the Munk Debate on Anti-Zionism
Munk Dialogue with David E. Sanger: New Cold Wars
Be it Resolved, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Be it Resolved, the elites have betrayed America
Be it Resolved, campus protesters are on the right side of history.
Munk Dialogue with Charles Asher Small: Qatar's influence on campus protests
Be it Resolved, Israel should take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Munk Dialogue with Ambassador Dennis Ross: a new Middle East strategy
Munk Dialogue with Gregg Carlstrom: Israel and Iran's shadow war explodes into the open
Munk Dialogue with Richard Haass: a crumbling world order
Be it Resolved, TikTok is a national security threat and should be sold or banned.
Be it Resolved, American workers have never had it so good
Be it Resolved, Donald Trump is a weak general election candidate.
Munk Dialogue with Rose Gottemoeller: assessing Russia’s nuclear threats
Munk Dialogue with Gilead Sher: why a two-state solution is the only viable path to peace
Be it Resolved, the Democrats need a new nominee
Munk Dialogue with Sarah Paine: the rise of the Russia-China axis
Be it Resolved, western governments must resume funding to UNRWA
Munk Dialogue with John Mearsheimer: why Ukraine needs to break ties with the West
Munk Dialogue with David Horovitz: is it possible to defeat Hamas?
Munk Dialogue with Michael Knights: Houthi attacks in the Red Sea
Munk Dialogue with Lenore Skenazy: the importance of raising free-range kids
Munk Dialogue with Greg Lukianoff: how to fix higher education
Munk Dialogue with Zhou Bo: Why China sees Taiwan as its biggest national security concern
The best debates of 2023
Munk Dialogue with Michael Geist: Why the Online News Act is a policy disaster
Be it Resolved, Henry Kissinger was one of history’s great statesmen
Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: for Israel, this is a war of necessity
Be it Resolved, the western media has an anti-Israel bias
Munk Dialogue with John Spencer: how to dismantle Hamas terror tunnels
Be it Resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right
Munk Dialogue with Mohamed El-Erian: A plan to fix a fractured world
Munk Dialogue with Leon Cooperman: anti-semitism on college campuses
Munk Dialogue with Munk Dialogue with George Will, Ash Sarkar, Jacob Rees Mogg, and Sohrab Ahmari
Be it Resolved, the US should call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Munk Dialogue with Robert D. Kaplan: the challenge of urban warfare in Gaza
Munk Dialogue with Bret Stephens: Israel under attack
Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good
Munk Dialogue with Fredrik DeBoer: How the Elites at the Social Justice Movement
Friday Focus: Canada-India Bust-up
Be it Resolved, traditional gender roles make for a happier marriage
Big Israel / Big Iran – Progressivism
Munk Dialogue with David Brooks: How to Know a Person
Friday Focus: G20 or G-zero?
Be it Resolved, Gen Z is unemployable
Housing: The Theory of Everything
Munk Dialogue with Graham Allison: the deteriorating relationship between the US and China
Friday Focus: Prigozhin - Trump
Be it Resolved, the British Empire did more harm than good
Friday Focus: Taliban @ 2 – Asia Summit
Munk Dialogue with Stephen Walt: Surprising developments in the war between Russia and Ukraine
Friday Focus: Climate Anxiety – Niger Coup – LLMs
Be it Resolved, let’s engineer a better human being
Friday Focus: Deterrence on a Dog Day in Summer
Be it Resolved, pornography is exploitative, harmful, and too easy to access. It’s time to ban porn.
Friday Focus: Israel in Crisis – Summer Reads
Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: Israel on the brink of civil war?
Friday Focus: It's Getting Hot – Trump’s Trials
Munk Dialogue with Jean Twenge: a clash of generations
Friday Focus: NATO Fallout – Google Thuggery
Be it Resolved, affirmative action should be based on class, not race
Friday Focus: Wither Europe? – Big Tech vs. Trudeau
Munk Dialogue with AI Debaters Yann Lecun, Max Tegmark, Melanie Mitchell and Yoshua Bengio
Friday Focus: Borat Coup – Affirmative Action
Be it Resolved, AI research and development poses an existential threat
Friday Focus: AI Debate Recap – Titanic Mistake
Munk Dialogue with James Bessen: how AI will transform the labour market
Friday Focus: Dr K @ 100 – AI Debate Preview
Munk Dialogue with Bruce Schneier: AI and democracy
Friday Focus: Wild Fires – Ukraine Offensive
Be it Resolved, cats, not dogs, make better human companions
Friday Focus: David Johnston – Inflation Risks
Munk Dialogue with Matt Taibbi: mainstream media, the twitter files, and online censorshi
Friday Focus: No Public Inquiry
Be it Resolved, the United States should publicly pledge to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression
Friday Focus: Industrial Policy – Peace Pageant
Munk Dialogue with Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism in a state of crisis
Friday Focus: Debating Artificial Intelligence
Be it Resolved, teaching gender identity has no place in the k-5 school curriculum
Friday Focus: China & Canada’s Parliament
Munk Dialogue with Nadine Strossen: Academic Freedom in Higher Education
Friday Focus: Debt Ceiling – Netflix Gets CanCon
Be it Resolved, Central Banks have not adequately represented the public interest
Friday Focus: Govt Strikes – Stephen Kotkin
Be it Resolved, Trump’s prosecution is bad for American democracy
Friday Focus: U.S. Intel Leaks – Macron Blowback
Munk Dialogue with Mark Zandi: avoiding a recession with smart policy decisions
Friday Focus: Holy Land – De-Dollarization
Be it Resolved, Net Zero by 2050 is impossible
Friday Focus: AI Anxiety – Trump Indictment
Munk Dialogue with Michael Oren: is Israel on the brink of civil war?
Friday Focus: Putin-Xi Summit – Paris is Burning
Be it Resolved, Chat GPT will cause more harm than good.
Friday Focus: Banking Blowup – Iran & Saudi – Eminent Canadians
Munk Dialogue with Vivian Bercovici: Israel in crisis
Friday Focus: Israel in Crisis – Chinese Warnings
Be it Resolved, Ron DeSantis, not Donald Trump, will be the GOP nominee in 2024.
Friday Focus: Election Interference – Nigeria & Israel
Munk Dialogue with Bjorn Lomborg: how to actually meet Sustainable Development Goals
Friday Focus: Ukraine War Anniversary - Nigeria Election - Israel's Democracy
Be it Resolved, it’s time to abolish the British Monarchy
Friday Focus: Balloons, UFOs and Jets – Musk Misogyny
Munk Dialogue with Gideon Rachman: The Age of the Strongman
Friday Focus: Germany – Japan
Be it Resolved, Hybrid Work is here to stay
Friday Focus: Inflation Fight – Israel
Be it Resolved, Davos is back and more relevant than ever
Friday Focus: Tanks to Ukraine – Kids Today
Be it Resolved, Biden is Democrats best hope in 2024
Friday Focus: Leopard Tanks – Healthcare – Davos Man
Munk Dialogue: Toby Muse on the golden age of cocaine
Friday Focus: Rising Sun
Munk Dialogue: Mark Cuban on disrupting the American healthcare industry
Friday Focus: Ask Me Anything
Munk Dialogue with Matti Friedman: Israel’s new political coalition and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu
Friday Focus: 2023 Predictions
Munk Dialogue with Graham Allison: the deteriorating relationship between the US and China
Friday Focus: Year in Review
Munk Dialogue: Why did FTX collapse?
Friday Focus: Patriots vs. Putin – Effective Altruism
Be it Resolved, The risk of a recession in 2023 is overblown
Friday Focus: ChatGPT
Be it Resolved, don’t trust mainstream media
Friday Focus: China Protests – Federal Funk
Be it Resolved, Elon Musk’s Twitter is a real threat to democracy
Friday Focus: Ukraine Attack – Emergencies Act
Munk Dialogue with Kyle Bass: Financial consequences of the conflict between the US and China over Taiwan
Friday Focus: China Snub – Inflation Immiseration
Be it Resolved, Putin deserves a dead end, not an off ramp, in Ukraine
Friday Focus: Chief Twit – Crypto Carnage
Be it Resolved it's time we cancelled Winston Churchill
Friday Focus: Autumn of Discontent – Rocket Man
Be it resolved Let’s engineer a better human being
Friday Focus: Round The World – Cuban Missile Crisis
Munk Dialogue with Dmitri Trenin: the threat of nuclear war
Friday Focus: Bond Vigilantes – Dr. K
Munk Dialogue on the bivalent COVID-19 booster: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
Friday Focus: Truss Tumble – Xi Ascendant
Be it resolved: The Federal Reserve needs to fight inflation aggressively or risk its own credibility
Friday Focus: OPEC Surprise – Xi Ascends
Be it resolved: Ageing is a reversible disease
Friday Focus: Financial Turmoil – Robert Kaplan
Munk Dialogue: What do we owe the future?
Friday Focus: Double Down
Be it resolved: America is on the brink of civil war
Friday Focus: Democracy Debate
Friday Focus: Its Official. The Munk Member’s Podcast Has A New Name!
Munk Dialogue - Professor Rob Reich - Do We Need To Reboot Our Relationship With Technology?
Munk-Members Only Pod: Returning To Work - The Liberal International Order
Munk Dialogue: Understanding The Great State of China
Munk Members-Only Pod: End of Abundance – Antisemitism
David Broder Dialogue - Is The Future Of Western Democracy Fascism?
Victor Gao Munk Dialogue - The "One China" Policy is Under Attack
Munk Members-Only Pod: Mar-a-Lago Raid – Fall Politics
Dr. Eric Topol Dialogue - Variants And The Future of Covid-19
Angry Dragon
Be it resolved: Populism is the Future of Conservatism
Sack of Rome – Harper’s Endorsement
Jan-Werner Mueller Dialogue
Turbine Politics – News Sources
Be It Resolved: We Need More Nuclear Energy Now
Rogers Blackout – Biden Trip
Kathryn Judge Dialogue
Summer Reads
Be it resolved: Humans have free will
Happy Canada Day!
Joseph Nye Dialogue
Donbas Falls? - Biden Presidency
Be it Resolved: A Society that Allows Billionaires to Exist is Immoral
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 26
Ian Morris Dialogue - Geography is Destiny
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 25
Be it Resolved: Cut Public Spending for Universities. It's a Waste of Time and Money.
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 24
Be it Resolved, it’s time to return to the office
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 23
Be it Resolved, ending the world’s worst geopolitical crisis in a generation starts with acknowledging Russia’s security interests
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 22
Be it Resolved, workers of the world, unite!
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 21
Be it Resolved, the Ukraine War has accelerated the rollback of globalization
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 20
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dialogue
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 19
Be it Resolved: what you call censorship, I call power struggle
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 18
Be it Resolved: it's time we cancelled Winston Churchill
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 17
Julia Galef Dialogue
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 16
Be it resolved: We are living in a simulation
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 15
Be it resolved: The Federal Reserve needs to fight inflation aggressively or risk its own credibility
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 14
Daniel Dennett Dialogue
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 13
Be it resolved: NATO is partly responsible for Russian aggression in Ukraine
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 12
Be it resolved: Prince Charles is unfit to be King of England
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 11
Munk Members Pod, Ukraine Invasion Special Edition: Season 2, Episode 10
Gad Saad Dialogue
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 9
Be it resolved: COVID-19 is everywhere, it’s time to lift all restrictions for good
Munk Members Pod, Ukraine Crisis Special Edition: Season 2, Episode 8
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 7
Be it resolved: Modern universities are a threat to democratic freedoms
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 6
Lisa Feldman Barrett Dialogue
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 5
Be it resolved: America is on the brink of civil war
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 4
Be it resolved: Animals don't belong on our plates
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 3
Steven Pinker Dialogue
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 2
Be it resolved: Legalize all drugs
Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 1
Be it resolved: Humans have free will
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 52
Be it Resolved: The #MeToo movement has gone too far
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 51
Be it resolved: The west should intervene militarily to defend Ukraine from Russia
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 50
Be it resolved: Don't fear declining birth rates
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 49
Be it resolved: Autonomous weapons will make warfare more humane
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 48
Be it resolved: Let’s engineer a better human being
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 47
Be it resolved: People have the right to choose how and when to die
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 46
Be it resolved: Progressives are leading the Democratic party to defeat
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 45
Be it resolved: Athens not Rome had the bigger impact on Western civilization
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 44
Be it resolved: It’s time to embrace a 4-day work week
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 43
Be it resolved: John Carpenter, not David Cronenberg is the true master of modern horror
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 42
Be it resolved: America’s best days are behind it
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 41
Be it resolved: The pandemic has proven UBI’s time has come
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 40
Be it resolved: To realize humanity’s full potential, requires settling worlds beyond our own
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 39
Be it resolved: The statues must come down
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 38
Be it resolved: Billionaire philanthropy is bad for society
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 37
Be it resolved: To promote public health, governments should mandate use of COVID-19 vaccines broadly in society
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 36
Be it resolved: Schools that grade students are failing them
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 35
Be it resolved: Meritocracy is killing the middle class
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 34
Be it resolved: The future of mental health is big data
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 33
Be it resolved: Don’t fear the dominance of Big Tech in society
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 32
Be it resolved: A secular society is a tolerant society
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 31
Be it resolved: The time has come to embrace a high-tech/gene enhanced/drug boosted Olympics of sport
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 30
Be it resolved: Yes you can have fair Olympics with transgender athletes competing against cisgender women
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 29
Be it resolved: Withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan is a tactical and strategic blunder the US will come to regret
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 28
Be it resolved: Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 27
Be it resolved: Critical Race Theory has no place in the classroom
Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Irshad Manji: Episode 6
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 26
Be it resolved: Religion is a force for good in the world
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 25
Be it resolved: Canada is a systemically racist country
Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Timothy Snyder: Episode 5
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 24
Be it resolved: Today’s China is no place for the Olympics
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 23
Be it resolved: The preponderance of evidence suggests COVID-19 leaked from a laboratory
Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Nesrine Malik: Episode 4
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 22
Be it resolved: A one-state solution is the best hope of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 21
Be it resolved: The West should isolate, not engage, Putin’s Russia
Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray: Episode 3
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 20
Be it resolved: We should be very worried about the variants
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 19
Be it resolved: Beethoven, not Mozart, is the world’s greatest composer
Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Scott Galloway: Episode 2
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 18
Be it resolved: Ageing is a reversible disease
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 17
Be it resolved: Vaccine passports are essential to stopping the spread of COVID-19 and safely reopen our economies
Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Jonathan Haidt: Episode 1
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 16
Be it resolved: The mainstream media is dying and that’s OK
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 15
Be it resolved: Get ready for a big, long-term surge in inflation
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 14
Be it resolved: We are not alone in the universe
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 13
Be it resolved: There is no credible military defence of Taiwan in the face of Chinese aggression
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 12
Be it resolved: Plato not Aristotle is Ancient Greece’s greatest philosopher
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 11
Be it resolved: To fight this pandemic and the next, vaccines should be free to everyone the world over
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 10
Be it resolved: Cancel culture is not a threat to free speech
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 9
Be it resolved: Go Green! Go Nuclear!
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 8
Be it resolved: The GameStop frenzy is good for investors and good for financial markets
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 7
Bari Weiss on speech and open debate
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 6
Be it resolved: The threat of new COVID-19 variants makes elimination of the virus the only viable, long-term public health strategy to end the pandemic
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 5
Be it resolved: The quest for true AI is one of the great existential risks of our time
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 4
Be it resolved: Safety and fairness preclude participation of trans athletes in high level women's sport
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 3
Be it resolved: We are living in a simulation
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 2
Be it resolved: The survival of the Republican Party requires a clear and irrevocable break with Donald Trump
Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 1
Be it resolved: Britain will boom beyond Brexit
Anne Applebaum on the future of democracy
Ian Morris on the past and future of human civilization
Be it resolved: It's in America’s interest for Joe Biden to continue Trump’s China policy
Be it resolved: Distance learning is a disaster
Be it resolved: The end is in sight for fossil fuels. The future of energy is renewables.
Be it resolved: We should embrace, not fear, populist politics
Be it resolved: The public health response to COVID-19 should focus on protecting the old and letting the young get on with living normal lives
How could the mainstream media and their pollsters once again get the U.S. election results so wrong?
James Carville on the likely outcomes of the U.S. Election
Newt Gingrich on President Trump’s first term and the future of U.S. politics
Robert Reich On COVID-19 And Its Shakeout Of The Global Economy
Michael Eric Dyson On The Politics Of Race And The U.S. Election
Maggie Haberman On Trump’s High Stakes Re-election Bid
Be It Resolved: America’s Pandemic Response Can And Will Only Improve When Biden Is President
Be It Resolved: Don't Count Out President Trump’s Re-election Bid. He Has A Compelling Path To Victory On November 3.
Be It Resolved: No One Is Illegal
Be It Resolved: The Scientific Community Has Overreacted To The Threat Of COVID-19 And The Data Prove It
Be It Resolved: Sweden Is The Model For How To Fight This Pandemic And The Next
Be It Resolved: Men Are Obsolete
Be it resolved: The future of Western politics is populist not liberal
Be it resolved: The reintroduction of shutdowns needs to be considered in U.S. states where COVID-19 infections are surging.
Be it resolved: The COVID-19 bailout of financial markets and big business will end up hurting not helping the economic recovery
Be it resolved: Debt and deficit fears are overblown as advanced economies address the COVID-19 pandemic
Be it Resolved: COVID-19 spells the end of the big city boom
Be it Resolved: The #MeToo movement has gone too far
Be it Resolved: It is time to defund police and reimagine public safety in our communities
Be it Resolved: The COVID-19 pandemic proves that globalization is a failed experiment
Be it Resolved: China’s ability to defeat Covid-19 proves its system of governance is a better model than liberal democracy
Victor Gao on China’s role after COVID-19
Ian Bremmer on growing civil unrest and the future of the global economy after COVID-19
David Brooks on the future of politics and community after COVID-19
Scott Gottlieb on the future of pandemics and public health after COVID-19
Kara Swisher on rise of Big Tech and Silicon Valley after COVID-19
Niall Ferguson on history's lessons for the world after COVID-19
Samantha Power on the future of international institutions after COVID-19
Mohammed El-Erian on future of global economy after COVID-19
Fareed Zakaria on the future of geopolitics after COVID-19
Malcolm Gladwell on the future of society after COVID-19
Be it Resolved: Ending Climate Change Requires the End of Capitalism as We Know It.
Be it Resolved: There is No Scenario for Reopening the Economy That Prioritizes Economic Growth Over Public Health
Be it Resolved: We Are Making High-Stakes Decisions About the COVID-19 Pandemic Without Reliable Data
Be it Resolved: Cut Public Spending for Universities. It's a Waste of Time and Money.
Be it Resolved: Joe Biden is the Democratic Party's Best Hope of Winning in 2020
Be it Resolved: A Society that Allows Billionaires to Exist is Immoral
Be it Resolved: Baby Boomers Have Ruined the Future for Millennials
Be it Resolved: Bernie Sanders is a Compelling Candidate to Beat Donald Trump in the 2020 US Presidential Election
Be it Resolved: Justice Demands the Payment of Reparations for the Victims of Slavery and their Descendants
Be it Resolved: Politics as Usual Isn't Working. It's Time for a Revolution
Be it Resolved: Religion is a Force for Good in the World
Be it Resolved: Donald Trump Has Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanours
Be it Resolved: Social Media is a Force for Good in the World
Be it Resolved: Liberal Democracy Will Not Survive the 21st Century
Be it Resolved: Tariffs Are Terrific
Be it Resolved: The Next Recession is Sooner Than You Think
Be it Resolved: The Capitalist System is Broken - It's Time to Try Something Different
Be it Resolved: Trump’s Sanctions Regime is the Right Response to Iran’s Regional Ambitions
Be it Resolved: China Poses an Existential Threat to the United States and the Idea of Freedom
Be it Resolved: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
Introducing The Munk Debates Podcast with Rudyard Griffiths