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Be it resolved, anti-Zionism is antisemitism

2

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the Canada-US trade deadline looms and Iran calls Trump's bluff

3

Be it Resolved, let’s engineer better human beings

4

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney considers concessions to Trump as U.S. power wanes abroad

5

Be it Resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right

6

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Canada's two competing priorities and the new U.S. Fed Chair signals compliance to Trump

7

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump doubles down on the Iran war and tariffs, and an AI model escapes the lab

8

Be it Resolved the capitalist system is broken, it's time to try something different

9

Friday Focus: Iran tests America's resolve and anti-Zionism becomes a winning strategy in New York

10

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump loses his bargaining power and has Mark Carney's “elbows up” promise delivered?

11

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: A weakened President needs China's help and a debate over the new Governor General

12

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

13

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: America and Iran inch closer to war, Ukraine proves itself worthy of NATO, and Canada moves closer to Europe

14

Friday Focus: Iran's window of maximum leverage and a new AI model puts financial systems at risk

15

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney's new sovereign wealth fund is a solution in search of a problem down

16

Friday Focus: Munk Debate on Foreign Wars, a shaky ceasefire with Iran, and Carney braces for tough trade talks

17

Friday Focus: A landmark Israel–Lebanon ceasefire and the erosion of party loyalty in Canada

18

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

19

Friday Focus: A historic week in geopolitics signals the unravelling of America's global dominance

20

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are one seat closer to a majority government

21

Friday Focus: Trump has no good options in Iran and the NDP leans into left-wing populism

22

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump's mixed messages on Iran and the NDP elects a new leader

23

Friday Focus: Is Trump about to TACO out of this war?

24

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: at this point, what is Iran's incentive to negotiate?

25

Friday Focus: a regional war with global consequences

26

Friday Focus: Trump is learning that Iran is not Venezuela

27

Friday Focus: What is the U.S. trying to accomplish in Iran?

28

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump strikes Iran without a strategy

29

Friday Focus: the U.S. and Iran inch closer to war

30

Trump shakes his fist at the court and will AI take everyone's jobs?

31

Friday Focus: Trump is trapped but lacks a military strategy in Iran

32

Friday Focus: Trump becomes more erratic as the midterms approach and why Canadians should anticipate a spring election

33

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump demands half ownership of the Gordie Howe Bridge and will Carney call a spring election?

34

Friday Focus: Trump needs to make a decision on Iran and AI has come for the laptop class

35

Alberta's separatist movement gets support from Washington and Canada needs a new security agenda

36

Friday Focus: US warships move into the Middle East and does Canada need to pick a trade lane?

37

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump wants to de-escalate ICE crackdown and Canada is at the centre of a geopolitical crisis

38

Friday Focus: Trump's Davos TACO, Carney's vision for Canada, and an AI deepfake blurs the lines of reality

39

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump faces off with NATO allies over Greenland

40

Friday Focus: Canada enters a 'new world order' and Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

41

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Jerome Powell stands up to Trump and why the West is reluctant to intervene in Iran

42

Friday Focus: Mass demonstrations in Iran and Trump sets his sights on Greenland and Latin America

43

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump's hard power doctrine alienates allies and sets a destabilizing precedent

44

Friday Focus Emergency Episode: Trump's military operation in Venezuela replaces the dictator but not the dictatorship

45

Friday Focus: Putin derails peace talks and Iranian protesters take to the streets

46

Friday Focus: the people and events that changed the world in 2025

47

Friday Focus: Trump defies all norms and a civil war on the right takes centre stage

48

Friday Focus: Why America's new national security strategy has Ottawa on edge

49

Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution: Opening Statements

50

Friday Focus: protesters fail to disrupt the Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution and Putin threatens Europe with war

51

Friday Focus: Back to a Russia-Ukraine stalemate and Mark Carney gets a standing ovation in Alberta

52

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

53

Friday Focus: leaked peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine demands major concessions from Zelensky

54

The MAGA coalition is coming apart and Mark Carney's government underwhelms voters

55

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?

56

Friday Focus: Important lessons from Mamdani's victory and a U.S. government shutdown holds the public hostage

57

An uninspiring budget and Carney's government inches closer to a majority

58

Friday Focus: Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution and China's chokehold on the U.S.

59

Trump's trade tantrum and will Mark Carney's first federal budget meet the moment?

60

Friday Focus: Trump cancels trade talks with Canada and targets Russia with sanctions

61

Putin's hold over Trump and Pierre Poilievre makes a stunning accusation

62

Friday Focus: Hamas's public executions and Zelensky presses Trump for Tomahawk missiles

63

Trump's Middle East diplomacy and why Canada should re-evaluate its auto sector subsidies

64

Friday Focus: Trump's Gaza deal, the details that could derail it, and the Middle East's new power players

65

Trump sends in the National Guard (again) and Mark Carney goes to Washington

66

Friday Focus: Trump gives Hamas an ultimatum and how "AI slop" is working against productivity

67

Trump's military speech ramblings should concern every Canadian

68

Friday Focus: Trump's warning to European countries, and what Canada should learn from their mistakes

69

Carney's Palestinian statehood recognition comes without conditions and the powerful companies benefiting from Trump's authoritarianism

70

Friday Focus: ABC capitulates to Trump and what to expect in Canada's upcoming federal budget

71

Friday Focus: Charlie Kirk's assassination points to a democracy in trouble and a debate about Israel's strike in Qatar

72

Trump is stuck in a dangerous spiral feedback loop and Rudyard and Andrew debate Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker program

73

Friday Focus: China's great power performance and Mark Carney's bad budget messaging

74

A public display of friendship between China, Russia, and India is a searing indictment of Trump's foreign policy

75

Friday Focus: Trump takes aim at the CDC and Putin is undeterred

76

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the US slides towards dictatorship and Carney clings to Canada's peacemaking past

77

Friday Focus: Trump is a foreign policy wrecking ball, and Carney goes from elbows up to elbows down

78

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: a phony peace deal for Ukraine could put all of Europe at risk

79

Friday Focus: China's tax on Canadian canola and TIFF abandons the principles of free speech

80

Friday Focus: Bibi's Gaza plan prioritizes his political survival over his country's interests and Putin dreams of a new Russian Empire

81

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: America's checks and balances are failing to restrain Donald Trump

82

Friday Focus: A late night tariff announcement and Canada's plan to recognize a Palestinian state

83

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

84

Friday Focus: Israel is weaponizing food, and Hamas is weaponizing its own people

85

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: we are living through the golden age of conspiracy theories

86

Friday Focus: Trump can't shake Epstein and Carney faces another trade test

87

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Canada seeks to diversify its trade partnerships beyond the U.S

88

Friday Focus: Google's AI Overview will devastate small and medium-sized businesses

89

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: irresponsible tax cuts on both sides of the border

90

Friday Focus: The US turns its back on Ukraine and a sombre American Independence Day

91

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: how do you negotiate with Donald Trump?

92

Friday Focus: Diplomacy with Iran and a Democratic socialist stuns New York City

93

Friday Focus special Tuesday edition: a fragile ceasefire takes hold

94

Friday Focus Emergency Episode: a game changing moment in the Middle East

95

Friday Focus: A crisis over nuclear weapons with the most incompetent set of leaders

96

Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: why the West must support Israel's war against Iran

97

Friday Focus: Israel's spectacular strike on Iran

98

Be it Resolved, this is America's golden age

99

Friday Focus: The Trump-Elon bromance blows up and Ukraine's stunning military attack

100

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney's economic plan to get Canada back on track

101

Friday Focus: Recap of the Munk Debate on Trump's America and Israel moves closer to striking Iran

102

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney's bumpy start and Canada's weaknesses exposed

103

Friday Focus: Donald Trump's Oval Office tirade and Mark Carney's threat to Israel

104

Friday Focus: Trump's graft in the Gulf States and Bibi's war drags on

105

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

106

Friday Focus: Two nuclear powers face off and Carney meets with Trump

107

Friday Focus: Mark Carney gets a Boomer boost and Trump wants a nuclear deal

108

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: key takeaways from Canada's election results

109

Friday Focus: Trump's generous offer to Russia and Canadian leaders fail to address domestic concerns

110

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The Conservative Party's failure to provide a roadmap for change

111

Friday Focus: Pierre Poilievre's prime ministerial debate performance and Donald Trump's unconstrained chaos

112

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: how the Liberals are benefitting from the Canada-US trade war

113

Friday Focus: America and China's trade war is destabilizing the global economy

114

Friday Focus: China's reciprocal tariffs and Canada gets a Liberation Day exemption

115

Tension with Iran, Greenland's annexation rejection, and China provokes Taiwan (again)

116

Friday Focus: Another tariff announcement and Bibi scores a political victory

117

Be it Resolved: Religion is a Force for Good in the World

118

Friday Focus: Canada's existential election and a very concerning Trump interview

119

The ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Democrats in disarray, and can tariffs actually benefit the working class?

120

Friday Focus: Trump's on-off-on tariffs and a new Canadian Prime Minister

121

Munk Debates Podcast: Trump's trade wars with Jared Bernstein and Oren Cass

122

Friday Focus: Trump's plan to weaken Canada so he can annex it

123

Friday Focus: Zelensky clashes with Trump and Canada faces tariff threats - again

124

Munk Debates Podcast: Stephen Walt and Evelyn Farkas on Trump's plan for Ukraine and the changing world order

125

Friday Focus: Trump attacks Zelensky and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity

126

Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media

127

Friday Focus: Plans to end the war in Ukraine and momentum for Mark Carney

128

Munk Debates Podcast: Gaza, tariffs, and a constitutional showdown

129

Friday Focus: Tariff reversal and Trump's shocking plan for Gaza

130

Be it resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right

131

Friday Focus Special Episode: Day One of The Canada-U.S. tariff war

132

Friday Focus: Canada needs a better response to Trump's tariffs

133

Munk Debate Podcast: Elon Musk embraces the far-right and Trump ends DEI

134

Friday Focus: Trump doubles down & Canada prepares for tariffs

135

Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children

136

Friday Focus: Gaza ceasefire - Trump prepares to take office

137

Friday Focus: Trump's territorial aspirations - Liberal leadership race

138

Munk Dialogue with Rudyard Griffiths and Ricki Gurwitz: the Munk Debates in 2025

139

Friday Focus: Trudeau's January and lone wolf terrorist attacks

140

Friday Focus: A Year in Canadian Politics

141

Be it Resolved, history will be kind to Joe Biden

142

Friday Focus: A crisis in Ottawa - Canada as the 51st state?

143

Munk Dialogue with Stephen Moore: why Trump's tariff plans will benefit Americans

144

Friday Focus: Trump's tariff plan and Canada's soaring debt

145

Munk Dialogue with Michael Weiss: how Assad's fall is reshaping the Middle East

146

Friday Focus: Democracies in trouble - a controversial political pardon

147

Munk Dialogue with Raja Mohan: the Canada-India relationship hits a new low

148

Friday Focus: Trump Tariffs – Lebanon Ceasefire

149

Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good

150

Friday Focus: Ukraine's dangerous escalation against Russia and the ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

151

Friday Focus: Trump takes a wrecking ball to America's governing institutions

152

Be it Resolved, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK

153

Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a sober wake-up call for the Democrats

154

Friday Focus: Democrats point fingers and Iran threats another strike on Israel

155

Friday Focus: special US election episode

156

Friday Focus: the US election enters the final stretch and North Korean troops join the war in Ukraine

157

Be it Resolved, don’t stop now. The U.S. should join Israel and take out Iran’s nuclear program

158

Friday Focus: A consequential election and serious warnings about Donald Trump

159

Be it Resolved, cultural appropriation is part of the American experience.

160

Friday Focus: the death of Yahya Sinwar and Trump's worrying economic plans

161

Friday Focus: How will Israel respond to Iran?

162

Munk Dialogue with Dan Senor: a defining moment for Israel

163

Be it Resolved, the UK needs migration for its future prosperity

164

Friday Focus: A Shape-Shifting Moment in the Middle East

165

Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: Israel's next move

166

Friday Focus: Israel pushes forward in Lebanon and Putin changes Russia's nuclear doctrine

167

Munk Dialogue with Adam Kirsch: the dangerous ideology behind settler colonialism

168

Friday Focus: Israel's pager attacks have changed the rules of war

169

Be it Resolved, Baby Boomers have knee-capped the prospects of future generations

170

Friday Focus: Staring Down the Barrel of a NATO-Russia War

171

Be it Resolved, Israel must agree to a hostage deal

172

Friday Focus: Judicial reforms in Mexico and Putin changes his nuclear doctrine

173

Munk Dialogue with Ayaan Hirsi Ali: why the UK is facing a clash of civilizations

174

Friday Focus: Israel on the Offensive and Kamala Harris's Foreign Policy

175

Munk Dialogue with Dmitri Trenin: when nuclear war becomes inevitable

176

Friday Focus: Kamala's "vibes" and a final push for a ceasefire deal

177

Be it Resolved, Bibi is the best Prime Minister for an Israel at war

178

Friday Focus: The Middle East on tenterhooks and Putin's military blunder

179

Be it Resolved, Kamala Harris is the Democrats' best hope to defeat Donald Trump

180

Friday Focus: Israel waits for Iran's response and Ukraine's surprising offensive into Russia

181

Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children

182

Be it Resolved, Ukraine should be admitted to NATO

183

Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a new race for the White House

184

Be it Resolved, journalism schools are bad for journalism

185

Be it Resolved, Joe Biden must step down

186

Munk Dialogue with John Mackey: Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism

187

Be it Resolved, anti-Zionism is antisemitism

188

Munk Dialogue with David Ignatius: Space as the future of warfare

189

Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy: Looking ahead to the Munk Debate on Anti-Zionism

190

Munk Dialogue with David E. Sanger: New Cold Wars

191

Be it Resolved, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

192

Be it Resolved, the elites have betrayed America

193

Be it Resolved, campus protesters are on the right side of history.

194

Munk Dialogue with Charles Asher Small: Qatar's influence on campus protests

195

Be it Resolved, Israel should take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.

196

Munk Dialogue with Ambassador Dennis Ross: a new Middle East strategy

197

Munk Dialogue with Gregg Carlstrom: Israel and Iran's shadow war explodes into the open

198

Munk Dialogue with Richard Haass: a crumbling world order

199

Be it Resolved, TikTok is a national security threat and should be sold or banned.

200

Be it Resolved, American workers have never had it so good

201

Be it Resolved, Donald Trump is a weak general election candidate.

202

Munk Dialogue with Rose Gottemoeller: assessing Russia’s nuclear threats

203

Munk Dialogue with Gilead Sher: why a two-state solution is the only viable path to peace

204

Be it Resolved, the Democrats need a new nominee

205

Munk Dialogue with Sarah Paine: the rise of the Russia-China axis

206

Be it Resolved, western governments must resume funding to UNRWA

207

Munk Dialogue with John Mearsheimer: why Ukraine needs to break ties with the West

208

Munk Dialogue with David Horovitz: is it possible to defeat Hamas?

209

Munk Dialogue with Michael Knights: Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

210

Munk Dialogue with Lenore Skenazy: the importance of raising free-range kids

211

Munk Dialogue with Greg Lukianoff: how to fix higher education

212

Munk Dialogue with Zhou Bo: Why China sees Taiwan as its biggest national security concern

213

The best debates of 2023

214

Munk Dialogue with Michael Geist: Why the Online News Act is a policy disaster

215

Be it Resolved, Henry Kissinger was one of history’s great statesmen

216

Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: for Israel, this is a war of necessity

217

Be it Resolved, the western media has an anti-Israel bias

218

Munk Dialogue with John Spencer: how to dismantle Hamas terror tunnels

219

Be it Resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right

220

Munk Dialogue with Mohamed El-Erian: A plan to fix a fractured world

221

Munk Dialogue with Leon Cooperman: anti-semitism on college campuses

222

Munk Dialogue with Munk Dialogue with George Will, Ash Sarkar, Jacob Rees Mogg, and Sohrab Ahmari

223

Be it Resolved, the US should call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

224

Munk Dialogue with Robert D. Kaplan: the challenge of urban warfare in Gaza

225

Munk Dialogue with Bret Stephens: Israel under attack

226

Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good

227

Munk Dialogue with Fredrik DeBoer: How the Elites at the Social Justice Movement

228

Friday Focus: Canada-India Bust-up

229

Be it Resolved, traditional gender roles make for a happier marriage

230

Big Israel / Big Iran – Progressivism

231

Munk Dialogue with David Brooks: How to Know a Person

232

Friday Focus: G20 or G-zero?

233

Be it Resolved, Gen Z is unemployable

234

Housing: The Theory of Everything

235

Munk Dialogue with Graham Allison: the deteriorating relationship between the US and China

236

Friday Focus: Prigozhin - Trump

237

Be it Resolved, the British Empire did more harm than good

238

Friday Focus: Taliban @ 2 – Asia Summit

239

Munk Dialogue with Stephen Walt: Surprising developments in the war between Russia and Ukraine

240

Friday Focus: Climate Anxiety – Niger Coup – LLMs

241

Be it Resolved, let’s engineer a better human being

242

Friday Focus: Deterrence on a Dog Day in Summer

243

Be it Resolved, pornography is exploitative, harmful, and too easy to access. It’s time to ban porn.

244

Friday Focus: Israel in Crisis – Summer Reads

245

Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: Israel on the brink of civil war?

246

Friday Focus: It's Getting Hot – Trump’s Trials

247

Munk Dialogue with Jean Twenge: a clash of generations

248

Friday Focus: NATO Fallout – Google Thuggery

249

Be it Resolved, affirmative action should be based on class, not race

250

Friday Focus: Wither Europe? – Big Tech vs. Trudeau

251

Munk Dialogue with AI Debaters Yann Lecun, Max Tegmark, Melanie Mitchell and Yoshua Bengio

252

Friday Focus: Borat Coup – Affirmative Action

253

Be it Resolved, AI research and development poses an existential threat

254

Friday Focus: AI Debate Recap – Titanic Mistake

255

Munk Dialogue with James Bessen: how AI will transform the labour market

256

Friday Focus: Dr K @ 100 – AI Debate Preview

257

Munk Dialogue with Bruce Schneier: AI and democracy

258

Friday Focus: Wild Fires – Ukraine Offensive

259

Be it Resolved, cats, not dogs, make better human companions

260

Friday Focus: David Johnston – Inflation Risks

261

Munk Dialogue with Matt Taibbi: mainstream media, the twitter files, and online censorshi

262

Friday Focus: No Public Inquiry

263

Be it Resolved, the United States should publicly pledge to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression

264

Friday Focus: Industrial Policy – Peace Pageant

265

Munk Dialogue with Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism in a state of crisis

266

Friday Focus: Debating Artificial Intelligence

267

Be it Resolved, teaching gender identity has no place in the k-5 school curriculum

268

Friday Focus: China & Canada’s Parliament

269

Munk Dialogue with Nadine Strossen: Academic Freedom in Higher Education

270

Friday Focus: Debt Ceiling – Netflix Gets CanCon

271

Be it Resolved, Central Banks have not adequately represented the public interest

272

Friday Focus: Govt Strikes – Stephen Kotkin

273

Be it Resolved, Trump’s prosecution is bad for American democracy

274

Friday Focus: U.S. Intel Leaks – Macron Blowback

275

Munk Dialogue with Mark Zandi: avoiding a recession with smart policy decisions

276

Friday Focus: Holy Land – De-Dollarization

277

Be it Resolved, Net Zero by 2050 is impossible

278

Friday Focus: AI Anxiety – Trump Indictment

279

Munk Dialogue with Michael Oren: is Israel on the brink of civil war?

280

Friday Focus: Putin-Xi Summit – Paris is Burning

281

Be it Resolved, Chat GPT will cause more harm than good.

282

Friday Focus: Banking Blowup – Iran & Saudi – Eminent Canadians

283

Munk Dialogue with Vivian Bercovici: Israel in crisis

284

Friday Focus: Israel in Crisis – Chinese Warnings

285

Be it Resolved, Ron DeSantis, not Donald Trump, will be the GOP nominee in 2024.

286

Friday Focus: Election Interference – Nigeria & Israel

287

Munk Dialogue with Bjorn Lomborg: how to actually meet Sustainable Development Goals

288

Friday Focus: Ukraine War Anniversary - Nigeria Election - Israel's Democracy

289

Be it Resolved, it’s time to abolish the British Monarchy

290

Friday Focus: Balloons, UFOs and Jets – Musk Misogyny

291

Munk Dialogue with Gideon Rachman: The Age of the Strongman

292

Friday Focus: Germany – Japan

293

Be it Resolved, Hybrid Work is here to stay

294

Friday Focus: Inflation Fight – Israel

295

Be it Resolved, Davos is back and more relevant than ever

296

Friday Focus: Tanks to Ukraine – Kids Today

297

Be it Resolved, Biden is Democrats best hope in 2024

298

Friday Focus: Leopard Tanks – Healthcare – Davos Man

299

Munk Dialogue: Toby Muse on the golden age of cocaine

300

Friday Focus: Rising Sun

301

Munk Dialogue: Mark Cuban on disrupting the American healthcare industry

302

Friday Focus: Ask Me Anything

303

Munk Dialogue with Matti Friedman: Israel’s new political coalition and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu

304

Friday Focus: 2023 Predictions

305

Munk Dialogue with Graham Allison: the deteriorating relationship between the US and China

306

Friday Focus: Year in Review

307

Munk Dialogue: Why did FTX collapse?

308

Friday Focus: Patriots vs. Putin – Effective Altruism

309

Be it Resolved, The risk of a recession in 2023 is overblown

310

Friday Focus: ChatGPT

311

Be it Resolved, don’t trust mainstream media

312

Friday Focus: China Protests – Federal Funk

313

Be it Resolved, Elon Musk’s Twitter is a real threat to democracy

314

Friday Focus: Ukraine Attack – Emergencies Act

315

Munk Dialogue with Kyle Bass: Financial consequences of the conflict between the US and China over Taiwan

316

Friday Focus: China Snub – Inflation Immiseration

317

Be it Resolved, Putin deserves a dead end, not an off ramp, in Ukraine

318

Friday Focus: Chief Twit – Crypto Carnage

319

Be it Resolved it's time we cancelled Winston Churchill

320

Friday Focus: Autumn of Discontent – Rocket Man

321

Be it resolved Let’s engineer a better human being

322

Friday Focus: Round The World – Cuban Missile Crisis

323

Munk Dialogue with Dmitri Trenin: the threat of nuclear war

324

Friday Focus: Bond Vigilantes – Dr. K

325

Munk Dialogue on the bivalent COVID-19 booster: do the benefits outweigh the risks?

326

Friday Focus: Truss Tumble – Xi Ascendant

327

Be it resolved: The Federal Reserve needs to fight inflation aggressively or risk its own credibility

328

Friday Focus: OPEC Surprise – Xi Ascends

329

Be it resolved: Ageing is a reversible disease

330

Friday Focus: Financial Turmoil – Robert Kaplan

331

Munk Dialogue: What do we owe the future?

332

Friday Focus: Double Down

333

Be it resolved: America is on the brink of civil war

334

Friday Focus: Democracy Debate

335

Friday Focus: Its Official. The Munk Member’s Podcast Has A New Name!

336

Munk Dialogue - Professor Rob Reich - Do We Need To Reboot Our Relationship With Technology?

337

Munk-Members Only Pod: Returning To Work - The Liberal International Order

338

Munk Dialogue: Understanding The Great State of China

339

Munk Members-Only Pod: End of Abundance – Antisemitism

340

David Broder Dialogue - Is The Future Of Western Democracy Fascism?

341

Victor Gao Munk Dialogue - The "One China" Policy is Under Attack

342

Munk Members-Only Pod: Mar-a-Lago Raid – Fall Politics

343

Dr. Eric Topol Dialogue - Variants And The Future of Covid-19

344

Angry Dragon

345

Be it resolved: Populism is the Future of Conservatism

346

Sack of Rome – Harper’s Endorsement

347

Jan-Werner Mueller Dialogue

348

Turbine Politics – News Sources

349

Be It Resolved: We Need More Nuclear Energy Now

350

Rogers Blackout – Biden Trip

351

Kathryn Judge Dialogue

352

Summer Reads

353

Be it resolved: Humans have free will

354

Happy Canada Day!

355

Joseph Nye Dialogue

356

Donbas Falls? - Biden Presidency

357

Be it Resolved: A Society that Allows Billionaires to Exist is Immoral

358

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 26

359

Ian Morris Dialogue - Geography is Destiny

360

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 25

361

Be it Resolved: Cut Public Spending for Universities. It's a Waste of Time and Money.

362

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 24

363

Be it Resolved, it’s time to return to the office

364

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 23

365

Be it Resolved, ending the world’s worst geopolitical crisis in a generation starts with acknowledging Russia’s security interests

366

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 22

367

Be it Resolved, workers of the world, unite!

368

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 21

369

Be it Resolved, the Ukraine War has accelerated the rollback of globalization

370

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 20

371

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dialogue

372

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 19

373

Be it Resolved: what you call censorship, I call power struggle

374

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 18

375

Be it Resolved: it's time we cancelled Winston Churchill

376

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 17

377

Julia Galef Dialogue

378

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 16

379

Be it resolved: We are living in a simulation

380

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 15

381

Be it resolved: The Federal Reserve needs to fight inflation aggressively or risk its own credibility

382

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 14

383

Daniel Dennett Dialogue

384

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 13

385

Be it resolved: NATO is partly responsible for Russian aggression in Ukraine

386

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 12

387

Be it resolved: Prince Charles is unfit to be King of England

388

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 11

389

Munk Members Pod, Ukraine Invasion Special Edition: Season 2, Episode 10

390

Gad Saad Dialogue

391

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 9

392

Be it resolved: COVID-19 is everywhere, it’s time to lift all restrictions for good

393

Munk Members Pod, Ukraine Crisis Special Edition: Season 2, Episode 8

394

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 7

395

Be it resolved: Modern universities are a threat to democratic freedoms

396

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 6

397

Lisa Feldman Barrett Dialogue

398

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 5

399

Be it resolved: America is on the brink of civil war

400

Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 4

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Be it resolved: Animals don't belong on our plates

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 3

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Steven Pinker Dialogue

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 2

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Be it resolved: Legalize all drugs

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Season 2, Episode 1

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Be it resolved: Humans have free will

408

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 52

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Be it Resolved: The #MeToo movement has gone too far

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 51

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Be it resolved: The west should intervene militarily to defend Ukraine from Russia

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 50

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Be it resolved: Don't fear declining birth rates

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 49

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Be it resolved: Autonomous weapons will make warfare more humane

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 48

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Be it resolved: Let’s engineer a better human being

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 47

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Be it resolved: People have the right to choose how and when to die

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 46

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Be it resolved: Progressives are leading the Democratic party to defeat

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 45

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Be it resolved: Athens not Rome had the bigger impact on Western civilization

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 44

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Be it resolved: It’s time to embrace a 4-day work week

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 43

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Be it resolved: John Carpenter, not David Cronenberg is the true master of modern horror

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 42

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Be it resolved: America’s best days are behind it

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 41

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Be it resolved: The pandemic has proven UBI’s time has come

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 40

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Be it resolved: To realize humanity’s full potential, requires settling worlds beyond our own

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 39

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Be it resolved: The statues must come down

436

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 38

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Be it resolved: Billionaire philanthropy is bad for society

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 37

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Be it resolved: To promote public health, governments should mandate use of COVID-19 vaccines broadly in society

440

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 36

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Be it resolved: Schools that grade students are failing them

442

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 35

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Be it resolved: Meritocracy is killing the middle class

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 34

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Be it resolved: The future of mental health is big data

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 33

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Be it resolved: Don’t fear the dominance of Big Tech in society

448

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 32

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Be it resolved: A secular society is a tolerant society

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 31

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Be it resolved: The time has come to embrace a high-tech/gene enhanced/drug boosted Olympics of sport

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 30

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Be it resolved: Yes you can have fair Olympics with transgender athletes competing against cisgender women

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 29

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Be it resolved: Withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan is a tactical and strategic blunder the US will come to regret

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 28

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Be it resolved: Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 27

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Be it resolved: Critical Race Theory has no place in the classroom

460

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Irshad Manji: Episode 6

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 26

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Be it resolved: Religion is a force for good in the world

463

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 25

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Be it resolved: Canada is a systemically racist country

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Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Timothy Snyder: Episode 5

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 24

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Be it resolved: Today’s China is no place for the Olympics

468

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 23

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Be it resolved: The preponderance of evidence suggests COVID-19 leaked from a laboratory

470

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Nesrine Malik: Episode 4

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 22

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Be it resolved: A one-state solution is the best hope of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

473

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 21

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Be it resolved: The West should isolate, not engage, Putin’s Russia

475

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray: Episode 3

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 20

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Be it resolved: We should be very worried about the variants

478

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 19

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Be it resolved: Beethoven, not Mozart, is the world’s greatest composer

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Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Scott Galloway: Episode 2

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 18

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Be it resolved: Ageing is a reversible disease

483

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 17

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Be it resolved: Vaccine passports are essential to stopping the spread of COVID-19 and safely reopen our economies

485

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Jonathan Haidt: Episode 1

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Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 16

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Be it resolved: The mainstream media is dying and that’s OK

488

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 15

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Be it resolved: Get ready for a big, long-term surge in inflation

490

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 14

491

Be it resolved: We are not alone in the universe

492

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 13

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Be it resolved: There is no credible military defence of Taiwan in the face of Chinese aggression

494

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 12

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Be it resolved: Plato not Aristotle is Ancient Greece’s greatest philosopher

496

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 11

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Be it resolved: To fight this pandemic and the next, vaccines should be free to everyone the world over

498

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 10

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Be it resolved: Cancel culture is not a threat to free speech

500

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 9

501

Be it resolved: Go Green! Go Nuclear!

502

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 8

503

Be it resolved: The GameStop frenzy is good for investors and good for financial markets

504

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 7

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Bari Weiss on speech and open debate

506

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 6

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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

508

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 5

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Be it resolved: The quest for true AI is one of the great existential risks of our time

510

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 4

511

Be it resolved: Safety and fairness preclude participation of trans athletes in high level women's sport

512

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 3

513

Be it resolved: We are living in a simulation

514

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 2

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Be it resolved: The survival of the Republican Party requires a clear and irrevocable break with Donald Trump

516

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 1

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Be it resolved: Britain will boom beyond Brexit

518

Anne Applebaum on the future of democracy

519

Ian Morris on the past and future of human civilization

520

Be it resolved: It's in America’s interest for Joe Biden to continue Trump’s China policy

521

Be it resolved: Distance learning is a disaster

522

Be it resolved: The end is in sight for fossil fuels. The future of energy is renewables.

523

Be it resolved: We should embrace, not fear, populist politics

524

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

525

How could the mainstream media and their pollsters once again get the U.S. election results so wrong?

526

James Carville on the likely outcomes of the U.S. Election

527

Newt Gingrich on President Trump’s first term and the future of U.S. politics

528

Robert Reich On COVID-19 And Its Shakeout Of The Global Economy

529

Michael Eric Dyson On The Politics Of Race And The U.S. Election

530

Maggie Haberman On Trump’s High Stakes Re-election Bid

531

Be It Resolved: America’s Pandemic Response Can And Will Only Improve When Biden Is President

532

Be It Resolved: Don't Count Out President Trump’s Re-election Bid. He Has A Compelling Path To Victory On November 3.

533

Be It Resolved: No One Is Illegal

534

Be It Resolved: The Scientific Community Has Overreacted To The Threat Of COVID-19 And The Data Prove It

535

Be It Resolved: Sweden Is The Model For How To Fight This Pandemic And The Next

536

Be It Resolved: Men Are Obsolete

537

Be it resolved: The future of Western politics is populist not liberal

538

Be it resolved: The reintroduction of shutdowns needs to be considered in U.S. states where COVID-19 infections are surging.

539

Be it resolved: The COVID-19 bailout of financial markets and big business will end up hurting not helping the economic recovery

540

Be it resolved: Debt and deficit fears are overblown as advanced economies address the COVID-19 pandemic

541

Be it Resolved: COVID-19 spells the end of the big city boom

542

Be it Resolved: The #MeToo movement has gone too far

543

Be it Resolved: It is time to defund police and reimagine public safety in our communities

544

Be it Resolved: The COVID-19 pandemic proves that globalization is a failed experiment

545

Be it Resolved: China’s ability to defeat Covid-19 proves its system of governance is a better model than liberal democracy

546

Victor Gao on China’s role after COVID-19

547

Ian Bremmer on growing civil unrest and the future of the global economy after COVID-19

548

David Brooks on the future of politics and community after COVID-19

549

Scott Gottlieb on the future of pandemics and public health after COVID-19

550

Kara Swisher on rise of Big Tech and Silicon Valley after COVID-19

551

Niall Ferguson on history's lessons for the world after COVID-19

552

Samantha Power on the future of international institutions after COVID-19

553

Mohammed El-Erian on future of global economy after COVID-19

554

Fareed Zakaria on the future of geopolitics after COVID-19

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Malcolm Gladwell on the future of society after COVID-19

556

Be it Resolved: Ending Climate Change Requires the End of Capitalism as We Know It.

557

Be it Resolved: There is No Scenario for Reopening the Economy That Prioritizes Economic Growth Over Public Health

558

Be it Resolved: We Are Making High-Stakes Decisions About the COVID-19 Pandemic Without Reliable Data

559

Be it Resolved: Cut Public Spending for Universities. It's a Waste of Time and Money.

560

Be it Resolved: Joe Biden is the Democratic Party's Best Hope of Winning in 2020

561

Be it Resolved: A Society that Allows Billionaires to Exist is Immoral

562

Be it Resolved: Baby Boomers Have Ruined the Future for Millennials

563

Be it Resolved: Bernie Sanders is a Compelling Candidate to Beat Donald Trump in the 2020 US Presidential Election

564

Be it Resolved: Justice Demands the Payment of Reparations for the Victims of Slavery and their Descendants

565

Be it Resolved: Politics as Usual Isn't Working. It's Time for a Revolution

566

Be it Resolved: Religion is a Force for Good in the World

567

Be it Resolved: Donald Trump Has Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanours

568

Be it Resolved: Social Media is a Force for Good in the World

569

Be it Resolved: Liberal Democracy Will Not Survive the 21st Century

570

Be it Resolved: Tariffs Are Terrific

571

Be it Resolved: The Next Recession is Sooner Than You Think

572

Be it Resolved: The Capitalist System is Broken - It's Time to Try Something Different

573

Be it Resolved: Trump’s Sanctions Regime is the Right Response to Iran’s Regional Ambitions

574

Be it Resolved: China Poses an Existential Threat to the United States and the Idea of Freedom

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Be it Resolved: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism

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Introducing The Munk Debates Podcast with Rudyard Griffiths