The Paul Wells Show
By Antica Productions
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Veteran journalist Paul Wells interviews the leaders and thinkers tackling the world's big problems — war and peace, democracy and dictatorship, making governments and communities work. Paul draws on decades of experience as a reporter and columnist at Macleans, the Toronto Star and elsewhere to bring you smart, intimate conversations with newsmakers and people who deserve a higher profile.The Paul Wells Show is produced by Antica. Season 3 is supported by McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy.
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Anne Applebaum on the Trump revolution
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Encore: John Ibbitson on Pearson and Diefenbaker's great rivalry
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Gen. Wayne Eyre on a new era for Canada's military
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Scott Anderson on the Revolution in Iran
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Encore: Olivia Chow Wants Toronto to Work
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Encore: A history of Chinese influence in Canada
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Encore: The War Inside Rogers
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Summer Reading Episode
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Encore: Author Max Fisher on the social media chaos machine
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Encore: The symphonic Joni Mitchell with Sarah Slean
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Encore: Timothy Garton Ash’s personal history of Europe
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Encore: Buzz Bissinger and the American saga
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Encore: How great art gets made
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Encore: Bob Rae knows people
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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A Poilievre insider on the Conservative message
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May 28, 2025 |
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Who talks to government?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Encore: k.d. lang's brilliant career
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May 14, 2025 |
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Is Canadian politics actually getting nicer?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Butts, Bevan, Aitchison: what next?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Election week 5: this peculiar campaign
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The panel: pulp that platform
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Election week 4: it's a jungle online
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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The Panel: Everyone's talking about it
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Election week 3: The Age of Coercion
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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The Panel - Quiet Out There. Too Quiet.
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Election week 2: ideas for governing
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The Panel: Liberation Day pre-sale!
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Election week 1: The race in Quebec — and Mark Carney's riding
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Panel: Jason First - For a Change
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Margaret MacMillan's world
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Jason Kenney is mad
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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A crisis of confidence in Canadian universities
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Ira Wells on book banning
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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When Trump pushes, push back
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Panel: Poilievre's No-Pivot Pivot
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Jonathan Wilkinson, Energy Czar?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Unready and out of step
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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When America attacks
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Branford Marsalis on music, America and the human brain
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Exit interview: U.S. Ambassador David L. Cohen
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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How did the Liberals get here?
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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The Paul Wells New Year's party
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Introducing CANADALAND: Substack’s founder on news, money, and Musk
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Why I hate Christmas
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Wells, Gerson, and Ling on Freeland and the Liberals' future, if any
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Special mailbag edition
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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A woke-up call for Democrats
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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North America faces the Trump tariff
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Can Jane Philpott fix Ontario health care?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Trump won. So how did the Democrats lose?
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Hoodwinked by Big Paderno
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Wells sur Trudeau en français! Avec Chantal Hébert
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Democracy under threat: Anne Applebaum and Timothy Snyder
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Marc Garneau on space and politics
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Historian Tim Cook on the Canada-US alliance
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Little Trumps Everywhere
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: The Boxing Match
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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A new Poilievre biography from Andrew Lawton
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May 22, 2024 |
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How great art gets made
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May 15, 2024 |
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Wells on Trudeau with guest host Vassy Kapelos
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May 08, 2024 |
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A history of Chinese influence in Canada
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May 01, 2024 |
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Jason Kenney's mea culpa
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Dr. Philpott's prescription for fixing healthcare
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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The Justin Trudeau interview, sort of
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Immigration Minister Marc Miller
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Did We Learn Anything from COVID?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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The War Inside Rogers
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Ukraine: Mr. Thorsell dissents
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Ranking Canada's Prime Ministers on Foreign Policy
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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How did housing become a federal battleground?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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A cop talks about policing protests
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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What's Andrew Coyne so worried about?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Janice Stein on the war in Gaza
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The Paul Wells Show year-end variety special
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Catherine Tait Makes Her Case for the CBC
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Toomas Ilves on living in Russia’s shadow
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Olivia Chow Wants Toronto to Work
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Quebec's Tuition Bombshell
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The National Gallery's Fix-It Guy
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Ottawa's mayor on his first year in office
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Patty Hajdu on pain, healing and politics
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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John Ibbitson on Pearson and Diefenbaker's great rivalry
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Timothy Garton Ash’s personal history of Europe
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Paul Gross on a King Lear for our times
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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B.C. Premier David Eby
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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How Bill C-18 is threatening a local news empire
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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How Kennedy Stewart decriminalized drugs in Vancouver
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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The Liberal House leader on the human cost of politics
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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k.d. lang's brilliant career
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Can Rachel Notley's NDP govern Alberta again?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey on the future of movies
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Beyond the Group of Seven: How women painted a different side of Canada
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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A man in transit: What moves Andy Byford?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Does Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, have the toughest job in Ottawa?
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Buzz Bissinger and the American saga
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Historian Margaret MacMillan on the shift in global power
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Bill Morneau's wild ride
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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The plot to overthrow Germany
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The tyrant next door: The struggle for democracy in Eastern Europe
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Sick kids, sicker hospitals
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Grammy winner esperanza spalding on inspiration and collaboration
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Is there a business case for greening the economy?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Winnipeg’s new mayor Scott Gillingham talks about his plans to revitalize the city
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Author Max Fisher on the social media chaos machine
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Bob Rae and the cascade of crises
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Dopesick author on hope and the future of the overdose crisis
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Life after COVID: WHO’s Peter A. Singer on the next threat
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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The symphonic Joni Mitchell with Sarah Slean
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Jason Kenney, the Man the Right Left Behind
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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How the Invasion has Changed Ukraine, and how it’s Changing Canada
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Biden's Man In Ottawa
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Introducing The Paul Wells Show
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Sep 02, 2022 |