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The Munk Debates Podcast

The Munk Debates podcast is an extension of the main stage events - in subject, speaker selection, tone and format. It will introduce the iconic brand - and its engaging debates about significant issues of our time. Audiences will hear strong and passionate arguments from both sides of an issue so they will have enough information to make up their own minds about where they stand.

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

30 mins; April 03, 2026

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

24 mins; March 31, 2026

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

39 mins; March 27, 2026

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

31 mins; March 24, 2026

Friday Focus: a regional war with global consequences

32 mins; March 20, 2026

Friday Focus: Trump is learning that Iran is not Venezuela

25 mins; March 12, 2026

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

24 mins; March 06, 2026

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

21 mins; March 03, 2026

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

17 mins; February 27, 2026

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

18 mins; February 23, 2026

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

14 mins; February 20, 2026

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

26 mins; February 13, 2026

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

21 mins; February 10, 2026

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

17 mins; February 06, 2026

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

41 mins; February 03, 2026

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

19 mins; January 30, 2026

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

15 mins; January 29, 2026

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

19 mins; January 23, 2026

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

22 mins; January 19, 2026

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

25 mins; January 16, 2026

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

21 mins; January 12, 2026

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

14 mins; January 09, 2026

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

14 mins; January 09, 2026

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

24 mins; January 06, 2026

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

34 mins; January 04, 2026

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

20 mins; January 02, 2026

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

44 mins; December 26, 2025

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

17 mins; December 19, 2025

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

33 mins; December 12, 2025

Munk Debate on the Two-State Solution: Opening Statements

35 mins; December 08, 2025

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

19 mins; December 05, 2025

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

27 mins; November 28, 2025

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

17 mins; November 25, 2025

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

31 mins; November 21, 2025

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

17 mins; November 19, 2025

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?

17 mins; November 14, 2025

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

48 mins; November 07, 2025

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

19 mins; November 05, 2025

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

20 mins; October 31, 2025

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

24 mins; October 28, 2025

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

17 mins; October 24, 2025

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

31 mins; October 20, 2025

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

18 mins; October 17, 2025

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

26 mins; October 16, 2025

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

34 mins; October 10, 2025

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

29 mins; October 07, 2025

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

26 mins; October 03, 2025

Trump's military speech ramblings should concern every Canadian

36 mins; October 02, 2025

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

21 mins; September 26, 2025

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

42 mins; September 24, 2025

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

25 mins; September 19, 2025

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

16 mins; September 12, 2025

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

45 mins; September 10, 2025

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

24 mins; September 05, 2025

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

36 mins; September 03, 2025

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

21 mins; August 29, 2025

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

34 mins; August 26, 2025

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

17 mins; August 22, 2025

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

32 mins; August 19, 2025

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

19 mins; August 15, 2025

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

21 mins; August 08, 2025

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

36 mins; August 06, 2025

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

25 mins; August 01, 2025

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

35 mins; July 29, 2025

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

25 mins; July 25, 2025

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

43 mins; July 23, 2025

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

17 mins; July 18, 2025

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

32 mins; July 15, 2025

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

29 mins; July 11, 2025

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

30 mins; July 10, 2025

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

22 mins; July 04, 2025

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

34 mins; July 03, 2025

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

19 mins; June 27, 2025

Friday Focus special Tuesday edition: a fragile ceasefire takes hold

26 mins; June 24, 2025

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

31 mins; June 22, 2025

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

37 mins; June 20, 2025

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

28 mins; June 16, 2025

Friday Focus: Israel's spectacular strike on Iran

15 mins; June 13, 2025

Be it Resolved, this is America's golden age

29 mins; June 09, 2025

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

19 mins; June 06, 2025

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

30 mins; June 03, 2025

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

15 mins; May 30, 2025

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

27 mins; May 26, 2025

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

21 mins; May 23, 2025

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

21 mins; May 16, 2025

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

33 mins; May 13, 2025

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

15 mins; May 09, 2025

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

20 mins; May 02, 2025

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

36 mins; April 30, 2025

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

16 mins; April 25, 2025

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

37 mins; April 22, 2025

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

19 mins; April 18, 2025

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

35 mins; April 15, 2025

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

20 mins; April 11, 2025

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

16 mins; April 04, 2025

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

28 mins; April 03, 2025

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

18 mins; March 28, 2025

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

39 mins; March 27, 2025

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

27 mins; March 21, 2025

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

33 mins; March 18, 2025

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