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's on-off-on tariffs and a new Canadian Prime Minister
19 mins; March 14, 2025
Munk Debates Podcast: Trump's trade wars with Jared Bernstein and Oren Cass
42 mins; March 07, 2025
Friday Focus: Trump's plan to weaken Canada so he can annex it
31 mins; March 07, 2025
Friday Focus: Zelensky clashes with Trump and Canada faces tariff threats - again
20 mins; February 28, 2025
Munk Debates Podcast: Stephen Walt and Evelyn Farkas on Trump's plan for Ukraine and the changing world order
24 mins; February 28, 2025
Friday Focus: Trump attacks Zelensky and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity
17 mins; February 21, 2025
Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media
88 hours 18 mins; February 20, 2025
Friday Focus: Plans to end the war in Ukraine and momentum for Mark Carney
13 mins; February 14, 2025
Munk Debates Podcast: Gaza, tariffs, and a constitutional showdown
33 mins; February 12, 2025
Friday Focus: Tariff reversal and Trump's shocking plan for Gaza
18 mins; February 07, 2025
Be it resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right
89 hours 18 mins; February 05, 2025
Friday Focus Special Episode: Day One of The Canada-U.S. tariff war
32 mins; February 02, 2025
Friday Focus: Canada needs a better response to Trump's tariffs
17 mins; January 31, 2025
Munk Debate Podcast: Elon Musk embraces the far-right and Trump ends DEI
34 mins; January 30, 2025
Friday Focus: Trump doubles down & Canada prepares for tariffs
21 mins; January 24, 2025
Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children
46 mins; January 23, 2025
Friday Focus: Gaza ceasefire - Trump prepares to take office
14 mins; January 17, 2025
Friday Focus: Trump's territorial aspirations - Liberal leadership race
19 mins; January 10, 2025
Munk Dialogue with Rudyard Griffiths and Ricki Gurwitz: the Munk Debates in 2025
29 mins; January 09, 2025
Friday Focus: Trudeau's January and lone wolf terrorist attacks
16 mins; January 03, 2025
Friday Focus: A Year in Canadian Politics
20 mins; December 27, 2024
Be it Resolved, history will be kind to Joe Biden
45 mins; December 24, 2024
Friday Focus: A crisis in Ottawa - Canada as the 51st state?
18 mins; December 20, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Stephen Moore: why Trump's tariff plans will benefit Americans
32 mins; December 18, 2024
Friday Focus: Trump's tariff plan and Canada's soaring debt
16 mins; December 13, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Michael Weiss: how Assad's fall is reshaping the Middle East
45 mins; December 10, 2024
Friday Focus: Democracies in trouble - a controversial political pardon
19 mins; December 06, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Raja Mohan: the Canada-India relationship hits a new low
44 mins; December 03, 2024
Friday Focus: Trump Tariffs – Lebanon Ceasefire
18 mins; November 29, 2024
Be it Resolved, DEI workplace programs do more harm than good
41 mins; November 28, 2024
Friday Focus: Ukraine's dangerous escalation against Russia and the ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
24 mins; November 22, 2024
Friday Focus: Trump takes a wrecking ball to America's governing institutions
36 mins; November 21, 2024
Be it Resolved, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK
60 hours 20 mins; November 21, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a sober wake-up call for the Democrats
31 mins; November 11, 2024
Friday Focus: Democrats point fingers and Iran threats another strike on Israel
19 mins; November 08, 2024
Friday Focus: special US election episode
23 mins; November 06, 2024
Friday Focus: the US election enters the final stretch and North Korean troops join the war in Ukraine
18 mins; November 01, 2024
Be it Resolved, don’t stop now. The U.S. should join Israel and take out Iran’s nuclear program
49 mins; November 01, 2024
Friday Focus: A consequential election and serious warnings about Donald Trump
24 mins; October 25, 2024
Be it Resolved, cultural appropriation is part of the American experience.
48 mins; October 22, 2024
Friday Focus: the death of Yahya Sinwar and Trump's worrying economic plans
23 mins; October 18, 2024
Friday Focus: How will Israel respond to Iran?
16 mins; October 11, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Dan Senor: a defining moment for Israel
49 mins; October 10, 2024
Be it Resolved, the UK needs migration for its future prosperity
52 mins; October 09, 2024
Friday Focus: A Shape-Shifting Moment in the Middle East
17 mins; October 04, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: Israel's next move
38 mins; October 02, 2024
Friday Focus: Israel pushes forward in Lebanon and Putin changes Russia's nuclear doctrine
18 mins; September 27, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Adam Kirsch: the dangerous ideology behind settler colonialism
38 mins; September 26, 2024
Friday Focus: Israel's pager attacks have changed the rules of war
25 mins; September 20, 2024
Be it Resolved, Baby Boomers have knee-capped the prospects of future generations
43 mins; September 17, 2024
Friday Focus: Staring Down the Barrel of a NATO-Russia War
15 mins; September 13, 2024
Be it Resolved, Israel must agree to a hostage deal
54 mins; September 12, 2024
Friday Focus: Judicial reforms in Mexico and Putin changes his nuclear doctrine
11 mins; September 06, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Ayaan Hirsi Ali: why the UK is facing a clash of civilizations
48 mins; September 04, 2024
Friday Focus: Israel on the Offensive and Kamala Harris's Foreign Policy
13 mins; August 30, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Dmitri Trenin: when nuclear war becomes inevitable
47 mins; August 27, 2024
Friday Focus: Kamala's "vibes" and a final push for a ceasefire deal
13 mins; August 23, 2024
Be it Resolved, Bibi is the best Prime Minister for an Israel at war
60 hours 46 mins; August 19, 2024
Friday Focus: The Middle East on tenterhooks and Putin's military blunder
16 mins; August 16, 2024
Be it Resolved, Kamala Harris is the Democrats' best hope to defeat Donald Trump
46 mins; August 12, 2024
Friday Focus: Israel waits for Iran's response and Ukraine's surprising offensive into Russia
13 mins; August 09, 2024
Be it resolved, the gentle parenting ethos raises happier children
46 mins; August 06, 2024
Be it Resolved, Ukraine should be admitted to NATO
49 mins; July 30, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Jeff Weaver: a new race for the White House
38 mins; July 24, 2024
Be it Resolved, journalism schools are bad for journalism
42 mins; July 15, 2024
Be it Resolved, Joe Biden must step down
41 mins; July 09, 2024
Munk Dialogue with John Mackey: Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism
37 mins; July 05, 2024
Be it Resolved, anti-Zionism is antisemitism
30 mins; June 25, 2024
Munk Dialogue with David Ignatius: Space as the future of warfare
38 mins; June 18, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy: Looking ahead to the Munk Debate on Anti-Zionism
55 mins; June 11, 2024
Munk Dialogue with David E. Sanger: New Cold Wars
40 mins; June 04, 2024
Be it Resolved, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
56 mins; May 28, 2024
Be it Resolved, the elites have betrayed America
40 mins; May 21, 2024
Be it Resolved, campus protesters are on the right side of history.
43 mins; May 14, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Charles Asher Small: Qatar's influence on campus protests
26 mins; May 06, 2024
Be it Resolved, Israel should take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.
45 mins; April 30, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Ambassador Dennis Ross: a new Middle East strategy
44 mins; April 23, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Gregg Carlstrom: Israel and Iran's shadow war explodes into the open
35 mins; April 15, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Richard Haass: a crumbling world order
43 mins; April 09, 2024
Be it Resolved, TikTok is a national security threat and should be sold or banned.
48 mins; April 03, 2024
Be it Resolved, American workers have never had it so good
48 mins; March 28, 2024
Be it Resolved, Donald Trump is a weak general election candidate.
49 mins; March 18, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Rose Gottemoeller: assessing Russia’s nuclear threats
39 mins; March 13, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Gilead Sher: why a two-state solution is the only viable path to peace
35 mins; March 06, 2024
Be it Resolved, the Democrats need a new nominee
39 mins; February 27, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Sarah Paine: the rise of the Russia-China axis
38 mins; February 22, 2024
Be it Resolved, western governments must resume funding to UNRWA
50 mins; February 12, 2024
Munk Dialogue with John Mearsheimer: why Ukraine needs to break ties with the West
49 mins; February 07, 2024
Munk Dialogue with David Horovitz: is it possible to defeat Hamas?
46 mins; January 30, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Michael Knights: Houthi attacks in the Red Sea
36 mins; January 24, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Lenore Skenazy: the importance of raising free-range kids
40 mins; January 18, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Greg Lukianoff: how to fix higher education
40 mins; January 10, 2024
Munk Dialogue with Zhou Bo: Why China sees Taiwan as its biggest national security concern
35 mins; January 02, 2024
The best debates of 2023
40 mins; December 27, 2023
Munk Dialogue with Michael Geist: Why the Online News Act is a policy disaster
43 mins; December 19, 2023
Be it Resolved, Henry Kissinger was one of history’s great statesmen
55 mins; December 12, 2023
Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: for Israel, this is a war of necessity
44 mins; December 07, 2023
Be it Resolved, the western media has an anti-Israel bias
50 mins; November 28, 2023
Munk Dialogue with John Spencer: how to dismantle Hamas terror tunnels
40 mins; November 20, 2023
Be it Resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right