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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.

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 46

25 mins; November 19, 2021

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

51 mins; November 16, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 45

23 mins; November 12, 2021

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

49 mins; November 10, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 44

14 mins; November 05, 2021

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

44 mins; November 02, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 43

10 mins; October 29, 2021

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

42 mins; October 28, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 42

18 mins; October 22, 2021

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

52 mins; October 19, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 41

14 mins; October 15, 2021

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

47 mins; October 13, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 40

20 mins; October 08, 2021

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

45 mins; October 05, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 39

22 mins; October 01, 2021

Be it resolved: The statues must come down

52 mins; September 28, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 38

14 mins; September 24, 2021

Be it resolved: Billionaire philanthropy is bad for society

53 mins; September 21, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 37

17 mins; September 17, 2021

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

49 mins; September 14, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 36

16 mins; September 10, 2021

Be it resolved: Schools that grade students are failing them

51 mins; September 08, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 35

7 mins; September 03, 2021

Be it resolved: Meritocracy is killing the middle class

47 mins; August 31, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 34

14 mins; August 27, 2021

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

46 mins; August 24, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 33

17 mins; August 20, 2021

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

48 mins; August 18, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 32

18 mins; August 13, 2021

Be it resolved: A secular society is a tolerant society

55 mins; August 10, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 31

16 mins; August 06, 2021

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

43 mins; August 03, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 30

11 mins; July 30, 2021

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

49 mins; July 27, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 29

13 mins; July 23, 2021

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

49 mins; July 20, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 28

16 mins; July 16, 2021

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

42 mins; July 14, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 27

17 mins; July 09, 2021

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

48 mins; July 06, 2021

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Irshad Manji: Episode 6

65 hours 28 mins; July 02, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 26

14 mins; July 02, 2021

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

41 mins; July 01, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 25

14 mins; June 25, 2021

Be it resolved: Canada is a systemically racist country

46 mins; June 24, 2021

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Timothy Snyder: Episode 5

63 hours 8 mins; June 20, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 24

12 mins; June 18, 2021

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

55 mins; June 16, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 23

11 mins; June 11, 2021

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

42 mins; June 10, 2021

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Nesrine Malik: Episode 4

60 hours 30 mins; June 07, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 22

11 mins; June 04, 2021

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

55 mins; June 03, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 21

11 mins; May 28, 2021

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

52 mins; May 27, 2021

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray: Episode 3

61 hours 37 mins; May 24, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 20

10 mins; May 21, 2021

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

50 mins; May 20, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 19

18 mins; May 14, 2021

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

54 mins; May 13, 2021

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Scott Galloway: Episode 2

58 mins; May 10, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 18

15 mins; May 07, 2021

Be it resolved: Ageing is a reversible disease

46 mins; May 06, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 17

13 mins; April 30, 2021

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

44 mins; April 29, 2021

Spring 2021 Munk Dialogue with Jonathan Haidt: Episode 1

65 hours 53 mins; April 26, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 16

13 mins; April 23, 2021

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

45 mins; April 22, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 15

17 mins; April 16, 2021

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

45 mins; April 15, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 14

17 mins; April 09, 2021

Be it resolved: We are not alone in the universe

49 mins; April 08, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 13

15 mins; April 02, 2021

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

52 mins; March 31, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 12

14 mins; March 26, 2021

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

45 mins; March 24, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 11

14 mins; March 19, 2021

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

45 mins; March 17, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 10

11 mins; March 12, 2021

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

40 mins; March 10, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 9

13 mins; March 05, 2021

Be it resolved: Go Green! Go Nuclear!

45 mins; March 03, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 8

11 mins; February 26, 2021

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

50 mins; February 24, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 7

13 mins; February 19, 2021

Bari Weiss on speech and open debate

36 mins; February 17, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 6

11 mins; February 12, 2021

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

40 mins; February 11, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 5

13 mins; February 05, 2021

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

47 mins; February 03, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 4

13 mins; January 29, 2021

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

45 mins; January 27, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 3

11 mins; January 22, 2021

Be it resolved: We are living in a simulation

47 mins; January 20, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 2

12 mins; January 15, 2021

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

45 mins; January 14, 2021

Munk Members-Only Pod: Episode 1

12 mins; January 09, 2021

Be it resolved: Britain will boom beyond Brexit

44 mins; January 06, 2021

Anne Applebaum on the future of democracy

42 mins; December 30, 2020

Ian Morris on the past and future of human civilization

41 mins; December 23, 2020

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