Open to Debate with David Moscrop
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Where does toxic political polarization come from and what can we do about it?
41 mins; December 10, 2024
What’s actually getting better?
53 mins; November 12, 2024
How did women’s hockey become so popular?
52 mins; October 27, 2024
Is there a better way to do democracy?
38 mins; September 30, 2024
How do non-profit organizations work – or not?
44 mins; September 16, 2024
Is Canada ready to get serious about tackling monopolies and oligopolies?
44 mins; July 23, 2024
In conversation with Seamus O'Regan: What does an anti-scab worker bill tell us about the state of labour in Canada?
48 mins; July 09, 2024
Are universities ready to modernize?
42 mins; May 27, 2024
What are the hidden costs of climate change?
45 mins; May 13, 2024
What is AI and is Canada ready for it?
43 mins; May 07, 2024
What is Kenneyism and why should we care?
52 mins; April 22, 2024
How is life becoming “enshitified"?
49 mins; April 15, 2024
Who wants to lead the Alberta NDP?
40 mins; March 18, 2024
What is the future of trans rights?
40 mins; March 05, 2024
Remembering Ed Broadbent
43 mins; February 13, 2024
What does 2024 have in store for us?
50 mins; January 29, 2024
Could a land value tax help solve the housing crisis?
41 mins; December 04, 2023
Is AI a threat to democracy?
44 mins; November 20, 2023
Can Canada protect itself from American democratic decline?
52 mins; October 23, 2023
Does Canada have a foreign policy?
46 mins; October 09, 2023
Can Olivia Chow remake Toronto?
39 mins; September 26, 2023
How do we solve the housing crisis?
41 mins; September 11, 2023
What does fire weather mean for our future?
44 mins; August 07, 2023
Did cable television break America?
40 mins; July 25, 2023
How should we think about fat bodies?
38 mins; July 03, 2023
Who owns the future of public spaces?
40 mins; June 19, 2023
What just happened in Alberta–and what comes next?
49 mins; June 06, 2023
Who gets to spend time in nature?
38 mins; May 01, 2023
Who should care about rural development?
41 mins; April 18, 2023
What does a campus labour struggle tell us about unions in Canada?
43 mins; March 20, 2023
Can we have a healthy digital public sphere?
40 mins; March 07, 2023
How do we fix Canadian healthcare?
41 mins; February 07, 2023
Will the Canadian marketplace ever be competitive?
45 mins; January 24, 2023
How should Canada engage with Indigenous legal traditions?
44 mins; January 10, 2023
How do cities work?
43 mins; December 20, 2022
What can be done about the biggest issues facing our cities?
42 mins; December 06, 2022
What is the state of cities in Canada?
40 mins; November 21, 2022
How should we fight anti-trans hate?
41 mins; November 07, 2022
What is the future of the labour movement?
40 mins; October 24, 2022
What is the new political capitalism?
41 mins; October 10, 2022
What does the targeted harassment of journalists mean for journalism and democracy?
44 mins; September 12, 2022
What is the future of public healthcare in Canada?
41 mins; August 29, 2022
What can artificial intelligence do?
39 mins; August 15, 2022
What do cattle have to do with climate change?
40 mins; August 01, 2022
How are you doing-er?
47 mins; July 18, 2022
How should we put ourselves back together post-pandemic?
49 mins; June 27, 2022
Where do hate crimes come from and what is to be done?
45 mins; June 13, 2022
What is the state of abortion rights and access in Canada?
46 mins; May 31, 2022
What does artificial intelligence mean for the future of equitable, accessible healthcare?
46 mins; May 09, 2022
Who gets to be a migrant – and where?
0 secs; April 26, 2022
What is racial capitalism and the case for reparations?
49 mins; March 29, 2022
Who gets to protest?
41 mins; March 15, 2022
What does the future hold for liberal democracy?
42 mins; February 01, 2022
How important is nuclear energy to a low-carbon future?
40 mins; January 18, 2022
Are we coming undone during the pandemic?
46 mins; December 07, 2021
How does structural racism shape our politics?
39 mins; November 23, 2021
What is to be done about climate policy?
44 mins; November 08, 2021
How should we think about China’s place in the world?
48 mins; October 25, 2021
What is the role of experts during a pandemic?
45 mins; October 11, 2021
What is to be done about Canada’s competition problem?
47 mins; September 27, 2021
Election Special: What are the policy priorities of Canada’s political parties?
47 mins; September 13, 2021
What’s the state of Canada’s courts? With Beverly McLachlin
43 mins; August 02, 2021
What’s the case for employee-owned businesses?
45 mins; July 19, 2021
Can members of Parliament break the mold?
58 mins; July 05, 2021
What is the future of same-sex marriage in the United States?
56 mins; June 21, 2021
What is the state of 2SLGTBQ+ rights in Canada?
50 mins; June 07, 2021
What’s wrong with Canada’s democracy?
45 mins; May 25, 2021
How are we managing late-pandemic anxiety?
56 mins; May 10, 2021
Should we adopt vaccine certification programs?
44 mins; April 26, 2021
Why are our wireless and broadband bills so high?
43 mins; April 12, 2021
What is the future of Canada's left?
48 mins; March 29, 2021
How can we solve our long-term care crisis?
49 mins; March 15, 2021
How are you doing?
60 hours 16 mins; March 01, 2021
How should we talk about public health during a pandemic?
40 mins; February 15, 2021
Should white supremacist groups be designated as terrorist organisations?
44 mins; February 01, 2021
How does institutionalized racism shape the music industry?
44 mins; January 18, 2021
Who’s afraid of modern monetary theory?
39 mins; January 04, 2021
How can we re-imagine Indigenous healthcare and healing?
37 mins; December 07, 2020
Should Canada adopt a universal basic income?
49 mins; November 23, 2020
Who will get the Covid-19 vaccine - and when?
43 mins; November 09, 2020
What just happened, America?
31 mins; November 05, 2020
Can the US have a free and fair election?
46 mins; October 27, 2020
Should Canada decriminalize drugs?
47 mins; October 13, 2020
How can we solve the opioid crisis?
39 mins; September 29, 2020
Can democracy survive in the United States of America?
42 mins; September 15, 2020
Re-Introducing Open to Debate, hosted by David Moscrop
2 mins; September 07, 2020
What does accountability look like in the era of social media?
48 mins; August 11, 2020
Can we build resilience in a crisis?
49 mins; July 28, 2020
Can History be Erased?
47 mins; July 14, 2020
Do we need the United Nations Security Council?
48 mins; June 30, 2020
Whose pandemic is this?
45 mins; June 19, 2020
Is this time different?
42 mins; June 16, 2020
Can capitalism solve climate change?
44 mins; June 02, 2020
Can the United States of America manage the pandemic?
42 mins; May 19, 2020
Is Canada racist?
50 mins; May 05, 2020
Can we protect our identity online?
34 mins; April 21, 2020
What can caremongering do for us -- and what can't it?
47 mins; April 07, 2020
How do we manage life during COVID-19?
34 mins; March 24, 2020
What does it mean to become a man?
47 mins; March 10, 2020
Why Protest?
0 secs; February 26, 2020