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The Munk Debates Podcast

Munk Foundation / iHeartRadio 942 - Friday Focus: Trump's latest threats carry no weight and AI leaders sound the alarm

The Munk Debate podcasts is home to two of the most popular Canadian current affairs podcasts: Friday Focus with Janice Gross Stein and Munk Dialogues with Andrew Coyne

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Published 18 Sep 2026

Duration 23:31

Episodes

942-

Friday Focus: Trump's latest threats carry no weight and AI leaders sound the alarm

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18 Sep 2026

941-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney opens Canada for business and courts a new European alliance

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16 Sep 2026

940-

Friday Focus: Canada's trade war heats up and the Iranians escalate to de-escalate

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11 Sep 2026

939-

Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world

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31 Aug 2026

938-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Is Canada prepared for the long fight?

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28 Aug 2026

937-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney walks away from Trump and turns his Davos speech into action

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24 Aug 2026

936-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: how far is Carney willing to bend for Trump?

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21 Aug 2026

935-

Be it resolved, anti-Zionism is antisemitism

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17 Aug 2026

934-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the Canada-US trade deadline looms and Iran calls Trump's bluff

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14 Aug 2026

933-

Be it Resolved, let’s engineer better human beings

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11 Aug 2026

932-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney considers concessions to Trump as U.S. power wanes abroad

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07 Aug 2026

931-

Be it Resolved, liberalism gets the big questions right

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04 Aug 2026

930-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Canada's two competing priorities and the new U.S. Fed Chair signals compliance to Trump

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31 Jul 2026

929-

Be it Resolved, don't trust mainstream media

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28 Jul 2026

928-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump doubles down on the Iran war and tariffs, and an AI model escapes the lab

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24 Jul 2026

927-

Be it Resolved, this is America's golden age

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21 Jul 2026

926-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump undermines his own party and the crisis of Canadian conservatism

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17 Jul 2026

925-

Be it Resolved the capitalist system is broken, it's time to try something different

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13 Jul 2026

924-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the Iran-U.S. ceasefire unravels and Alberta pulls ahead while Ontario and Quebec fall behind

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10 Jul 2026

923-

Be it resolved, it is in Israel’s interest to support a two-state solution

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06 Jul 2026

922-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: The American Experiment at 250 and Canada's pipeline gamble

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03 Jul 2026

921-

Friday Focus: Iran tests America's resolve and anti-Zionism becomes a winning strategy in New York

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26 Jun 2026

920-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump loses his bargaining power and has Mark Carney's “elbows up” promise delivered?

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23 Jun 2026

919-

Friday Focus: Iran flexes its leverage and Ukraine goes on the attack

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19 Jun 2026

918-

Munk Dialogue with Janice Gross Stein: $300 Billion for Iran and and a huge leap of faith

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17 Jun 2026

917-

Friday Focus: Trump abandons his red lines for a deal with Iran

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12 Jun 2026

916-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: are we in a recession - or a growth trap?

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09 Jun 2026

915-

Friday Focus: America's security guarantee is tested, while Canada's AI strategy comes up short

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05 Jun 2026

914-

Friday Focus: The hidden cost of a deal with Iran — and the Pope sounds the alarm on AI

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29 May 2026

913-

Munk Debate on Foreign Wars: opening statements

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25 May 2026

912-

Bonus Episode: behind the scenes at The Munk Debate on Foreign Wars

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22 May 2026

911-

Friday Focus: America and Iran inch toward a deal as Trump’s corruption hits new depths

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22 May 2026

910-

Friday Focus: No winners in the Middle East — and Xi warns Trump against falling into the Thucydides Trap

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15 May 2026

909-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: A weakened President needs China's help and a debate over the new Governor General

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12 May 2026

908-

Friday Focus: Trump faces pressure from Gulf States, Britain's populist parties get a boost, and Canada's new GG is plucked from the Laurentian elite

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08 May 2026

907-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: America and Iran inch closer to war, Ukraine proves itself worthy of NATO, and Canada moves closer to Europe

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05 May 2026

906-

Friday Focus: Iran's window of maximum leverage and a new AI model puts financial systems at risk

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01 May 2026

905-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney's new sovereign wealth fund is a solution in search of a problem down

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28 Apr 2026

904-

Friday Focus: Munk Debate on Foreign Wars, a shaky ceasefire with Iran, and Carney braces for tough trade talks

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24 Apr 2026

903-

Friday Focus: A landmark Israel–Lebanon ceasefire and the erosion of party loyalty in Canada

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17 Apr 2026

902-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

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14 Apr 2026

901-

Friday Focus: A historic week in geopolitics signals the unravelling of America's global dominance

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10 Apr 2026

900-

Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are one seat closer to a majority government

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08 Apr 2026

899-

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

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03 Apr 2026

898-

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

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31 Mar 2026

897-

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

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27 Mar 2026

896-

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

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25 Mar 2026

895-

Friday Focus: a regional war with global consequences

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21 Mar 2026

894-

Friday Focus: Trump is learning that Iran is not Venezuela

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13 Mar 2026

893-

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

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06 Mar 2026

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