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About the show

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada's fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content. Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation. In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in monthly on global and Canadian news events. The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices appearing in The Hub. Every week, editor-at-large Sean Speer is joined by David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, to dig into the drama and strategy of Canadian politics. Topics range from the issues dominating headlines, the communications battles behind the scenes, to the trends shaping parties, leaders, and voters. Some weeks, they'll focus on the hot story in Ottawa. The Hub's media criticism podcast Full Press looks at how the media in Canada is covering the major stories of the day. Full press is hosted by The Hub's managing editor Harrison Lowman, and features journalist Tara Henley, and veteran news media executive Peter Menzies. Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. Each Friday, The Hub Roundtable features Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths' and Sean Speer's take on the big political and economic stories making the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

  • Three lessons from Quebec’s political earthquake

    October 7, 2026 · 14 min

    Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - Three lessons from Quebec’s…

  • How Quebec’s new separatist government could break Canada’s “cozy consensus”

    October 6, 2026 · 21 min

    Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer analyze Quebec electing a separatist Parti Québécois minority government and its implications for Canadian federalism. They examine PQ leader St-Pierre Plamondon's referendum pledge, Quebec's fragmented…

  • What if Canadian journalism’s problem is its product?

    October 6, 2026 · 14 min

    Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:22 - What if Canadian…

  • Canadian protectionism is masquerading as Canadian patriotism

    October 5, 2026 · 17 min

    Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 - Canadian protectionism is…

  • Liberals are finally rediscovering capitalism. Conservatives should welcome it

    October 3, 2026 · 8 min

    Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. Liberals are finally rediscovering…

  • Has Canada's pipeline war been won?

    October 2, 2026 · 23 min

    Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and chair of Abacus Data, join Sean Speer to discuss the dramatic shift in Canadian politics toward embracing pipeline development and natural resource…

  • Has Canada become a one-party state?

    October 2, 2026 · 1 min

    In this paid subscriber-only edition of The Roundtable, Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer examine the consolidation of power around Canada's Liberal Party after a decade in government. They explore how federal subsidies and policy…

  • Quebec’s upcoming election will further shift the province rightwards, regardless of who wins

    October 2, 2026 · 13 min

    Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:21 - Quebec’s upcoming election…