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Last week, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. announced his department was scrapping $500 million in mRNA vaccine research funding. Canadian infectious disease specialist and University of Toronto professor Allison McGeer joins the program to explain why she thinks RFK Jr.'s belief system is flawed when it comes to vaccines, and the enormous potential of mRNA technology for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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, taped live.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

The Hub is Canada's fastest-growing independent digital news outlet.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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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.

1:34 - Canadians' basic rights are being trampled under excessive safetyism, by Joanna Baron

11:28 - Trump forced out thousands of top NASA scientists. Canada should hire them before others do, by Aiden Muscovitch

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of each instalment of Hub Headlines and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

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With Air Canada's negotiations with the flight attendants' union seemingly going nowhere, and the possibility of a strike starting Saturday, tens of thousands of Canadian travelers face being stranded during their summer vacations. Sprott School of Business Professor Ian Lee breaks down how we got here from lack of competition, and the likelihood the Canadian government allows Air Canada flight attendants to strike and the subsequent mass cancellation of flights.

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, taped live.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

The Hub is Canada's fastest-growing independent digital news outlet.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

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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.

1:18 - The Carney government needs to kickstart a housing boom—and fast, by Mike Moffatt

6:56 - Following the U.K.'s lead in lowering the voting age would be a mistake for Canada, by Aiden Muscovitch

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of each instalment of Hub Headlines and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch The Hub on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

Get a FREE 3-month trial membership for our premium podcast content: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en

CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

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China tariffing Canadian canola yesterday by 75.8 percent is just the latest in the trade war between the two countries. Canada-ASEAN Business Council advisor Bill Hawkins joins Hub Hits to discuss China's aggressive tariff attacks against Canada and how the super power is emboldened by the U.S.-Canada trade disputes.

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, taped live.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

The Hub is Canada's fastest-growing independent digital news outlet.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

Want more Hub? Get a FREE 3-month trial membership on us: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en

CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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Full Press discusses whether Israel has won the ground war in Gaza but lost the media war, asks why journalists didn't raise more questions about rights restrictions around the Nova Scotia wildfire woods ban, and looks into new leaks from TV host Travis Dhanraj following his grand exist from the CBC.

To receive full-length editions of Full Press, subscribe now and become a Hub Hero to get access to all of The Hub's paid podcasts and our website www.thehub.ca.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

Want more Hub? Get a FREE 3-month trial membership on us: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en

CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Alisha Rao - Sound Editor

Harrison Lowman - Host

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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.

1:35 - Canada has gone from a leader to a laggard to a liability on the world stage—but we don't have to accept the status quo, by Peter MacKay

14:15 - Been there, done that: Economic nationalism is a dead end, by Sean Speer

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of each instalment of Hub Headlines and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch The Hub on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

Get a FREE 3-month trial membership for our premium podcast content: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en

CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, email [email protected]

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The Indigenous Cowichan tribes won a major land claim case in B.C.'s Supreme Court that set a record for the longest trial, spanning 523 days in the last five years, and may have wider implications for property rights in the province of B.C. and Canada. University of Saskatchewan Professor of Law Dwight Newman breaks down the case and its wider implications for Canada.

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, taped live.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

The Hub is Canada's fastest-growing independent digital news outlet.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

Want more Hub? Get a FREE 3-month trial membership on us: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en

CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Sean Speer - Host

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

1:31 - Could American courts save Canada from Trump's tariffs?, by Geoffrey Sigalet

9:28 - It should not be this hard to call out antisemitism, by Michael Geist

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of each instalment of Hub Headlines and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Watch The Hub on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada

Get a FREE 3-month trial membership for our premium podcast content: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en

CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, email [email protected]

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Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist, award-winning author and host of The Origins Podcast, discusses his new book, The War on Science: Thirty-Nine Renowned Scientists and Scholars Speak Out About Current Threats to Free Speech, Open Inquiry, and the Scientific Process. He outlines the costs and consequences of the politicization of universities, the threats of free speech and open inquiry from the left and the right, and the need for universities to focus on excellence in the scientific pursuit rather than political values.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get our best content when you are on the go:

https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)

https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

Want more Hub? Get a FREE 3-month trial membership on us: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor

Alex Gluch and David Matta - Sound Editors

Alisha Rao- Production Assistant

Sean Speer - Host

To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts email [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.