Hub Podcasts

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. This episode features Sean Speer, editor-at-large at The Hub. He and Rudyard Griffiths, publisher at The Hub, discuss a recent Reuters Institute's annual Digital News report on Canadians' news consumption habits and what it says about Canada's news media subsidies environment. You can read the Reuters Institute report here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-06/Digital_News-Report_2025.pdf

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

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer & 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.

0:16 - The state of Canada's economy halfway through 2025, by Theo Argitis

This program is narrated by automated voices. To receive full length editions of Hub Headlines, subscribe now and become a Hub Hero to get access to all of The Hub's paid podcasts and our website Thehub.ca.

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

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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.

0:18 - 'A place where anybody, from anywhere, can do anything': The Hub celebrates Canada Day, including commentaries by Karen Restoule and Ben Woodfinden

This program is narrated by automated voices. To receive full length editions of Hub Headlines, subscribe now and become a Hub Hero to get access to all of The Hub's paid podcasts and our website Thehub.ca.

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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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Bill Browder, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign and self-described "enemy number one" of Vladimir Putin tells managing editor Harrison Lowman why he thinks Ukraine can still win its war against Russia, how Russia is circumventing Western sanctions, and whether oligarch travel bans and assets freezes will be cancelled under President Trump.

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

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer & Video Editor

David Matta and Alex Gluch - Sound Editors

Elia Gross and Alisha Rao- Production Assistants

Harrison Lowman - Host

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

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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.

0:15 - Don Cherry deserves the Order of Canada, Sean Speer

This program is narrated by automated voices. To receive full length editions of Hub Headlines, subscribe now and become a Hub Hero to get access to all of The Hub's paid podcasts and our website Thehub.ca.

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

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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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Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics.

For more of Theo's commentary and journalism, check out his articles here.

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

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

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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

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

CREDITS:

Alisha Rao - Producer & Editor

Theo Argitis - Host

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Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President Trump's online post that he's halting trade talks with the Carney government over its digital services tax and its economic and political implications. They also cover some big developments in Canadian immigration policy, including Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's comments in an exclusive Hub interview that he supports a policy net population decline for a time period.

If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of The Roundtable please consider becoming a Hub Hero: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer & Editor

Elia Gross and Alisha Rao – Production Assistants

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts

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

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Ken Ash, former OECD Director for Trade and Agriculture and a longtime Canadian trade official, discusses the global scramble for critical minerals, the impact of China's dominance on strategic supply chains, and the role Canada should play in building resilient industrial capacity — including in processing and refining — across these supply chains.

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The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.

If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues, consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/join/.

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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.

0:16 - We're not done building pipelines in Canada, Sabrina Maddeaux

This program is narrated by automated voices. To receive full length editions of Hub Headlines, subscribe now and become a Hub Hero to get access to all of The Hub's paid podcasts and our website Thehub.ca.

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

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

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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 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.

This episode features Ann Fitz-Gerald, director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor of international security at Wilfrid Laurier University. She tells managing editor Harrison Lowman whether Canada can meet its recent pledge to spend 5 percent of its GDP on defence by 2035. She also gives her take on the Carney government's plan to deepen defence and trade ties with Europe.

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:

CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Alisha Rao - Sound Editor

Harrison Lowman - Host

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