2020 Live Episode 7: Justin Wolfers, Heather Boushey, Jen Robson part 2

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“Psychologists would say don’t be isolated, interpersonal relationships matter … how you design that on a public policy perspective- governments going to assign everyone a friend, I don’t know.”

Join Mike Moffatt for the second half of his conversation with Justin Wolfers, Heather Boushey, and Jen Robson about policy responses to inequality. Recorded live at the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference on June 5th, 2018.
 

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Wonk with Mike Episode 9: on the edge of the abyss, with Stephanie Carvin

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“It’s not just cyber campaign, it’s one that is very much routed in human intelligence so that they can use cyber to target… to amplify or suppress certain ideas on Twitter because they had done this groundwork.”

Dr. Stephanie Carver joins Mike Moffatt in the Canada 2020 studio to talk about Russian election interference, Canada’s potential election 2019 vulnerabilities, and Bill C-59.
 

 
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/Thread Episode 8: fishing with a pitchfork (week of July 27)

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Mike Moffatt and Aaron Reynolds join host Sarah Turnbull in the Canada 2020 studio to summarize the week that was. Topics include what Canadians are most afraid of; tweets about handguns, bears, and selfdefence; and something that has been making Mike angry since 1989. Plus, Mike and Aaron face off in the Twitter trivia game.

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Explain like I’m Five Episode 6: mindfulness, with Christina Crook

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“[Mindfulness] is not a new thing, but it is a thing that we are increasingly talking about because of our information driven society, where we are constantly inputting and consuming content and we are waking up to the fact that we can’t be consuming every moment of every day.”

 
Christina Crook, author of The Joy of Missing Out, talks to Aaron Reynolds about mindfulness, the Twitter outrage cycle, and the importance of finding time to be bored.
 

 
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Quality Content Episode 7: Gossip as Anthropology, with Lainey Gossip

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Gossip is Anthropology

“The people who have been able to keep up with and process the Trump storyline effectively are the people who are able to understand celebrity gossip because this is a celebrity president.”

Celebrity gossip aficionado Elaine Lui, otherwise known as Lainey Gossip, joins Alex Paterson to discuss gossip as anthropology, the merging of celebrity and politics, and the changing face of media in the #metoo era.
 

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2020 Live Episode 6: solutions to inequality, part 1

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Heather Boushey, Jenn Robson, Justin Wolfers

“I often think, you know, that we have these wonderful tech leaders in the United States, Silicon Valley, that are making all of this money off of these innovations. And yet, those innovations are really the culmination of all of human history, and all the things that humans have learned to make these amazing things with computers and technology, but there’s like 12 guys that are reaping all of the benefits of human knowledge.”

Mike Moffatt sits down with Justin Wolfers, Heather Boushey, and Jen Robson to talk about policy responses to inequality. Recorded live at the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference on June 5th, 2018


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Wonk with Mike Episode 8: great lakes, with Mark Fisher

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Great Lakes Twitter

“We want to see some cooler heads prevail with NAFTA and what’s happening with tariffs, I think that is a very real and immediate issue that if not resolved properly is going to have a significant impact on this region. If we don’t get it right, you might find Ontario struggling, if not going into a recession pretty quickly.”

Mark Fisher, Chief Executive Officer of the Council of the Great Lakes, joins Mike Moffatt in the Canada 2020 studio to talk about the massive scale of the Great Lakes economy, binational tourism initiatives, and what a modern NAFTA should look like.

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2020 Live Episode 4: Matt Browne, Roland Paris and Anna Gainey

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“These people are well organized, they are well financed, and their mission is to sow the seeds of doubt in the idea of liberal democracy”

Live from the 5th annual Canada 2020 Conference on June 5th, 2018, Anna Gainey moderates a conversation between Matt Browne and Roland Paris about globalism and the defence of liberal democracy.

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