2020 Live Episode 3: Liz Plank & Ronan Farrow (part two)

The 2020 Network

“There was a cultural backdrop of a bunch of guys making decision about it that didn’t care about the issue”

Live from the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference, Vox Media’s Liz Plank interviews Pulitzer winner Ronan Farrow about the culture of fear and silence around Harvey Weinstein and the #metoo movement, diversity in the foreign service, and cheap lobster rolls.

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2020 Live Episode 2: Liz Plank & Ronan Farrow (part one)

The 2020 Network

“There are enough times in our recent history where we sidelined diplomacy and turned inwards, and that’s what’s frustrating: we have the lessons right in front of us.”

Live from the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference, Vox Media’s Liz Plank interviews Pulitzer winner Ronan Farrow about the shunning of expertise, the importance of diversity in diplomacy, and wrestling bears. Part one of two.

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2020 Live Episode 1: G7 Week, with the Hon. Andrew Leslie

The 2020 Network
“Everywhere I go, I see people who are nervous, who are worried that they are going to be left behind.”

Producer Aaron and Intern June take you live to the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference that happened this week to hear from the Honourable Andrew Leslie. Serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for the Canada-U.S. relationship), General Leslie spoke to the G7 themes that will be discussed at this week’s summit in Charlevoix. Plus, Aaron and June give a preview of what’s to come on the 2020 Network presented by Interac (Ronan Farrow! Liz Plank!). Also, they try to convey just how tall James Comey actually is.

Quality Content Episode 6: The Age of Voter Rage, with Nik Nanos

The 2020 Network
 
 
 
 
“47% believed the lie.”
Nik Nanos, author of The Age of Voter Rage, joins Alex Paterson in the Canada 2020 studio to talk about populism, the similarities between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau’s campaign tactics, the unfulfilled promise of the Internet as a fact-checking tool, and professional wrestling.

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Quality Content Episode 5: On the Wire, with Heather Scoffield

The 2020 Network

“Donald Trump has changed our business deeply. There are things that fly at us that we don’t expect and we don’t anticipate.”

Heather Scoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief for the Canadian Press, joins Alex Paterson to discuss the changing face of Canadian political journalism and the value of wire services. 

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Quality Content Episode 3: Building Bridges, with Chloe Ferguson

The 2020 Network

“I became totally obsessed with the core brain story and child development”

Chloe Ferguson of the Martin Family Initiative joins Alex Paterson in the Interac Podcast Lounge to talk about her experiences in First Nations communities across the country — what we’re getting right, what we’re getting wrong, and what we’re missing.

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Quality Content Episode 2: Culinary Diplomacy, with Stephen Beckta

The 2020 Network

“When we are born we get a smile, a hug, and a warm meal, and we are connected to that emotionally for the rest of our lives”

Award-winning restaurateur Stephen Beckta joins Alex Paterson in the Canada 2020 studio to talk about the passing of Anthony Bourdain, the nature of our relationship with food, culinary diplomacy, and Canada’s food identity.

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Quality Content Episode 1: In Your Face Lester Pearson, with Mike Moffatt

The 2020 Network

“You start to wonder: who are your friends?”

Canada and the United States have entered into a good old fashioned trade war, so Alex Paterson is joined by Mike Moffatt in the Interac Studio to talk about what that really means. Plus, Mike explains how real world trade is not like Settlers of Catan, and Alex breaks a promise to himself by reading some of Donald Trump’s tweets out loud.

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