“Political tribalism is stupid.”
To wrap up the week that just passed, June Gleed, Mike Moffatt, and Aaron Reynolds answer three questions: what did the news cycle miss, who had the best or worst take, and what are we done with. Topics this week include breastfeeding in Parliament, Billy Elliot, bureaucratic infighting, playground equipment, and how not to be a garbage person on Twitter.
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/Thread Episode 2: do your homework (week of June 15)
“2 legit 2 quit”
It’s the second episode of our weekly policy and politics wrap-up show, and this week Alex, June and Aaron talk about Caillou, proportional representation in British Columbia, Tom Mulcair’s long goodbye, argument-seeking Twitter bros, live-streaming fails, Canada’s Wikipedia page, and Dennis Rodman’s international cryptocurrency grift.
/Thread Episode 1: hello Ford Nation (week of June 8)
“You have to be able to hold two ideas in your head at the same time”
It’s our first ever /Thread, the 2020 Network’s weekly politics and policy wrap-up show. Alex, Mike and June talk about what the (extremely-busy) news cycle missed, who had the best or worst take, and what we’re just done with. Talking points this week: Bill C-65, Kathleen Wynne’s Twitter mentions, Sun Media, vote splitting and sloganeering.
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Explain like I’m Five Episode 5: cabinet shuffles, with Peter MacKay
“It’s like the old adage of sausage making- you may not want to know.”
Canada’s former Justice Minister Peter MacKay joins Aaron Reynolds to explain the what, why, and how of cabinet shuffles.
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Explain like I’m Five Episode 4: debt & deficits, with Helaina Gaspard
“Money is so closely connected to democracy, and we tend to forget that sometimes.”
Helaina Gaspard, Director of Governance and Institutions at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, joins Aaron Reynolds in the Canada 2020 studio to explain debt, deficits, and how a government buying stuff actually works.
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Explain like I’m Five Episode 3: millennials, with David Coletto
“There’s a relationship between your comfort of technology and your perceived knowledge of it – and I say perceived because most people don’t know what they’re using.”
Millennials! Who are they? What do they want? And why should we care? David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data, joins Aaron Reynolds to explain.
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Explain like I’m Five Episode 2: the ethics of A.I., with Dan Munro
“It’s not clear what’s the better direction: to have A.I. systems that may be flawed in some way, or rely on humans that we know are flawed”
Aaron Reynolds knows more about Terminator 2 than he does about artificial intelligence, so he invited Dan Munro into the Interac studio to explain the ethics of A.I. in a way that he could understand.
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Explain like I’m Five Episode 1: tariffs, with Mike Moffatt
“Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children”
Aaron Reynolds knows more about Star Wars than he does about international trade, so he invited Mike Moffatt into the Interac studio to explain tariffs in a way that he could understand.
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Wonk with Mike Episode 7: we sabotaged the deal, with Ronan Farrow
“It’s about systems, not individuals.”
Recorded at the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference on June 5th, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow joins Mike Moffatt to talk about the declining influence of the United States and the continuing impacts of the #metoo movement.
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