Steve Paikin
@spaikin.bsky.social
https://stevepaikin.com
Host, "The Paikin Podcast"
Co-host, the "#onpoli podcast"
Columnist, http://TVO.org
Columnist, Toronto Star
Host, TVO Today Live
Host, Ontario Chronicle
Author of 9 books.
Pathologies: Leafs, Red Sox, Ticats.
Host, "The Paikin Podcast"
Co-host, the "#onpoli podcast"
Columnist, http://TVO.org
Columnist, Toronto Star
Host, TVO Today Live
Host, Ontario Chronicle
Author of 9 books.
Pathologies: Leafs, Red Sox, Ticats.
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🎙️🇨🇦New Ep: Jim Balsillie joins the pod to discuss Canada’s productivity crisis, how we are operating from an outdated playbook, why he thinks Canada is sabotaging its own economy, and how Canada’s biggest problem is not Trump – it’s Canada.
YouTube: youtu.be/0vuoajgjerI
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Jim Balsillie: Is Canada Sabotaging Its Own Economy?
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January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
🎙️🇨🇦New Ep: Jim Balsillie joins the pod to discuss Canada’s productivity crisis, how we are operating from an outdated playbook, why he thinks Canada is sabotaging its own economy, and how Canada’s biggest problem is not Trump – it’s Canada.
YouTube: youtu.be/0vuoajgjerI
Apple: apple.co/3YmiH4H
YouTube: youtu.be/0vuoajgjerI
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Happy New Year, everyone. We've got some plans for @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social for 2026. Have a look: stevepaikin.com/our-plans-fo... #Podcasts #cdnpoli #politics #PoliticalNews
OUR PLANS FOR 2026 - Steve Paikin
Happy New Year? If you say so, I guess. Now that the first quarter of the 21st century is over, it seems a reasonable time to take stock of how we’re doing as a country in Canada, as a group of democ...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Happy New Year, everyone. We've got some plans for @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social for 2026. Have a look: stevepaikin.com/our-plans-fo... #Podcasts #cdnpoli #politics #PoliticalNews
Sergio Marchi had a good run in politics, 1st in opposition, then as a minister under Jean Chretien. He's just released his memoir, replete with good stories from those years. Here's our chat on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #cdnpoli @liberalparty.bsky.social
Sergio Marchi: Cynicism, Distrust, and How to Survive Our Polarized Politics
Podcast Episode · The Paikin Podcast · 2026-01-01 · 1h 5m
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January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Sergio Marchi had a good run in politics, 1st in opposition, then as a minister under Jean Chretien. He's just released his memoir, replete with good stories from those years. Here's our chat on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #cdnpoli @liberalparty.bsky.social
Today is former Ontario premier David Peterson's 82nd birthday. So, before we say goodbye to 2025, we thought we'd have him on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social for one last look back:
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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #onpoli
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David Peterson: "The More You Have, The More You Owe"
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December 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Today is former Ontario premier David Peterson's 82nd birthday. So, before we say goodbye to 2025, we thought we'd have him on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social for one last look back:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-O...
open.spotify.com/episode/3jGQ...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #onpoli
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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #onpoli
NEW: @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social :
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein on:
* how our brains are being hijacked
* how digital media have created a "constitution of confusion” & erosion of institutional trust
* how we can stay informed without going mad
stevepaikin.com/world-on-edg... #media #socialmedia
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein on:
* how our brains are being hijacked
* how digital media have created a "constitution of confusion” & erosion of institutional trust
* how we can stay informed without going mad
stevepaikin.com/world-on-edg... #media #socialmedia
World on Edge: Why Too Much Information is Driving Us Mad - Steve Paikin
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein to discuss why the news seems to be driving us crazy, how our brains are being hijacked, how digital media has created a “constitution of confusion,” the erosion of insti...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social :
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein on:
* how our brains are being hijacked
* how digital media have created a "constitution of confusion” & erosion of institutional trust
* how we can stay informed without going mad
stevepaikin.com/world-on-edg... #media #socialmedia
Dan Dunsky joins Janice Stein on:
* how our brains are being hijacked
* how digital media have created a "constitution of confusion” & erosion of institutional trust
* how we can stay informed without going mad
stevepaikin.com/world-on-edg... #media #socialmedia
Started @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social in July and in 5 months, we’ve signed up more than 20,000 subscribers to the YouTube feed (& an equal number to our audio feeds). Feeling very grateful that this new offering has been so welcomed. Love to have you subscribe too!
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Facts are facts but every issue has multiple sides, and Steve Paikin wants to hear them all. From Canadian politics to seismic global changes to signature one-on-one interviews and redline debates on ...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Started @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social in July and in 5 months, we’ve signed up more than 20,000 subscribers to the YouTube feed (& an equal number to our audio feeds). Feeling very grateful that this new offering has been so welcomed. Love to have you subscribe too!
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🚨🎙️NEW episode: Tom Nichols joins the pod to discuss his @theatlantic.com piece “A Confederacy of Toddlers.”
➡️A new low for Trump?
➡️Are Americans turning on him?
➡️Is he losing his grip on the GOP?
YouTube: youtu.be/kP5HKVeorxw
Apple: apple.co/3KYWGG4
➡️A new low for Trump?
➡️Are Americans turning on him?
➡️Is he losing his grip on the GOP?
YouTube: youtu.be/kP5HKVeorxw
Apple: apple.co/3KYWGG4
Tom Nichols: Is This a New Low for Trump?
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨🎙️NEW episode: Tom Nichols joins the pod to discuss his @theatlantic.com piece “A Confederacy of Toddlers.”
➡️A new low for Trump?
➡️Are Americans turning on him?
➡️Is he losing his grip on the GOP?
YouTube: youtu.be/kP5HKVeorxw
Apple: apple.co/3KYWGG4
➡️A new low for Trump?
➡️Are Americans turning on him?
➡️Is he losing his grip on the GOP?
YouTube: youtu.be/kP5HKVeorxw
Apple: apple.co/3KYWGG4
🎙️🇨🇦NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social's "Everything Political." We’ve doubled our Tony content.
@tonykellerxxx.bsky.social on “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, & Then Wrong.”
YouTube: youtu.be/aCTHj6GO13U
Apple: apple.co/44Bi36P
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6OcY...
@tonykellerxxx.bsky.social on “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, & Then Wrong.”
YouTube: youtu.be/aCTHj6GO13U
Apple: apple.co/44Bi36P
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6OcY...
How Trudeau Destroyed Canada’s Consensus on Immigration | Everything Political
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December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🎙️🇨🇦NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social's "Everything Political." We’ve doubled our Tony content.
@tonykellerxxx.bsky.social on “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, & Then Wrong.”
YouTube: youtu.be/aCTHj6GO13U
Apple: apple.co/44Bi36P
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6OcY...
@tonykellerxxx.bsky.social on “Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, & Then Wrong.”
YouTube: youtu.be/aCTHj6GO13U
Apple: apple.co/44Bi36P
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6OcY...
NEW episode: Bob Rae joins @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social
➡️5 years as Canada’s ambassador to the
United Nations
➡️How the US has left “the democracy club”
➡️What he can say now that “Bob Rae is Free”
YouTube: youtu.be/mJCriWr45gc
Apple: apple.co/3XYa9AS
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/45T2...
➡️5 years as Canada’s ambassador to the
United Nations
➡️How the US has left “the democracy club”
➡️What he can say now that “Bob Rae is Free”
YouTube: youtu.be/mJCriWr45gc
Apple: apple.co/3XYa9AS
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/45T2...
Bob Rae: Is Canada Entering an Orwellian World?
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December 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
NEW episode: Bob Rae joins @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social
➡️5 years as Canada’s ambassador to the
United Nations
➡️How the US has left “the democracy club”
➡️What he can say now that “Bob Rae is Free”
YouTube: youtu.be/mJCriWr45gc
Apple: apple.co/3XYa9AS
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/45T2...
➡️5 years as Canada’s ambassador to the
United Nations
➡️How the US has left “the democracy club”
➡️What he can say now that “Bob Rae is Free”
YouTube: youtu.be/mJCriWr45gc
Apple: apple.co/3XYa9AS
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/45T2...
The Ontario Liberals need to elect a leader. But when? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli @ontliberal.bsky.social @shamjiadil.bsky.social @lfairclough.bsky.social @uhn.ca @johnfraseros.bsky.social
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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December 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Ontario Liberals need to elect a leader. But when? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli @ontliberal.bsky.social @shamjiadil.bsky.social @lfairclough.bsky.social @uhn.ca @johnfraseros.bsky.social
Here's the last epsiode of the #onpoli podcast for 2025. Watch to the end as we finish up with a very fun quiz about all things Ontario. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Oy...
Another lump of coal for Doug Ford | #onpoli
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December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Here's the last epsiode of the #onpoli podcast for 2025. Watch to the end as we finish up with a very fun quiz about all things Ontario. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Oy...
Saw "We Will Rock You" the other day. The plot is totally ridiculous, but the talent of these kids, and of course, the songs by @queenwillrock.bsky.social are phenomenal. You couldn't help but be up on your feet dancing by the end. #theatre @mirvish.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Saw "We Will Rock You" the other day. The plot is totally ridiculous, but the talent of these kids, and of course, the songs by @queenwillrock.bsky.social are phenomenal. You couldn't help but be up on your feet dancing by the end. #theatre @mirvish.bsky.social
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🌐🚨NEW episode of World on Edge: Paul Grod joins Janice Stein.
➡️End in sight to the Ukraine War?
➡️Will Zelenskyy accept a deal?
➡️Is Putin stronger than before the war began?
➡️Trump's national security strategy & Ukraine
YouTube: youtu.be/v_a5YFAcsHg
Apple: apple.co/4iSiQ9q
#UkraineWar
➡️End in sight to the Ukraine War?
➡️Will Zelenskyy accept a deal?
➡️Is Putin stronger than before the war began?
➡️Trump's national security strategy & Ukraine
YouTube: youtu.be/v_a5YFAcsHg
Apple: apple.co/4iSiQ9q
#UkraineWar
Will Russia Win the Ukraine War? | World on Edge
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December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌐🚨NEW episode of World on Edge: Paul Grod joins Janice Stein.
➡️End in sight to the Ukraine War?
➡️Will Zelenskyy accept a deal?
➡️Is Putin stronger than before the war began?
➡️Trump's national security strategy & Ukraine
YouTube: youtu.be/v_a5YFAcsHg
Apple: apple.co/4iSiQ9q
#UkraineWar
➡️End in sight to the Ukraine War?
➡️Will Zelenskyy accept a deal?
➡️Is Putin stronger than before the war began?
➡️Trump's national security strategy & Ukraine
YouTube: youtu.be/v_a5YFAcsHg
Apple: apple.co/4iSiQ9q
#UkraineWar
How this organization in the @cityofhamilton.bsky.social helps men get clean — and turn their lives around www.tvo.org/article/how-... #addiction #MentalHealth #drugs #alcoholawareness
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How this organization in the @cityofhamilton.bsky.social helps men get clean — and turn their lives around www.tvo.org/article/how-... #addiction #MentalHealth #drugs #alcoholawareness
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🚨🎙️NEW episode of Everything Political with Tony Clement and Martha Hall Findlay.
➡️ Guilbeault's resignation
➡️Will a pipeline actually get built?
➡️Carney Liberals = progressive conservatives?
➡️Economy > Environment?
YouTube: youtu.be/tAldItGlNVA
Apple: apple.co/3MF02OI
#cdnpoli
➡️ Guilbeault's resignation
➡️Will a pipeline actually get built?
➡️Carney Liberals = progressive conservatives?
➡️Economy > Environment?
YouTube: youtu.be/tAldItGlNVA
Apple: apple.co/3MF02OI
#cdnpoli
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🚨🎙️NEW episode of Everything Political with Tony Clement and Martha Hall Findlay.
➡️ Guilbeault's resignation
➡️Will a pipeline actually get built?
➡️Carney Liberals = progressive conservatives?
➡️Economy > Environment?
YouTube: youtu.be/tAldItGlNVA
Apple: apple.co/3MF02OI
#cdnpoli
➡️ Guilbeault's resignation
➡️Will a pipeline actually get built?
➡️Carney Liberals = progressive conservatives?
➡️Economy > Environment?
YouTube: youtu.be/tAldItGlNVA
Apple: apple.co/3MF02OI
#cdnpoli
I’m taking in this conference today and will be doing interviews for @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social on how Ukraine continues to fight for its freedom. Have already talked to someone whose dangerous job is to “de-mine” #Ukraine of Russian ordnances. #UkraineRussianWar #RussiaUkraineWar
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’m taking in this conference today and will be doing interviews for @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social on how Ukraine continues to fight for its freedom. Have already talked to someone whose dangerous job is to “de-mine” #Ukraine of Russian ordnances. #UkraineRussianWar #RussiaUkraineWar
Are Canadian Workers in Peril? Armine Yalnizyan and Kaylie Thiessen on what should have been in this year's Canadian budget, on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: youtu.be/ajquPBtYts0?... #Budget2025 #WorkersRights #Economy
Are Canadian Workers in Peril?
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Are Canadian Workers in Peril? Armine Yalnizyan and Kaylie Thiessen on what should have been in this year's Canadian budget, on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: youtu.be/ajquPBtYts0?... #Budget2025 #WorkersRights #Economy
Here’s another beautiful tribute to the late KenDryden, this time from his alma mater Cornell University, where he racked up an astonishing 76-4-1 record over three years. www.tvo.org/article/the-... @mtlcanadiens.bsky.social @mapleleafsaggr.com @notnhl.bsky.social @ncaa.bsky.social
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Here’s another beautiful tribute to the late KenDryden, this time from his alma mater Cornell University, where he racked up an astonishing 76-4-1 record over three years. www.tvo.org/article/the-... @mtlcanadiens.bsky.social @mapleleafsaggr.com @notnhl.bsky.social @ncaa.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed www.tvo.org/article/anal... #Budget2026 #cdnpoli
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed www.tvo.org/article/anal... #Budget2026 #cdnpoli
Check out this ZOOM Happy Hour with @mikelakemp.bsky.social: An Exercise in Civility, on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social. youtu.be/phhqenL0ivg?... #cdnpoli
ZOOM Happy Hour with Conservative MP Mike Lake: An Exercise in Civility?
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November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Check out this ZOOM Happy Hour with @mikelakemp.bsky.social: An Exercise in Civility, on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social. youtu.be/phhqenL0ivg?... #cdnpoli
NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: Hugh Laurie surprised “House” creator David Shore by flying in for this chat.
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
How Hugh Laurie Became Dr. House | A Conversation with Hugh Laurie & David Shore
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: Hugh Laurie surprised “House” creator David Shore by flying in for this chat.
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Almost a year of unpredictable and often punishing U.S. tariffs has Canada looking for options. Should we pivot trade relations toward China?
I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
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I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
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TVO Today Live: Amid U.S. Trade Woes, should Canada look towards China?
TVO Today Live is back! Steve Paikin asks: Canada wants to diversify its trade partners. Should that include a pivot towards China?
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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Almost a year of unpredictable and often punishing U.S. tariffs has Canada looking for options. Should we pivot trade relations toward China?
I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-today-...
I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-today-...
My interview with finance minister Francois-Philippe Champlain in the eve of a big vote on his first ever budget: “Nostalgia is not a really good strategy.
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Minister François-Philippe Champagne: Will His Budget “Transform” Canada?
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My interview with finance minister Francois-Philippe Champlain in the eve of a big vote on his first ever budget: “Nostalgia is not a really good strategy.
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Will anyone miss fixed election dates? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Will anyone miss fixed election dates? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli