Archive - Paul Wells

Encore: Timothy Garton Ash's Europe

Canada should join the EU, the great historian said, "only half in jest." We should all be careful what we wish for.

Jun 25 •

52:47

Guest post: How to talk to reporters

From Alex Kohut's The North Poll newsletter, an interview with former PMO press secretary Alex Wellstead.

Jun 18 •

Encore: Buzz Bissinger and the American saga

The author of Friday Night Lights came to town with a new book about Marines, football and death. Maybe the only story that could top Buzz Bissinger's…

Jun 18 •

43:12

I've never known how to be Canadian without being partly American. This year has felt like an amputation.

Jun 13 •

It's no fun heckling an optimist. But Michael Sabia's in the news again, so duty calls

Jun 12 •

Primus sine paribus

It's Latin for "First Without Equals." Welcome to Carneyism.

Jun 11 •

Encore: How great art gets made

I'm flying home from vacation, so here's one of my favourite podcast episodes

Jun 11 •

39:16

Encore: Bob Rae knows people

On the podcast, a 2022 interview with our man at the UN

Jun 4 •

47:24

Never surrender

Rik Emmett's latest triumph

Jun 2 •

May 2025

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