Archive - Paul Wells

When love comes to town

Doug Ford's bringing a shopping list. Mark Carney should bring his own.

Aug 13 •

Scott Anderson on the revolution in Iran

As an amazing succession of State Department stumblebums learned in 1979, those who don't know history are condemned to write some more

Aug 13 •

50:50

Paul Wells chats tariffs with Jared Bernstein

A recording from Paul Wells's live video

Aug 11 •

and

Jared Bernstein

28:19

Encore: Olivia Chow's Toronto

From the lost world of 2023: A new mayor with a brand-new term ahead of her

Aug 6 •

40:26

The Q&A: "Disappointed? Sure."

From Washington, Dominic LeBlanc, minister for Canada-US trade, on Sad-Face Deal Day

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Encore: Jonathan Manthorpe on China

Generations of Canadians tried to make China more like Canada. Results were highly mixed

Jul 30 •

42:54

"That is something we can't forget"

Stephen Harper on Canada-US relations — and on Stephen Harper

Jul 29 •

Elbows at mid-mast

How do you fight an immovable object? Notes from a trade war

Jul 25 •

Encore: The war inside Rogers

A corporate succession story, featuring Brian Cox swearing

Jul 23 •

42:36

What's a convoy worth?

Pierre Poilievre on the slopes

Jul 22 •

The Q&A: "You're competing in the most absurd, oversaturated field"

Singer Dan Mangan on attention-getting tools for an era of information overload

Jul 19 •

The Summer Reading Episode

At last, a fresh podcast. Proudfoot, Reid, Woods and Wells on the joy of a book and time to read it

Jul 16 •

46:50

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