Archive - The Paul Wells Show podcast of Paul Wells

Encore: The social-media chaos machine

Author Max Fisher on his definitive book about Big Algorithm

Jul 9 •

46:40

Encore: Sarah Slean on Joni Mitchell

"Then you listen in your 40s and you're like, 'Oh.'"

Jul 2 •

37:44

June 2025

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

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

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

May 2025

A Poilievre insider on the Conservative message

Meet Ben Woodfinden, who helped craft the Conservative campaign and has thoughts on how it went

May 28 •

44:46

Who talks to government?

From McGill, a panel discussion about how the rest of us get heard

May 21 •

52:45

Encore: k.d. lang's brilliant career

One of my favourite interviews, with one of my favourite musicians

May 14 •

35:00

WONK: Is Canadian politics getting nicer?

I'm a guest on the Public Policy Forum's podcast. Come listen!

May 8 •

34:58

April 2025

Butts, Bevan, Aitchison: what next?

Two Liberals and a Conservative on the election results and Canada's future

Apr 30 •

51:11

Election week 5: This peculiar campaign

I called up some friends to talk about how a country makes its choices

Apr 23 •

38:43

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