# A smoky day - breathe easy! / A Canadian think tank targeted by foreign agents Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-mulroney-show-7124738/a-smoky-day-breathe-easy-a-canadian-think-tank-targeted-by-foreign-agents Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-mulroney-show-7124738/a-smoky-day-breathe-easy-a-canadian-think-tank-targeted-by-foreign-agents.md Podcast: [The Ben Mulroney Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-mulroney-show-7124738) Published: 2026-07-15T20:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8655690773.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8655690773.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-mulroney-show-7124738/episodes/a-smoky-day-breathe-easy-a-canadian-think-tank-targeted-by-foreign-agents Duration seconds: 2575 ## Resource GUEST:    Dr. Brian Crowley /  Madonald Laurier Institute Managring Director GUEST:  Kevin Vuong / Former MP  /  independent contributor to MLI  If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Ben Mulroney Show, subscribe to the podcast! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link.chtbl.com/bms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Also, on youtube -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BenMulroneyShow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ben on Twitter/X at https://x.com/BenMulroney Insta: ⁠⁠⁠@benmulroneyshow⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@benmulroneyshow⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠@benmulroneyshow⁠⁠⁠ Executive Producer:  Mike Drolet Reach out to Mike with story ideas or tips at mike.drolet@corusent.com Enjoy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-mulroney-show-7124738/episodes/a-smoky-day-breathe-easy-a-canadian-think-tank-targeted-by-foreign-agents/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-mulroney-show-7124738/a-smoky-day-breathe-easy-a-canadian-think-tank-targeted-by-foreign-agents.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.