{"podcast":{"title":"CANADALAND","slug":"canadaland-317958","podcast_index_feed_id":317958,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6","website_url":"https://www.canadaland.com/shows/canadaland/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/1743698771719-50c87864-d5ab-4617-8806-05f66a4e5c26.jpeg","author":"Jesse Brown","episode_count":1547,"summary":"The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast. Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T00:20:21.177575+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958"},"episode":{"title":"The Canadian Defence Gold Rush","slug":"the-canadian-defence-gold-rush","published_at":"2026-05-19T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/the-canadian-defence-gold-rush","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958","url":"https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a0ba4afcdab12b21cbb194a","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a0ba4afcdab12b21cbb194a/media.mp3","summary":"Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to turn Canada into a defence powerhouse — and venture capital is racing to cash in. Host Sam Konnert talks to defence experts and industry insiders about the new military-tech gold rush, and asks: can Silicon Valley mentality fix Canada’s stagnant defence sector, or are we scaling up its worst instincts? CORRECTION: at the 26 minute mark, the reporter mistakenly says Christiane Fox was questioned by Conservative MP Damien Kurek before the public accounts committee. In reality, Fox was questioned by Conservative MP Ned Kuruc. Host: Sam Konnert Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork) Guests: Philippe Lagassé , Samuel Witherspoon, Hugo Hodgett Background reading: Prime Minister Carney launches Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy to strengthen security, create prosperity, and reinforce strategic autonomy Defence tech upstart Dominion Dynamics takes aim at the U.S. giants supplying Canada – The Logic The defence-tech gold rush is testing the limits of venture capital – The Logic Canada's $1-trillion defence commitment: whose future are we defending? – The Hill Times Meet Eliot Pence, the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down – Be Giant Deputy minister says she was 'advancing diversity' when she hired acquaintance – Ottawa Citizen Sponsors:  Visit fizz.ca to learn more about Fizz mobile and its long list of added-value features, and activate a first plan using the referral code CAN40 to get 40$ off and 10GB of free data. Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows,…","meta_description":"Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to turn Canada into a defence powerhouse — and venture capital is racing to cash in. Host Sam Konnert talks to defence ex…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2397,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/the-canadian-defence-gold-rush/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/the-canadian-defence-gold-rush.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}