{"podcast":{"title":"Gloves Off","slug":"gloves-off-7375213","podcast_index_feed_id":7375213,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c","website_url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/gloves-off/id1820651848","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/1782341473557-7c91538c-ec2c-4279-956b-c9e4a204b144.jpeg","author":"Insurgentsia Productions","episode_count":15,"summary":"Gloves Off is about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and how the country can thrive in the new world disorder. Because it’s not just about surviving as a nation. It’s about winning. Hosted by journalist and author Stephen Marche . It’s been a year of the old world order falling apart. The rules-based international order is over. But it’s also been a year of great unthinkable change—change to the way Canada operates, who it trusts, and who it fears. This presents an opportunity for Canada to move away from its decades-long dependency on the US towards something new: a third pole of middle power alliances. Last season on Gloves Off, we wanted to survive as a nation. The question was: Are we going to make it? This season, we’re answering the question: How do we win? Visit gloves-off.ca for more research behind the issues and watch our aftershow Cross Check. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:19:01.860938+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213"},"episode":{"title":"How Canada Wins at Alliances","slug":"how-canada-wins-at-alliances","published_at":"2026-07-08T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213/how-canada-wins-at-alliances","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213","url":"https://shows.acast.com/gloves-off/episodes/6a4d594f195f863605d42d9d","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/e/6a4d594f195f863605d42d9d/media.mp3","summary":"If a middle powers alliance could create a third pole of power to offset China and the United States, what would that look like in practical terms? What kind of alliance would enable Canada and other middle powers to thrive in a new world order? Host Stephen Marche catches up on Carney’s latest alliance-building moves with former Canadian Diplomat Colin Robertson, and learns from Anthony Dworkin of the European Council on Foreign Relations about how the EU has leaned on strategies like a trade bazooka and a unified defence strategy in Greenland.  Featuring (in order of appearance): Ukaleq Slettemark , Colin Robertson and Anthony Dworkin Visit our website— gloves-off.ca —for more research behind the issues including an interactive map outlining the number of international agreements Canada has made since Carney took office and a explanation of variable geometry , both from the Canadian Shield Institute . Follow us on YouTube where you can watch our aftershow Cross Check that drops each Thursday with Vass Bednar and Jon Shell   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"If a middle powers alliance could create a third pole of power to offset China and the United States, what would that look like in practical terms? What k…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1874,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gloves-off-7375213/episodes/how-canada-wins-at-alliances/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213/how-canada-wins-at-alliances.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}