{"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 Much Can We Learn from Ukraine?","slug":"how-much-can-we-learn-from-ukraine","published_at":"2025-07-15T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213/how-much-can-we-learn-from-ukraine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213","url":"https://shows.acast.com/gloves-off/episodes/how-much-can-we-learn-from-ukraine","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/e/6875dcb21d7f11f6c28e15b2/media.mp3","summary":"Living next to a dangerous country is new to us but many countries bordering authoritarian states have a lot of experience. Ukraine has lived in the shadow of a monster its entire existence. What can they teach us? Ukrainian refugee Viktoriia recalls fleeing war-torn Kherson—offering a sobering reminder of how quickly peace can vanish. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Alexander Vindman and war correspondent Tim Mak unpack what Ukraine got right, what they missed, and what Canada can learn from their ongoing war with Russia. Can we recognize the warning signs of annexation and authoritarianism? Or will we look away—until it’s too late? Featuring ( in order of appearance ): Viktoriia, Alexander Vindman & Tim Mak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Living next to a dangerous country is new to us but many countries bordering authoritarian states have a lot of experience. Ukraine has lived in the shado…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1456,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gloves-off-7375213/episodes/how-much-can-we-learn-from-ukraine/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-much-can-we-learn-from-ukraine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}