{"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 Unprepared Are We?","slug":"how-unprepared-are-we","published_at":"2025-07-01T07:33:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213/how-unprepared-are-we","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213","url":"https://shows.acast.com/gloves-off/episodes/how-unprepared-are-we","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/e/68637282f1f2337369966d6c/media.mp3","summary":"A middle-aged graphic designer joins the Canadian Reserves, but her story reveals something bigger: our greatest friend and most important ally, the US, is now threatening our country. How prepared–or unprepared–are we to deal with this threat? Stephen Marche asks a range of Canadian leaders to grade our readiness – politically, economically, militarily. What are our strengths as a country? What are our weaknesses? Featuring ( in order of appearance ): Beatrice Winny, Greg Sorbara , Lisa Macleod , Francine Pelletier , Chief Rodger Redman ,  David Rosenberg , Philippe Lagassé   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A middle-aged graphic designer joins the Canadian Reserves, but her story reveals something bigger: our greatest friend and most important ally, the US, i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gloves-off-7375213/episodes/how-unprepared-are-we/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-unprepared-are-we.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}