{"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":"What Does The New Normal Look Like?","slug":"what-does-the-new-normal-look-like","published_at":"2025-08-12T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213/what-does-the-new-normal-look-like","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gloves-off-7375213","url":"https://shows.acast.com/gloves-off/episodes/what-does-the-new-normal-look-like","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/e/689aae435edc63baa3ce2b7e/media.mp3","summary":"Over the past seven episodes, we’ve tracked Canada’s shocking, painful, and necessary awakening. The threat from America is no longer theoretical—it’s here, it’s real, and we’re not ready. But something else is happening too. Canadians are responding. Travel boycotts. A rise in patriotism. A new spirit of sovereignty. Because our old relationship with America is over. Our final question to close the series: What does the new normal look like? In this episode, Stephen Marche speaks with two people who have seen the future from different angles: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and autocracy expert, Anne Applebaum, and legendary author, Margaret Atwood. Together, they help us sketch out the “new normal”—a world caught between democracy and authoritarianism, and where Canada fits into this new world order. This is an episode about what’s at stake, what can be built, and why we can’t go back. Featuring ( in order of appearance ): Anne Applebaum , Margaret Atwood Watch an extended version of Stephen's interview with Margaret Atwood on YouTube August 19th. Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts and/or e-mail us info@glovesoffpodcast.ca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Over the past seven episodes, we’ve tracked Canada’s shocking, painful, and necessary awakening. The threat from America is no longer theoretical—it’s her…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2286,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gloves-off-7375213/episodes/what-does-the-new-normal-look-like/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/what-does-the-new-normal-look-like.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}