{"podcast":{"title":"Playbook Canada","slug":"playbook-canada-7556041","podcast_index_feed_id":7556041,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/POLL2782060508","website_url":"https://www.politico.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a2ec221c-b0f3-11f0-adc3-83ec25e01ea8/image/f9c305562ea1cc27782ed6dbd48eb76c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"POLITICO","episode_count":39,"summary":"Each week, POLITICO’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric bring to life the stories that are driving the news in Ottawa and beyond — drawing on their deep reporting from Parliament Hill and across the provinces to reveal the characters and conflicts that are shaping Canada’s future.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:19:09.015268+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041"},"episode":{"title":"Trump’s man in Ottawa takes questions | Pete Hoekstra","slug":"trump-s-man-in-ottawa-takes-questions-pete-hoekstra","published_at":"2025-12-11T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041/trump-s-man-in-ottawa-takes-questions-pete-hoekstra","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2402201183.mp3?updated=1765421802","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2402201183.mp3?updated=1765421802","summary":"Parliament may be heading into winter break, but a wave of ambassadorial openings in Washington, London and Brussels could upend the fragile political math for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority government. Nick and Mickey also track Steven Guilbeault’s decision to break with Liberal policy — while sticking around as a Liberal MP; the Conservatives’ recent momentum; and interview U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. Nick Taylor-Vaisey is POLITICO’s Ottawa bureau chief and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter Mickey Djuric is a reporter and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter ⁠Alex Keeney⁠ is Playbook Canada's executive producer ⁠Steve Bone⁠ composed the music used in Playbook Canada.","meta_description":"Parliament may be heading into winter break, but a wave of ambassadorial openings in Washington, London and Brussels could upend the fragile political mat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1339,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/playbook-canada-7556041/episodes/trump-s-man-in-ottawa-takes-questions-pete-hoekstra/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041/trump-s-man-in-ottawa-takes-questions-pete-hoekstra.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}