{"podcast":{"title":"Wonk","slug":"wonk-275767","podcast_index_feed_id":275767,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1916a8c8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://ppforum.ca","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/49ac79bd-7d6d-4209-88cc-d7bc0f698bbf/4fb057f8-65aa-4731-b99d-4e3afef422d8/3000x3000/wonk-20tile-20art-20dec-2025.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Public Policy Forum","episode_count":182,"summary":"WONK is a show about big ideas in unprecedented times. Hosted by Amanda Lang, we unpack some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing Canada, and talk to some leading thinkers and policymakers about how to tackle them. New episodes drop on Thursdays. This feed also hosts the archive for Public Policy Forum's podcast, Policy Speaking.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wonk-275767"},"episode":{"title":"Could Canada be energy independent?","slug":"could-canada-be-energy-independent","published_at":"2026-04-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wonk-275767/could-canada-be-energy-independent","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wonk-275767","url":"https://ppforum.ca","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/38cfda4e-d0b1-4985-b5a4-f21ff1de661d/190cab63-f000-47b5-a926-5929417d0dbe/episodes/audio/group/ee2cf67e-8a80-443e-8b0b-f47496c7a63e/group-item/896a2fbf-2599-46b3-960d-d53a3a71e425/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=EHSdRUOO","summary":"The conflict with Iran has raised a lot of questions about Canadian oil, gas and energy. If we produce so much of the stuff, why are we at the mercy of bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz? Jay Khosla is executive director of economic and energy policy at the Public Policy Forum. Susannah Pierce is the former CEO of Shell Canada and also led the development of the LNG Canada terminal. They join host Amanda Lang to talk about strategic reserves, east-west pipelines and the missing electricity link.","meta_description":"The conflict with Iran has raised a lot of questions about Canadian oil, gas and energy. If we produce so much of the stuff, why are we at the mercy of bo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2849,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wonk-275767/episodes/could-canada-be-energy-independent/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wonk-275767/could-canada-be-energy-independent.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}