We are in the midst of a rupture.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos was a wake up call to the rest of the world. It represented an opportunity to move away from the hegemons and create a third pole of power through middle power alliances. But it also raised questions about the exact nature and role of middle powers in a shift away from our decades-long dependency on the United States.
These questions are the focus of Gloves Off Season 2, a podcast about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and how the country can thrive in a new world disorder.
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?
Latest Episode
EP. 207 August 12, 2026
How Canada Beats Tech Influence
Host Stephen Marche traces the rise of a global right-wing influence project — funded by tech billionaires like Elon Musk and philosophically rooted in anti-democratic thinkers — that is actively working to end liberal democracy worldwide… and Canada is not immune.
Paris Marx (author of Hyperscale, and host of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast) and Gil Duran (author of Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy) join to ponder if tech is incompatible with democracy, and to envision a path forward for the enduring sustainability of democratic institutions.
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