Category: Podcast

Are incels really a threat to national security?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-23
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Episode 128 – Borealis chats once again with the world’s premiere authority on these people, the Incel Project founder Naama Kates

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, Incel, naama kates, National Security, Phil Gurski, Podcast

Quick Hits

Terrorism: Canadian Style Eh!

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-20
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The “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa have made international headlines and even spawned similar actions abroad. Some have called it “terrorism”. Is it really?

Tags COVID-19, Freedom Convoy, National Security, ontario, terrorism

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What was it like to work as a spy in Canada?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-16
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Episode 127 – Movies about spies are a dime a dozen – think James Bond. But what is working in intelligence really like?

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, CSIS, CSIS job, National Security, Podcast, terrorism

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Is it time to revisit the mental illness/terrorism nexus?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-09
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Episode 126 – Research has shown that most terrorists are as ‘normal’ as you or me. But are they?

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, bombing, Mental Illness, National Security, Phil Gurski, Podcast

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What should Canada do with Saudi Arabia?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-02
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Episode 125 – Three years ago a Saudi ‘Tiger Team’ tried to assassinate a high-ranking former intel official now living in Canada. What should Canada do now? Borealis is rejoined by former CSIS agent Al Treddenick to discuss this.

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, National Security, Podcast, Saudi Arabia, terrorism

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Policing a capital city during a major demonstration

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-01
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Episode 124 – As Ottawa is still dealing with an anti-vaccine mandate trucking convoy, Borealis talks to former Ottawa Chief of Police Charles Bordeleau.

Tags COVID-19, National Security, Ottawa, Podcast

Quick Hits

Now there’s a person on a mission

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-30
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Quick Hits 185 – An interview with Christine Veer, entrepreneur & investigator about making a difference in the world of national security, especially counter-terrorism.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Canada-China relations in the post ‘two Michaels’ era

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-26
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Episode 123 – A new book entitled ‘The Two Michaels’, is out and Borealis has a chat with one of the authors, Canadian Press journalist Mike Blanchfield.