Stephen Marche
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Sep 8, 2026
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Matt GallowayHOST
Stephen Marche is the author of many books, including The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future.
Matt GallowayHOST
He is also the host of a very popular podcast.
Matt GallowayHOST
It's called Gloves Off.
Chris HayesHOST
Canada has learned, as others before it, not to take Trump's threats seriously anymore.
Chris HayesHOST
Stephen Marche is a Canadian journalist.
Chris HayesHOST
[graphic whooshes] He hosts the Gloves Off podcast.
Chris HayesHOST
He's got a great op-ed in New York Times titled Canada Said No to America: It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders, and he joins me now.
John MooreHOST
But at the same time, somebody finally put their foot down, Mark Carney, and said, "You know what? Screw off.
John MooreHOST
We're, we're gonna figure this out on our own." And, uh, Stephen Marche wrote a front page...
John MooreHOST
Well, it was published on the front page.
John MooreHOST
I don't know if he wrote it hoping, uh, thinking, "This is gonna be on the front page." But Canadian columnist and thinker Stephen Marche wrote a column for The New York Times.
John MooreHOST
He's gonna join us later on the show to talk about it.
John MooreHOST
But he says, by walking away from the negotiations, Mark Carney has kinda become the leader of the West.
Mark TooheyGUEST
But we would still pay the producers of both of those products, so they're not out of pocket, and that might send a message.
John MooreHOST
Stephen Marche has been writing for American audiences for a good long time.
John MooreHOST
He's a Canadian.
John MooreHOST
Uh, used to write for Esquire.
John MooreHOST
But on Sunday, front page above the fold was a column by Stephen Marche about trade, and he said his working thesis in this particular column is that by saying no to America and standing up to Trump, Canada is, uh, I've been comparing it to Yertle the Turtle.
John MooreHOST
Yertle the Turtle is a guy who just puts up with anything, then finally says, "You know what? No.
John MooreHOST
Stop it." Uh, he thinks this makes Mark Carney and Canada a global leader now in the pushback against Trump.
Steve PaikinHOST
Steve Paikin here.
Steve PaikinHOST
Over the summer, we're having a chance to replay some of our more popular shows, and this one, this interview with Stephen Marche, the Canadian writer, author, journalist, podcaster, this was our most listened to program both on YouTube and as an audio download.
Steve PaikinHOST
It was really something.
Steve PaikinHOST
Stephen got into it with Janice Stein from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and the two of them had a fairly significant disagreement on the issue of how big a threat the United States poses to us right now.
Steve PaikinHOST
So without further ado, Stephen Marche and Janice Stein duking it out over America.
Steve PaikinHOST
Coming right up on the Paikin Podcast.
Steve PaikinHOST
[upbeat music] Let's start by introducing, from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, here's Janice Stein.
Steve PaikinHOST
That's rather disquieting, but I suspect there are, if not 40 million Canadians, then a lot of them anyway that'll agree with you on that front.