{"id":33536,"date":"2022-12-09T12:37:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/?p=33536"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:37:54","slug":"serious-work-for-a-serious-purpose-david-frum-on-the-limits-of-performative-politics-and-the-many-challenges-facing-policymakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/2022-12-09\/serious-work-for-a-serious-purpose-david-frum-on-the-limits-of-performative-politics-and-the-many-challenges-facing-policymakers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Serious work for a serious purpose&#8217;: David Frum on the limits of performative politics and the many challenges facing policymakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the twenty-second episode of <em>The Hub&#8217;s<\/em> bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss a potpourri\u00a0of topics including expectations about an impending recession, the case of the so-called &#8220;missing workers&#8221; in the post-pandemic era, and the controversy over the Alberta Sovereignty Act and its broader implications for modern policymaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/61d335631b91cf0012c4cb3d\/63936807b4073b0010a3352b\" scrolling=\"no\" frameBorder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to this episode of Hub Dialogues on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/hub-dialogues\/episodes\/episode-158-dialogue-with-david-frum-recession-alberta-sover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.ca\/podcasts\/922014d9-f2b1-4cf8-a0de-09da2d5870a4\/episodes\/3e72954b-bd5c-43e9-832a-619ca57aa07d\/hub-dialogues-episode-158-dialogue-with-david-frum-recession-alberta-sovereignty-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/episode-158-dialogue-with-david-frum-recession-alberta\/id1605647948?i=1000589630075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzL2h1Yi1kaWFsb2d1ZXM\/episode\/NjM5MzY4MDdiNDA3M2IwMDEwYTMzNTJi?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjQkZbLg-37AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7teZlDcvwDjjetWpku90Cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iX7nZiLL3_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode #158: Dialogue with David Frum: Recession &amp; Alberta Sovereignty Act\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iX7nZiLL3_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of Frum Dialogues features discussion on expectations about an impending recession, the case of the so-called &#8220;missing workers&#8221; in the post-pandemic era, and the controversy over the Alberta Sovereignty Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":33554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-12-09T17:37:49Z","apple_news_api_id":"dfd8356f-439a-402d-8480-eae47463679e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-12-09T17:37:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A39g1b0OaQC2EgOrkdGNnng","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_custom_css":"","_custom_scss":""},"categories":[130,66,64,39,6,31],"tags":[],"hub_format":[85],"thefutureofnews":[],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33536"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_format?post=33536"},{"taxonomy":"thefutureofnews","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thefutureofnews?post=33536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}