The Munk Debates Podcast - Introducing The Munk Debates Podcast with Rudyard Griffiths

Episode Date: November 4, 2019

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Hi, I'm Roger Griffiths, head of the Monk Debates, and I want to invite you to start listening to the new Monk Debates podcast that will begin airing this autumn. For the last decade or so, the Monk Debates have been organizing physical debates on stages here in Toronto, Canada. We've had audiences of thousands of people listening to difficult, important conversations about the big issues of the day. We think there's a huge opportunity to take that format, the art of public debate, to the world of politics. podcasting. Well, we want to provide you the listeners the opportunity to tune in every week to a series that provides you with smart conversation on challenging issues and ideas. Our promise to you is to bring to this podcast some of the world's sharpest minds and brightest thinkers and to let you make up your own mind about the issue that we're discussing.

We think this is all about restoring, recovering, rejuvenating the art of public debate That's what the Monk Debates is all about. We hope that you join us in this exciting mission. So tune in this autumn on your podcast feed, The Monk Debates. I'm Roger Griffith. Talk to you soon.