ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Pendulum's, The Swing, delivers Canadian political analysis for a global audience. Whether it's current affairs, global developments, or political shifts, you'll find expert perspectives, balanced dialogue, and the context you need to stay informed. Tune in for a smarter take on today's biggest issues.
Pendulum Group and special guests keep you up to date on current topics and issues.
Update frequency:
every 25 days
Average audio length:
19 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
39 episodes
since March 30, 2025
episodic
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s call for an “alliance for the future” with the European Union sent a clear signal the close ties between Canada and the EU are founded on strategic autonomy,
But what does that mean on the ground? What does it mean for Canadians? And what does it mean for Ukraine?
On th…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Democracy Starts With Us.
As we mark the International Day of Democracy on The Swing, and the release of International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy Report 2026: Democracy in an Age of Conflict, host Heather Bakken is joined by Alberto Fernandez Gibaja of International IDEA, Maiwand Rayab of Res…
In modern AI-driven warfare, the battlefield isn't just overseas — it's in our feeds, our institutions, and our trust in one another. The nature of the threat means we can't leave it up to professional organizations like the security and intelligence community to mitigate and deal with the threat. …
This episode of Pendulum's The Swing, hosted by Heather Bakken, features Peeter Tali, who is a member of Estonia's parliament and former head of the Estonian Ministry of Defence's Strategic Communications Department, alongside Balkan Devlen, principal in Pendulum's geopolitical practice and a leadi…
Gendered disinformation is both a sophisticated weapon and a blunt-force tool of hybrid warfare that is being used to silence women. It is a threat to collective security -- and democracies are paying the price.
In this episode of The Swing, host Heather Bakken is joined by three leading experts to…
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office announced it will hold the first Canada Investment Summit in September.
In this episode of The Swing, Pendulum examines whether Canada can turn its vast energy wealth into a competitive advantage in an increasingly power-hungry world.
Host Heather Bakken is joine…
War with Iran marks the first truly AI-native information environment in warfare where the human brain is both the target and the weapon, and the battlefield is your phone.
In this episode, producer and host Heather Bakken is joined by two experts in the field of cognitive and gray zone warfare.
Je…
This episode host Heather Bakken is joined by Pendulum colleagues Jennifer Irish and Yaroslav Baran to discuss how the seemingly unplanned aspects of U.S. strategy in Iran are actually playing out geopolitically and what impact it has on Canada.
The trio unpacks what the war reveals about great pow…
This week marks four years since the most recent unprovoked attack on Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Ukrainians have been at war for 12 years and have spent the last four shedding blood, tears, and the stability they once enjoyed to defend the freedoms and values of their democracy. It was – a…
Closing out season one on The Swing, Pendulum`s Yaroslav Baran and Heather Bakken discuss the political year that was: who`s up and who`s down, communications wins and losses, and what actually got done.
The Liberals made the biggest comeback in Canada`s electoral history and the new prime minister…
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