The National: Rex Murphy Audio Podcast

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Love him or hate him, Rex gives his take on topics in the news, from pop culture to politics.

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    • Oct 7, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    Rex Murphy | Canada's unappreciated poets

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2016 3:19


    Canada shows no appreciation for its poet laureates.

    Rex Murphy | The "Outlandish" Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 3:21


    Rex Murphy on the dangerous divisions that the U.S. election won't resolve.

    Rex Murphy on "Outrageous" Liberal Expenses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2016 3:30


    Rex Murphy gives the Liberals high marks for making a fast fix on a scandal... but a "F" for making the gaffe in the first place.

    Rex Murphy | Ego, Incompetence and the U.S. Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2016 3:27


    In this Point of View, Rex Murphy wonders why "American leadership has shrunk to two black holes of ego and incompetence."

    Rex Murphy on Referendums

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 3:28


    Point of View: Are referendums a really good thing? Rex Murphy says, "yes".

    Rex Murphy | Orlando Nightclub Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 3:08


    Point of View: Rex Murphy shares his take on the deadly attack on an Orlando nightclub.

    Rex Murphy | Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016 3:22


    Rex shares his thoughts on this fall's upcoming U.S. presidential election.

    Rex Murphy | Rejecting a War Hero's Request for Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 3:14


    Veterans Affairs has rejected a 94-year-old war hero's request for care. Rex shares his point of view on the situation.

    Rex Murphy on the Raptors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2016 3:15


    Rex Murphy hits nothing but net on the Raptors.

    Rex Murphy | Electoral Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2016 3:24


    Rex shares his point of view on changing the way Canadians vote.

    Rex Murphy | The Canadian Way

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 3:23


    "There is a lot of misery in Fort McMurray and Alberta today," says Rex. "But there is a great counterweight too, the consideration of Canadians for each other in times of challenge is our greatest bond."

    Rex Murphy | Fort McMurray Wildfire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2016 3:40


    Rex Murphy says Albertans define the meaning of true neighbour: When people are hurting, all are welcome

    Rex Murphy | The State of Newfoundland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2016 3:24


    Point of View: "Newfoundland is (once again) in a hard spot," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | Duffy verdict

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2016 3:20


    'Public sentiment should never drive criminal cases' — Rex Murphy's Point of View on Mike Duffy's acquittal

    Rex Murphy | Bernie Sanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 3:36


    Point of View: "The Sanders campaign is the real miracle," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy |The Leap Manifesto and the NDP

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016 2:51


    Point of view: Rex shares his thoughts on what effect the Leap Manifesto has had on the NDP.

    Rex Murphy | Marie Henein Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 3:38


    Point of View: "Did defence counsel Marie Henein 'owe' women anything in the Ghomeshi case? No. Not a thing." says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | Remembering Rob Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2016 3:10


    Point of View: "Mr. Ford was one of the most remarkable ordinary people Toronto has ever produced."

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump and Reality TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 3:49


    Point of View: "Donald Trump is life's revenge on Reality TV," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | The First Ministers Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2016 3:11


    Point of View: Rex weighs in on last week's first ministers meeting on climate change.

    Rex Murphy | Political Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2016 3:02


    Point of View: "Statements made in a campaign, by any politician, should come with a health warning."

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump vs. Pope Francis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 3:21


    Point of View: Rex shares his thoughts on the war of words between Donald Trump and the Pope.

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2016 3:30


    Rex thinks that the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders proves that Americans are really fed up with things as they are.

    Rex Murphy | "Prime Ministers Are Not Referees"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2016 3:31


    Point of View: When it comes to pipeline politics, "Mr. Trudeau wishes to hover as a disinterested referee. A referee is by definition NOT a player," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | Justin Trudeau's Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2016 3:24


    Point of View: Rex is in awe of how Justin Trudeau's Liberals stand to gain credit if they break key pledges of the platform they ran and won on.

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 3:31


    Point of View: Rex Murphy takes a look at Donald Trump and the role reality TV has played

    Tom Mulcair's Moment | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2015 3:27


    Rex thinks Tom Mulciar is setting Canadian politics on a different path.

    Truth and Reconciliation Report | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2015 3:19


    Point of View: "This should be not an election issue, but the election issue," says Rex.

    The NDP's Orange Wave: Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2015 3:47


    Rex shares his point of view on the NDP's rise in Canada.

    David Letterman's Departure | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2015 3:00


    Civility and Manners | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2015 3:46


    Point of View: How good manners could have helped the FHRITP heckler and Elizabeth May.

    Charlie Hebdo PEN Award Boycott | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2015 4:12


    Point of View: "It is dismaying that there's some contest to this award," says Rex.

    The State of the Senate | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2015 3:31


    Point of View: "In the context of the Senate – where is Character and where is Conscience?" Rex asks.

    The Trial of the Century? | Rex Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2015 3:02


    Point of View: "The only way what's going on in Ottawa can be called the "Trial of the Century", is that after only a week it's beginning to feel like a hundred years."

    Rex Murphy: The Mike Duffy Trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2015 3:17


    Rex weighs in on the trial that has the country talking

    Rex Murphy: Breakfast, the Most Dangerous Meal of the Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2015 3:05


    Point of view: Rex has a warning for Canada's senators, "Breakfast is fatal to your political health."

    Rex Murphy: The ISIS Mission Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2015 3:04


    Point of View: Rex shares what he really thinks the ISIS mission debate is about.

    Rex Murphy: The Niqab Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 3:08


    Point of View: Rex wonders why the politicians aren't talking about what he thinks really matters.

    Rex Murphy: Keystone XL Pipeline

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2015 3:10


    Point of View: Rex discusses Barack Obama's decision to veto a bill that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

    Rex Murphy: Terror Legislation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2015 3:25


    Point of View: Rex shares his thoughts on the anti-terror bill.

    Rex Murphy: Eve Adams crosses the floor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2015 3:06


    Point of View: Rex weighs in on MP Eve Adams' decision to leave the Conservative Party and join the Liberals.

    Rex Murphy: Anti-Vaccine Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2015 3:11


    Rex Murphy: Kevin Vickers and Michael D. Higgins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2015 2:57


    Point of View: "Thanks to Mr.Vickers, our hero, the relationship to the country of Burke, Swift and Yeats is in a rare stratosphere."

    Rex Murphy: Why isn't the world rallying against Boko Haram?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 3:16


    Point of View: The world rallied for Paris following the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Why isn't it rallying against Boko Haram?

    Rex Murphy's Point of View: Ebola Blunders

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014 3:17


    Rex Murphy says there is no need for panic. But public confidence "is being undermined by blunders, sometimes by what looks like unfathomable carelessness."

    Rex Murphy: New Wars and the Great War

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2014 3:20


    Rex Murphy talks about today's bleak international headlines, which are happening around the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

    Rex Murphy on Neil Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2014 3:30


    Analysis: Rex Murphy says that rocker Neil Young has been "unfathomably irresponsible" in his criticism of Alberta's oilsands. Young made headlines this week for his comments on the environmental impact of the oilsands.

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