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Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates.\\xa0

The following is a sample of the Munk Debates\\u2019 weekly current affairs podcast, Friday Focus. \\xa0

On this week\\u2019s edition of the Friday Focus podcast, Janice and Rudyard start the program with a debrief on the high-flying objects over North America that dominated the news. What is really at stake when it comes to air defence over the continent? For Munk Donors, the second half of the show features a discussion about Elon Musk\\u2019s disturbing tweets this week and whether Twitter has reached the point of no return in terms of having the interest, let alone the ability, to host meaningful public discourse.

To access full-length editions of the Friday Focus podcast, consider becoming a donor to the Munk Debates for as little as $25 annually, or $.50 per episode. Canadian donors receive a charitable tax receipt.

This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue.

More information at www.munkdebates.com.