November 4, 2015
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#45 Trudeaumania?/Gender Parity/Mounties vs. Vice
Ben Makuch, Vice's national security reporter, discusses Trudeau's cabinet swearing in, CBC's The National's gender parity panel, why the Mounties are out for Ben, and J. Kelly Nestruck's brush with New Zealand sports reporting.

Ben Makuch, Vice’s national security reporter, discusses Trudeau’s cabinet swearing in, CBC’s The National’s gender parity panel, why the Mounties are out for Ben, and J. Kelly Nestruck’s brush with New Zealand sports reporting.

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