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For this episode, Christy explores what Hillary Clinton, Stormy Daniels, Elizabeth Holmes and so many other women who’ve ended up in the media crosshairs have in common with journalist, author and screenwriter Amy Chozick. As an award-winning New York Times reporter, Chozick spent years covering two-time US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Her acclaimed memoir Chasing Hillary explores how women of ambition are dismissed as inauthentic and pushy, and mostly judged by their flaws instead of their achievements. Christy Clark talks to Chozick about her first novel, With Friends Like You, probing a woman’s search for an old friend while struggling with motherhood and lost identity. They explore how the novel was partially inspired by adult star Stormy Daniels, as well as the complexity and competitiveness of female friendships, why people dislike Lauren Sanchez Bezos for enjoying her wealth more than her husband Jeff, and why it’s so hard for the public to accept that women can be intelligent and sexy at the same time, like the Kardashians. And she has a surprising prediction about who will be the first female U.S. President. 🔔 Subscribe and like The Christy Clark Show for more thoughtful conversations with interesting people shaping our world. We read your comments and value your perspective. If you’re interested in politics, women’s friendships, Hillary Clinton, Lauren Sanchez, Martha Stewart and surviving media scandal, this episode is for you. Check out Amy’s books at: https://amychozick.com/ The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

The Canada-U.S. trade war is now going full tilt, and Kim Haakstad is on the front line. She is the President of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries and one of the most powerful people in Canada’s resource sector. For the past 30 years, Haakstad has worked tirelessly in advocating for economic growth in western Canada, and there’s never been a dull moment. She has spent much of her time in Washington D.C. over the summer in representing the forestry sector in supporting Canada’s negotiating team in trying to hammer out a trade deal with its biggest customer - the USA and President Donald Trump. Haakstad tells Christy that while U.S. trade and tariff threats are her top concern, there’s a lot more Canada can be doing to help resource industries succeed, including sensible regulation and conservation policy. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected] Timestamps00:00 - Opening on the Canada-US trade war and why forestry is the long-running flashpoint 01:01 - Kim Haakstad’s role leading Canada’s forest sector advocacy 03:37 - Why softwood lumber keeps getting pulled into trade disputes 04:45 - The “we don’t need Canadian lumber” argument and its real-world costs 06:08 - Why Canadian and US lumber products are not direct substitutes 07:39 - The Crown land subsidy claim and how Canada and the US define forestry ownership differently 09:08 - Why the dispute keeps resurfacing even when the rules change 10:19 - Section 232 tariffs and how forestry got treated as a national security issue 11:20 - The new Section 338 tariffs and the jump to 50% and even 85% effective rates 13:45 - How tariffs add about $11,000 per home and worsen housing affordability 14:26 - Why American lawmakers are focused on affordability and housing costs 15:41 - Forestry as Canada’s largest directly affected employer in this trade fight 17:23 - What happens to a small town when a mill slows down or closes 18:22 - What a curtailment means for workers and families 20:26 - Why pulp mills and chip supply are still central to community survival 22:09 - Forestry as the foundation of housing, packaging, and everyday consumer products 24:24 - Average forestry wages and why these jobs pay so well 26:15 - First Nations ownership and management changing the politics of forestry 28:34 - The shifting public mood toward natural resource industries 30:02 - Kim’s Washington, DC experience as tariffs escalated mid-negotiation 31:29 - Why Canada may be better off with no deal than a bad deal 32:47 - Market diversification beyond the United States, especially in Asia 34:19 - Permitting delays in BC and the long timeline to approve forestry cuts 35:22 - How regulatory change over the past decade has created unintended consequences 36:21 - Conservation areas, wildfire mitigation, and protecting the timber harvesting land base 37:17 - The growing complexity of the permitting system for a single cut block 38:15 - BC versus Alberta: allowable cut, competitive pressure, and sector growth 39:20 - Why companies are cutting below allowable levels because the economics and permits do not work 41:22 - BC’s gap between the 60 million cubic meter allowable cut and the 30 million actually harvested 43:01 - Importing pulp logs and chips because domestic supply is not available at a workable price 44:44 - Why BC and Canada should be managing forestry for growth, not decline

No politics this week! Even better: Soccer legend Thomas Müller brings his charm and grace into the studio to share stories of his spectacular career over two decades and two continents. Müller is one of soccer’s (or Fußball’s!) brightest stars and most decorated players. He left his town in Bavaria to join the Bayern Munich academy at 10 years old. He played for 17 years at the legendary Bundesliga club, collecting 13 league titles and two UEFA Champions’ League crowns. In 2014, Müller lifted the FIFA World Cup trophy as a member of the German national squad. But in 2025, he left the only club he ever knew and came to Vancouver, where he has helped the Whitecaps become a powerhouse in Major League Soccer. Müller talks to Christy about the highs and lows of his soccer career, his mastery of social media, how Canada can develop into a soccer powerhouse, sharing the field with fellow Bayern Munich and Canada men’s national team star Alphonso Davies, and his future in Vancouver with the MLS. On this episode: 00:00 - Why Thomas Müller is one of the most decorated players of the era 00:57 - Smiling, optimism, and why a good mood matters 02:52 - Jokes, provocation, and telling farewell stories without bragging 05:05 - The funeral cake joke and saying goodbye with humor 07:52 - Why Müller avoids self-praise and lets performance speak 08:22 - Optimism as a realistic mindset built through experience 10:24 - Hunting mode, competition mode, and staying loose without losing focus 11:19 - Hard work, resilience, and giving luck more chances to find you 13:43 - Why adaptation matters in sport, work, and family life 14:41 - Why Vancouver, Jesper Sørensen, and the right football project mattered 16:14 - Leadership, experience, and helping younger teammates in real time 17:41 - How a player reads and reacts to the flow of a 90-minute match 18:38 - Why he chose Vancouver over bigger MLS markets 22:05 - Whether Europe should borrow MLS-style parity 24:00 - Player fandom, social media, and why teams are harder to love than stars 25:27 - Why Canadian soccer development needs time, parents, and local coaching 27:16 - Vancouver’s young academy players and the club’s development pipeline 28:46 - Showing the journey on social media for German fans and beyond 30:12 - Privacy, public attention, and finding the right balance 32:08 - Cold plunges, False Creek, and the myth of the daily ocean dip 33:31 - Morning routines, treatment, and staying ready in your 30s 35:28 - Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and why one match never tells the whole story 38:19 - What Müller might do after football: business, TV, coaching, or something else 40:47 - Why the post-career transition can be emotionally difficult for athletes 43:11 - Contribution, feedback, and wanting to matter to something beyond fame 44:35 - “Game on” and closing thoughts on Vancouver’s championship ambitions The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

In this shared episode of The Christy Clark Show and the Disagreeing Well podcast, former Ontario MPP John Milloy and Christy share their experiences watching partisan politics evolve into hostility and polarization in the digital age. John Milloy is the director of the Centre for Public Ethics at Martin Luther University College in Waterloo and a former senior cabinet minister in the Ontario government under premiers Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. He's dedicated to exploring the roots of political and social polarization and building bridges of understanding and respect so we can 'disagree well.' Polarization driven by social media, disinformation, AI slop and grievance politics has turned the partisan political arena into a harsh and unforgiving environment. John and Christy lived through this evolution while in office, and they talk openly about what it cost their careers and the toll polarization takes on democratic engagement. The topics they discuss include: Leaving politics and becoming less partisanThe "I'm right and you're an idiot" hostility to opposing views online and on university campusesAccommodating pro-life views in a pro-choice party & Justin Trudeau's purity testHow the media makes it hard to work with opposition partiesHow partisan attacks feed broader polarizationRegrets about being overly partisan in the pastHow parties juice their fundraising by exploiting polarizationWhy politicians need incentives to be less partisanThe role of faith in combatting polarization Check out John Milloy's podcast Disagreeing Well and his book "Faith in Politics in a Polarized World" at centreforpublicethics.substack.com 🔔 Subscribe and like The Christy Clark Show for more thoughtful conversations with interesting people shaping our world. We read your comments and value your perspective. If you're interested in Canadian politics, democracy, digital media and polarization, this episode is for you. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

Premier Scott Moe joins Christy Clark for an animated interview about how he has helped transform Saskatchewan into an economic powerhouse at a time when other provinces are struggling. Like his parents, Moe was a farmer but wasn’t interested in politics until he got involved with boosting businesses in his hometown. Since becoming a Saskatchewan Party MLA in 2011, Moe has always championed energy, economic growth and resource development, and he got into some big battles with former prime minister Justin Trudeau over it. Moe has been laser-focused on developing Saskatchewan’s resources and exporting them around the world but has also faced western alienation in his own province as separatism dominates the agenda in neighbouring Alberta. In this interview with Christy Clark, Moe speaks openly about: How Saskatchewan became a global trade powerhouseLeading in a big tent partyChallenge of saving public health careCanada Health Act is outdated and has to changeBattling it out with Justin TrudeauMark Carney isn’t going fast enough!Tackling western frustrationTaking our national energy sovereignty for grantedWhat the heck is a bunny hug? A Saskatchewan necessity 🔔 Subscribe and like The Christy Clark Show for more thoughtful conversations with interesting people shaping our world. We read your comments and value your perspective. If you’re interested in Canadian politics, western alienation and Saskatchewan, this episode is for you. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries: [email protected]

Bob Lenarduzzi grew up in an Italian family in East Vancouver and became one of Canada’s first soccer legends in the 1970s and 80s as a member of the OG NASL Vancouver Whitecaps and the national men’s team that played in the 1986 World Cup. His career took him to England as a teenager, but he returned to Vancouver to become the face of soccer in a soccer-mad town. In this interview with Christy, Lenarduzzi offers a ton of great stories over five decades in the game about the characters who shaped Canadian soccer history: Getting tough growing up in East VancouverGoing to play football in England at 14Meeting his wife … and intimidating father-in-lawWith the NASL Vancouver WhitecapsWinning N. American Player of the YearWhitecaps win the Soccer Bowl but…….NASL is on the declineMLS Whitecaps return…with fighting teammatesCanadian soccer talent explodingSuperstar Alphonso Davies emerges on WhitecapsGiving back to community with mini-pitchesLosing MLS Whitecaps … again The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

Frank McKenna was a rural New Brunswick lawyer who rose to become one of Canada’s most successful politicians in the 1980s and 90s. As NB Premier, he turned around that province’s economy through modernization and created thousands of jobs. He has been touted as a possible Liberal leader and future prime minister for decades, but instead emerged as one of Canada’s top business leaders. McKenna is very passionate and direct about how Canada should invest in energy and infrastructure, and has a lot of advice for current Prime Minister Mark Carney in dealing with the “betrayal” of the US administration and separatist threats. In this interview with Christy Clark, McKenna speaks openly about: Growing up poor in rural NBWinning every seat in 1987 to become PremierBecoming the “Job Hustler” turning around NB economyMark Carney needing to show results nowWhy Carney should rely more on his ministersEurope struggling and UK circling the drainUS “betrayal” of Canada as a friend and trading partnerHow Alberta separatism referendum could be as corrosive as BrexitHow referendums are like cockroaches (there’s never just one)How Ottawa needs to play more hardball to get things builtGiving back with scholarships to St. Francis Xavier University (St. FX) The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

Jason Kenney has been a political animal since he was a teenager growing up in Saskatchewan. He was first elected to the House of Commons while still in his 20s, and over the next 18 years rose to become a trusted cabinet minister under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He returned to Alberta to unify a splintered conservative movement under one banner and become Premier in 2019, only to be dramatically deposed from within in a right-wing revolt over his handling of the pandemic. Today, Kenney has settled into life out of elected politics but still very much engaged in public debate over Alberta separatism, energy development and keeping the Conservative brand fresh and loud. In this interview with Christy, Jason recaps a 30-plus-year career in the public eye and reveals some surprising details about his political journey and its high and low points, such as: He became politically active in his teens as a young LiberalHis conservative awakening at a U.S. collegeBC Premier David Eby makes Justin Trudeau seem humbleThe economic dangers of even just flirting with separatismThe radical right takeover of Alberta’s United Conservative PartyAlbertans need to take ‘yes’ for an answerFinding his family roots in Ireland after he was ousted as PremierPierre Poilievre deserves another shot as CPC leader The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

John Bolton joins Christy Clark for a candid conversation on global instability, Canada-U.S. relations, regime change in Iran and how to navigate a world where power is shifting so rapidly. Bolton served four U.S. presidents as a senior foreign policy official known for his hawkish stands. He was one of the architects of the Iraq War and the War on Terror, an ardent critic of the United Nations (even while he was the U.S. ambassador) and an advocate of forceful regime change for America’s foes. He offers a blunt assessment of Donald Trump’s erratic trade and foreign policy, saying they are creating long-term negative consequences. He also makes the case for regime change in Iran. Through it all, Bolton continues to be an unapologetic proponent of the maximum use of American power and might to advance U.S. interests. In this episode: -Canada’s trade relationship with the United States is under real strain -Why Trump’s tariffs may be doing lasting damage to both economies -The risk of turning to China as an alternative partner -Why “middle powers” may not be the solution Canada hopes for -The case for regime change in Iran -How conflict in the Middle East could reshape global energy and security -Why American leadership still matters more than many think -The future of conservatism after Trump 🔔 Subscribe and like The Christy Clark Show for more thoughtful, respectful conversations about the forces shaping our world. We read your comments and value your perspective. If you’re trying to understand where Canada fits in a more uncertain world, from trade wars at home to rising tensions in Iran and beyond, this episode is for you.

Susannah Pierce: Developing Canada’s resources, Indigenous partnerships, and being a woman boss in a male-dominated business Susannah Peirce has an unrivalled record of success in shepherding big energy projects to success. The former president of Shell Canada and a driving force behind LNG Canada tells Christy Clark in this insightful conversation what it takes to get the job done. Pierce reveals the importance of collaboration with Indigenous communities, how Canada can excel as an energy superpower without relying on U.S. trade, and how she successfully navigated the cringy sexism of the male-dominated energy industry. She is now leading a collaborative effort to curb human sex and labour trafficking in Canada, which unfortunately affects Indigenous and resource communities. Pierce’s smart and engaging observations on her life and career is a blast of fresh air and authenticity. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

One of America's savviest political veterans — and Joe Biden's ambassador to Canada — sits down with Christy Clark for a candid conversation on how our relationship is evolving.. Ambassador Cohen brings rare insight to the biggest questions facing Canada right now: How should Canadians handle Trump's 51st state provocation? Why are U.S. businesses and states still deeply tied to Canada despite tariffs? And what's holding Canada back from its own economic potential? Cohen travelled every corner of Canada during his tenure and knows both countries intimately. This is the conversation you need to hear to understand where Canada-U.S. relations are actually headed and what Canada should do about it. Bonus: lots of Olympic hockey talk. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com Spotify Podcast open.spotify.com/show/4iO6WMA9trPk7qKthbFwaO Apple Podcast podcasts.apple.com/mm/podcast/the-christy-clark-show/id1883548779 Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

The Christy Clark Show launches with Peter Mansbridge, former Chief Correspondent of CBC News and one of Canada’s most trusted voices in journalism. In this in-depth conversation, Christy and Peter explore the state of journalism in Canada, the growing challenge of media trust, and how the news industry is adapting in a time of political and cultural change. Mansbridge reflects on his early career, his historic coverage of the September 11 attacks, and the responsibility of journalists in moments that shape national identity. They also examine difficult questions facing Canadian media today: Are certain viewpoints being excluded from mainstream journalism? How does media literacy impact democracy? And how should Canadians understand the legacy of colonialism and its impact on Indigenous communities? This episode is a thoughtful look at journalism, politics, and the evolving relationship between media and the public in Canada. Listen in. The Christy Clark Show: thechristyclarkshow.com Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ Inquiries [email protected]

Welcome to The Christy Clark Show. This trailer is a quick introduction to the conversations ahead. In this podcast, Christy Clark sits down with leaders, thinkers and unexpected voices to explore how ideas evolve, how resilience is built, and why curiosity still matters in a noisy world. Episodes are coming soon. Follow now so you don’t miss the first conversations.