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Stephen Marche

@stephenmarche.bsky.social

Novelist, essayist, AI optimist. Death of an Author, The Next Civil War, On Writing and Failure.

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I made exactly this play when introducing Geoffrey Hinton at an AI conference once.

03.08.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What would it take for the U.S. to occupy Canada? @UofT’s Aisha Ahmad dives into the chilling reality: authoritarianism, zero representation, and the repression of 40 million people. Listen to more of our interview on Ep 6 of the Gloves Off Pod.

#Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #Canada #USPolitics

31.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Do We Fight Back? Gloves Off Β· Episode

I hate how this podcast needs to exist, but it is important listening based on where we are right now in Canada with our neighbour’s self-destruction.

@stephenmarche.bsky.social

30.07.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

I have absolutely *DEVOURED* @stephenmarche.bsky.social’s podcast, #GlovesOff, about the very real threat posed to #Canada by #DJT. You should make the time. It’s an outstanding listen!

shows.acast.com/gloves-off

#CanPoli #Never51 #SorryNotSorry #YoullBeSorry #StrongAndFree #FuckTrump

30.07.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In this interview, International Security scholar Aisha Ahmad notes the threat we face from the United States is considered "detectable," the threshold at which our government should be responding to the threat.

Our government is not responding to the threat.

#cdnpoli #canada #elbowsup #never51

30.07.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

I'm reposting this @theatlantic.com piece I wrote in May about what an anti-American insurgency from Canada would look like. The full discussion is available in the latest episode of Gloves Off. shows.acast.com/gloves-off
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

30.07.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Canada's most important podcast.

29.07.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marche nails it again. Though the invasion and insurgency scenario terrify me to my very core, I cannot deny that it also ignites a fierce hope within me. In many ways, we resemble american citizens which opens doors to boundless possibilities for unimaginable destruction through insurgency.

29.07.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

What would a Canadian insurgency look like?

This week on Gloves Off, we explore the unthinkable: a U.S. military occupation of Canada, why insurgencies form, and how ordinary people become fighters.

🎧 Listen here: shows.acast.com/gloves-off

29.07.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Gloves Off has now been in the top ten shows in Canada on @ApplePodcasts for a month.

25.07.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloves Off Society & Culture Podcast Β· Weekly Series Β· An eight-part series about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and what we can do about it. Hosted by journalist and author of The Next Civil War, Stephen Ma...

@meiselasb.bsky.social great background on the @meidastouch on p-o’d Canadians. Check out journalist and author @stephenmarche.bsky.social on his new Podcast podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/g... you 2 should talk.

24.07.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super "fun," if that's the right word.

23.07.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Marche Wants Every Canadian to Drop Gloves | The Tyee The author and hot podcaster tracks America’s unravelling and threat to this country. A Tyee interview.

Stephen Marche’s new podcast β€œGloves Off” is an eight-part series about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and what we can do about it.

It’s hardly easy listening; alas, it feels essential. A Tyee interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social. #uspoli #canpoli

23.07.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9
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Stephen Marche Wants Every Canadian to Drop Gloves | The Tyee The author and hot podcaster tracks America’s unravelling and threat to this country. A Tyee interview.

β€œWe’re going to lose the moral high ground β€” but that’s what sovereignty demands.” In β€ͺThe Tyee, HarrisonMooney.bsky.social and I talked about the most important conversation Canada should be having right now. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
#GlovesOff #Canada #TheTyee #CanadianSovereignty

23.07.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Okay, all set to start reading @stephenmarche.bsky.social’s π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜•π˜¦π˜Ήπ˜΅ 𝘊π˜ͺ𝘷π˜ͺ𝘭 𝘞𝘒𝘳. Cheers πŸ₯ƒ.

#StephenMarche #TheNextCivilWar #books #SummerReading

22.07.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Can Canada defend itself?
In Ep 5 of Gloves Off, we head to Iqaluit to talk Arctic sovereignty, U.S. dependence, and why Finland’s β€œwhole society defence” might be the model we need now.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
#GlovesOff #CanadianSovereignty #MilitaryReadiness #Podcast #ArcticSecurity

22.07.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Marche understands that β€œthe problem is not regular Canadians”—they quickly grasped the threats and changes needed to disentangle.

Instead, politicians, policymakers, and institutions need to get with it.

And @cbcnews.ca should abandon the β€˜regular person’ trope. It’s tired and clichΓ©.

21.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Β© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.

Thank you to Piya Chattopadhyay for having me on The Current to talk about the challenge of disentangling from the U.S. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

21.07.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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How Much Trouble Are We In? | Gloves Off

Listen I'm no armed forces stan but civil war expert Barbara F. Walter makes an interesting point on @stephenmarche.bsky.social‬'s podcast that "the institution I have the most faith in holding onto its loyalty towards the US constitution is the military."

shows.acast.com/684c7e9c6770...

16.07.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What can Ukraine teach us about preparing for disaster?
Journalist @timkmak.bsky.social lived through the invasionβ€”and he says Canada isn’t ready.

🎧 Listen On Episode 4 of Gloves Off
#GlovesOffPodcast #Ukraine #Canada #EmergencyPreparedness #MiddlePowerPolitics

16.07.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ What can Canada learn from Ukraine?
Refugees. Warnings ignored. Authoritarian neighbors. In Episode 4 of Gloves Off, we explore how Canada can avoid the same fate with @timkmak.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/gloves-off
#GlovesOff #Ukraine #Canada #Democracy

15.07.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

You should listen to the show that comes out tomorrow. shows.acast.com/gloves-off

14.07.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I look forward to it! I have found this series to be interesting and informative. All Canadians should give it a listen.

11.07.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

Episode 3 of Gloves Off, up now, is about how we can separate ourselves from the economic orbit of an acceleratingly insane United States. If you haven't heard it yet, today might be the day. shows.acast.com/gloves-off

11.07.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Y’all should be listening to this podcast.

11.07.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gloves Off Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

Episode 3 of Gloves Off, up now, is about how we can separate ourselves from the economic orbit of an acceleratingly insane United States. If you haven't heard it yet, today might be the day. shows.acast.com/gloves-off

11.07.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm only a couple minutes I to the episode and he says who knows what'll happen by this comes out, it'll probably be crazy and 😭

2025 politics is a mess

11.07.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read @stephenmarche.bsky.social book 2022 The Next Civil War . It was prescient. So his new podcast intrigued me. And β€œGloves Off” doesn’t disappoint. A riveting take on Canada’s current situation and how we navigate it as a country.

10.07.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@amazonmusic has made Gloves Off a featured podcast. #PodcastsOnAmazonMusic

09.07.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Much Trouble Are We In? Podcast Episode Β· Gloves Off Β· S1 E1 Β· 29m

@stephenmarche.bsky.social and I wrote books on a potential civil war in the US at the same time. This was our first podcast together and boy was it fun.

09.07.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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