Disruptors
Hosted by John Stackhouse · RBC Thought Leadership, John Stackhouse
4.3from 53 ratings
- 241
- Episodes
- 76
- Transcribed
- 53
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 447M
- YouTube views
About Disruptors
Disruptors, now in its 11th season, has become your front-row seat to Canada’s innovation story—200+ episodes exploring the people, ideas, and technologies reshaping Canada’s future. Each episode, hosted by John Stackhouse, SVP, Office of the CEO at Royal Bank of Canada—and former Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail—cuts through the hype and focuses on what you need to know. This season, we’re leaning into urgency: the global economy is shifting, geopolitics are noisy, and Canada needs to respond. You’ll hear from founders, investors, scientists, operators, and policy leaders at the forefront. Listen for a clearer understanding of the tech and innovation shaping Canada and the world—and practical insights to help you make sense of what’s coming next.
- Publisher
- RBC Thought Leadership, John Stackhouse
- Category
- business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
76 of 241 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Permission to Fail: A case for youth entrepreneurship
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Digital Refineries
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Canada's Biotech Challenge
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Permission to Fail: A case for youth entrepreneurship
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Is it harder to be an entrepreneur today or easier? I think it's the most exciting time to be an entrepreneur ever. Ever, ever, ever. Okay. It's like the tools you have with AI are incredible. The fact that AI is in the marketplace, it's disrupting everything and in disruption creates opportunities. And if you're younger and you have the energy level and you're closer to the tech, you are going to run circles around the bigger companies. The bigger companies are slow. They are lumbering. I know. Okay. Because We're in middle age, you know, and we're trying to keep up and we're having to buy other people's companies and pay a lot for them because we didn't create what they just created. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Ronnen Harary
- Alberta's technology minister
- Three German business leaders
- Noah Smith
- Tom Jenkins
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 446,912,013
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 10 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 43 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Disruptors?
John Stackhouse host the show. Published by RBC Thought Leadership, John Stackhouse.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Disruptors take guests?
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