Two Blocks from the White House
Hosted by Willy Lowry and Katie Simpson and Paul Hunter and Jayme Poisson and Mike Crawley · CBC
4.9from 212 ratings
- 45
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 212
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Two Blocks from the White House
American politics, Canadian context. Every Wednesday, CBC Washington correspondents Paul Hunter, Katie Simpson and Willy Lowry sit down to talk through the big stories in the U.S. — and to answer the question: what does this mean for Canada? It's unscripted, smart analysis from reporters with a foot in both countries, and a press pass to the White House.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Jan 2026
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 45 episodes have a transcript.
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Takeaways from the Democrats' 'blue tsunami'
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Come on. Go, Willie. You go. No, I just think so obviously indicative of what we're seeing across the country. But I think it's also an example of a really strong candidate who ran a pretty inventive campaign. Some of the ads that the Dems ran out of Mississippi went viral. […]
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- Peter Armstrong
- Katie Nicolson
- Louis Blouin
- Josh Wingrove
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 187 ratings
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Willy Lowry and Katie Simpson and Paul Hunter and Jayme Poisson and Mike Crawley host the show. Published by CBC.
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