The McGill International Review

MIR Meets: John McKay

Senior Editor Emily Jones sits down with the Honorable John McKay, a Liberal MP who has spent over two decades in parliament advocating for corporate social responsibility and transparency regulations.

MIR Responds: Matthew Farrell on the US's College Affordability Crisis

MIR Responds is our new series where MIR's podcasters will respond to writers about their articles. We may agree and we may disagree, but regardless, we’ll make sure to keep this series filled with civil debate and lively discussion. In our debut episode, host Andrew Xu sits down with MIR writer Matthew Farrell to discuss his article on the US's inordinately large college tuition prices.

 

References

 

"Universal University: How College Education Can Be Democratized in the United States" by Matthew Farrell, The McGill International Review

 

"Mass Debt Forgiveness Is Not a Progressive Idea" by Sandy Baum, Education Next

 

"Measuring College Prestige vs. Cost of Enrollment" by Paul Sullivan, The New York Times

 

"When private colleges lose prestige, they raise tuition" by Jillian Berman, MarketWatch

Mask Hysteria: The Delta Variant and Vaccine Hesitancy in the US

The Delta variant is a new strain of the SARS-COV-2 virus that has come to infamy through it spread in India, and now the world at large. The Delta variant, along with vaccine hesitancy, has been preventing a return to normalcy in places around the world.

 

 

In this episode of Mask Hysteria, host Andrew Xu is joined by Umair Irfan, a science reporter who covers the pandemic extensively at Vox. They talk about what the Delta variant means for the US, a country where vaccine hesitancy has become heavily politicized. They also chat about herd immunity, and the degree to which formal FDA approval of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines would actually increase vaccination rates.

 

 

This series aims to educate the audience on the latest updates surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the social, economic, and public health ramifications of disease outbreaks.

 

References

 

"COVID-19 cases fueled by delta variant continue to rise" from ABC News

 

"How the delta variant is altering the course of the pandemic" by Umair Irfan, Vox

 

"Panic! At the Delta" from Today, Explained

 

"Let's get more people vaccinated" by Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring

Spotlight: Adin Chan on Ontario's Highway 413 and North America's Asphalt Addiction

To cap off the 2020-2021 publishing year, host Naomi Shi sits down with Adin Chan, the MIR Writer of the Week. They discuss his article about Ontario's Highway 413, induced generated demand, and the downsides to highway expansion.

MIR Meets: Matt Continetti

Host Andrew Xu sits down with Matt Continetti, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and contributing editor at National Review. They discuss Barack Obama, populist conservatism and conspiracy theories in order to better understand Trump’s influence on the U.S. Republican Party.

 

References

“Chapter 3: Matt Continetti” from The Hangover with Chris Stirewalt

Barack Obama Speech at 2004 DNC Convention

Barack Obama Roasts Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner

“President? Why Not? Says a Man at the Top” by Adam Nagourney, The New York Times

"Ipsos/Reuters Poll: The Big Lie" from Ipsos/Reuters

"May Verified Voter Omnibus – Political Update" from Echelon Insights

"Trump Returns to the Stump in Ohio" by Declan Garvey, The Dispatch

Review Radio: Consumerism

Host Berenice Collignon gives an in-depth look at consumer culture, delving into specifics of how it incentivizes a wide range of ethically variant behavior.

MIR Meets: Ramesh Ponnuru

Host Andrew Xu sits down with Ramesh Ponnuru, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and senior editor for National Review, to discuss reform conservatism and the state of the U.S. Republican Party several months after the 2020 Election and the events of January 6th.

Des Accords De Société: Dans Le Peau De Billie Eilish

Pour ce troisième épisode Des_Accords de Société, un podcast analysant des musiques dans leur contexte social et politique, nous discutons de la façon de Billie Eilish d'aborder la santé mentale à travers les thèmes de ses musiques et l'esthétique de son travail.

MIR Meets: Katia Houle

In this episode of MIR Meets, Editor-in-Chief Charles Lepage talks with Katia Houle, Montrealer gone to Shanghai to work as an analyst. They discuss their shared half-Chinese half-Quebecer identity as well as the developments of modern China.

MIR Meets: Jennifer Pedraza

Host Berenice Collignon and Victoria Aponte sit down with Jennifer Pedraza, a Colombian student leader of the 2018 and 2019 nationwide protests for better public education. They discuss the student protests in recent years, Jennifer’s political trajectory, the challenges she faced, and what motivates her to keep fighting for what she believes in.