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Paikin, unplugged

The Agenda is ending, but Queen's Park's favourite interviewer is far from done.
Ahmad Elbayoumi
June 27, 2025

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on what’s changed about journalism, why moderating debates should never be about the moderator and why Doug Ford has been a no-show on his program.

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on what’s changed about journalism, why moderating debates should never be about the moderator and why Doug Ford has been a no-show on his program.

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…

THE LEDE

Q+A — Steve Paikin isn’t going anywhere.

Though the veteran broadcaster will close The Agenda for the last time tonight, don’t call it a retirement. “I’ve always wanted to leave the party an hour early rather than a minute too late,” Paikin said in a 40-minute Zoom interview earlier this month. 

Instead, he’s “rewiring.” Though he’s still sketching out what that’ll look like, Paikin says he’s sticking with the kind of work that’s kept him going for more than four decades. And on that work, he’s got plenty to tell: on…