Defending Canada in an Age of Contactless War
In modern AI-driven warfare, the battlefield isn't just overseas — it's in our feeds, our institutions, and our trust in one another. The nature of the threat means we can't leave it up to professiona...
18 Aug 26min
Civilian Resiliency in the Cognitive Warfare Domain: Lessons Learned from Estonia
This episode of Pendulum's The Swing, hosted by Heather Bakken, features Peeter Tali, who is a member of Estonia's parliament and former head of the Estonian Ministry of Defence's Strategic Communicat...
16 Juli 29min
Weaponizing Hate: Gendered Disinformation Attacks on Social Infrastructure
Gendered disinformation is both a sophisticated weapon and a blunt-force tool of hybrid warfare that is being used to silence women. It is a threat to collective security -- and democracies are paying...
14 Maj 38min
Powering Canada: Can Energy Ambition Overcome Regulatory Reality?
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office announced it will hold the first Canada Investment Summit in September.In this episode of The Swing, Pendulum examines whether Canada can turn its vast energy wealt...
25 Apr 23min
Statecraft to Stagecraft: The Use of AI in Cognitive Warfare
War with Iran marks the first truly AI-native information environment in warfare where the human brain is both the target and the weapon, and the battlefield is your phone.In this episode, producer an...
29 Mars 29min
Is the Strait of Hormuz a Straitjacket for Democracy?
This episode host Heather Bakken is joined by Pendulum colleagues Jennifer Irish and Yaroslav Baran to discuss how the seemingly unplanned aspects of U.S. strategy in Iran are actually playing out geo...
21 Mars 18min
War in Ukraine: Canadian Support for Humanitarian Aid
This week marks four years since the most recent unprovoked attack on Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Ukrainians have been at war for 12 years and have spent the last four shedding blood, tears, a...
26 Feb 16min
Canada`s Political Year in Review and What`s Ahead in 2026
Closing out season one on The Swing, Pendulum`s Yaroslav Baran and Heather Bakken discuss the political year that was: who`s up and who`s down, communications wins and losses, and what actually got do...
29 Dec 202522min
