Stephen Marche
@stephenmarche.bsky.social
Novelist, essayist, AI optimist. Death of an Author, The Next Civil War, On Writing and Failure.
"Gloves Off" made Apple's Best of 2025 list.
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Gloves Off" made Apple's Best of 2025 list.
This is Kevin Gausman, Blue Jays Ace, teaching his daughters how to ride bikes at the Evergreen Brickworks farmers market the day before the biggest start of his life. Everybody knew who he was. Nobody bothered him. Watch out Mariners. He looks happy and loose.
October 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is Kevin Gausman, Blue Jays Ace, teaching his daughters how to ride bikes at the Evergreen Brickworks farmers market the day before the biggest start of his life. Everybody knew who he was. Nobody bothered him. Watch out Mariners. He looks happy and loose.
Here's @MargaretAtwood in my house giving me a t-shirt. In the final episode of Gloves Off, I asked her what the title of a new dystopian novel about America would be. Her answer? "Genocide of the Poor." shows.acast.com/gloves-off
August 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Here's @MargaretAtwood in my house giving me a t-shirt. In the final episode of Gloves Off, I asked her what the title of a new dystopian novel about America would be. Her answer? "Genocide of the Poor." shows.acast.com/gloves-off
New episode of Gloves Off dropped today. Disinformation is flooding our feeds, undermining democracy—and Canada isn’t ready. I spoke to @uwaterloo.ca’s Bessma Momani, Cofacts Billion Lee, and @rferl.org.web.brid.gy's Andrei Soshnikov on to fight back.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
August 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New episode of Gloves Off dropped today. Disinformation is flooding our feeds, undermining democracy—and Canada isn’t ready. I spoke to @uwaterloo.ca’s Bessma Momani, Cofacts Billion Lee, and @rferl.org.web.brid.gy's Andrei Soshnikov on to fight back.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
What would it take for the U.S. to occupy Canada? @UofT’s Aisha Ahmad dives into the chilling reality: authoritarianism, zero representation, and the repression of 40 million people. Listen to more of our interview on Ep 6 of the Gloves Off Pod.
#Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #Canada #USPolitics
#Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #Canada #USPolitics
July 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What would it take for the U.S. to occupy Canada? @UofT’s Aisha Ahmad dives into the chilling reality: authoritarianism, zero representation, and the repression of 40 million people. Listen to more of our interview on Ep 6 of the Gloves Off Pod.
#Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #Canada #USPolitics
#Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #Canada #USPolitics
Gloves Off has now been in the top ten shows in Canada on @ApplePodcasts for a month.
July 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Gloves Off has now been in the top ten shows in Canada on @ApplePodcasts for a month.
🇨🇦 Can Canada defend itself?
In Ep 5 of Gloves Off, we head to Iqaluit to talk Arctic sovereignty, U.S. dependence, and why Finland’s “whole society defence” might be the model we need now.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
#GlovesOff #CanadianSovereignty #MilitaryReadiness #Podcast #ArcticSecurity
In Ep 5 of Gloves Off, we head to Iqaluit to talk Arctic sovereignty, U.S. dependence, and why Finland’s “whole society defence” might be the model we need now.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
#GlovesOff #CanadianSovereignty #MilitaryReadiness #Podcast #ArcticSecurity
July 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🇨🇦 Can Canada defend itself?
In Ep 5 of Gloves Off, we head to Iqaluit to talk Arctic sovereignty, U.S. dependence, and why Finland’s “whole society defence” might be the model we need now.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
#GlovesOff #CanadianSovereignty #MilitaryReadiness #Podcast #ArcticSecurity
In Ep 5 of Gloves Off, we head to Iqaluit to talk Arctic sovereignty, U.S. dependence, and why Finland’s “whole society defence” might be the model we need now.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/glovesoff
#GlovesOff #CanadianSovereignty #MilitaryReadiness #Podcast #ArcticSecurity
What can Ukraine teach us about preparing for disaster?
Journalist @timkmak.bsky.social lived through the invasion—and he says Canada isn’t ready.
🎧 Listen On Episode 4 of Gloves Off
#GlovesOffPodcast #Ukraine #Canada #EmergencyPreparedness #MiddlePowerPolitics
Journalist @timkmak.bsky.social lived through the invasion—and he says Canada isn’t ready.
🎧 Listen On Episode 4 of Gloves Off
#GlovesOffPodcast #Ukraine #Canada #EmergencyPreparedness #MiddlePowerPolitics
July 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What can Ukraine teach us about preparing for disaster?
Journalist @timkmak.bsky.social lived through the invasion—and he says Canada isn’t ready.
🎧 Listen On Episode 4 of Gloves Off
#GlovesOffPodcast #Ukraine #Canada #EmergencyPreparedness #MiddlePowerPolitics
Journalist @timkmak.bsky.social lived through the invasion—and he says Canada isn’t ready.
🎧 Listen On Episode 4 of Gloves Off
#GlovesOffPodcast #Ukraine #Canada #EmergencyPreparedness #MiddlePowerPolitics
@amazonmusic has made Gloves Off a featured podcast. #PodcastsOnAmazonMusic
July 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@amazonmusic has made Gloves Off a featured podcast. #PodcastsOnAmazonMusic
“Canada should be our 51st state.” — Trump At first, it sounded like a joke. Now? Not so much. Civil War expert
@bfwalter
joins us in Ep 1 to answer: how far can American chaos reach us? bit.ly/GlovesOffPodE1
@bfwalter
joins us in Ep 1 to answer: how far can American chaos reach us? bit.ly/GlovesOffPodE1
July 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Canada should be our 51st state.” — Trump At first, it sounded like a joke. Now? Not so much. Civil War expert
@bfwalter
joins us in Ep 1 to answer: how far can American chaos reach us? bit.ly/GlovesOffPodE1
@bfwalter
joins us in Ep 1 to answer: how far can American chaos reach us? bit.ly/GlovesOffPodE1
Two amazing facts for today. 1) We are now officially closer to 2050 than to 2000. 2) After one day, Gloves Off is just behind @joerogan in podcasts generally, and second in all series. Thanks to everyone who shared it.
July 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Two amazing facts for today. 1) We are now officially closer to 2050 than to 2000. 2) After one day, Gloves Off is just behind @joerogan in podcasts generally, and second in all series. Thanks to everyone who shared it.
What happens when your closest ally becomes a threat? We uncover hard truths about Canada’s readiness. How prepared are we? On Ep 2 🎧 Listen to Gloves Off Pod shows.acast.com/gloves-off #Canada #NationalSecurity #GlovesOffPodcast
July 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What happens when your closest ally becomes a threat? We uncover hard truths about Canada’s readiness. How prepared are we? On Ep 2 🎧 Listen to Gloves Off Pod shows.acast.com/gloves-off #Canada #NationalSecurity #GlovesOffPodcast
Canada has been Robin to America's Batman. What happens when Batman turns into the Joker? On @Gloves-OffPod Episode 1 I dig into what America’s turmoil means for Canada’s security and future. 🇨🇦🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/gloves-off #GlovesOffPodcast #Canada #USRelations
July 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Canada has been Robin to America's Batman. What happens when Batman turns into the Joker? On @Gloves-OffPod Episode 1 I dig into what America’s turmoil means for Canada’s security and future. 🇨🇦🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/gloves-off #GlovesOffPodcast #Canada #USRelations
Happy #CanadaDay! 2 Episodes of Gloves Off are ready for listens on @applepodcasts. This Canada Day, we know, is different from all other Canada Days. Please share with anyone who wants to keep Canada alive. apple.co/glovesoff
July 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Happy #CanadaDay! 2 Episodes of Gloves Off are ready for listens on @applepodcasts. This Canada Day, we know, is different from all other Canada Days. Please share with anyone who wants to keep Canada alive. apple.co/glovesoff
Thrilled @Gloves-OffPod is featured on @applepodcasts. Subscribe, 2 episodes come out #CanadaDay apple.co/glovesoff shows.acast.com/gloves-off
June 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thrilled @Gloves-OffPod is featured on @applepodcasts. Subscribe, 2 episodes come out #CanadaDay apple.co/glovesoff shows.acast.com/gloves-off
Strange to find myself front-faced on the bookshelf of a dissident colonel but honoured. History is full of turns.
May 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Strange to find myself front-faced on the bookshelf of a dissident colonel but honoured. History is full of turns.
Unfortunately, Andrew Yang and I got Chuck Schumer pretty damn right in our dystopian thriller.
March 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Unfortunately, Andrew Yang and I got Chuck Schumer pretty damn right in our dystopian thriller.
Over two years after publication, The Next Civil War enters the Canadian bestseller lists.
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Over two years after publication, The Next Civil War enters the Canadian bestseller lists.
For the Literary Review of Canada, I wrote about the first days of Covid. No other catastrophe during my lifetime has generated such a stark contrast between its impact and the poverty of its discourse. It changed our intimate lives, like how we shit, but we don't talk about it.
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For the Literary Review of Canada, I wrote about the first days of Covid. No other catastrophe during my lifetime has generated such a stark contrast between its impact and the poverty of its discourse. It changed our intimate lives, like how we shit, but we don't talk about it.
The end of The Last Election, which I wrote with Andrew Yang, imagines a final American inauguration whose theme is “strength and unity” (the last words of the book). That is the exact theme Trump has chosen for his inauguration.
January 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The end of The Last Election, which I wrote with Andrew Yang, imagines a final American inauguration whose theme is “strength and unity” (the last words of the book). That is the exact theme Trump has chosen for his inauguration.
Feels like there's some kind of metaphor for the state of the world here...
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Feels like there's some kind of metaphor for the state of the world here...