A Conversation with Phil Gurski

In this episode, Mathew talks with Phil Gurski, a 32 year veteran in the Canadian intelligence community, and a former member of CSIS, on the topic of terrorism. Taking a linguistic point of view, Mathew and Phil discuss the words and language used regarding terrorism, the role of narratives, and recent trends in the removal of established descriptive terms in favour of new, neutral terms to describe all forms of terrorism, and types of terrorist acts and terrorist groups.