The Functional Government Podcast

How "license on your phone" became an instrument of national security

Tania Vakhrycheva explains the birth and growth of Diia, Ukraine's national government app

May 18 • Alistair Croll

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Digital ID, single-sign-on, and what government knows about you

With Alistair Croll

May 4

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April 2026

When the paperwork breaks down the building / Quand la paperasse fait craquer le système

On tient parfois le transport pour acquis.

Apr 27 • Alistair Croll

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The wisdom to know the difference

Michael Wernick on the software and hardware of government

Apr 13 • Alistair Croll

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Atoms aren’t bits

Digital government isn’t just about using computers—it‘s about a different way of building

Apr 6 • Alistair Croll

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December 2025

Is this Canada’s Estonia moment?

A conversation with author Joel Burke about how to reboot a nation—and whether it’s Canada's turn

Dec 23, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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Canada nearly put online passports—in 2013

What happened when we tried to modernize the agile way

Dec 16, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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How Ireland fixed its passport system

From round-the-block lineups to printing in minutes, we talked to someone who was there

Dec 8, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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November 2025

The problem with passports

The first in a surprisingly interesting three-part series about the modern travel document

Nov 24, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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You can’t have an innovative economy without an innnovative government.

So says Senator Colin Deacon, in this wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, risk-taking, and public sector modernization.

Nov 19, 2025 • Alistair Croll

We can have nice things

A chat with Code for Canada’s Dorothy Eng

Nov 11, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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October 2025

How the rest of the world does its taxes

Alistair talks to tax expert Dr. Fabrizio Santoro about how Canada's income tax filing compares to other countries'.

Oct 31, 2025 • Alistair Croll