Episode 1097: Shibboleths
The gang talk conventions. Carter and Hogan drift down memory lane. Annalise barely conceals her contempt for them. Is the "them" in the last sentence conventions or...
Episode 1096: On accident
The gang tackle the political strategy of resignation, federal leader summer performance, the evolving English language and more.Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter use Steve Clark...
Episode 1095: Jazz on a napkin
Stephen Carter rode a mountain bike and at his age is regretting it. Zain Velji and Annalise Klingbeil showed up to have the tables turned on them. The gang discusses the role...
Episode 1094: An Expert Retreat
The gang use the most recent federal cabinet retreat - and its focus on housing - to talk about cabinet retreat composition, guests, and (of course) the politics of housing in...
Episode 1093: Stop the Blue Steel
The gang talk about Trump's perfect mug shot and the politics it reveals before turning their attention to Chrystia Freeland being caught going a too-fast-but-pretty-normal...
Episode 1092: Bent noodles
The gang discuss the Government of Canada's ongoing fight with Meta over The Online News Act before a broader conversation about the actions a politician needs to take in an...
Episode 1091. The Young & The Restless; The Old and The Rich; FIXED. MAYBE.
I don't know. Seriously. Copy link. Paste link. See if the link works. Get in shit from the Patrons. Corey calls. Mom calls. Upload audio. Test audio. Spinning wheel of death....
[FIXED] Episode 1090: Profile conspiracies
This one is going to work. For sure. Corey will be so proud of us [update: Corey was not proud of them].Stephen, Zain and Annalise throw tradition to the wind in this epic...
Episode 1089: Same old pig, new lipstick
Well, well, well. Corey didn’t think we’d be here. But we are. It is done. A Corey Hogan free episode. Annalise leads Zain and Stephen through a discussion about Pierre...
Episode 1088: Sunny Ways
In the first Stephen-Carter-free episode since 2013, the gang talk the evolving wind-and-solar moratorium story and Corey's ability to see Taylor Swift concerts anywhere in the...
Episode 1087: Stephen and Corey present Carter and Hogan in “Chekhov’s Danielle”
August is supposed to be boring. But with dramas personal, political, legal and economic to pass judgment on, the gang* assembles anyhow to talk political strategy**.* some of...
Episode 1086: Chahal Cabal
Annalise is at Folk Fest. Zain Velji is decidedly not. Stephen and Corey answer questions around the Calgary Stampede, George Chahal, Liberals that have won Ontario elections...
Episode 1085: "Call me Gary"
The gang discuss the federal cabinet shuffle: the potential, the consequences, what it means for those on the inside and the outside - and what it means for the next...
Episode 1084: X marks the shack
Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Twitter's "news", Poilievre's shack-shaming and Alberta's new donair overlord. How does a politician strike the balance between...
Episode 1083: Equal Pay for Zain Velji
Zain and Annalise? On the same pod? Together? And no Corey? At least Stephen is here providing his classic so-hot-they'll-burn-you takes. Probably wrong takes. I don't know. I...
Episode 1082: Topline Brain
The gang discuss the possible explanations for Smith and Poilievre being photographed with somebody wearing a "Straight Pride" shirt - and what those explanations say about...
Episode 1081: Patels and Poilievres
Using a visit by the Prime Minister, Alberta Premier and federal opposition leader to the Ismaili Muslim Community's Calgary Stampede Breakfast as a launching off point, Zain...
Episode 1080: The (Greatest Outdoor) Social Network (on Earth)
After a brief detour onto Twitter's continued implosion, the gang spend the hour diving deep into the politics of the Calgary Stampede: how to get attention, how to give it,...
Episode 1078: The eleventh hour
It's Toronto mayoral election eve. Lots has happened in the past couple of days which demands the question: why does action crowd to the final days - and is it too late to have...
Episode 1079: Everyone's a critic
The gang get together to discuss the Alberta NDP shadow cabinet - which is to say everybody in the Alberta NDP - and how to build and manage a roster of critics. Plus: Pierre...
Episode 1077: Hills we die on
The gang talk about the riding-president-driven challenge to Blaine Higgs' leadership, how politicians are expected to act in crises and much more.PATREON EXCLUSIVE. Corey...
Episode 1076: Alberta NNDP
Zain continues to put off his Alberta election 2023 campaign retrospective by asking the gang to discuss what's next for the NDP: the decisions to be made, their importance,...
Episode 1075: Railcars and message tracks
The gang use Danielle Smith's seemingly-unwarranted fight with Meta as a launchpad to talk about the complications of social media in government communications, the grey areas...
Episode 1074: For sale - half-full glass, never drank
Donald Trump has been indicted and Corey is getting over being sick so the world has never looked better to him. Stephen has water on his lap and feels very differently....