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Latest Episodes

The Big Budget
April 21, 2024

The Federal Budget is out. We break down what is in it and what it means for BC and Canada. Re-upload. Apologies, an incorrect version with an old episodes audio went out. Links

Quarterly repetitions
August 04, 2023

Another round of political party financing data, Alberta pauses renewables, Trudeau argues about housing but is getting trees planted

The Big Shuffle, Feat. The Boys in Short Pants
July 31, 2023

The Boys In Short Pants join to discuss the big federal cabinet shuffle and dissect what the Johnston Report says about the inner workings of government. Links

Beefcake realpolitik
July 21, 2023

The future of the RCMP and political aesthetics, with Stewart Prest

BC’s dirty little secret
July 14, 2023

Derrick O'Keefe breaks down how BC continues to facilitate a growing thermal coal export industry

Where’s the corporate subsidy for Taylor Swift?
July 07, 2023

Strikes at the ports and on Fraser Valley transit, ongoing C-18 fallout and subsidies for EV batteries

Bee Cee Who
July 01, 2023

Almost entirely unsurprising byelection results, media deathwatch and a growing population

Summer speculations
June 24, 2023

Byelections come, byelections go. Parliament rises with ample rumours. The Royal BC Museum is hiring, again, and Taylor Swift will be hearing from one MP.

Resignations and reports that won’t get read
June 16, 2023

BC needs more electricity and we look at a few prominent federal resignations

Won’t find us on Facebook
June 10, 2023

A potpourri episode on housing, social media, the federal budget, David Johnston and wildfires