Episode 4051: Does $4 Million Buy a Referendum?
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down Alberta’s new $4 million referendum advertising campaign, what the government’s creative says...
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20 of 119 episodesEpisode 4050: Pull the Fire Alarm
Shannon Phillips and Leah Ward dive into Elections Alberta’s referendum headaches, the growing pressure around the province’s special-ballot...
Episode 4049: Power Rankings
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips rank the people, politicians, and campaigners on Alberta’s stay-in-Canada side. Who is actually moving v...
Episode 4048: We Were Attacked
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down Mark Carney’s response after Canada walks away from a trade deal with the United States, and...
Episode 4047: Normal Politics
Shannon Phillips and Zain Velji talk about what the Alberta NDP should actually be doing this summer, from candidate recruitment and Calgary...
Episode 4046: Ride Until Die
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips talk about what happens when the strategist becomes the spokesperson, whether the political backroom sti...
Episode 4045: From the DMs
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the increasingly crowded campaign to keep Alberta in Canada and ask whether anyone has the mo...
Ministry of Podcasts: Episode 7
Be it resolved that the Minister of Podcasts, Stephen Carter, together with the Chair of Oral Questions, Zain Velji, do hereby call this sit...
Episode 4044: How Carney Falls
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the ways Mark Carney’s extended political honeymoon could finally come to an end, from a weak...
Episode 4043: The Money vs The Many
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the emerging fight between moneyed interests and economic populists in the Democratic Party,...
Episode 4042: How Not to Be Seen
Stephen Carter and Zain Velji break down the politics of being seen, from Naheed Nenshi’s controversial Stampede photo with the Israeli amba...
Episode 4040: The Ground Games
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the latest referendum fundraising numbers and ask why conservative federalists seem to be get...
Episode 4039: Amateur Lobbying Hour
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down Alberta’s increasingly murky referendum campaign, from the rules governing signs and fundrais...
Episode 4038: The War on Fun
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Alberta’s referendum campaigns, the NDP’s struggle to turn a pro-Canada message into partisan...
Episode 4037: Live-Reacting The Walrus Debate, Part 2
Stephen Carter and Zain Velji continue their live reaction to Carter’s appearance at The Walrus debate at the Canadian Vote Summit. As the c...
Episode 4035: The 45 Million Ballot Problem
Stephen Carter and Zain Velji dive into Elections Alberta’s plan to recruit 60,000 workers and count 45 million ballots, and what that could...
Episode 4033: That Thing That Breaks the Camel
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into the rapidly escalating Alberta separatism fight, the growing fractures inside the UCP, and whe...
Balance of Power: The Most Expensive Option
In a moment when Prairie politics feels increasingly untethered from reality, what happens when governments start making generational decisi...
Episode 4030½: Strategists Overtime at St. Andrews United (LIVE)
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips remain at St. Andrew’s United Church for the second coming of their Edmonton live show, joined by Senato...
Balance of Power: Sit up Straight
In a province where politics increasingly feels like performance, what happens when the people who understand the stage best start talking o...