Episode 4062: Pulling an Eby
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips unpack David Eby calling an early election, and how he may have permanently added his name to the Canadi...
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20 of 128 episodesEpisode 4061: Original Sin
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dissect David Eby’s snap election gamble in British Columbia and Danielle Smith’s search for new enemies...
Episode 4059: Six Days, Ten Questions, No Good Answers (Live)
Live from Edmonton, six days before Alberta’s referendum, Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips game out the final stretch of the campaign. Wi...
Episode 4060: Did Carney Just Change Everything?
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into an emergency episode after Prime Minister Mark Carney explicitly endorses “No to the Nine,” ju...
Episode 4058: Just Asking Questions
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the final week of Alberta’s referendum campaign, the conflicting polling on the nine question...
Episode 4056: The Next Referendum
Stephen Carter and Zain Velji break down the final two weeks of Alberta’s referendum campaign, whether Danielle Smith is on the defensive, a...
Episode 4054: Have the Players Made Their Plays?
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down British Columbia’s suddenly competitive election and what David Eby and the BC Conservatives...
Episode 4053: Don’t Pull a Prentice
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Alberta’s referendum fight and the political chaos engulfing British Columbia. Is Danielle Smi...
Episode 4052: Megachurch Miracle in Calgary-Shaw
Shannon Phillips and Conspiracy Zain dive into the Alberta NDP’s surprise Calgary-Shaw victory, what it says about the UCP’s vulnerability i...
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...
Episode 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...