Episode 8.45 - The Most Bizarre Interview We've Ever Done!

What do an Alberta online university, a union grievance and a parent being faced with the choice of abandoning their child or amputating their child's legs have in common?In 7 years of doing interviews, this is easily one of the most bonkers ones we have ever done!We sit down with Dave Powell of the Athabasca University Faculty Association to make sense of their recent post https://aufa.ca/blog/2026/7/23/athabasca-university-forces-professor-to-choose-between-her-job-her-family-or-her-childs-legs and explain what in the heck is even happening!If you want to write a letter to Athabasca to ask them to stop the threats to fire her, you can do that with this link here: https://win.newmode.net/canadianassociationofuniversityteachers/callonathabascatoreinstatedrgrafandlethergetthebestcareforhersonTo get tickets to our August 29th live show in Calgary, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca !If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government...You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca !As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at [email protected] !If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.comIf you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli