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The Discourse is a news podcast hosted by The Discourse. It has 74 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

The Discourse takes a look at the ”who, what, when, why, and how” of Alberta politics, hosted by longtime senior staffers Cheryl Oates and Erika Barootes.

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1

No MOU, No CUSMA, No Problem — If You're Not From Alberta

2

The UCP Telling You How to Live… Again

3

Rosé and Referendums

4

Red Ink and Red Flags: Alberta Budget 2026

5

Immigration, Alienation, and the Fracturing of Canada

6

What Really Divide Us - With Ryan Jespersen

7

The Truth About the UCP AGM (And What It Means for Danielle Smith)

8

It Was Never About a Pipeline - Alberta's Real Win Explained

9

Why There’s Still No Pipeline for Danielle Smith

10

Carney’s First Budget: Bold Bet or Train Wreck?

11

UCP Tipping Point?

12

Work-to-Rule, Pay-to-Play? Alberta’s New Public Service Realities Explained

13

Pipelines & Picket Lines - The Fights Danielle Smith Can't Afford to Lose

14

Why the Alberta teachers strike could change everything

15

Who Asked for This? ‘CAN’ Licences + Carney vs Poilievre

16

Has Mark Carney won over Danielle Smith?

17

Is Alberta Policing Porn - Or Just Pulling Politics?

18

UCP Defectors Expose Danielle Smith: The PC Comeback & Skeletons in the Closet

19

Are the UCP in trouble? The By-Election Signals You Missed

20

Teachers, Tariffs & Turf Wars

21

How To Actually Build A Pipeline

22

Who Owns the Missing 12%? Carrie Tait Finally Answers the Big Question

23

Ballsy Throne Speeches and Banned Books

24

Separation, Scandal & Sabotage

25

Danielle Smith’s Tightrope: Can She Keep Alberta and the UCP United?

26

Albertastan - Danielle Smith's Dangerous Dance with Separatism

27

The Election That Everyone Lost

28

If Carney Wins, Does Smith Drop the Writ?

29

Behind the Podium: How Political Debates Are Really Won (and Lost)

30

Alberta’s In Play—and Every Party Knows It

31

Danielle Smith's No F*cks Tour -- Does Poilievre approve?

32

The Uninvited Guest: Danielle Smith Crashes the Federal Election Party

33

Carney Calls Snap Election—Is Poilievre Doomed?

34

Budget Betrayal, RCMP Probes & Mark Carney’s Big Win

35

"This is not a Conservative budget"- Alberta 2025 Budget Special

36

Guthrie's Blaze of Glory: The latest in the UCP Procurement Scandal

37

Procurement or Profiteering?: Inside the AHS Contract Controversy

38

Danielle Smith's Aura of Power

39

Dani's Trump Card- Does She Get The Credit?

40

The COVID-19 report they don't want you to read

41

Trumped Up: The Truth About Premier Smith's US Strategy

42

Cheryl’s Secret UCP Crush and Erika’s Notley Obsession Revealed!

43

Alberta's great political unifier: Rats

44

Health care or health chaos?

45

The Ugly Truth: Owning the Icks of Our Own Parties

46

What the UCP hopes you won't notice

47

High Approval, Deep Divisions: What Danielle Smith's 91.5% means for Alberta

48

Danielle Smith: "I have no regrets"

49

Forget Pride: Erika Has No Shame!

50

Another UCP Power Grab

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