All Episodes
Pints & Politics — 125 episodes · page 1 of 2
The Privatization of Ontario Healthcare — Episode #121
Episode #120 — Why Subsidize Arts Groups?
Episode #119 – The Origins & Future of Black History Month in Canada
Episode #118 — Hate
Episode #117 — Stephen Wright’s Mayoral Campaign
Episode #116 — Canada Day, July 1st, 2022
Episode #115 — How can Peterborough get ready for a turbulent future?
Episode #114 — Nuclear pelleting in Peterborough: The March 21-22 Judicial Review
Episode #113 – Trucker convoys, blockades and demonstrations: The winter 2022 anti-vax protests so far
Episode #112 — Author Kate Story reads from her latest novel “Urchin”
Episode #111 — Covid Management in Ontario & Political Instability in the USA
Episode # 110 — Peterborough’s City Council: How did we get here? Where are we going?
Episode #109 – A pilot, a boy & a bi-plane
Episode #108 — Our 2021 Election Debrief
Episode #107 — Canada Day, July 1st, 2021
Episode #106 — Graves at Kamloops Residential School, Doug Ford’s Pandemic Vacation & More
Episode #105 — Could tiny homes reduce homelessness in Peterborough?
Episode #104 — Kudos for City Council, Heckling Doug Ford, More Heckling for Justin Trudeau
Episode # 103 — Steve Guthrie on local news media, the current stories & what might be coming next
Episode #102 — Trump’s Last Stand & What It Means for Canadians, Honours for Mike Harris & Disappointment for Developers
Episode #101 — What should Peterborough’s City Council focus on before the 2022 election?
Episode #100 — Trump or Biden? Our politics panel debriefs the U.S. election
Episode #99 — The debate that wasn’t & the election that may be: Our politics panel takes a last look at the US election campaign
Episode #98 — Meanwhile, back in Canada: Our politics panel takes a break from the looming US election to look at what is going on at home
Episode #97 — Another take on the Throne Speech & the U.S. election
Episode #96 — The Throne Speech in parliament, Ruth Bader Ginsberg & the U.S. election
Episode #95 — The US Election: A necessary obsession for Canada? Is voter suppression via mass incarceration the new Jim Crow?
Episode #94 — Why does this US election matter to Canadians? What is at stake? Our politics panel takes a deep dive
Episode #93 — How high will Chrystia Freeland’s star rise? What new policies might be in the next Throne Speech? Which Erin O’Toole will we see in parliament?
Episode #92 — Erin O’Toole’s Conservative leadership win and the Liberals troubled summer
Episode #91 — Back to School: What’s the plan & will it be safe?
Episode #90 — How can Peterborough best support its artists through this pandemic?
Episode #89 — Our politics panel looks at policing, racism, the pandemic & much more
Episode #88 — What changes will the pandemic leave behind for Peterborough’s non-profit organizations?
Episode #87 — Money, debt and surviving the pandemic: our guest panel looks at Peterborough’s future
Episode #86 — Four Peterborough students look at environmental politics & the pandemic
Episode #85 — Pandemic Politics: Our politics panel looks at how decisions are being made during this new normal
Episode #84 (Part 1) — Which future should we aim for as Peterborough re-opens when the pandemic fades?
Episode #84 (Part 2) — Which future should we aim for as Peterborough re-opens when the pandemic fades?
Episode #83 — What is the impact of the pandemic on Peterborough’s homeless people?
Episode #82 — Covid19: Our panel looks at what’s happening & what may change
Edition #81 — Citizens Against Radioactive Neighbourhood: Lessons Learned & Leadership Lacking
Edition #80 — Game On! Our Hockey Panel Looks at the Winners, the Losers and the Recently Terminated
Edition #79 — Our Politics Panel Weighs In on Everything
Edition #78 — Part 1: Is nuclear manufacturing safe in Peterborough? BWXT says Yes
Edition #78 — Part 2: Is nuclear fuel manufacturing safe in Peterborough? An ex-GE nuclear worker says No
Edition #77 — Part 3: Why is there community resistance to nuclear fuel manufacturing in Peterborough?
Edition #76 – Part 1: Why is there community resistance to nuclear fuel manufacturing in Peterborough?
Edition #76 – Part 2: Why is there community resistance to nuclear fuel manufacturing in Peterborough?
Edition #75 — The International Student Experience in Peterborough
Edition #74: Part 1 — The Resignation of Andrew Scheer
Edition #74 – Part 2: A Debrief of 2019 — The Year in Politics
Edition #73 –Evelyn Forget: Canada Needs a Basic Income Strategy
Edition #72 — The Peterborough Alliance for Climate Action: What Has to Happen Now
Edition #71 — The 2019 Federal Election Debrief
Edition #70 — Our Politics Panel Takes One Last Dive into the Federal Election Campaign
Edition #69 — Our Politics Panel on Peterborough’s Homeless & Enduring a Banal Election
Edition # 67 — Hard Conversations: Our Politics Panel Looks at Homelessness in Peterborough, Racism & the Election Campaign
Edition #66 — Part 1: Our Politics Panel Tackles Homelessness in Peterborough
Edition #66 — Part 2: The Return of SNC Lavalin to the Federal Election Campaign
Edition #65 — 4 Poets on Reading Audiences & Reading Their Work: Part 1
Edition #65 — 4 Poets on Reading Audiences & Reading Their Work: Part 2
Edition #64 — Peterborough’s Opioid Crisis: Part 1
Edition #64 — Peterborough’s Opioid Crisis: Part 2
Edition #63 — East City Plans, Ford Government Troubles & Federal Election Mudslinging: Our Panel Reviews Our Long Hot Summer of Politics
Edition #62 – Will the CBC Be a Campaign Issue in the Federal Election?
Edition #61 — How Will the Climate Crisis & the Environment Show Up in the Federal Election?
Edition #60 — Public Health Panel on the Effect of Ford’s Cuts to Services
Edition #59 — Three University Students Look at Campus Politics
Edition #58 — Our Politics Panel Looks at Peterborough’s Parkway, Ford’s Cuts in Ontario and the Federal Election Campaign
Edition #57 — Four Union Representatives Look at the Ontario Government’s Plans
Edition #56 — Seven Poets Read Their Work
Edition #55 — Four Student Climate Change Activists Under 20
Edition #54 — National Poetry Month: 12 Poems from Ken Victor
Edition #53 — Finding Work in Peterborough: Why So Difficult for Employers & Job Seekers?
Edition # 52 — Our Politics Panel Comments on the New Zealand Terrorism Attacks, the Liberals & SNC Lavalin, Doug Ford’s math and Jason Kenney
Edition #51 — Does Hockey Still Matter? Our Panel Looks at the State of The Game
Edition #50 — Gwynne Dyer on Our Climate Change Crisis
Edition #49 — Our Politics Panel Assesses Peterborough’s New City Council, Doug Ford’s Leadership & the Unofficial Federal Election Campaign
Edition #48 — Peterborough’s Housing Crisis: Our Panel Looks for Solutions
Edition #47 — How Peterborough’s Art Scene Will Survive Gentrification
Edition #46 — Ben Wolfe on the New Urbanism, Public Engagement & Peterborough’s Future
Edition #45 — Economist Gordon Laxer on Why Alberta’s Tar Sands Must Be Closed
Edition #44 — How to Respond to Catastrophic Climate Collapse: A Call to Action
Edition #43 — Our Political Panel Looks Back at 2018
Edition #42 — Why Peterborough’s Natural Heritage Sites Matter: A Panel Discussion
Edition #41 — The Practice of Social Media in Politics: A Panel Discussion
Edition #40 — Our Panel Evaluates Peterborough’s Downtown
Edition #39 — Our Panel Examines Peterborough’s Actions on Climate Change
Edition #38 — Our Panel on Urban Planning Looks at Peterborough’s Future
Edition #37 — Our Panel Debriefs Peterborough’s 2018 Municipal Election
Edition #36 — Diane Therrien’s Victory Speech, October 22nd, Peterborough
Edition #35 — A comparison of Bennett and Therrien interview responses
Edition #34 — Conway, Etherington, Fraser & Sutherland: Our panel weighs in on the municipal election campaign
Edition #33 – Mayoral candidates Therrien & Bennett debate at the Venue, October 4
Edition #32 — Mayoral candidates answer questions at the realtors’ debate, September 27
Edition #31 –Panelists Conway, Etherington & Fraser assess Ford, Trump, the Toronto election, & the Peterborough Election
Edition #30 — Panelists Conway, Etherington & Fraser dissect our Peterborough municipal election campaign
Edition #29 — Panelists Conway, Etherington & Fraser assess Ford & Trump & the Toronto election
Edition #28 — Jason Wallwork on his campaign for council in Otonabee Ward