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PolitiCoast: The BC Politics Podcast — 415 episodes

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One point trend

2

White Cap-sizing Hospitals

3

Political Misfortunes

4

The cheque is in the mail

5

Just Trust Us Act

6

Strongish Freeish Elections

7

Step 3: Profit

8

Iran So Far Away

9

The emergence of Carneyism

10

Least worst province

11

Budgets are about not making choices

12

Elbows somewhere

13

Former and forever Conservative leaders

14

Weird week with words

15

The speech heard round the world

16

If I Go to China, I’m Going to See Some Sights

17

2026 is off to a start

18

John Horgan In His Own Words with Rod Mickleburgh

19

A second MP has left the Cons

20

Professionally incapacitated

21

Is there someone Carney forgot to ask?

22

It’s curtains for the Conservatives

23

Nation Building of Good Vibes and Sour Grapes

24

The Ostrich of Bay Street

25

We’d all be speaking German now

26

All my critics are crazy terrorists

27

What are you doing?

28

Should Be Digging Up

29

Pipeline purity tests

30

Our first zoomer leader

31

This party contains dead people

32

Only Moe can go to China

33

Fast-track the office to build the things

34

Ben Woodfinden

35

Green Party Leadership Interviews

36

The Greens’ Choice

37

Blue Grit Honeymoon

38

Let’s nuke Oak Bay

39

Feet in the file

40

The first rule of the BC Green Leadership race is don’t talk about the BC Green Leadership race

41

Quote-unquote blackmail

42

Henry VIII Clauses

43

One More BC Party

44

It’s not 2015 anymore

45

The Canadian King’s Speech

46

Sovereignty by any other name

47

Pick your cabinet better

48

Canada Is Not For Sale

49

The Two Party Election

50

The Most Canadian Election

51

The debate commission lost the debate

52

Read the law before proposing to change it

53

The candidate shuffle

54

Still campaigning like it’s 2024

55

The guv goes to the polls

56

Free Enterprise Fractures

57

A budget about nothing

58

Cantankerous caucus

59

BC goes to war

60

Mr Eby goes to Washington

61

Carbon tax election grief

62

It’s hard being a small party

63

Seven Liberals Enter, One Will Leave as Prime Minister

64

Liberal’s last gasp

65

Trudover

66

This government’s time is up (and new year’s predictions)

67

Trudeau’s final chapter

68

Conservative Caucus Cracks

69

He posts and we deal with it

70

Ep 400 – Eby must wait rebate

71

The election is finally over

72

Every vote matters

73

Technically a majority

74

The final stretch Election 2024

75

The Americanization of bcpoli

76

Retconning Trudeau

77

It’s getting sad

78

Friendship ended with Ottawa, now premiers are my new best friend

79

May and Singh are the reasonable ones

80

Petty foreign interference

81

Ottawa Tries Something

82

The Big Budget

83

Scoring the Rent

84

Mostly Online Harmless

85

Did the mob win? (ft Mo Amir)

86

Foreign funding of a public college was a public great (ft Alex Usher)

87

The crime of existing in public (ft Dustin Godfrey)

88

Stop trying to make ‘CostBC’ happen

89

Airbnb Gone

90

Fined Ferries

91

Target Troubles

92

Four parties in the House

93

Broken BC

94

Summertime Assortment

95

The Dog Days of Rebranding

96

The Big Shuffle, Feat. The Boys in Short Pants

97

BC’s dirty little secret

98

Where’s the corporate subsidy for Taylor Swift?

99

Won’t find us on Facebook

100

What’s happening with BC Housing? (ft Jen St Denis)

101

Canadian Streaming

102

Less pithy budgets

103

Responsible government is a thing of the past

104

Resources, Reconciliation and Rapporteur

105

Budget day with Alex Hemingway

106

Throne away from home

107

The cost of coronation

108

Bridging the political divide

109

Cabinetry refinishing

110

Dammit Jim, I’m the premier, not a doctor

111

This is not episode 300

112

Ep 298: Uncooperative Federalism

113

Ep 298: Uncooperative Federalism

114

Ep 297: Eby and Skippy or bust

115

Emergency Pod: Horgan Quits

116

Ep 295: OpenMedia for an Open Internet

117

Ep 293: The numbers don’t add up

118

Ep 289: Sad Trombone

119

Ep 287: A BC Police

120

Ep 286 Scotts for Scott

121

Ep 285: Contesting Quilchena

122

Ep 284: The fiscal house

123

Ep 283: Plans upon plans

124

Ep 282: No surprises

125

Ep 281: Operation Malt Barley

126

Ep 280: Greatest BC Premier Bracket Championship

127

Ep 279: Third Time’s a Charm

128

Ep 278: Not the emergencies we deserved

129

Ep 276: Falcon has landed

130

Ep 275: Mildewed and smoldering

131

Ep 274: Injunctions back on

132

Ep 273: Predictions in Unpredictable Times

133

Ep 272: Party Operating Systems

134

Ep 271: Unclear Goals

135

Ep 270: Holidays are cancelled

136

Ep 269: Who are you winning over?

137

Ep 268: No floods of information

138

Ep 267: BC Renewal Party

139

Ep 266: The atmospheric river

140

Ep 265: Anti-anti-masker shadow cabinet

141

Ep 264: Low hanging economic fruit

142

Ep 262: Free the trees

143

Ep 260: Tofino to Toronto

144

Ep 259: Meng, Michaels and Micah

145

Ep 258: Stewart Prestient

146

Ep 257: A nonzero percent chance

147

Ep 256: The Debate debate LIVE

148

Ep 255: We’re halfway there

149

Ep 254: I’ve made a huge mistake

150

Ep 251: Greatest Premier Bracket – The non-partisan premiers preliminary round

151

Beers to 250

152

Ep 249: The Scheduled Emergency Pod

153

Ep 247: A hopefully less embarrassing pick

154

Ep 246: Cancelada Day

155

Ep 245: Kindness Week

156

Ep 244: Failures in elections; failures in housing

157

Ep 243: Who speaks for the trees?

158

Ep 242: Every child matters

159

Ep 241: Teenagers are scary

160

Ep 240: BC’s Unequal Women

161

Ep 239: We have sick leave at home

162

Ep 237: Failures to Communicate

163

Ep 236: Budgets, budgets everywhere

164

Ep 235: War on carbon

165

Ep 233: Get off my lawn energy

166

Ep 232: Not doing better and not doing more

167

Ep 231: By the power of statutory immunity

168

Ep 230: Steady drip of troubles in CPC HQ

169

Ep 229: No cannons for kids

170

Ep 228: Anti-Green bias

171

Ep 227: Prying guns from cold dead hands

172

Ep 226: Decriminalization on the horizon

173

Ep 225: Big bucks and COVID muck

174

Ep 224: No cheques from the government

175

Ep 223: Twice removed

176

Ep 222: Missing from the Village

177

Ep 221: 2021 is off to a helluva start

178

Leg-in-Boot Media 2020 Live Winterval Special

179

2020 Holiday Special: Ep 80 Matter of Confidence replay

180

Ep 220: Short session

181

Ep 219: Vaccines for Christmas

182

Ep 218: Darryl Plecas’ last hurrah

183

Ep 217: NDP Cabinetry

184

Ep 216: Masking Up

185

Ep 215: Every vote counted

186

Ep 214: Make politics boring again

187

Ep 213: 2020 BC Election dissection with Mario Canseco

188

Ep 212: A quiet end

189

Bonus: The Platforms Podcast

190

Ep 211: He was resigned

191

Ep 210: Buying votes

192

Ep 209: Andy’s PST Holiday

193

Ep 208: Much Trudeau about nothing

194

Emergency Pod: I guess we’re actually doing this fucking thing

195

Ep 207: Stronger BC elections

196

Ep 206: A good war

197

Ep 205: A third challenger emerges

198

Ep 204: Tooles for Schools

199

Ep 203: Candy laden budgets

200

Ep 202: Thanks, I hate it

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Ep 201: Spotlight on Evidence

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Episode 200

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Ep 199: Mask up

204

Ep 198: Kim Darwin for BC Green leader

205

Ep 197: Crochet, camping and fringe separatist movements

206

Ep 196: BC to WE

207

Ep 195: Phase 3 brings the bills

208

Ep 194: The sin of calling someone racist

209

Ep 193: Defund the BCPP

210

Ep 192: Black BC Lives Matter with Stephanie Allen

211

Ep 191: COVID Pharma Politics

212

Ep 190: A scientist runs for Green leader w Dr Amita Kuttner

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Bonus: Lindsay Tedds on basic income during COVID-19 paper

214

Ep 189: My baby doesn’t have a job yet

215

Ep 188: Trudeau comes for some of your guns

216

Ep 187: The railroad to normalcy

217

Ep 186: Clearing the COVID air

218

Ep 185: Where was Andrew Wilkinson?

219

Ep 184: Political Decisions in a Time of Crisis

220

Ep 183: To mask or not to mask?

221

Ep 182: Money printer go brrr

222

Ep 181: Politics & Pop Culture at FanExpo with Pop This!

223

Ep 180: Flatten the curve

224

Ep 179: The rights agreement

225

Ep 178: Reconciliation is dead, long live reconciliation

226

Ep 177: Stay the Course, Budget Edition

227

Ep 176: Protesting the Throne

228

Ep 175: The Fault In Our Insurance

229

Ep 174: BC also stands for birth control

230

Ep 173: A new deal MAID

231

Ep 172: Tax time on the Expo Line

232

Ep 171: All eyes on Iran

233

Ep 170: Is Harperism dead and other thoughts on the decade

234

Ep 168: Scheexit

235

Ep 167: Together in a vague, somewhat forward direction

236

Ep 166: Conventional oppositions

237

Ep 164: What do the BC Liberals stand for in 2019?

238

Ep 163: Live at VanPodFest 2019

239

Ep 162: Prairie Alienation

240

Ep 161: A minor election

241

Ep 160: Promises and Platforms

242

Ep 159: It’s Debatable

243

Ep 158A – A Lot Can Happen on a Friday

244

Ep 158 – Back to the Leg

245

Ep 157: #FakeStraws

246

Ep 156: The Trudeau Scandal

247

Ep 155: Writs Are Dropping Like They’re Hot

248

Ep 154: How Many Greens Are There?

249

Ep 153: Ian’s going to sit out this awful election

250

Ep 152: Calling the Question on SNC

251

Ep 151: SNC Thanks for nothing DPPSC

252

Ep 150: Chocolate milk is good live show

253

Ep 149: Self-entitled jerks

254

Ep 148: Intersectional disasters

255

Ep 147: Cascadia Rail

256

Ep 146: We need a climate mobilization with Seth Klein

257

Ep 145: Alan Mullen’s summer road trip

258

Ep 144: Now we can build some transmission lines

259

Ep 143: If everyone’s mad at you, you must be doing something right

260

Ep 142: The pharmacare election

261

Ep 141: It’s not the size that matters

262

Ep 140: The Michael Scott approach to Legislature management

263

Ep 139: How green are the Greens?

264

Ep 138: The Leg needs a liquor policy

265

Ep 137: #TeamTrudeau vs the Defence Establishment

266

Ep 136: No one gets any oil anywhere

267

Ep 135: King of the Island

268

Ep 134: For the UCP 1+1=2.2

269

Debate: Is social media destroying democracy?

270

Ep 133: Social media is bad

271

Ep 132: The BC Liberals score a win

272

Ep 131: What are they, the Alberta NDP?

273

Ep 130: David Moscrop wrote a book

274

Ep 129: Civil asset forfeiture

275

Emergency Pod: Erosions of trust

276

Ep 128: No criminal behaviour, that’s the standard?

277

Ep 127: Some light interference

278

Ep 126: Darryl throws shade

279

Ep 125: Rookie mistakes

280

Ep 124: The data piggy bank is running dry

281

Ep 123: Don’t believe everything you hear on Mainstreet

282

Ep 122: The alleged truckload of alcohol

283

Ep 121: No press conferences at the Burnaby Library

284

Ep 120: BC isn’t woke

285

Ep 119: Apparently it wasn’t too close to call

286

Ep 118: 2018 End of Year Extravaganza

287

Ep 117: A bridge too far

288

Ep 116: Canada’s Archduke Ferdinand situation

289

Ep 115: Bad Ass Bowinn Ma

290

Ep 114: Chaos closes the legislature

291

Ep 113: Never a dull moment in BC politics ft Shannon Waters

292

Ep 112: Proportionally known unknowns

293

Ep 111: How woke is PR?

294

Ep 110: John picked a date

295

Ep 109: The Great Canadian Club Electoral Reform Debate

296

Ep 108: Taxing houses, jobs and weed

297

Ep 107: Policy Pop-Up

298

Ep 106: Back to the Leg ft Shannon Waters

299

Ep 105: David Eby for the record

300

Ep 104: All smoke and no stores

301

Ep 103: It’s not the people’s People’s Party

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Ep 102: We’re not international trade experts

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Ep 101: Rabid dog days of summer

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Ep 100: Live at The Belmont ft Shannon Waters

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Ep 99: Conservative diversity ft Stewart Prest

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Ep 98: Too dumb for democracy ft David Moscrop

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Ep 97: A Fair Vote for PR ft Keith Poore

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Ep 96: A premiere Premier’s Meeting

309

Ep 95: Fishy business

310

Ep 94: Sean Graham’s Dual Member Proportional

311

Ep 93: One simple trick to solve student housing

312

Ep 92: BC is part of a crime syndicate

313

Ep 91: Dogwood Benefits for TWU

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Ep 90: Bernier was on a break

315

Ep 89: Potpourri pipelines and Ontario election hot takes

316

Ep 88: Wars of trade and electoral reform

317

Emergency Podcast: Canada buys Trans Mountain pipeline

318

Ep 87: A very litigious week

319

Ep 86: Emails in the pipeline

320

Ep 85: A year for the books with Jillian P Stead

321

Ep 84: Buzz off Davidoff

322

Ep 83: Breaking Betty

323

Ep 82: The drain the swamp model of the constitution

324

Ep 81: Pipeline pause puts provinces in a pickle

325

Ep 80: A Matter of Confidence

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Ep 79: “Shoot the mayor in the head and burn down houses” – A look at Nanaimo politics

327

Ep 78: The new LNG champion

328

Cambie Report Ep 01: Elections are weird

329

Ep 77: Horgan blocks World Cup bid

330

Ep 76: What the heck Ontario?

331

Ep 75: We budgeted more time for budgets

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Municipal Election Announcement

333

Ep 74: Baby’s first budget

334

Ep 73: An affordable throne

335

Ep 72: Wine pipelines

336

Ep 71: Lieutenant Governoring the youth

337

Ep 70: #MeToo comes to Canadian politics

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Ep 69: Minimum wage and War of Plates potpourri

339

Ep 68: Sunset for Mayor Moonbeam

340

The PolitiCoast Star Wars Holiday Special

341

Ep 67: The 2017 Finale

342

Ep 66: Of dams and beers

343

Ep 65: Is it a Better BC with David Moscrop

344

Ep 64: The Docket in Short Pants Crossover

345

Ep 63: Justin McElroy kills your nostalgia

346

Ep 62: Underway with challenges

347

Ep 61: Minister of Silly Names

348

Ep 60: Stephen Carter rants

349

Ep 59: The Vancouver Special

350

Ep 58: David King’s IDEA for Alberta education

351

Ep 57: The Mayor’s secret party of disappointment

352

Ep 56: How not to sell a tax plan

353

Ep 55: Vancouver decides – Hashtag socialism or Hector the Connector?

354

Bonus Pod: Vancouver Byelection Housing & Homelessness Forum

355

Ep 54: More leadership races means more content

356

Ep 53: John’s allowance

357

DD 03: NDP Leadership Race

358

Ep 52: Tedds takes on the budget update

359

Ep 51: Betrayal!

360

Ep 50: The Live Show!

361

Ep 49: Evan Balgord on right wing extremism

362

Ep 48: Countering white supremacy

363

Ep 47: Ian’s Ottawa Adventure

364

Ep 46: Lindsay Tedds

365

Emergency pod: Christy Clark resigns

366

Ep 45: Niki Ashton

367

Ep 44: Tom Davidoff

368

Ep 43: Fantasy cabinet

369

Ep 42: Politics, the universe and everything

370

Ep 41: A confident end to the jiggery-pokery

371

Ep 40: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

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Ep 39: The Neverending Election

373

Ep 38: Dave’s hot takes

374

Ep 37: Clark’s GreeNDP nightmare

375

Ep 36: And the winner is…

376

Ep 35: Improbable outcomes

377

Ep 34: New Conservatives on the Block

378

Ep 33: Everyone’s a winner!

379

PolitiCoast Live Election Night Part 2

380

PolitiCoast Election Live Part 1

381

Ep 32: I am Linda’s prediction model

382

Ep 31: Hulk Horgan Strikes Back

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Ep 30: No one puts Andrew in the corner

384

Ep 29: YPP and Libertarians and Economists Oh My!

385

Ep 28: Elections are not the time for serious issues

386

Ep 27: Teflon Clark and David Eby

387

Ep 26: The Greens in Mouseland

388

Ep 25: Red ink is expensive

389

Ep 24: Tinkering with the rules

390

Ep 23: BC does have one campaign finance law

391

Ep 22: One giant Leap

392

DD 02: Conservative Leadership Race

393

Ep 21: The forget me not budget

394

Ep 20: Playing with fire

395

Ep 19: Alternative Hacks

396

Ep 18: RIP Electoral Reform

397

Ep 17: Alternative electoral reform

398

Ep 16: The O’Leary Factor

399

Ep 15: Trudeau’s friends with benefits

400

Ep 14: Fall Finale

401

Ep 13: Make ethics great again

402

Ep 12: Rachel Notley comes to town

403

Ep 11: Trudeau kerfuffles

404

Ep 10: Selling the farm

405

Ep 09: Empty homes and empty promises

406

Ep 08: Supreme Court Smackdown

407

Ep 07: The Darkest Timeline

408

Ep 06: Doubling down on deficits

409

DD 01: Electoral Reform

410

Ep 05: 99 Red Walloons

411

Ep 04: You’re Fired!

412

Ep 03: Trumpster Fires

413

Ep 02: Green Shift 2.0 – Shift Harder

414

Ep 01: Band-aids on gaping flesh wounds

415

Ep 00: The NAFTA Debate