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TL;DR – Emergencies Act Inquiry

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Lost In Inflation

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Who's Afraid Of A Contested Election?

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Introducing our new series: Ratfucker

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Guns And Wild Roses

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NDP - New Dental Plan

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Picking Apart Pierre's Populism

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Meet Mattea Roach, Our New Host! (Teaser)

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Fatima’s Last Episode

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Leaders Who Don't Lead

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The Catastrophe Commissioner

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Why Don’t Women Run For Office?

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All Policing Is Political

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Justinflation Or Chrystia Frecession

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Does Voting Have To Suck?

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Notes From a Young Progressive Conservative

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A Jason Kenney-Sized Hole

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Is Canada Ready to Decriminalize Drugs?

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What Do Women Want? Sexual Healthcare

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Confessions Of An International Student

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A Generation-Defining Inquiry

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The Conservative Candidating Game

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Can Government Fix Housing?

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An Audience With The Pope

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Screaming Children, Dying Planet

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Justin And Jagmeet's Experiment In Democracy

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A Shit Ton of Energy Insecurity

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A Conversation With Bob Rae

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Teaser: We're going weekly!

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Contradictions In Conflict

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In Case of An Emergency

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Maximum Chaos

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The NDP's Progressive Struggles

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The So-Called Era Of Reconciliation

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Economy As Entertainment?

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A Bill That's Ideally Never Used

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A Cynical Guide To COP26

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A Money Manel: Equalization & Inflation

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Two Former MPs Dish On China & Climate

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Truth, Reconciliation and China

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A Conversation With A PPC Voter

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An Unconsequential Election

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Fairy Tales & Picture Books

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An Emergency, But First An Election

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Health Vs. Healthcare

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Afghanistan & Affordability

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Teaser: An Election Means A Weekly Backbench

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Introducing The White Saviors

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Erin O'Toole Doesn't Want to Fight

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Border Politics

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Pandering Season

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Ep. 5 - A Two-Dose Election?

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Ep. 4 - The Politics Of Genocide: Kamloops Fallout

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Ep. 3 - Big Telecom, Big Quebec

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Ep. 2 - Justin Trudeau Has No Friends

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Ep. 1 - Every Province For Itself

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Introducing Our New Show: The Backbench

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Ep. 77 - Mao's Love Poetry and Chinese QAnon

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Ep. 76 - Biden's Clean Break

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Ep. 75 - What's The Point Of The NDP?

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Ep. 74 - The Pre-U.S. Election Anxiety Show

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Ep. 73 - Made In Canada Without Pride

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Ep. 72 - Snap Election Clapback, CERB Forever!

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Ep. 71 - Fall Political Preview

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Ep. 70 - Who's Afraid Of The COVID Alert App?

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Ep. 69 - QAnon Comes To Canada

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Ep. 68 - Why Working Moms Are Dreading September

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Ep. 67 - Everybody Else Is Abolishing The Police, So Why Can’t We?

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Ep. 66 - Get Me Outta Scheer

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Ep. 65 - Stuck In the Middle With Meng Wanzhou

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Ep. 64 - An Epidemic Of Racism

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Ep. 63 - Under Cover Of Covid

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Ep. 62 - Why This Recession Is Hitting Women Harder

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Ep. 61 - White Trash Hello Kitty

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Ep. 60 - A Virus Designed To Test Society’s Weak Points

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Ep. 59 - Double Trouble: Oil's Burst Bubble

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Introducing: Cool Mules

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Ep. 58 - A Seizure of Political Power In Wet'suwet'en Territory

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Ep. 57 - Peter MacKay's Yoga Tweet Apology Tour

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Ep. 56 - A Huawei Executive Defends Their Record

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Ep. 55 - Canada Gets Kicked In The Teeth

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Ep. 54 - The Biggest Resignation Of The Year

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Ep. 53 - OPPO Goes Nuclear

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Ep. 52 - The Guy Behind Ontario Proud

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Ep. 51 - Ministry Of Pandering

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Ep. 50 - 50 Things We Want From The 43rd Parliament

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Ep. 49 - Lisa Raitt’s Conservative Party Autopsy

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Ep. 48 - Useful Losers

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Ep. 47 - Is Scheer Done?

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Ep. 46 - About Last Night

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Ep. 45 - We Haven't Gotten To Truth Yet

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Ep. 44 - OPPO's Big Queer Foreign Policy Extravaganza!

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Ep. 43 - The First Official Leaders' Debate

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Ep. 42 - Coasts With The Mosts

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Ep. 41 - Let's Talk Tech! ... And Blackface

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Ep. 40 - A Modest Plan To Eat The Rich

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Ep. 39 - Who Has The Whitest Candidates? (It’s Not The PPC!)

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Ep. 38 - Our House In The Middle Of An Election

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Ep. 37 - Is Jason Kenney Stoking Aberta Separatism?

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Ep.36 - Fake News Election Panic

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