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West of Centre — 151 episodes

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Title
1

Separation anxiety

2

'One way or another'

3

Where to draw the line?

4

Pushing boundaries

5

‘The federal NDP is irrelevant’

6

The Firewall Letter - 25 years later

7

The Prairies senators: ‘We can’t do stupid stuff’

8

War in Iran: What does it mean for Canadian oil?

9

‘Bizarro world’: Why is Liberal support rising in Alberta?

10

Unpacking Alberta's 2026 budget

11

Referendum Madness!

12

The Coutts Diaries

13

A West of Centre twofer: the citizens’ panel, plus energy insiders

14

The road ahead for the CPC

15

Alberta: destination separation

16

Can the Carney-Smith good vibes last?

17

Venezuela fallout: 'We have to stop being such boy scouts in Canada'

18

The Quiz Show

19

Breaking Point: ‘This is a very problematic time in Canadian history’

20

The ‘La-La-La We Can’t Hear You’ Act of 2025

21

'What was impossible is now possible, if not yet probable'

22

Is it time to destigmatize the word 'privatize'?

23

‘Smith has created a poison pill for herself’

24

'Democratic reform is for losers'

25

'A shock to the political system in Alberta'

26

'It's a real problem for democracy'

27

Not a normal strike

28

Dodging and diplomacy

29

Danielle Smith's 'choose your own adventure'

30

Is 'pragmatism' good climate policy?

31

Licence to divide

32

Short: Party politics hits city hall

33

No pipeline, no problem... For now

34

West of Centre goes on summer break

35

Buckle up, Alberta! 2025 ain't over yet

36

Short: Deal or no deal in Trump's new world order

37

Less fire and more finesse

38

Short: The problem with GDP per capita

39

What these Alberta Next town halls are trying to sell

40

Short: Indigenous chief warns of fallout over carbon capture project

41

Pancakes, pipeline and Poilievre

42

Short: The prolonged calm before the next oil price swing

43

Aspiration meets reality for Mark Carney

44

Short: The case for bolstering defence capability in the North

45

Alberta Next or Alberta Nexit?

46

Short: Separatists fail first test, but slow march to referendum continues

47

Bonus: In search of separatists in Alberta

48

What's next for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives

49

Short: Alberta faces wave of looming strikes

50

Making sense of Alberta's economic puzzle

51

Short: Why Alberta's renewable energy sector isn't rushing to build more solar and wind

52

Pipeline politics return with familiar gridlock

53

New Parliament, new tone, new promises

54

Short: Albertans like a fighter. Right now, that's Danielle Smith

55

A different former Bay Street executive makes his pitch to the West

56

Short: Measles, mistrust and mixed messages

57

New cabinet, old grievances signal rough road ahead for Carney

58

Short: NDP rebuild could hinge on strength in the West

59

Danielle Smith walks a fine line between staying and splitting

60

Short: The Alberta separation question

61

Carney’s win sparks hope in some, wariness in others

62

Short: The 'big shift' meets the 'breaking point'

63

After Dark: The election night postmortem

64

The fault lines of this federal election

65

Short: How Canada’s ‘lost decade’ was decades in the making

66

Live from Medicine Hat, the sunniest city in Canada

67

Short: Debate club for grownups — how parties prepare their leaders for prime time

68

It's too early to call Mark Carney a 'Teflon' candidate

69

Short: How the 'Calgary School' reimagined prairie politics to reshape Canadian conservatism

70

The new normal is not normal, but are Albertans ready to separate?

71

Coming soon: West of Centre live in Medicine Hat — how ‘Gas City’ is shaping Alberta’s future

72

Voting on anxiety

73

A moment in time

74

Short: Manifest destiny

75

Not a rational opponent

76

Way too much news

77

Short: Dangled like a yo-yo

78

Short: Build, build, build

79

Deficit by choice

80

Dump everything

81

Diagnosing a controversy

82

Short: Gen Z swipes right

83

Boos and booze

84

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

85

Short: If, if, if...

86

Their sticks are so much bigger than ours

87

Castaway island

88

We're in a lot of trouble here

89

A hot mess

90

The "great state" of Canada

91

Photo finished

92

Trump says jump

93

Nate Horner's busy week

94

Ready,AIMCo,fired

95

Alberta's Trump strategy

96

Slalom skiing with Danielle Smith

97

Scrapping about the cap

98

Ballot battles

99

All about that base

100

Alberta's cities: sitting at the kid's table

101

Alberta called, too many answered

102

Ms. Smith goes to everywhere

103

'Alberta politics has no chill'

104

‘Blast radius’ in B.C. politics

105

Parsing Poilievre

106

'Not enough Pilsner in Saskatchewan...'

107

"Pothole politics"

108

Number nerds unite!

109

The long and winding road to net zero

110

Chaos theory

111

I'm from Ottawa and I'm here to help

112

Who's the boss?

113

Beyond NDP bake sales

114

Alberta's "stay-out-of-my-backyard bill "

115

Recovery rhetoric

116

The frontrunner vs the Teflon premier

117

By unpopular demand

118

The orange half dozen

119

"Tin pot dictatorship"?

120

"Champagne tastes on a beer budget"

121

Promises made, promises delayed

122

Rebranding (and regretting) the carbon tax

123

'This is Calgary' podcast

124

NDP race: purity vs pragmatism

125

The politics of depoliticizing

126

The company you keep?

127

End of an era

128

New year, same problems

129

The first annual quiz show

130

'Get off our oil patch'

131

Does the Sovereignty Act have any clothes?

132

The polling, politics and policy of climate change

133

What's a party without (trial) balloons?

134

AHS: Altering Health Structures

135

Political pen pals

136

Fixing the federation

137

Exit right or stay put

138

Everything and nothing has changed

139

A pitch and a catch

140

Freezing in the dark

141

Pension tensions

142

A premiere with the premier

143

That's All Folks!

144

Finding Zero

145

Political Pondering

146

Balancing Act

147

Now what?

148

Polling Ahead

149

Debating the Debate

150

Small towns with big city problems

151

Running on their records