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West of Centre — 160 episodes
'We're not dealing with normal'
It's all about the math
Big tent party
'It's always Band-Aids'
Mixed messages in the argument for federalism
'The art of humility'
'Primordial politics'
Door No. 1 or Door No. 2
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
Separation anxiety
'One way or another'
Where to draw the line?
Pushing boundaries
‘The federal NDP is irrelevant’
The Firewall Letter - 25 years later
The Prairies senators: ‘We can’t do stupid stuff’
War in Iran: What does it mean for Canadian oil?
‘Bizarro world’: Why is Liberal support rising in Alberta?
Unpacking Alberta's 2026 budget
Referendum Madness!
The Coutts Diaries
A West of Centre twofer: the citizens’ panel, plus energy insiders
The road ahead for the CPC
Alberta: destination separation
Can the Carney-Smith good vibes last?
Venezuela fallout: 'We have to stop being such boy scouts in Canada'
The Quiz Show
Breaking Point: ‘This is a very problematic time in Canadian history’
The ‘La-La-La We Can’t Hear You’ Act of 2025
'What was impossible is now possible, if not yet probable'
Is it time to destigmatize the word 'privatize'?
‘Smith has created a poison pill for herself’
'Democratic reform is for losers'
'A shock to the political system in Alberta'
'It's a real problem for democracy'
Not a normal strike
Dodging and diplomacy
Danielle Smith's 'choose your own adventure'
Is 'pragmatism' good climate policy?
Licence to divide
Short: Party politics hits city hall
No pipeline, no problem... For now
West of Centre goes on summer break
Buckle up, Alberta! 2025 ain't over yet
Short: Deal or no deal in Trump's new world order
Less fire and more finesse
Short: The problem with GDP per capita
What these Alberta Next town halls are trying to sell
Short: Indigenous chief warns of fallout over carbon capture project
Pancakes, pipeline and Poilievre
Short: The prolonged calm before the next oil price swing
Aspiration meets reality for Mark Carney
Short: The case for bolstering defence capability in the North
Alberta Next or Alberta Nexit?
Short: Separatists fail first test, but slow march to referendum continues
Bonus: In search of separatists in Alberta
What's next for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives
Short: Alberta faces wave of looming strikes
Making sense of Alberta's economic puzzle
Short: Why Alberta's renewable energy sector isn't rushing to build more solar and wind
Pipeline politics return with familiar gridlock
New Parliament, new tone, new promises
Short: Albertans like a fighter. Right now, that's Danielle Smith
A different former Bay Street executive makes his pitch to the West
Short: Measles, mistrust and mixed messages
New cabinet, old grievances signal rough road ahead for Carney
Short: NDP rebuild could hinge on strength in the West
Danielle Smith walks a fine line between staying and splitting
Short: The Alberta separation question
Carney’s win sparks hope in some, wariness in others
Short: The 'big shift' meets the 'breaking point'
After Dark: The election night postmortem
The fault lines of this federal election
Short: How Canada’s ‘lost decade’ was decades in the making
Live from Medicine Hat, the sunniest city in Canada
Short: Debate club for grownups — how parties prepare their leaders for prime time
It's too early to call Mark Carney a 'Teflon' candidate
Short: How the 'Calgary School' reimagined prairie politics to reshape Canadian conservatism
The new normal is not normal, but are Albertans ready to separate?
Coming soon: West of Centre live in Medicine Hat — how ‘Gas City’ is shaping Alberta’s future
Voting on anxiety
A moment in time
Short: Manifest destiny
Not a rational opponent
Way too much news
Short: Dangled like a yo-yo
Short: Build, build, build
Deficit by choice
Dump everything
Diagnosing a controversy
Short: Gen Z swipes right
Boos and booze
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
Short: If, if, if...
Their sticks are so much bigger than ours
Castaway island
We're in a lot of trouble here
A hot mess
The "great state" of Canada
Photo finished
Trump says jump
Nate Horner's busy week
Ready,AIMCo,fired
Alberta's Trump strategy
Slalom skiing with Danielle Smith
Scrapping about the cap
Ballot battles
All about that base
Alberta's cities: sitting at the kid's table
Alberta called, too many answered
Ms. Smith goes to everywhere
'Alberta politics has no chill'
‘Blast radius’ in B.C. politics
Parsing Poilievre
'Not enough Pilsner in Saskatchewan...'
"Pothole politics"
Number nerds unite!
The long and winding road to net zero
Chaos theory
I'm from Ottawa and I'm here to help
Who's the boss?
Beyond NDP bake sales
Alberta's "stay-out-of-my-backyard bill "
Recovery rhetoric
The frontrunner vs the Teflon premier
By unpopular demand
The orange half dozen
"Tin pot dictatorship"?
"Champagne tastes on a beer budget"
Promises made, promises delayed
Rebranding (and regretting) the carbon tax
'This is Calgary' podcast
NDP race: purity vs pragmatism
The politics of depoliticizing
The company you keep?
End of an era
New year, same problems
The first annual quiz show
'Get off our oil patch'
Does the Sovereignty Act have any clothes?
The polling, politics and policy of climate change
What's a party without (trial) balloons?
AHS: Altering Health Structures
Political pen pals
Fixing the federation
Exit right or stay put
Everything and nothing has changed
A pitch and a catch
Freezing in the dark
Pension tensions
A premiere with the premier
That's All Folks!
Finding Zero
Political Pondering
Balancing Act
Now what?
Polling Ahead
Debating the Debate
Small towns with big city problems
Running on their records