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[27 Feb 2023]

The Mount Royal University political science professor and commentator on politics Duane Bratt discusses the new collection he co-edited (with Richard Sutherland and David Taras) Blue Storm: The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney (University of Calgary Press, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Mar 2019]

The state of politics in Alberta, as well as recent history is the subject of essays in the new collection Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta (University of Calgary Press, 2019), co-edited by Duane Bratt, of Mount Royal University, who discusses it and more with Joseph Planta.

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[3 Dec 2018]

The pollster, president of Research Co. and commentator Mario Canseco discusses his work, polling, the proportional representation referendum, the recent municipal elections, American midterm elections, and other current political affairs, with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Oct 2018]

The reporter Brent Richter discusses municipal elections on the North Shore (the City and District of North Vancouver and West Vancouver), affordability and transportation in the region, as well as his role as a reporter for the North Shore News, with Joseph Planta.

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[9 Oct 2018]

The Burnaby Now reporter Kelvin Gawley discusses the Burnaby mayoralty race between longtime incumbent Derek Corrigan and challenger Mike Hurley, as well as the issues residents are concerned about before the 20 October 2018 vote: affordability, transportation, infrastructure and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[2 May 2018]

The filmmaker Teresa Alfeld discusses her new documentary The Rankin File: The Legacy of a Radical that will screen at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (03 and 08 May 2018), the life of Harry Rankin the left-wing firebrand who dominated Vancouver politics in the post-war years to the 1990s, as well the interviews she did with those who were close to and on opposite sides to Rankin, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Oct 2017]

The activist and award-winning broadcaster Garth Mullins joins Joseph Planta to talk about current affairs in Vancouver, affordability, the opioid crisis, as well as capitalism, fascism, and media.

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[14 Nov 2016]

This episode of Two P’s in a Podcast has Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta discussing the American election, a Donald Trump presidency, getting out the vote, and more.

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[7 Nov 2016]

Topics for the November 7th edition of Two P’s in a Podcast include the time change, a lockdown at Sir Charles Tupper high school, multi level marketing, Tuesday’s American election, and more, with Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta.

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[14 Oct 2016]

The author and broadcaster Noah Richler discusses his new book The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail (Doubleday, 2016), a memoir about running in the 2015 federal election as a candidate for the NDP, with Joseph Planta.