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Federal Election Week 3: Pundits on a Patio Polling Special
September 07, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThe pundits are back on the Knowhere Pub patio and not even a late summer storm can stop them from taking on poll aggregators and seat projections. Jeff is a fan. Richard is not. Danielle is helping the rest of us make sense of it all. Don't miss this electrifying episode on week three of the 44th General Election.
Federal Election Week 2: Pundits on a Patio
August 31, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIts week two of the campaign and the pundits are back on the patio, this time at Bill Crumplin's Knowhere Public House, to break down the shifts and the turns locally and nationally. Despite an increase in the pace of the campaign, we have not yet seen the Sudbury or Nickel Belt candidates face off - that will come in Week 3.
Federal Election Week 1: Pundits on a Patio
August 24, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWe are back together in person for the first time since the pandemic lockdown in March 2019 and enjoying the best a summer federal election can offer - a reason to grab drinks with political friends on a local patio! Week 1 of the Federal election in Sudbury and Nickel Belt was a bit of sleepy thing - we look at what the parties need to do to step up the game. Join us each week for Pundits on a Patio, our special series.
Season 3: Federal Election Preview
July 27, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWe're back for our third season! With federal politics in the air, Danielle Derochie takes the host chair alongside Jeff and Richard to give a comprehensive preview of the upcoming general election. Who is running? How do the national trends impact them? What do they have to do win? We explore these and more.
Episode 27: The Interview with Mike Morrice, Green Party
May 25, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBMike Morrice exploded into the Green Party's consciousness in the 2019 election, delivering a fully funded campaign with a determined and dedicated team and increasing the vote share in Kitchener Centre from about 1500 to 15000 votes. He placed the strongest second of any Green in Ontario (leader Annamie Paul received only 4000 votes in 2019). In the midst of a tough transition for the Greens, Mike is running maybe the most effective pre-election non-incumbent campaign across all parties in ...
Episode 26: The Interview with MP Paul Lefebvre
April 29, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBPaul Lefebvre, Sudbury's MP is dealing with some major issues in his last few months as a federal politician. Caught in the crossfire over Laurentian University, while repping his government's covid response and a massive federal budget, Paul found time to sit down with hosts Jeff MacIntrye and Richard Eberhardt to explore those issues, and pass on some advice to his successor.
Episode 25: Laurentian as Political Hot Potato
April 22, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBWhen the crisis at Laurentian began, Nadia Verrelli was on sabbatical from her position as a professor of Political Science. She's been watching as the University declared itself insolvent, then along with over a hundred colleagues, blindsided by the elimination of her job and the entire political science program. With the situation still growing in scope and impact, Nadia joins Richard and Jeff to look at the political response and political implications of the gutting of Sudbury's 3rd larg...
Episode 24: Insolvency Studies at Laurentian University - 3-part special
March 02, 2021 15:00 - 2 hours - 83.3 MBLAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY: Surprising everyone including the deans, Laurentian University declared itself insolvent on Feb 1 2021. Since then the communications from the administration have been scant, the community has scrambled to organize, and some 132 lawyers have been involved in proceedings in federal court. This crash course in Insolvency Studies digs through everything we know and don't know about this situation. IS100: We talk to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates ab...
Episode 23: US Senate Grapples With Crazy
February 04, 2021 20:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBUS POLITICS: We welcome back our special US correspondent Danielle! On the eve of the second impeachment trial of the 45th President of the United States, we talk about how it will work, what's the current state of play, and how Republicans are dealing with a cancer of crazy in their ranks.
Episode 22: K.E.D. Options, CPC boots Sloan, Northern Ontario Travel Ban
January 26, 2021 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this episode: SUDBURY COUNCIL: Coming from a bombshell that blew over KED supporters on Council, the hosts talk about an upcoming report which will lay out all the "options" for an event centre including ones on sites other than the Kingsway. What's happening and our analysis here. FEDERAL POLITICS: While Donald Trump was busy cleaning out the Resolute desk, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole issued a statement asserting there is "no place for the far right" in his party. Later that week,...
US Election Special - Donald's Done?
January 08, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBElection Night, the finale.....maybe... It’s been nearly two months since our US Election Night coverage began, and with the Georgia run-off now complete and two new Democratic Senators preparing to take their seats, the team is breathing a collective sigh of relief that there won’t be another US election for at least two years. Richard and Jeff are joined by Josh and special guest Danielle - our International Affairs correspondent - to unpack this from a Sudbury perspective. The story o...
Episode 20: O'toole the Unionist, Sudbury's Covid Economy, MAGA go home
December 02, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBOur second season underway, Rachel, Richard, and Jeff mix it up on the hot topics in national, provincial and local politics. In this episode the hosts talk about what to do with the MAGA-level extremists in political movements, about Erin O'Toole's interest in finding union votes, and what's happening to the Sudbury economy during Covid.
The Interview: Quinn Meawasige
October 27, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBWaabindaazijig – For Those Who Are Not Yet Born Go Leafs Go!!! This week features an eye-opening interview with Quinn Meawasige; Ojibwe from Serpent River First Nation, Indigenous Studies Professor, and #1 Toronto Maple Leafs fan. Rachel, Richard, and Jeff raise questions about Indigenous reconciliation, treaty rights, hunting and fishing rights, and land-based education and language, with Quinn responding to each with a mind-blowing history lesson that leads into an understanding of the is...
Episode 19: Listening ft Darius Garneau
June 19, 2020 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBAnyone who has watched our show knows that Jeff, Richard and Rachel love to talk. However, this week, things are different. In a special episode, the team is joined by Laurentian University student and BLM Sudbury activist Darius Garneau, who talks to us about his own experiences growing up in Sudbury, the BLM movement and how to address systemic racism in our community and across the country. This week we are listening, and we are learning.
Episode 18: Services, Sequins and Sideshows
June 17, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBAs you may have noticed over the past few weeks, our team has been playing a game of musical hosts (and we’re not just referring to Jeff’s vocalizing), this week two familiar faces are back to make up for lost time and lost opinions. Many things have been happening at the local level over the past few weeks and Rachel and Richard are ready to break down and discuss everything that has been going o The KED is back in the news and back on hold, and ironically enough, the most pressing questi...
Episode 17: We didn’t start the fire
June 09, 2020 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBNo, we didn't start the fire.... But we didn’t stop it either.... With Biden officially clenching the Democratic nomination and the fires that have erupted in the US moving from an out of control blaze to a movement for change, people are thinking more and more about the upcoming Presidential election. As a follow up to last week’s blog post Fire, Danielle and Josh join Jeff on a special episode of the show to talk about their experience working on the 2016 Clinton campaign in Mentor, Ohi...
Episode 16: Fanning the Flames and Flattening the Curve
June 02, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBOn this week’s episode, after a week spent social distancing from the show and one another, Richard and Jeff are joined by Danielle who steps in for Rachel - to talk about the continued debate over what a re-opening in Ontario will look like and the fires that have ignited in the US and whether or not those sparks will begin to catch here at home. After putting a hardline in the sand on regional re-openings as the curve began to flatten, Premier Ford has apparently had a change of heart and...
Episode 15: Are we there yet?
May 19, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBAs we enter month two or maybe it’s three (?) of the COVID-19 pandemic Canadians are beginning to sound like whiny kids in the backseat of a car on a VERY long road trip asking the question that is like nails on a chalkboard to any parent. ARE WE THERE YET? In Canada it seems that there has been a steady stream of emergency funding and constant reminders to stay apart since the month of March, but as the curve appears to be levelling off, provinces begin to re-open and social distancing fat...
The 4th Estate - a look at Sudbury media: Part 2 featuring Mike Whitehouse
May 12, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBRome wasn’t built in a day and neither is a good story...but what happens if there is no one left to even lay the foundation let alone build it? On this episode of our media series, the Fourth Estate we bring back our first guest to achieve “friend of the show status” and proud new recipient of the show’s first piece of swag, Mike Whitehouse. Media and politics are intrinsically tied together, it could be argued that one cannot exist without the other. Politicians and governments count on ...
Episode 13: Weighing the Options
May 05, 2020 14:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBRe-opening plans, gun control measures and choosing someone to lead a political party...these things may look like very different decisions, but they all have one thing in common. A cost, and a consequence. It’s week who knows what and god knows which month since social distancing measures were put into place by provincial governments and there may finally be a light at the end of the COVID tunnel. Many of the provincial governments are beginning the process of easing some of the restrictio...
Episode 12 : You sunk by battleship!
April 28, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBIt’s week six our of social isolation saga and take downs seem to have become the theme of the week. Whether it’s Richard falling at the hands of the COVID cut, the latest hit on the KED, Derek Sloan’s comments about Canada’s Chief Medical Officer or the hits to businesses during the COVID crisis, battle lines are being drawn. In the quite possibly the longest lasting game of battleship ever played in our City the KED is back in the spotlight after a backpedaling from the City on the costs...
Episode 11: I think we’re alone now...
April 21, 2020 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBEpisode 11: I think we’re alone now... There doesn’t seem to be anyone around... Whether it’s in the halls of Parliament or in Council Chamber, things are definitely looking different for our democratic institutions, which is where Rachel, Richard and Jeff pick up this week’s episode. Parliament is down to a skeleton crew, City Council meetings have gone digital, and crisis governance measures are becoming more firmly entrenched. Many of these measures had to be implemented quickly as a r...
Episode 10: The Alternative to the Idiot Soapbox
April 17, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MBIn the final episode of our “getting to know you” series we bring Josh and Danielle out from behind the scenes to learn a bit more about them. Up first in the hot seat is Danielle (aka Director Danielle/ DaniLee). Out from behind the safety of the director’s chair and free to eye roll Jeff at close range, she let’s us in on how big of a nerd she really is and how she fell into and in love with the world of politics. Josh closes out the getting to know the team portion of the series by sha...
Episode 9: The Great UBI Debate
April 14, 2020 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBOn this episode of the team is joined by our first guest to return to the show former Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidate Alvin Tedjo. Alvin, who became the face of the push for a basic income during the OLP leadership race, connects with the team to discuss the ins and outs of a basic income program, what it is, how it would work and who would benefit most from its implementation In this great UBI debate, the team and Alvin get into the nitty gritty of how a program like UBI could ...
The 4th Estate - a look at Sudbury media: Part 1 featuring David Kilgour
April 09, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBPart One: "Don’t let the sun go down on the local media" ft. David Kilgour The fourth estate refers to the the press and news media’s role in politics and government and their ability to both advocate for and frame political issues; acting as a scale of checks and balances for politicians and government. In our first episode of this new series, we sit down with David Kilgour to discuss the local media landscape and how it has and continues to change. David has run the table in terms of h...
Episode 8: Getting To Know You
March 31, 2020 20:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn the happy times before social distancing, the crew of Sudbury Politics gathered to get know one another better. In this episode, we meet the three hosts of the show: Jeff McIntyre, Rachel Adriaans, and Richard Eberhardt.
Episode 7: "All by myself ..."
March 27, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBWhen we last left our team, Richard and Jeff were locked down in self-isolation and COVID-19 was just beginning to impact Canada. A lot has happened in the past two weeks since the boys were enjoying their Coronas and Jeff was extolling the virtues of the Tushy vs. Toilet paper. On this episode after checking in with the team to see how they are holding up in self-isolation we bid farewell to the printed edition of Northern Life and discuss what that means for our already shallow pool of ...
Episode 6: Coronas and Social Distance
March 13, 2020 01:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBWith the crew and cast of Sudbury Politics locked down in self-isolation, Jeff and Richard talk Covid-19 - its impact on local, provincial and federal politics. Reminiscing about SARS-stock and drinking Corona's over video chat, the show explores how deep the pandemic will affect Sudbury. Jeff is newly returned from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference where one Sudburian contracted the novel coronavirus. Richard is a dad of two elementary school-age kids w...
Episode 5: The Denial aka Don't give Steven Del Duca a first ballot victory
March 05, 2020 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.3 MBSteven Del Duca will become the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. But at this weekend's convention, the unassigned delegates shouldn't go too easy on him. Less a surprise and more a yawning "oh really?", Ontario Liberals are choosing their new leader this weekend, Saturday March 7th, in one of the last delegated convention leadership races in Canadian politics. Over 2000 delegates, mostly selected a month prior by Liberals in meetings held by each riding association, will gather ...
The Interview: Mitzie Hunter, OLP Leader Candidate
February 11, 2020 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBOur interview with Mitzie Hunter, OLP Leader Candidate, from the Sudbury regional OLP debate on Jan 30th. Jeff and Rachel explore her policies and why she thinks a one-member, one-vote system would be preferable to a delegated convention.
The Interview: Steven Del Duca, OLP Leader Candidate
February 11, 2020 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.87 MBLeading OLP Leader Candidate Steven Del Duca talks to Rachel, Richard and Jeff following the wrap of the Ontario Liberal's regional debate in Sudbury. Del Duca went on to win the largest share of pre-selected delegates a month from the delegated convention on March 7th.
The Interview: Michael Coteau, OLP Leader Candidate
February 11, 2020 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.87 MBMinutes after the Sudbury regional leadership debate wrapped, Richard and Rachel chatted with OLP Leader Candidate Michael Coteau about his approach to leading the Ontario Liberals.
The Interview: Kate Graham, OLP Leader Candidate
February 06, 2020 19:00 - 10 minutes - 6.97 MBKate Graham, Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidate, in conversation with Rachel and Richard in advance of the party's 3rd regional leadership debate in Sudbury.
The Interview: Alvin Tedjo, OLP Leader Candidate
February 05, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.13 MBSudbury Politics hosts Jeff and Rachel sit down with OLP Leadership candidate Alvin Tedjo before the party's regional debate in Sudbury
The Interview: Brenda Hollingsworth, OLP Leader Candidate
February 04, 2020 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBSudbury Politics hosts Jeff and Rachel sit down with Ottawa lawyer Brenda Hollingsworth, candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership.
Episode 4: The Blue Adios aka "The Scheering" featuring the Lynnterview
January 21, 2020 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBEpisode 4: The Blue Adios aka the “Scheering” A Tale of Two Leadership Races, Part 1, “The Lynnterview” It was the best of times it was the worst of times and whether you’re looking at the Federal Conservative or Provincial Liberal race this statement could go either way.....or depending on your opinion of us it could apply to our return to the podcast after an extended holiday hiatus.... In the first episode of our leadership race series we’re back in the Alibi Room, where the drink is b...
Episode 3: It's a Christmas Miracle!
December 06, 2019 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBT’was the fifth of December, and in a city far away a Throne Speech was given on a cold crisp Thursday. Jeff had disappeared to no one’s surprise and a replacement was needed so the curtain could still rise. From out behind the camera Director Danielle did come to take Jeff’s chair so things could still get done. At last the show was underway, and thank goodness for that because as usual Richard had lots to say. Then all of a sudden there arose such a clatter and Rachel sprang from her chai...
Episode 2: Sortilege and Scandal
November 22, 2019 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIts a sticky situation! Now that the election dust has settled and the cabinet has been selected in our second regular episode Rachel, Richard and Jeff bid adios to the bright green 'adios' and move on to syrupy drink more suited to some of the sticky situations our governments find themselves in. After a speed round of political headlines from across the spectrum, we move into a segment that we are referring to this week as the “hall brawl”, where the question is how far is too far and wi...
Episode 1: "The Adios" with Bill Crumplin
November 12, 2019 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn the first regular episode of Sudbury Politics – The Show, and with the election behind us, the big question is what happens now? In the wake of the October 21st election Rachel, Richard and Jeff discuss all that was predicted, what the heck actually happened and what the road ahead looks like for the leaders of the major parties asthey navigate through the Liberal minority government and the balance of power in the House of Commons. To help unpack some of these issues and in between J...
Episode 1: Guest Bill Crumplin
November 12, 2019 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn the first regular episode of Sudbury Politics – The Show, and with the election behind us, the big question is what happens now? In the wake of the October 21st election Rachel, Richard and Jeff discuss all that was predicted, what the heck actually happened and what the road ahead looks like for the leaders of the major parties asthey navigate through the Liberal minority government and the balance of power in the House of Commons. To help unpack some of these issues and in between J...
Elxn43: Sudbury Election Outlook
October 21, 2019 01:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBRecorded live on the eve of the Federal Election, Sudbury Politics - The Show takes an indepth look into the Sudbury federal riding. With Liberal support stabilizing, the Orange surge subsiding, and the Conservatives and Greens trending down in the final hours of the campaign, what will the outcome be? How will the results set the parties up in a minority situation? Can Paul Lefebvre hold a wide spread against the New Democrats' Beth Mairs or will the NDP cut deeply into the Liberals 2015 vo...
Elxn43: Nickel Belt Election Outlook
October 21, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBRecorded live on the eve of the Federal Election, Sudbury Politics - The Show takes an indepth look into the Nickel Belt riding. What will the impact when the wild swings of the national polling settles down to ballots cast? If the Conservative Party's Aino Laamanen and Green Party's Casey Lalonde aren't positioned to win, what could they consider success. What factors will play into either the Liberal's Marc Serre or NDP's Stef Paquette winning on Oct 21? Music: 'Hotshot' By https://scotth...
Elxn43 in Sudbury: With Mike Whitehouse in the Lefebvre HQ
October 15, 2019 16:00 - 10 minutes - 7.43 MBOn this episode of Sudbury Politics – The Show’s special Federal Election coverage we sit down with Mike Whitehouse, a former local journalist who after years of covering local politicians made the jump from writing about them to working with them. We talk to Mike about what’s it’s like to run Paul Lefebvre’s campaign the second time around and we’ve asked him to talk about the impact of the national campaign this election compared to the 2015 “Trudeau bump”. Music credit: "Hotshot" by http...
Elxn43 in Sudbury: Bill Crumplin's Campaign for Sudbury Greens
October 14, 2019 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode of Sudbury Politics – The Show’s special Federal Election coverage we hear from Daniel Cluff campaign manager for Green Party of Canada candidate Bill Crumplin. Daniel speaks to us about why he feels that this election is the moment for the Green Party to make a breakthrough in parliament, why the party is more relevant than ever on today’s society with the existential threat of a climate crisis looming and touches upon some of the advantages he feels that Bill has over some ...
Elxn43 In Sudbury: In depth with the Conservative campaign of Pierre St. Amant
October 12, 2019 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBOn this episode of Sudbury Politics – The Show’s special Federal Election coverage we stop by Pierre St. Amant’s campaign office to speak to his campaign manager Lynn Harper-Kutschke who speaks to us about what it has been like to run a candidate in a riding that has never elected a Conservative, how the tight federal race has played a role in shaping and impacting and the local campaign and how her past campaign experiences and involvement with the Party have helped shape Pierre’s campaign....
Elxn43 in Sudbury: Inside the Beth Mairs NDP Campaign
October 12, 2019 19:00 - 10 minutes - 7.56 MBOn this episode of Sudbury Politics – The Show’s special Federal Election coverage we talk with with Christopher Duncanson-Hales, Senior Campaign Organizer for Beth Mairs NDP campaign. We ask him what it’s like to run a candidate in a riding that has a history of electing Liberal candidates, how Beth’s passion for social justice and grassroots activism has shaped her campaign and what impact the national campaign has had locally. Music Credit: "Hotshot" by https://scottholmesmusic.com