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Alberta Advantage Podcast

Fresh from the birthplace of the CCF! Commentary and analysis on local and provincial politics from a left perspective.

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LIVE: Briarpatch Prairie Issue Launch

LIVE: Briarpatch Prairie Issue Launch

On April 28th, Briarpatch Magazine launched their Prairie Issue at Shelf Life Books in Calgary. We recorded the discussi... Read more

5 May 2018

27mins

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MINI-EP: Death Scab for Cutie

MINI-EP: Death Scab for Cutie

Our Teen Tankie Podcast Gang reassembles to discuss the brouhaha surrounding Unifor's recent video identifying strikebre... Read more

11 Sep 2018

28mins

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Populism Is so Popular Right Now

Populism Is so Popular Right Now

Populism! It frightens liberal technocrats everywhere! What could be worse than teeming masses of people making politica... Read more

21 Feb 2019

41mins

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Wheat, Pray, Love

Wheat, Pray, Love

We're being told that wheat is legal now ... ? To celebrate the Greatest Grain, Team Advantage dives into Alberta's agra... Read more

20 Oct 2018

55mins

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Public Cash for Elite Private Schools (???)

Public Cash for Elite Private Schools (???)

Team Advantage is joined by Duncan Kinney of Progress Alberta to discuss elite private schools. Elite private schools - ... Read more

20 Feb 2018

42mins

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ANDP Platform Review: It's a Document You Can Read, I Guess

ANDP Platform Review: It's a Document You Can Read, I Guess

Alberta's New Democrats have some legitimate victories: minimum wage increases, modernization of labour rights, and thei... Read more

11 Apr 2019

39mins

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Does Social Democracy Have a Future? A Five-Year Plan for Alberta's NDP

Does Social Democracy Have a Future? A Five-Year Plan for Alberta's NDP

What would it take for New Democrats to develop politics suited to our political moment? Team Advantage discusses how th... Read more

22 Jun 2019

55mins

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Doug Ford and the Basket of Goodies

Doug Ford and the Basket of Goodies

Ready for Ralph Klein, Ontario edition? Joined by special guest James Wilt (@james_m_wilt), Team Advantage discusses the... Read more

24 Jun 2018

43mins

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Ugly Reality: Unions under Alberta's NDP

Ugly Reality: Unions under Alberta's NDP

Far from instituting a worker's state, labour under Alberta's NDP saw the government pursue wage containment and strike ... Read more

20 Oct 2019

33mins

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MINI-EP: Andray Domise on Opposing Capitalism

MINI-EP: Andray Domise on Opposing Capitalism

Andray Domise recently wrote an opinion piece for Maclean's: "The left must stand against capitalism. Now." Andray joins... Read more

2 Jan 2020

42mins

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Oil Propaganda Breakdown: Enough Is Enough

Oil Propaganda Breakdown: Enough Is Enough

In late August 2019 at the Calgary Petroleum Club, representatives from Birchcliff Energy and Tourmaline Oil presented a... Read more

13 Nov 2019

57mins

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Full Steam Ahead: Petrofutures and Energy Transition with David Gray-Donald

Full Steam Ahead: Petrofutures and Energy Transition with David Gray-Donald

David Gray-Donald (@dgrdon), publisher of Briarpatch magazine, joins Team Advantage to discuss his experience at this pa... Read more

10 Oct 2018

51mins

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Walmart, but Good: Leigh Phillips & Michal Rozworski

Walmart, but Good: Leigh Phillips & Michal Rozworski

Team Advantage delves deep into The People's Republic of Walmart, joined by special guests and authors Leigh Phillips an... Read more

1 Jun 2019

53mins

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The $30M Ad They Don't Want You to See: War Room Holiday Special

The $30M Ad They Don't Want You to See: War Room Holiday Special

Jason Kenney's ultra-secretive War Room, officially known as the Canadian Energy Centre, is tasked with taking on critic... Read more

7 Jan 2020

48mins

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Nationalize the Telecoms!

Nationalize the Telecoms!

Name your favourite highly-concentrated, highly-profitable, highly-integrated telecommunications company! Does it rhyme ... Read more

30 Dec 2018

48mins

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MINI-EP: Rick Bell, Calgary's Best Journalist

MINI-EP: Rick Bell, Calgary's Best Journalist

Rick Bell. He's Calgary's Best Journalist. His paragraphs? They're tiny. His opinions? They're terrible. Listen, dear re... Read more

11 May 2019

32mins

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Austerity, Again: Kenney's Budget

Austerity, Again: Kenney's Budget

Jason Kenney's new budget is making Albertans everywhere pay more so that large, profitable corporations can get billion... Read more

4 Nov 2019

57mins

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MINI-EP: Hellberta Update & Strategy Session

MINI-EP: Hellberta Update & Strategy Session

It's been a week, hasn't it? Team Advantage gets together to discuss a week of rapid-fire bad news. What is one to do wh... Read more

24 Nov 2019

46mins

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Chasing the Centre: The Death of the Median Voter

Chasing the Centre: The Death of the Median Voter

What's the logic behind "chasing the centre" as an electoral strategy, and why is it no longer holding up in the age of ... Read more

12 Oct 2019

44mins

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Public Ownership in Canada: Linda McQuaig

Public Ownership in Canada: Linda McQuaig

Support this podcast Nowadays, a "public enterprise" means the government bought a leaky pipeline— but public enterprise... Read more

6 Feb 2020

53mins

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