139 episodes

Weekly podcast detailing the good and the bad (mostly bad) of Alberta politics. A project of Progress Alberta.

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    • 4.5 • 108 Ratings

Weekly podcast detailing the good and the bad (mostly bad) of Alberta politics. A project of Progress Alberta.

    Kenneyism: Reckoning with what Alberta's ultimate political weirdo has done to us

    Kenneyism: Reckoning with what Alberta's ultimate political weirdo has done to us

    Jeremy Appel joins the pod to talk about his newly published book, Kenneyism: Jason Kenney's Pursuit of Power. We discuss how Jason Kenney's ghost continues to haunt us still and the effects his time in politics have wrought at the federal and provincial level.

    • 1 hr 28 min
    The desperate crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in Canada

    The desperate crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in Canada

    Law professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington joins host Duncan Kinney to discuss how universities and police forces across Canada are cracking down on pro-Palestinian speech and the serious effects these actions are having on Canada's very broken and barely functioning democracy.

    • 53 min
    2023's Hottest Superspreader Event (feat. completely unhinged policy proposals)

    2023's Hottest Superspreader Event (feat. completely unhinged policy proposals)

    The Progress Report podcast is back and fellow Progress Reporters Jeremy Appel and Jim Storrie are around to break down the resolutions and the vibes heading into this weekend's UCP AGM. This is the first AGM with Danielle Smith at the helm and we'll see where her loosey-goosey leadership style plays with an increasingly bug-eyed UCP grassroots.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Losing is the new winning

    Losing is the new winning

    After a long hiatus due to moving offices the Progress Report pod is back. Jeremy Appel joins host Duncan Kinney to sift through the wreckage of the Alberta election. They discuss the Alberta NDP's spin on their catastrophic loss as well as what is to be done about the coming UCP cruelty.

    • 49 min
    Body cams suck, actually

    Body cams suck, actually

    Police body cameras are sold as a solution that will increase trust, transparency, and accountability with police. Daniella Barreto of Rights Back at You joins host Duncan Kinney to debunk every one of these claims and make the case that police body cameras actually suck ass.

    • 39 min
    Ophelia Black in her own words

    Ophelia Black in her own words

    Ophelia Black is not just a young woman who lives in Calgary who likes to read fantasy romance novels and cross-stitch, she's also proof that safe supply programs can work. When the UCP tried to take away her treatment plan she took the government to court, and won. Black joins Duncan Kinney to talk about her case, the life she's built for herself thanks to her treatment and why the UCP are trying to kill her and other intravenous drug users.

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
108 Ratings

108 Ratings

black-bird_blue-sky ,

An Oasis of Thought in a Desert of Not.

I am grateful, very much so, for the Progress Report. Although since the UCP came to office, I might've suggested the Regress Report as an alternative name.
Anyhow, thank you humans for this gift.

Podcastique ,

Yes yes yes!

This podcast gets me fired up in such a good way - thanks an so here’s to many more episodes!

DavidAitchChrist ,

Funded by Antifa and the illuminati.

Great podcast Duncan. See ya at the annual agenda 21 summer camp.

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