Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide

Tammy Robert & Paul Dechene
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Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide

It's giving hot takes on stone cold Saskatchewan politics. tammyrobert.substack.com

  1. Saskatchewan Survival Guide: Ep 128

    3 DAYS AGO

    Saskatchewan Survival Guide: Ep 128

    We talked the Westside Diefenbaker Irrigation project with special guest and agriculture economist wunderkind Ty Thiessen. Throughout the episode we reference a KPMG report, which can be found here. This monolithic boondoggle is worthy of its own show, as is the extraordinary detail to which Ty has researched this project to date. So, we’re going to do one. Watch for a spinoff of this podcast coming in the next few weeks featuring Ty, hosted by myself. It doesn’t have a name yet; we’re letting Ty lead on all fronts so we’ll see what comes together. You’ll know the first episode when you get it, don’t worry. That’s what has impressed me most about this kid (at 19, he’s very much a kid): his ability to communicate his knowledge is already vastly superior to the majority of the talking heads and politicians we’re forced to hear every day. We’re not the only ones who’ve taken notice; Ty has written multiple op-eds in the Star Phoenix and Leader Post over the last year (though strangely, only one seems to be featured on his writer’s page 🧐.) We’re going to go in-depth, combining Ty’s extraordinary knowledge of the industry, the economy and the project with my understanding of the history and politics behind Saskatchewan megaprojects like this one. It’ll be a limited series, in that we’ll go until the we’ve run out of information to share or the project is cancelled, whichever comes first. Further, Mama Tammy (this all makes me feel real old lol) says Ty’s university education is what really comes first and foremost, so we’ll be recording around his workload and school schedule. I truly see no sane world where the Westside Diefenbaker Irrigation project can go ahead. I’m looking forward to hopefully making any of it make sense. That said, after just a few hours of President Donald Trump 2: Bigger Better Dumber, I don’t see much of a sane world anywhere. Enjoy and talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    45 min
  2. Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep. 127

    JAN 14

    Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep. 127

    Dechene and I get into my experience living both ends of the conservative rage hoe, then I rage some more about the fact the Sask NDP caucus has been muzzled from speaking out on the massive issues impacting our world right now. What was the point of growing the Saskatchewan NDP Opposition caucus they’re just going to be marginalized and suppressed by their own party? Oh, I also tell a story about that time I had to do perhaps one of the worst things you could possibly ever have to do with Justin Trudeau in western Canada. Talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    57 min
  3. Saskatchewan Survivors' Guide: Ep. 126

    JAN 8

    Saskatchewan Survivors' Guide: Ep. 126

    We decided to record this last minute Monday night, at which point Scott Moe had not yet commented. He has now, apparently. I haven’t looked. My expectations are non-existent. Talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    52 min
  4. Saskatchewan Survivors' Guide: Ep. 125

    JAN 1

    Saskatchewan Survivors' Guide: Ep. 125

    We looked at both Scott Moe and Carla Beck’s year-end interviews with Saskatchewan reporters and surprise! We roast both of them. In respect to Carla Beck, we discussed the bombshell she dropped that she and Scott Moe made some kind of pre-election pact? While Beck made it sound par for the course, I can assure you that it is not. That kind of pre-election meeting, supposedly to define boundaries for civil discourse between Saskatchewan’s political parties, is not some kind of tradition. What Beck claims to have agreed to with Scott Moe is ridiculous. I don’t appreciate any two Saskatchewan residents - which is all she and Scott Moe are - taking it upon themselves to decide what we should or shouldn’t know during a writ period. Then we talked about the pulsating red flags you can see from space all over Scott Moe, Stephen Harper and their relationship with India, which seems to have been expressly set up to undermine Canada’s foreign policy and relationship with that country. I want to be abundantly clear: I love the idea of safely, humanely, ethically and with dignity, bringing people into this vast, empty province in the middle of nowhere - we’ve got the room. Giving them the tools and support they need to achieve even simple dreams of making the one life we’re all given, better. Those dreams are often predicated on simple s**t you and I have taken for granted every day since we were born. Saskatchewan could be a beautiful new home to so many people. What I hate is the exploitation of new, vulnerable people in Canada, who’ve fled oppression so they can come work in some Sask Party-supporting a*****e’s collection of rural Tim Hortons franchises while getting hauled en masse to rig vote in Sask party nomination races (absolutely true story). We need to be able to talk about what’s happening with the Sask Party, one of the most corrupt and disturbing government’s Saskatchewan has ever had, and the exploitation of immigrants and foreign affairs. So we will. There is something very, very wrong with Scott Moe’s relationship with India and we must get to the bottom of it. There will be more on this. Talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    46 min
  5. Saskatchewan Survivors' Guide: Ep 124

    JAN 1

    Saskatchewan Survivors' Guide: Ep 124

    We talk to former senior aide to United States congressman Seth Moulton, Saskatoon's Matt Chilliak, on his front row experience of the US election campaign & its aftermath on the US Dems. Chilliak played an unexpected role in a political reckoning that began almost the day after Trump won, again. You might have read about it in the NY Times, or what he wrote aboutit in a piece for The Hill. Chilliak is someone who I (Tammy R) should likely not have the privilege of calling a friend. He’s someone who has disagreed vehemently with me over the years. We’ve sat across from each other at some nasty and contentious campaign tables. He’s roasted me legitimately (I’m well aware I often deserve it) without insulting my weight or any aspect of my body or personality lol. I mean seriously, in the political world I’ve lived in for the last twenty years, that’s a big deal. That kind of maturity, neverminding surviving a public spotlight like he just did, is one reason I suspect Chilliak leaving Saskatchewan politics behind was the smartest thing he ever did and he will undoubtedly continue to do amazing things in the American political system. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed the conversation. T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    52 min
  6. Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep 123 (again)

    12/27/2024

    Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep 123 (again)

    Technically the last episode was 122, but I labeled it 123. This is 123 - or the 23rd episode of this super fun little project we’ve been working on for the past 4 months. Recorded it on Sunday and I can’t remember what happened five minutes ago, especially this week, but I know we talked about Saskatchewan politics 😉. We chatted about the Sask Party and India for sure - I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but it’s something and it probably isn’t great. I hope you had and are continuing to have a great holiday season. Talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    52 min
  7. Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep 122

    12/17/2024

    Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep 122

    The Riders, AC/DC and Paul’s best idea ever (so far)…Divine Devine: The Musical Presented predominantly in drag, obviously. I know, right?? Such a good idea. We’re probably not getting Creative Saskatchewan funding for it. Survivalists, this isn’t the last podcast of the year but after 23 episodes, or almost a full day listening to us babble, I hope that if nothing else this podcast makes you feel a bit less like you must be the only person who thinks or feels the way you do. Alone, in other words. For as much as we complain about it, the common denominator is we all want better from and for Saskatchewan. Talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 8m

  8. 12/11/2024

    Saskatchewan Survivor's Guide: Ep 121

    We recorded this on Sunday, but I held it because I was wanted to get this companion piece published first: In it I included a graphic that I was originally only going to share with paid subscribers, but then remembered it’s Christmas and decided to share it with everyone: Anyway, I’m convinced that this issue is the number one issue corrupting the Sask Party right now. Taking away the political donation incentive would have an extensive impact on government operations. Everything would change, because it’s your money but all the Ps: procurement, policies, priorities and projects are all determined by Sask Party donors’ needs - not yours. That’s f*****g insane. This kind of self-serving, greedy, corrupt b******t is what got the United Health CEO shot dead last week. People are sick of it. Fed right up. Maybe even in Saskatchewan someday. I’m going to write another piece to follow the one I just published, specifically focusing on the fact the Sask Party’s single highest donation since 2016 came from India. I wrote about that donation last year, but that was before diplomatic relations between India and Canada exploded. Now when I looked at it with fresh eyes, I realize how much I missed. There’s something going on between India, Canada, Stephen Harper and Scott Moe. I’m positive it’s at least one reason Moe looked like he was about to curl up and die at the prospect of losing the 2024 election. Anyway, enjoy this podcast and talk soon, T This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tammyrobert.substack.com/subscribe

    53 min
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It's giving hot takes on stone cold Saskatchewan politics. tammyrobert.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Tammy Robert & Paul Dechene
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    27
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    © Tammy Robert
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