The Breakdown With Nate Pike

For a few weeks now, a secret Medicine Hat candidate has been posting to social media and the official reveal is today! Former AMA President and ER physician Dr Paul Parks is seeking the nomination to be the NDP candidate in Cypress-Medicine Hat, and The Breakdown has his first official interview!

In this conversation, we cover a lot of ground, including the future of Alberta's healthcare, law en...

We've got a conversation with Jeremy Appel and we cover a LOT of ground! For starters, Jeremy has released a new book on Danielle Smith entitled "Dark Phoenix" that charts her early life all the way to the premiership! But we don't stop there! We get into the ongoing implosion/civil war amongst the separatists in light of their crushing defeat in Alberta's recent referendum as well as another stor...

On Monday October 19th, while still reeling from the tragedy at CFB Wainwright, Albertans will have their last chance to vote on not only the future of our province and of Canada, but also what Albertan values even are. Here's our closing argument. If you can support our legal defence fund in fighting back against the $6 million lawsuit filed by Sam Mraiche, the man responsible for importing Vanch...

Welcome to Episode 8.56, a conversation on the UCP’s strip mining of Alberta’s healthcare via dual practice billing and private diagnostic tests! In this conversation we sit down with ER physicians Dr Thara Kumar and Dr Paul Parks as well as former Dean of the Cumming School of Medicine Dr Jon Meddings to try and make sense of it all! If you can support our legal defence fund in fighting back agai...

On October 3rd, The Breakdown brought our show to Red Deer for a sold out conversation with "The Harmonious Gentlemen" where we not only did a deep dive on Danielle Smith's referendum questions, but we also had a very necessary question about the misrepresentations inside of the questions and what the questions, and how Albertans answer, says about the values of Albertans. In one of our longest ep...

Time for another live Alberta Politics Roundup!

This week we start by taking a look at the recent healthcare announcement in Airdrie that is somehow a lot less than it seems before we take a look at Danielle Smith's continued defense of her divisive referendum questions. We then take a deep dive into who the divisive environment Smith has cultivated has allowed to gain in profile! Don’t miss our...

On August 29th, The Breakdown brought our show to Calgary, live for almost 200 people. We had an incredible lineup of guests who not only shed light on the biggest issues facing Alberta’s democracy but also presented potential solutions. Remarkably, two provincial party leaders attended, offering insights into what could be done. We’re thrilled to present “Part 5” of that show—an in depth conversa...

In a special episode, we break down the stunning revelations from former UCP Minister and now Tory Party MLA Peter Guthrie about the direct involvement of the premier's office in facilitating key components of the corruptcare scandal, namely Guthrie's shocking statements at our recent live event in Calgary that directly implicate Danielle Smith's Executive Director Rob Anderson, but also Mickey Am...

On August 29th, The Breakdown brought our show to Calgary, live for almost 200 people. We had an incredible lineup of guests who not only shed light on the biggest issues facing Alberta’s democracy but also presented potential solutions. Remarkably, two provincial party leaders attended, offering insights into what could be done. We’re thrilled to present “Part 4” of that show—a captivating conver...

On August 29th, The Breakdown brought our show to Calgary in front of a live audience of almost 200 people with a group of amazing guests that not only helped to define the biggest issues inside Alberta's democracy but with the attendance of not one but TWO provincial party leaders, what some possible solutions can look like! We're proud to present "Part 3" of that show, an inventory of the guardr...

Here we go! On August 29th, The Breakdown brought our show to Calgary in front of a live audience of almost 200 people with a group of amazing guests that not only helped to define the biggest issues inside Alberta's democracy but with the attendance of not one but TWO provincial party leaders, what some possible solutions can look like! We're proud to present "Part 2" of that show, a conversation...

Here we go! On August 29th, The Breakdown brought our show to Calgary in front of a live audience of almost 200 people with a group of amazing guests that not only helped to define the biggest issues inside Alberta's democracy but with the attendance of not one but TWO provincial party leaders, what some possible solutions can look like! We're proud to present "Part 1" of that show which includes...

Economist Jim Stanford, Director of the Centre for Future Work, recently reviewed 3 detailed economic analysis done by three other economist to put together an easy to access and understand report on the catastrophic impact that separatism would have on Alberta's economy. There's a lot in this conversation, including the divergence of oil and gas profits and oil and gas jobs, but the bottom line o...

It's another Alberta Politics Roundup! Calgary gets a by-election! Data centres get a spanking! And we do a deep dive on the two simple themes that flows through the separatist leadership... Power & Control. To get tickets to our August 29th live show in Calgary, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca ! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against...

What do an Alberta online university, a union grievance and a parent being faced with the choice of abandoning their child or amputating their child's legs have in common? In 7 years of doing interviews, this is easily one of the most bonkers ones we have ever done! We sit down with Dave Powell of the Athabasca University Faculty Association to make sense of their recent post https://aufa.ca/blog/...

Time for another Alberta Politics Speakers corner, and we're kicking it off with the announcement of our second guest for our live show in Calgary, Alberta Tory Leader Peter Guthrie! From there it's a busy night with the chat that covers everything from harm reduction and addressing the opioid crisis to... A separatist tank? To get tickets to our August 29th live show in Calgary, visit www.thebrea...

For almost two years, Recovery and Rehabilitation Advocate Guy Felicella has been the subject of an online campaign surrounding a criminal case from three decades ago. It started with some very heavy handed questions from a National Post opinion writer and has only escalataed in that time. In this Breakdown exclusive, we sit down with Guy for a sit down where he tells his side of the story for the...

On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests! We're proud to present "Part 6" of that show now with not only a conversation with Forever Canadian's Communications Director Serena Mah, but also the announcement that came from The Breakdown at the end of the...

On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests! We're proud to present "Part 5" of that show now with a conversation with Public Interest Alberta Executive Director, Bradley Lafortune! As a long standing politico in Alberta and now leader of an advocacy orga...

On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests! We're proud to present "Part 4" of that show now with a conversation with NDP MLA Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse! As the first First Nations Woman to be elected to the Alberta Legislature, Jodi has had a front row sea...

On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests! We're proud to present "Part 3" of that show now with a conversation with Deputy Leader of the NDP Rakhi Pancholi! Rakhi was literally on the front row as the UCP had the curtain pulled back on the fix being in...

On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests! We're proud to present "Part 2" of that show which is a conversation on the risks that Danielle Smith's 10 referendum questions expose Albertans to in regards to foreign interference with decorated internationa...

Here we go!

On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests! We're proud to present "Part 1" of that show which includes the introduction for the night and a conversation with renowned political scientist Dr Jared Wesley! To get tickets to our August 29th li...

It's another live episode with an open mic/speakers corner! And this time around the audience made it clear that it wanted to get into th latest on separatism, the disastrous AISH/ADAP rollout and what the NDP can or should be doing to break through! To get tickets to our August 29th live show in Calgary, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca ! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight b...

It's a special mini episode!

There's long been a public perception that Danielle Smith's radio program, "Your Province, Your Premier" comes at not cost to taxpayers. But... Recent documents obtained by The Breakdown demonstrate that not only is the program not free, it's costing Alberta taxpayers almost $10,000 a month! 

We break it all down in this special mini deep dive! To get tickets to our...