Political Pulse with Ryan Painter

In today's episode I talk about getting off Twitter, a rally I helped organize in support of the Jewish community (with interviews from three rally attendees), and I interview the founder and creative director of Madame Premier Sarah Elder-Chamanara about feminism, antisemitism, ideological alignment, and her very successful brand. Check out Madame Premiere here. Get full access to Political P...

Today's episode is my first SUPER EPISODE. We talk about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's newest policies regarding transgender people and trans youth in particular with Blaine Badiuk and Adam Zivo. Then I to North America wide to discuss the US election, Canadian politics, and the rise of antisemitism with political analyst and columnist Warren Kinsella. I also monologue about how a lack of leade...

Ryan and a friend of the show Elena Lawson discuss Elena's autism advocacy and the results, and why she decided to leap from private citizen to political candidate. Elena tells us about her experience during the election and what she learned that she wants to pass onto others. Get full access to Political Pulse with Ryan Painter at www.politicalpulse.ca/subscribe

Ryan and National Post columnist Adam Zivo sit down to talk about politics, housing, 'safe supply', and what it's like to move from a once 'progressive' ideology to a more moderate (in my case) and conservative (in Adam's case) alignment. You can find Adam's columns here: https://nationalpost.com/author/adam-zivo/ You can find the Times Columnist article I mentioned in my monologue here: https://w...

Ryan sits down with counsellor Vikram Saggu ( https://www.nextlevelcounselling.com/ ) to talk about counselling methodologies, what methods he prefers to use, what artificial intelligence (AI) means for the counselling world, and what superheroes can teach us about life and therapy. To donate to the Till They All Come Home fundraiser at https://tilltheyallcomehome.com/ Learn more about The Centre...

Ryan and BC United MLA for Surrey South Elenore Sturko sit down to talk about her time as an RCMP officer and spokesperson, her transition to life as an MLA, what differences and similarities exist between the two roles, and how her work in the RCMP helped prepare her for her role as an MLA. Get full access to Political Pulse with Ryan Painter at www.politicalpulse.ca/subscribe

Ryan speaks with Dr. Julian Somers , Simon Fraser University Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, about BC's approach to the overdose crisis, why we're taking a different approach to every other successful country, and why we should be hopeful about a way out of this crisis. To learn more about Dr. Somers's work, check out his website and his most recent blog post Are BC's f...

Ryan and Blaine Badiuk talk about the challenges with discussing trans rights, the push towards the parental rights movement, how to have a nuanced conversation about trans issues, and why having these conversations is so important. Monologue: Why I regret trying to cancel Jenn Smith. Get full access to Political Pulse with Ryan Painter at www.politicalpulse.ca/subscribe

Ryan and Joe Roberts, Chair of the Board of JSpaceCanada, talk about the rise of antisemitism, how the war between Israel and Hamas has bled out into mainstream society, and whether or not the left is more antisemitic than the right. You can learn all about JSpaceCanada here: https://www.jspacecanada.ca/ You can check out the two latest JSpace policy papers Post-War in Gaza: A Blueprint for Recove...

Ryan (not SHAWN PAINTER) and Allie Blades dig into whether or not there is a conservative renaissance in Canada, what it means for BC, and how Allie navigates the busy holiday season. Get full access to Political Pulse with Ryan Painter at www.politicalpulse.ca/subscribe

Ryan and Gail Robertson talk about what good curiosity is, how to channel curiosity into your life, and how we've become too used to binary thinking and discussions and have gone away from having difficult but good conversations. Gail Robertson is a publicist, public speaker, recovering journalist, and panel moderator. If you want to learn more about Gail, check her out at youtube.com/@gailnow...

Ryan and Renu Bakshi talk about virtual work and whether or not we should continue with remote work, identity politics and how it's destroyed our ability to talk to each other, how parents just want to feel like they know what's going on with their kids, the state of journalism today, and Renu gives her advice to on how to shut out the noise and do important work. Get full access to Political Puls...