The Breakdown With Nate Pike

We're recovering from an absolutely bonkers week in legal land, so instead of a live show, we're excited to bring you a special interview!

Recently, we got to sit down with Geoff Dembicki from "Desmog" to talk about their recent story on Danielle Smith's bizarre ties to the US governor who was tasked by Trump to oversee the takeover of Greenland. No, really. It's a legit thing. Geoff explains it...

With separatism on the rise and healthcare in crisis we are super excited to welcome back to the program NDP MLA Rakhi Pancholi! Not only do we get into both of these topics, but we also get into her best and worst of the last legislative session! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch mask...

Last weekend we leaked a document that detailed dozens of examples of patients who were unable to get the care they needed in the time they needed it with at least six of those cases tragically resulting in preventable deaths. The compiler of those real cases was ER physician Dr Paul Parks, and he sat down with us to discuss those cases, the realities of emergency medicine in Alberta right now, wh...

On this Alberta Politics Roundup... The Law Foundation is under attack by the UCP and their staff all resigned but... What is the Law Foundation anyways? And what do they do? Plus! Desmog ran on story on Danielle Smith's ties to the man in charge of conquering Greenland, we do a deep dive on the latest court filings fighting back against the separatists and go down a few rabbit holes AND we take a...

Healthcare is in Crisis. Reports of patients dying in waiting rooms and hallways while waiting for care are becoming more frequent, and dangerously, more normalized. On of the physicians who has been raising the alarm is ER physician Dr. Raj Sherman, and he's no stranger to medicine or the politics holding Alberta healthcare back. After a long and diverse career in politics and medicine, Dr. Sherm...

There’s been a lot of questions about what’s going on with the recall that isn’t in Lethbridge East, and in order to try and make sense of yet another shockingly complex scandal in Alberta Politics, we sat down with the Lethbridge Reporter who has been doing all of the work to try and sort it out! The Substack we refer to can also be found at https://open.substack.com/pub/recallfan44/p/867-53oh-my...

It's our first episode of 2026!

From Danielle Smith's year end chat with long time bestie Bruce "Spanky" McAllister to the resignation of Rebecca Schulz to the very uncomfortable press conference that followed to a deep dive on the two Eastern Canada podcasters who allegedly were paid to try and discredit a witness in the "CorruptCare" Scandal, we're starting the new year off with some fireworks!...

It's our last show of 2025! We're ending the year with a bit of a deep dive on Danielle Smith's advice to herself via the "Alberta Next" recommendations, the ongoing healthcare crisis and then... Nate takes the Alberta Party out to the woodshed one last time!

If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who import...

We're back with another roundup of Alberta politics and it's more dense than a holiday fruitcake!

We start with a look at the recent news that Jordan Peterson was in the process of having his online video courses accredited by the province of Alberta before we take a look at the new law that Smith named after him, including a deep dive on what it was that got him into hot water in the first place...

Danielle Smith and the UCP have taken to attacking the courts, delegitimizing the courts and overriding the courts in the last week, and that has some pretty serious implications! Whether trying to weaken Albertans trust in the courts by calling judges "appointed activists", by grossly misrepresenting Supreme Court rulings or by invoking the notwithstanding clause to get around legal judgement on...

With education and charter rights under attack by the UCP, Albertans are finding whatever ways they can to fight back! And this absolutely includes young Albertans! In this episode we sit down with Kai and KT who are part of a group of students forming the "Alberta Students Association" to ensure that young Albertans have an organization to help them speak up for themselves, teachers and Alberta e...

We're back with a live roundup of Alberta politics, and with the legislature back in session we have a LOT of ground to cover! We start with a quick round up of protests in the Rockies, the ASIRT investigation into criminal harassment of former Minister and MLA Shannon Phillips that former UCP Justice Minister Kaycee Madu tried to make all about himself before we turn our attention to a roundup of...

With Danielle Smith and the UCP continuing to push ahead with a provincial police force that’s wildly unpopular, we wanted to have a conversation that cut through the noise and answered some basic questions! Is there a benefit to an Alberta Provincial Police? Will it save money? Provide better service? Provide the same level of service? Or is it all just a power grab? To get to the bottom of it we...

In this (delayed) episode we sit down with advocate, activist, academic and stand up comedian Victoria Bucholz, who also performs under that stage name Karla Marx! Originally recorded right before the municipal elections, this conversation covers a boatload of topics, including those elections, the rise of neofascism, the nature of comedy and yup, we absolutely get into Charlie Kirk! If you're abl...

Strap in! It's our episode we recorded live in Calgary on October 25th and it's ALL about the notwithstanding clause! We start off with a crash course on the notwithstanding clause, what Albertans need to know the UCP are going to be targeting with it and why their spin doesn't spin! From there, we move to our panel discussion with political scientist Dr Duane Bratt, Associate Law Professor Lorian...

Is Canadian media being compromised by law fare? Last week we took a look at the apparent attempts by Danielle Smith's former chief of staff Marshall Smith to remove an article from the Calgary Herald and the fact that the alleged pressure tactics worked! Tonight, we're talking with activist and advocate Petra Schulz, who was one of the founders of the group "Mom's Stop the Harm" and her own effor...

Is Canadian media being compromised by law fare? On this special mini episode we take a look at how the story of how a column targeted by law fare by Danielle Smith's former chief of staff Marshall Smith was removed and ask some important questions about the integrity of the media than Albertans rely on to keep them well informed! Our Calgary live show is coming up fast on October 25th! Get your t...

With the “Forever Canadian” petition entering its last days for collecting signatures, a new petition has gotten a lot of attention because it’s calling for the end of Alberta’s practice of funding private education with public dollars! We sat down with the proponent of the AB Funds Public Education petition, Alicia Taylor to learn more about what made her decide to launch this petition and just a...

Evan Li was silenced at the Alberta Next Town Hall, but his question about education was an important one! Rather than focus on the tantrums of the executive director for the premiers southern office, we wanted to hear from not only Evan but students from across the province on what their concerns are for education and what they want the government and teachers to hear from them! Our Calgary live...

You don't want to miss this conversation with former Alberta Medical Association President and current Emergency Room Dr. Paul Parks! Now that Dr. Parks is no longer in any official roles with any governing bodies, he joins us for this unleashed conversation on the state of Alberta healthcare, and not only does he not hold back, but we cover a lot of ground! From the state of Emergency rooms to ch...

It's a Charter of Rights and Freedoms heavy episode! We're back with another Alberta Politics Roundup, and while we hit on the most recent events in Alberta Politics, we also have a deep dive on Danielle Smith's willingness to crush Charter rights using the notwithstanding clause as well as a deep dive on the recent developments in the "CorruptCare" scandal because what is going on with all of the...

More and more Albertans are realizing how important school board elections will be this year, so we sat down with a candidate from War A in Edmonton! Nicole Renaud is a mother and an advocate and we sat down with her to hear about why she's running, what she believes the biggest issues are and what her vision is for how to work with a province that is growing increasingly combative with school boa...

Time for another Alberta Politics roundup with a special announcement and a scoop on how Invest Alberta is spending taxpayer dollars! We start with a look at how Danielle SMith decided to use almost a billion dollars from a tobacco settlement and then we take a look at where the book bans are, the teachers strike, the HSAA union vote before we get to the big reveal we've been building up to all we...

An episode with a scoop! We sit down with Public Interest Alberta Executive Director Bradley Lafortune to not only learn more about what PIA does, but also to get into the UCP changes to AISH, the UCP's book bans, the degradation of how government officials interact with the public and a whole lot more! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit a...

Two former UCP MLA's have spent the last several months looking for a way to make a home for Progressive Conservatives in Alberta, but Danielle SMith and the UCP have tried to shut them down at almost every turn. Last week though, the Alberta Party officially voted to rebrand as a Progressive Conservative option, and while the final version of the name has yet to be approved, we sat down with Curr...