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WATCH:  Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada presented by Telus ABOUT EPISODE THREE: On the third and final episode of Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada, our focus group participants discuss their lived experience and share what it means to live in Canada as Black, white, people of colour, and Indigenous peoples. ABOUT SERIES: One of Canada’s most well-known political pollsters takes...

Alright, today’s episode of The Herle Burly is a 2 parter! Part 1 of the pod today is Ian Brodie . An academic by training, today Mr. Brodie is as Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary. But as many of you know, he was central to the founding of the Conservative Party of Canada, and its Executive Director. When Prime Minister Harper was elected in 2006, he became his...

Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada presented by Telus ABOUT EPISODE: On episode two of Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada, we will show our focus group participants material taken from the news to better understand what these events symbolize and what they mean in their everyday lives. ABOUT SERIES: One of Canada’s most well-known political pollsters takes us through the looking glas...

Alright, today’s episode of The Herle Burly is a 2 parter! Part 1, is the now former Premier of Nova Scotia, Stephen McNeil. Mr. McNeil is a violation of Herle’s First Rule of Politics – a leader who resigned when he likely could have won reelection.  We'll talk about his story, Atlantic Canada, and the current state of our federation. Part 2 of the pod is Jenni Byrne & Scott Reid , bette...

Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada presented by Telus ABOUT EPISODE: On episode one of Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada, we will meet our focus group participants and learn what Canada means to them. ABOUT SERIES: One of Canada’s most well-known political pollsters takes us through the looking glass of a focus group boardroom and into the minds of everyday people.  Our assumptions...

Alright, today’s episode of The Herle Burly is a 2 parter! Part 1, we’re thrilled to welcome to the show the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson . We’ll chat a little about his personal path into politics, and then, we’ll dive right into a deep dissection of federal climate policy. Is it enough? How important is the carbon tax? What’s the impact on the prairies? The...

*AVAILABLE FEB 25* Through the Looking Glass: Race in Canada presented by Telus One of Canada’s most well-known political pollsters takes us through the looking glass of a focus group boardroom and into the minds of everyday people.  Our assumptions will be confronted. Our biases revealed. Our minds opened.  Through the Looking Glass (TTLG) by Air Quotes Media is a video-first podcast, hosted by D...

Alright, welcome in Herle Burly-ites! It’s time for another 2-part pod on The Herle Burly. Part 1, I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Jagmeet Singh to the pod. You all know Mr. Singh as the Leader of the New Democratic Party. But do you really know Mr. Singh? Well, we’re going to dive into his personal story and path to leadership. And then we’re going to spend some time discussing where the NDP a...

It’s a 2-parter today on The Herle Burly. First part, I’m so pleased to welcome Celina Caesar-Chavannes back here. Ms. Caesar-Chavannes, former MP for the riding of Whitby, was last on the pod in June. But now she’s got a new book out on her life and her time in the Trudeau government. It’s called: “ Can You Hear Me Now? How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion .” Join us for a detail...

Welcome to another 2-part podcast on The Herle Burly.  For Part 1 today, we have Perry Bellegarde , National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. National Chief Bellegarde is originally from Little Black Bear First Nation and he’s brought his skill and focus on measurable progress to all levels of First Nations governance, over a more than 30 year career. He was first elected National Chief in...

Welcome in, all you lovely Herle Burly-ites! So happy to have you here for another 2-part Herle Burly podcast. For Part 1, we have the Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, Steven Del Duca. We’re going to talk to Steven about his life, his politics, and where he wants to take Ontario. And what he means by “restoring dignity” as an overarching umbrella for his policy process and thinking. Part 2 of...

It’s another Herle Burly 2-part pod for you today. For Part 1, we have Frances Donald in the Zoom box. Ms. Donald is Managing Director, Global Chief Economist and Global Head of Macroeconomic Strategy at Manulife Investment Management. In 2019 at 33 years of age, she became the youngest Chief Economist in Canada. And one of only two women to hold that title in this country. Among other things, we’...

Alright Herle Burly-ites, time for today’s pod. We’ve got another 2-parter for you today. For Part 1, I’m so pleased to welcome Annamie Paul , Leader of Green Party of Canada. We’re going to find out a lot more about Annamie over the next hour or so, but she’s been involved in civic life since she was 12 years old, working as a page in the Ontario Legislature. She’s holds a Bachelor of Laws from t...

Welcome to our first Herle Burly of 2021 ... it’s a jam-packed 2-parter! For Part 1, we have Kathleen Petty ZOOMING into the show from Alberta. A co-founding producer and host at CBC Newsworld, Kathleen was the long-time host of “Today from Calgary”. Today, she’s executive producer of CBC News in Calgary and the host of the "West of Centre" podcast, providing news and analysis with a Wes...

Alright, holidaying Herle Burly-ites, welcome to our very last pod of 2020. Despite its weirdness, difficulties and downright tragedies, I feel damn thankful that all of you Herle Burly-ites stuck with us this year. Doing the show is such a joy for me and I’m gratified you let me, my friends Scott Reid and Jenni Bryne, and my arcane references to Saskatchewan Roughrider lineman of the 70s and 80s...

What better way to kick off the holiday pod season than to sit down with former Chief Correspondent of CBC news, anchor of The National for over 30 years and legitimate Canadian icon, Peter Mansbridge. What can I tell you about Peter that you don’t already know? Well, for one, he’s got his own podcast called “The Bridge”, exploring trends in politics in journalism, but you probably know that. Ther...

Alright Herle Burly-ites, time for the pod. For Part 1, we’ve got Amanda Lang in the ZOOM square today! A high-profile business journalist in this country, Amanda helped launch BNN-Bloomberg’s predecessor, ROBTV, over 20 years ago. She’s worked at CNN, the Globe and Mail and the National Post. And she was senior business correspondent for CBC News. We’ll talk about the state of journalism in this...

Alright Herle Burly-ites, we’ve got a special pod for you today. It’s a 1-parter, and this has become sort of an annual tradition with us ... our political Year in Review. Our “Annus Herle-bilis” with The Political Panel, Scott Reid and Jenni Byrne. This was recorded just last night – Monday December 8th – as part of a virtual event held by our good friends at CJPAC . Scott and Jenni and I cover e...

We’ve got a 2-parter for you today. For Part 1, I’m so pleased to welcome Margaret MacMillan. Ms. MacMillan is a Professor of History at University of Toronto and emeritus Professor of International History at the University of Oxford. She is the bestselling author of a great many works, specializing in British Imperial history and the international history of the 19th and 20th centuries. We’ll ta...

A Daily-Double episode. For Part 1, we have Adrienne Spafford as our guest. Adrienne is CEO of Addictions and Mental Health Ontario, and she has a long history as, not only a seasoned healthcare leader, but a senior advisor in government. We’re going to be talking about the impacts of COVID on mental health. We'll also chat more broadly about our system and strategy for addictions and mental...

Greetings, congenial Herle Burly-ites ... top of the podcast to you! Jeff Rubin is our guest for Part 1 of this episode. Jeff is the #1 best-selling author of “Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller” and the former Chief Economist for CIBC World Markets. We are going to talk about his new book “ The Expendables ”, and his argument that the middle class got nothing out of globalization...

Today’s show is one of the 2-parters you’ve come to expect from The Herle Burly – still the only podcast that combines 1970s breakfast cereal references with pandemic social-economic theory. For Part 1, Peter Weltman joins us today. Peter is Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer . That means he heads an office that provides independent fiscal, financial and economic analysis on the state of t...

Back on the podcast is Averell "Ace" Smith. Ace is one of the great American political strategists for Democratic Party candidates, including Hillary Clinton, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris. In 2018 he joined The Herle Burly podcast to discuss the midterm elections and his book, " THE PITCHER AND THE DICTATOR " about baseball legend Satchel Paige. He joins us now f...

After little or no sleep, David, Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid sit down for a reaction to the US election. Watch conversations from The Herle Burly on YouTube . The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Thank you for joining us on The Herle Burly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes , Spotify...

It is our immense good fortune to have Stuart Stevens on the pod. Stuart Stevens is the most successful Republican Political Operative of his generation, spending decades electing candidates at every level. From Presidents to Senators ... right on down the ballot. He was Mitt Romney’s Senior Strategist in the 2012 election. A prominent Never Trump Republican, he the author of 8 books – his latest,...