UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more.  This week, big cuts at a major media outlet have Jody and George asking what the future of radio, tv and all other journalistic mediums is, and is there a place once again for the small independent operat...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more.  This week … an imminent transit strike threatens commuters … and pretty much everyone … in the Lower Mainland. Can anything positive come of a strike apart from higher wages? Jody and George think maybe.&...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week … temperatures rose when it came to massive density on Vancouver’s westside at Jericho Beach. But the only thing going up after Vancouver Council voted unanimously are towers, along with 30 thousand r...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week … snow and lots of it. But that does not stop UnSpun. But you know, some people would like to take your minds off of the white stuff (and likely the media's). Who is that? Well, Vancouver — the non-snow-c...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George are back after a holiday season and new year break. Snow job in Surrey over the police issue... or is that just the weather? New taxes from Metro Vancouver, just when you did NOT need the...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George end the year with a look back and a look forward. From Trump to Trudeau, healthcare to police, parks to people, and the positive versus the negative. It’s 30 minutes you must not miss at...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George dig into the politics of the Vancouver Park Board and the historic decision by the City of Vancouver to ask the Province of BC to dismantle the elected board. Will the province comply or...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George are 100% focused on the big news in Vancouver where the mayor announced a process to dismantle the elected park board, the only elected park board in Canada. This decision spiralled into...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George gear up for Christmas where only in Vancouver the gift that keeps on giving in politics is related bike lanes and Christmas trains. Never you mind, there’s always budget reviews to keep y...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George wonder if the people of Vancouver will receive an “emotional rescue” after they read the details of Vancouver’s annual budget, which includes an almost 10% increase in spending and no res...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George dig into why politicians think they can play both sides of an issue. From wars on the other side of the globe to events in our backyard, as the saying goes, they can’t have their cake and...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George celebrate (?) the one-year anniversary of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party’s sweeping victory. The reviews are in, and so far they seem to be on track, but is that most...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George go geopolitical but then bring it back home for some good ol’ fashioned locally focused political madness. From the BC Government overruling and overriding local government decision-makin...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George talk leadership — there are good leaders and then there are … welllllll. Speaking of that, the BC Conservative leader is taking a stand against AirBNB rules in BC. Jody and George have di...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George go from the ABCs and PSLs to the SPS’s and STRs. Newsworthy acronyms, to be sure. Whether it’s Surrey policing or London Drugs shopping, no letters are left unturned in the quest to unrav...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George can’t help but express their sadness and concern for the geopolitical crisis we are in. And while it’s challenging to focus on our domestic issues in comparison, the success of any good d...

Welcome to UnSpun, your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George speak about speakers and speaking about how the whole issue really speaks to the issue of … oh … politics. In Manitoba, new leadership might be a red flag for politicians who are choosing...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George get into the power of bad press and why some politicians handle it and others get buried by it. In BC the annual convention of BC municipalities is over … and and and … well not a lot. No...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George dig deep into the pressing issues of foreign interference from India, nationwide protests against the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, and the possible re...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. Jody and George are back after their summer hiatus. And what a summer it has been. Federal, provincial and municipal issues — so much to unpack on UnSpun. From Prime Minister Trudeau’s crashing polling numbers to t...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more. This week, Jody and George dissect how successfully the provincial government laid the groundwork through strategic communications — aka SPIN — prior to announcing and mandating that Surrey must move away from t...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more. This week, Jody and George make it clear that what is going on between Surrey Municipality and the provincial government regarding Surrey Police Services vs the RCMP is simply a big sh%t show. How will this all...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more. This week, Jody and George talk about enlightening Twitter thread, a series of tweets that exposed the insane bureaucracy involved in getting building permits in Vancouver. Speaking of Threads, Facebook (aka Met...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more. This week, Jody and George dig deep into the City of Vancouver's upcoming budget planning and have an early prediction of results for election 2026! And the budget is only the start - class action lawsuits, ange...

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more. This week, Jody and George put the Barney into local politics — yes, Barney …The Purple Dinosaur, but don’t let that scare you, because Surrey is officially a showdown city with the Mayor and the provincial Soli...