The Herle Burly

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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

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, “IT WAS ALL A LIE: How The Republican Party Became Donald Trump”, became an instant New York Times Bestseller. And he is also a member of The Lincoln Project.There are 700,000 eligible US voters living here in Canada who are closely following the race. And millions more of us who just can’t take our eyes off the shit show. So, we’re going to talk about what Stuart’s book tells us about the rise of Trumpism and how to defeat it.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

For Part 1 today, we’re going to dive into the B.C. election story, and John Horgan’s historic, “Orange Wave” 55-seat majority, with Mike McDonald. Mike is a brilliant guy and good friend of mine. He’s the former campaign manager and Chief of Staff to Premier Christy Clark. Currently, he’s Partner and Chief Strategy Officer for Kirk & Co., one of the leading communications and public engagement firms in Canada, and a senior research associate at Pollara Strategic Insights. And you can read about what’s on his political mind at https://rosedeer.blog/ For Part 2, we’ll bring on our Political Panel, Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid.  We’ll pick up a little bit on the B.C. election ... And we’ll devote the rest of our time to topics and stories spurred on by your Twitter suggestions over the course of the last week.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Alright, curious and passionate Herle Burly-ites, time for today’s 2-part pod. It’s a great one, and I’ll tell you why:For Part 1, we’re welcoming back two guests whose first go ‘round with us happens to be the number 2 most downloaded episode in the long, dubious history of The Herle Burly podcast.Keith Boag and Neil Macdonald are here.Both of these stellar CBC alumni spent years working in the U.S., observing and reporting on the condition of American democracy and political discourse. We are 2 weeks away from election day. Most polls look bad for President “I won’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power”. What the hell is going to happen on November 3rd . And in the weeks following? When will we know who won the damned thing? What is the future of the Republican Party? And where do Trump voters go from here?For Part 2, we’ll bring on our Political Panel, Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid. We’ll pick up a little bit on the U.S. election stuff. Plus, we’ll chat about the fight in Ottawa over special House Committees. 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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Today, we have a 2-part pod. Part 1 is Jennifer Welsh. Jennifer’s CV is longer than my COVID-hair. So I’ll abbreviate it just a bit. She hails from Regina! Just like me. Unlike me, she is a Rhodes scholar, earning her Masters and Doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford. She is currently the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security and serves as the Director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies at McGill University. And so, today we are going to talk about Canada's place in the world. Part 2 is our consistently entertaining, always gorgeous Political Panel. We’ve got Jenni Byrne coming to us by way of Jenni Byrne and Associates, by way of Doug Ford’s office, by way of Stephen Harper’s inner circle, by way of the Reform Party of Canada, by way of the Fenelon Falls IGA. Next to Jenni in his hazy yellow ZOOM square is Scott Reid: Principal at Feschuk-Reid communications, former Director of Communications to Paul Martin, senior advisor to many federal and provincial Liberal leaders, noted media commentator here on planet earth, as well as all across the multiverse. We’re gonna talk about a few things today:BC election roastsDoug Ford's authenticity WETrumpBe sure to visit https://www.airquotesmedia.com/mailbag for this week's listener mailbag.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Part 1 of today's pod is John Stackhouse ... making an almost unprecedented RETURN to The Herle Burly. Besides being only the guest other than Ken Dryden to be a repeat guest on our show, our original interview with John is one of the top 10 most-listened-to episodes in our podcast history!John spent close to a quarter century at the Globe and Mail. As a foreign correspondent, editor of Report on Business and then finally, Editor-in-Chief. Today, he’s a Senior Vice-President, office of the CEO, at the Royal Bank of Canada where he advises leadership on emerging trends in the Canadian economy. He’s also the author of a new book, launching tomorrow called, “Planet Canada: How our Expats are Shaping the Future” in which he argues that our country’s greatest untapped resource may be the 3 million Canadians who don’t live here anymore. We’ll talk about that, plus, we’ll dive deep into the COVID and post-COVID economy.For Part 2, we’ll bring on our Political Panel ... those creators of memorable strategies, and utterers of vivid expletives ... Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid. Not shockingly, we’re gonna do a lot of Trump talk today. The garden party seems to be over for the Trump campaign. We’ll discuss what Team Trump might do to stem the bleeding (besides jumping in limos and having impromptu hospital parades), plus we'll discuss Annamie Paul and what the exciting new leader might mean for the Green Party of Canada. Be sure to visit https://www.airquotesmedia.com/mailbag for this week's listener mailbag.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

It’s a Herle Burly 2-parter today. First up, we’ve got Mike Schreiner on the pod. Mike is the leader of The Green Party of Ontario and became the first Green Party MPP in Ontario history, taking the riding of Guelph in 2018. We’re going to talk about his own initiatives as Leader and the political prospects for the Green Party. We’ll also talk about the Climate Change movement in Canada. And Doug Ford’s handling of COVID. For Part 2, we’ve got Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid ... our ever-smart, ever-strategic ever-sweary Political Panel. We’ll get right down to the fireworks of last night’s Trump-Biden debate. After that ... it’s COVID’s wave-two. Cases are rising. So what are the political implications? Why can’t we have government transparency? Where’s the data and what the hell is driving decision making? And finally we’ll talk a little about the elections in B.C. and Saskatchewan. Be sure to visit https://www.airquotesmedia.com/mailbag for this week's listener mailbag. 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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

It’s a 2-parter on the pod today.First up is author and professor, Alex Marland. Alex is a professor of Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He’s a co-editor of the UBC Press book series “Communication, Strategy and Politics”. And he’s long been investigating, and writing about, what goes on behind the scenes in our political sphere. Today we’re going to talk about his new book, “Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada,” which examines the hidden ways parties exert control over elected members of Canadian legislatures.For Part 2 of the pod, we’ll bring on our Political Panel, strategists extraordinaire, Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid. We'll share some heartfelt stories of the Rt. Hon. John Turner, plus, hot takes on the upcoming BC election, and a few predictions on the Speech from the Throne.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

On today's 2-parter we’re thrilled to have author, ethnographer, explorer and filmmaker Wade Davis join us. Wade’s bio is rather long and impressive, so I’m going to try to hit the highlights: He holds degrees in anthropology, biology, and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany ... all from Harvard University. He is the Leadership Chair in “Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk” at UBC. Wade is explorer in residence, for National Geographic. He’s written numerous books – I tried to add them up, but I lost count at about 20. We’re going to talk about his latest, “Magdalena: River of Dreams" and what it says about indigenous wisdom and environmental degradation.Wade’s also published over 1800 articles. His most recent, for Rolling Stone, “The Unraveling of America. How Covid-19 signals the end of the American Era” published on August 6th, has been a legitimate sensation, racking up more than 10 million social media comments within a week. So we’ll chat about the politics and future of the U.S. ... and the illusion of American exceptionalism.For Part 2 of the pod, we’ll bring on our Political Panel with Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid. We'll discuss the New Brunswick election outcome, Jason Kenney's challenges in Alberta, and what should be the focus in the upcoming Speech from the Throne.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

After a long Scott-less Summer ... Reid returns! We're thrilled to have him back to his rightful place along Jenni and me for the #PoliticalPanel, and we're thrilled to have our loyal Herle Burly-ites join us for an exciting fall season of politics.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, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.