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UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck

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, federal politics, and much more.

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29:18

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 210

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/03/23

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 go around the world in 30 minutes. But whether it’s China and Russia or Canada and the USA or Vancouver and Ottawa, a concerning theme is developing and unravelling, which makes it our duty to unspin the story on BC’s longest-running political podcasts. There - we said. We are old

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34:17

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 209

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2023/03/16

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 get into the spies that love us and what impact they may or may not be having on local, provincial and federal elections; most recently, a story about the 2022 election in Vancouver is particularly concerning. Speaking of Vancouver, why is Mayor Sim in Texas promoting BC? Tell us what the

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31:16

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 208

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2023/03/09

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 look at the larger importance of why postponing Drag Storytime in Nelson is more than a fight over dresses and wigs. Pay Transparency introduced in Victoria, Living Wage cut in Vancouver and new business tax opportunities — how these decisions can be good and bad for small business

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34:50

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 207

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2023/03/02

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 fact the taxman cometh at all levels of government and at a time when we can all least afford it. Have you looked at the price of butter, eggs and other staples? Meanwhile, China takes a beating in Ottawa for money laundering, political interference, and TikTok. And finally —

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33:38

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 206

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2023/02/23

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 blow up the two billion dollar — yes two billion — budget in Vancouver. But hey — what’s another 10% tax increase amongst friends? Ugh. At least the streets and parks will be cleaner, and the city will be safer — right? That said — it’s not as bad as Surrey — with its 17% tax increase. Yikes

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33:43

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 205

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2023/02/16

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 give some long-awaited kudos to Vancouver Park Board for making the tough and politically charged decision to remove a massive and expensive temporary bike lane in Stanley Park and instead choose a process and good design for the future. The way it should have been done in the first place. At

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30:31

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 204

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2023/02/09

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 take a healthy look at healthcare and the new funding from the federal government. Is it a drop in the bucket, or is the bucket just leaky? Then in Vancouver, recession woes begin, but there is hope … at least Park Board seems functional. And finally, Vancouver’s Top 50 list — we the

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31:27

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 203

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2023/01/25

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 review Mayor Ken Sim’s first-ever state of the city address to Vancouver’s Board of Trade. How’d he do? Will he regret some of what he said? What can taxpayers and businesses expect over the next four years? Meanwhile, in Surrey, what does the future hold for policing? George has a

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32:20

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 202

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2023/01/19

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 it is Episode 202 — Season 5! Jody and George ask why hundreds of thousands of dollars every year is spent on “micro-cleaning” (what’s that exactly?) on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, yet things seem to get worse year after year. Then over at Park Board, cleaning up takes on a different meaning when the mess

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31:03

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 201

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2023/01/12

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 it is Episode 201 — Season 5! Jody and George get into the awkward discovery of classified documents at US President Joe Biden’s home. I mean, really!? What the hell? And then we bring it home — with a focus on whether or not we will ever ever ever solve the mental health care crisis, homelessness and housing

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32:11

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 200

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2022/12/15

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 it is Episode 200! Jody and George talk about what it’s been like hosting a podcast for four years and how there were never any stories to focus on. It’s been a busy four years in local, provincial and national politics. Then … it is back to business on housing, cops, and so much more—the fastest 30 minutes

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31:50

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 199

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2022/12/08

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 about the freedom to drink and drive in Vancouver’s parks — in a good way and certainly not at the same time. The Vancouver Police might be getting body-cams, or will they? Can they? Who will push back? And Premier David Eby does his first cabinet shuffle. Who are the winners and who

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31:57

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 198

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2022/12/01

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 give a bit of Christmas cheer but not too much because you know what they say in Vancouver when it snows, it … it … it … rains, terrible drivers and chaos on our roads. What to do? Stay off the roads, people. Meanwhile, over at the City of Vancouver, it is budget time, and big bucks may flow

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30:51

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 197

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2022/11/24

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 Vancouver’s park board as we see the barge on the beach sale off (in pieces) into the sunset along with some pretty terrible decisions by the previous administration — we hope; meanwhile, skyrocketing policing costs are all the rage in BC but will that solve the many problems

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32:17

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 196

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2022/11/18

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 shorten the usual 100 days of judgment for a new leader down to 10 for Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim. Ugh. Cops in Surrey — it looks like they may end up with two police forces. The rumour of the death of Twitter is perhaps greatly exaggerated. And, Retired Florida Man runs for President.All that

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30:05

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 195

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2022/11/09

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 start with a quick analysis of the surprising results of the US Midterm elections and how that might play out for some hot-button issues down south. Then it’s back home to talk about the swearing-in of Vancouver’s new mayor and some … shall we say ... concerning optics that George noted at

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32:07

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 194

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2022/11/04

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 steamed about the second cancellation of the beloved Christmas train at Stanley Park. The decision is the last time the current Vancouver Park Board gets at messing up the parks in the city, and change, hopefully, is coming with a new and different elected board. Meanwhile, chaos across

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33:09

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 193

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2022/10/28

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 take a closer look at the municipal election results and whether sunny days are ahead, especially in Vancouver. And with the NDP’s new leader in place, what happens to the party’s two support bases now that they seem to be divided — environmentalists versus unionists (BC Liberal Leader Kevin

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30:10

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 192

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2022/10/16

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 have a special post-municipal election edition!All that and more on UnSpun PodcastNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us on your favourite audio channel.-Need to reach out, email info@unspunpodcast.com-Stay updated!Jody Vance

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30:50

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 191

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2022/10/14

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 all in for election day this weekend. Who will be your next mayor and council in your community? Vancouver is shaping up for change, and so is Surrey. But what about other places like New Westminster and Victoria? It’s going to be an interesting day. Don’t forget to vote. Tune in Sunday

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