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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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33:48

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 230

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/10/19

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, 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 unravel and unspin the news of the day. So tune in and get the 911 and more on UnSpunpodcast.com

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34:10

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 229

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2023/10/12

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, 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 democracy is acceptance of credible criticism and we have some that is for sure — cops in Surrey, BC

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34:39

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 228

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2023/10/05

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 populism over pragmatism. Read the room, guys. The world is changing. Keep up. And in Vancouver, it’s

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31:36

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 227

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2023/09/28

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 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 goodies from the Premier. No big controversies. And in Vancouver — view cones. Say what? Ya, somehow

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37:09

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 226

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2023/09/21

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 return of COVID-19 anti-vax healthcare workers. From uncovering hidden truths and sparking

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26:27

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 225

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2023/09/14

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. 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 the rise of BC Conservatives. From horrible knife attacks in Vancouver to continued political posturing

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28:42

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 224

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2023/07/20

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 the RCMP and to their own police force. Clearly, some people are not happy, most notably the mayor of

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32:54

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 223

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2023/07/13

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 end? We may know soon, and there are predictions to be heard. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, the housing supply

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31:25

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 222

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2023/07/06

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 Meta) has released its Twitter competitor — called Threads — and George “Underscore” got his name without

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36:56

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 221

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2023/06/29

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, anger in Chinatown, and bureaucracy run amok. Fun times in the city. Over in Victoria, free air conditioners

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32:12

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 220

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2023/06/22

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 Solicitor General at odds over the future of policing; and finally — is Canada getting too USAish? Maybe.All

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35:45

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 219

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2023/06/15

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George zip through a whole bunch of topics, including … zippering, but before you try to cut them off, let’s find out why things are getting ugly in Surrey, why a politician needs a fake Twitter account, and why is it so hard to help keep Vancouver clean; and finally, wedge issues in Ottawa …

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34:18

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 218

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2023/06/08

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George get into whether or not putting a bunch of local mayors on a luxury yacht for all the world to see is the wisest political move; Park Board — oh Vancouver Park Board — bike lane freedom, but what’s the deal with pool dictatorships; and fires, feuds and freaks (and this is not BC we are

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31:17

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 217

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2023/06/01

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George check off a few things from their to-done list. Drinking in parks…or not, housing supply and the province’s game of chicken, and spies amongst us (George has a few stories).All that and more, or UnSpunpodcast.comNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us on

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33:26

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 216

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/05/25

Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.We are back after a three-week hiatus, and this week, Jody and George question the reasoning behind Surrey’s stubbornness to not accept or even seriously review the province’s recommendations related to the Surrey Police. Sticking with Surrey, some doctors there are saying they are being silenced, but the province

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36:00

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 215

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/04/27

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, from tax returns and credit ratings to the future of policing and rejuvenating Vancouver’s historic Chinatown, UnSpun hits it from coast to coast and corner to corner. Tune in and top up on politics from Ottawa to the DTES on Unspunpodcast.comNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or

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31:45

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 214

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/04/20

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, it was 4/20 again — seriously — is this “protest” in a Vancouver city park about cannabis really necessary anymore or is it all smoke, no fire? And while we have you … in the park … if you plan to take a dip in a pool, make sure you are properly dressed. Yup, Vancouver gets all prudish about swimwear —

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33:22

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 213

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/04/13

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, what’s in a name … or a logo, for that matter? Well, everything, if you are the BC Liberals who are now BC United and the reviews are already coming in…oggy oggy oggy! Meanwhile — crime watch from coast to coast, and how politicians are weighing in or out. And finally — party city Vancouver. What’s that

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36:17

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 212

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck ·

2023/04/07

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 moves on Vancouver’s downtown eastside as tents were finally removed from the sidewalks of the city. The decision by Vancouver City Council came after fires and violence threatened not only those camping there but the residents in the surrounding buildings. In Surrey and Vancouver, big budgets are in

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33:35

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 211

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2023/03/30

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 big or go home on the latest decision by the City of Vancouver related to the plans for Broadway in the city. The staff wanted to slow down. Council said no! While we are on Council in Vancouver, what is art? Do unsolicited sculptures of spiders count? Vancouver likely will be

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