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The Breakdown With Nate Pike

Local Alberta Podcast about provincial and local politics and issues. Not journalists. #abpoli #albertapolitics Alberta Politics

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01:17:13

Episode 7.41 - The RCMP Vs. Smith's Provincial Police...

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2025/11/10

With Danielle Smith and the UCP continuing to push ahead with a provincial police force that’s wildly unpopular, we wanted to have a conversation that cut through the noise and answered some basic questions!Is there a benefit to an Alberta Provincial Police? Will it save money? Provide better service? Provide the same level of service? Or is it all just a power grab?To get to the bottom of it we sat down with two current RCMP members of “Keep Alberta RCMP” for an in depth conversation on all of

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00:49:41

Episode 7.40- The Weight of Words with Victoria...

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2025/11/06

In this (delayed) episode we sit down with advocate, activist, academic and stand up comedian Victoria Bucholz, who also performs under that stage name Karla Marx!Originally recorded right before the municipal elections, this conversation covers a boatload of topics, including those elections, the rise of neofascism, the nature of comedy and yup, we absolutely get into Charlie Kirk!If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam

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02:19:59

Episode 7.39 - The Notwithstanding Clause Live in...

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2025/11/03

Strap in!It's our episode we recorded live in Calgary on October 25th and it's ALL about the notwithstanding clause!We start off with a crash course on the notwithstanding clause, what Albertans need to know the UCP are going to be targeting with it and why their spin doesn't spin!From there, we move to our panel discussion with political scientist Dr Duane Bratt, Associate Law Professor Lorian Hardcastle, ATA Local 38 President Stephani Clements and boots on the ground outreach worker with the

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00:25:39

Episode 7.38 - Media Integrity with Petra Schulz!

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2025/11/02

Is Canadian media being compromised by law fare?Last week we took a look at the apparent attempts by Danielle Smith's former chief of staff Marshall Smith to remove an article from the Calgary Herald and the fact that the alleged pressure tactics worked!Tonight, we're talking with activist and advocate Petra Schulz, who was one of the founders of the group "Mom's Stop the Harm" and her own efforts to create pressure and hold the Calgary Herald and whoever made the decision to delete Guy Fellicella's

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00:14:42

Episode 7.37 - Is Canadian Media being compromised by...

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2025/10/23

Is Canadian media being compromised by law fare?On this special mini episode we take a look at how the story of how a column targeted by law fare by Danielle Smith's former chief of staff Marshall Smith was removed and ask some important questions about the integrity of the media than Albertans rely on to keep them well informed!Our Calgary live show is coming up fast on October 25th! Get your tickets while you can at www.thebreakdownablive.ca!If you're able to support our legal defense fund to

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00:39:03

Episode 7.36 - Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition...

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2025/10/18

With the “Forever Canadian” petition entering its last days for collecting signatures, a new petition has gotten a lot of attention because it’s calling for the end of Alberta’s practice of funding private education with public dollars! We sat down with the proponent of the AB Funds Public Education petition, Alicia Taylor to learn more about what made her decide to launch this petition and just as importantly, how Albertans who care about public education can get involved! Our Calgary live show is

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01:39:13

Episode 7.35 -Alberta's Students Speak Out!

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2025/10/13

Evan Li was silenced at the Alberta Next Town Hall, but his question about education was an important one!Rather than focus on the tantrums of the executive director for the premiers southern office, we wanted to hear from not only Evan but students from across the province on what their concerns are for education and what they want the government and teachers to hear from them!Our Calgary live show is coming up fast on October 25th! Get your tickets while you can at www.thebreakdownablive.ca!If

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01:51:04

Episode 7.34 - Alberta's Healthcare Crisis with Dr...

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2025/10/06

You don't want to miss this conversation with former Alberta Medical Association President and current Emergency Room Dr. Paul Parks!Now that Dr. Parks is no longer in any official roles with any governing bodies, he joins us for this unleashed conversation on the state of Alberta healthcare, and not only does he not hold back, but we cover a lot of ground! From the state of Emergency rooms to chartered surgical facilities to access to reproductive health for women to privatiziation to gender

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02:18:07

Episode 7.33 - September 28, 2025 - Alberta Politics...

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2025/09/29

It's a Charter of Rights and Freedoms heavy episode!We're back with another Alberta Politics Roundup, and while we hit on the most recent events in Alberta Politics, we also have a deep dive on Danielle Smith's willingness to crush Charter rights using the notwithstanding clause as well as a deep dive on the recent developments in the "CorruptCare" scandal because what is going on with all of these different reports?If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6

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00:55:41

Episode 7.32 - EPSB Trustee Candidate Nicole Renaud!

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2025/09/22

More and more Albertans are realizing how important school board elections will be this year, so we sat down with a candidate from War A in Edmonton! Nicole Renaud is a mother and an advocate and we sat down with her to hear about why she's running, what she believes the biggest issues are and what her vision is for how to work with a province that is growing increasingly combative with school boards!If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit

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02:09:57

Episode 7.31 - September 14, 2025 - Alberta Politics...

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2025/09/15

Time for another Alberta Politics roundup with a special announcement and a scoop on how Invest Alberta is spending taxpayer dollars!We start with a look at how Danielle SMith decided to use almost a billion dollars from a tobacco settlement and then we take a look at where the book bans are, the teachers strike, the HSAA union vote before we get to the big reveal we've been building up to all week!How much did taxpayers money did the Invest Alberta Board spend on an elite retreat at the Fairmont

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01:20:01

Episode 7.30 - Public Interest Alberta Executive...

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2025/09/08

An episode with a scoop!We sit down with Public Interest Alberta Executive Director Bradley Lafortune to not only learn more about what PIA does, but also to get into the UCP changes to AISH, the UCP's book bans, the degradation of how government officials interact with the public and a whole lot more!If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted

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00:53:57

Episode 7.29 - The Alberta Party becomes the Alberta...

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2025/09/04

Two former UCP MLA's have spent the last several months looking for a way to make a home for Progressive Conservatives in Alberta, but Danielle SMith and the UCP have tried to shut them down at almost every turn.Last week though, the Alberta Party officially voted to rebrand as a Progressive Conservative option, and while the final version of the name has yet to be approved, we sat down with Current AP leader Lindsay Amantea to get the full inside scoop as to how this all came to be!If you're able

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01:48:36

Episode 7.28 - August 31st, 2025 Back To School...

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2025/09/01

It's back to school and our Alberta Politics roundups are back too with a scorcher of an episode!On this episode we deep dive into not only the massive self inflicted blowback on the UCP's book bans, we also git into the impending teachers strike, Alberta's constantly revising COVID Vaccine policy and the recent scandal with a UCP minister letting a hate preacher into the legislature for a special late night tour and impromptu worship ceremony!Plus we get into coal mines and AI a little. If you're

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02:59:47

Episode 7.27 - The Breakdown Live in Edmonton (August...

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2025/08/25

We did a thing!On August 16th we did our first live show ever and went up to Edmonton to do it!Not only that, but after we did a deep dive on the UCP's book bans, we had a panel discussion with Curriculum expert Dr. Carla Peck, ATA President Jason Schilling, Advocacy Leader Bradley Lafortune and the best voice in Alberta Politics TikTok Lisa B!But we didn't stop there!We also sat down with former Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk to talk Forever Canadian!Plus we announced our revitalized merch line

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00:55:18

Episode 7.26 - Independent Candidate Bonnie Critchley!

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2025/07/28

You asked for it, you got it!With Dr Bratt laying out an exceptional argument for how relevant the federal byelection is in Battle River - Crowfoot is to Alberta Politics on our last episode, we sat down with Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley to learn more about who she is, why she's running and a whole lot more!Separatism! The Alberta Next Panels! Gun Laws! And...Thor and Tractor subscriptions!(For real though, the tractor subscriptions part is a part you don't want to miss!)If you're able to

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01:27:10

Episode 7.25 - Alberta Politics with Political...

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2025/07/21

It's time to bring in an expert!Summer is usually a time for Alberta Politics to slow down, but this summer is definitely an exception! With Danielle Smith launching her Alberta Next panel, the PC Party relaunching, legal actions left right and center and federal politics invading the provincial scene, we sat down with Political Scientist Dr. Duane Bratt to try and make sense of it all!If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam

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00:10:21

Bonus Episode - Burning Jasper Again!

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2025/07/20

The town of Jasper just released a report on the wildfire that burned down almost a third of the town, but Danielle Smith isn't having any of it!With the report informed by the on the ground debriefings of firefighters and emergency management team members, there's plenty of things to improve on with future responses, but the concern that the the province making demands delayed decisions during the response has Danielle Smith trying to retcon what happened!So we take a look!If you're able to support

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02:25:53

Episode 7.24 - July 13th, 2025 Alberta Politics Roundup!

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2025/07/14

*Editors note - The Audio on the first 4 minutes is a little wonky, it gets better though, don't worry!It's been two weeks since our last Alberta Politics Roundup so there's a lot to catch up on!We start with a look at the recent changes to AISH before we catch up on what's going on with water in Alberta, take a look at Premier Danielle Smith's weaponization of immigration, the Alberta Next Panel, the new (ish?) PC Party, books bans and the recent court injunction stopping Danielle Smith's

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01:11:50

Alberta's Book Ban - Bonus Mashup Episode!

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2025/07/12

With the UCP Government rolling out its wide reaching book ban policy, we're presenting a special mashup of our coverage up until the ban was fully revealed. This includes the June 1st segment addressing the underlying issues behind the bans and how they're almost certainly going to cause harm AND the June 22nd segment with our FOIP that revealed that the UCP not only used American and religious book ban lists to inform their policy, but also how the claims they made about the schools these books

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