Majority of BC: The Podcast

With major elections brewing, the Majority team recruits a special guest to discuss a new form of political discourse that is washing across the globe: memes. The impact of social media on potential future candidates is also discussed.

BC’s 35th Premier joins the Majority Team in studio for her most wide-ranging interview since leaving office. Hosts Ryan Pineo, Nicole Paul, and Jordan Schroeder talk to Christy about the state of the Canadian Federation, her time as Premier, and the importance of looking past your differences. Episode produced by John Manning. Hear more at http://majoritypodcast.ca/

Jas Johal, BC Liberal MLA for Richmond-Queensborough, joins the Majority team in-studio to talk about the forces shaping the future of British Columbia. Ryan Pineo, Nicole Paul, and Zoe Ferry are today's hosts. A video version is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAQlMdOhegU

Late in 2018 we released our first video podcast, featuring Sam Sullivan. But somehow we forgot to post the audio! Here is the episode in audio format. Sam was an incredible guest: inspiring, thought-provoking, and a lot nicer to us than we probably deserve. It's a great episode and we hope you like it.

For the premiere of Season 2, the Majority team travels to Nanaimo to visit Tony Harris. Tony talks about "The Mother of All By-Elections" (name credit: The Orca) including the hot issues around town, and how he might just pull off a win...

Mary Polak is a former BC Liberal cabinet minister who held several different portfolios, as well as the current opposition House Leader. She and Jordan talk about the different cabinet positions she's held and the NDP's steady expansion of the government's reach into your life.

Join us this week with Sebastian Zein, a recent UBC graduate eager to discuss housing, nationalism, by-elections, and the alt-right. Episode Index: 1:44: The friend zone and municipal election results 7:20: NDP By-election candidate 17:27: PR Referendum ballots and low turnout 21:20: Why do left wing parties tend to support PR? 28:43: The barrage of housing taxes 35:23: The role of nationalism in the foreign buyers tax 45:46: The alt right in BC

Renowned strategist and policy expert Kareem Allan joins us in studio to talk BC Liberal history, relationships with First Nations, and conservative approaches to environmental issues. More info on Kareem here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kareem-allam-57768318/

Our guest this week on Majority Signature is Puneet Sandhar, of Sanghera Sandhar Law Group. Puneet is the former BC Liberal candidate for Surrey-Panorama. We discuss the challenges of running for office, civility in politics, and Ryan's worst first date ever.

This week, Jordan and Ryan discuss the NDP's climbdown on photo radar, how they're making the city less livable with more rent control, and whether you should be able to do crazy things with your property that make your neighbour angry.

The new Majority Raw format will feature shorter weekly episodes where your two hosts break down the week in #BCPoli. On the premier episode of Majority Raw, Ryan and Jordan discuss BC Politics in the past week. They touch on the Union of BC Municipalities Conference that happened recently and what provincial politicians are doing to try to win more votes at this crucial event. And if you stay to the end, you'll find out where to take your vegan significant other for dinner.

This week's episode is brought to you by our guest host and guest producer, Jordan Schroeder! On the show with Jordan is co-host Ryan Pineo and guest Jock Finlayson, Vice President and Chief Policy Officer of the Business Council of British Columbia. Jordan, Ryan, and Jock discuss why it can be difficult to do business in BC, how the NDP government is affecting investor confidence, and how we can get our province back on the right track. All that and more in this week's episode!

Episode 1.2 - Who Should Tell The Terminator Not To Smoke? feat. Mike Morton by Majority of BC: The Podcast

In this inaugural episode launching our new insider BC politics podcast, veteran strategist Mark Marissen discusses what's happened since the last election and where we can go from here.