The pundits are back on the Knowhere Pub patio and not even a late summer storm can stop them from taking on poll aggregators and seat projections. Jeff is a fan. Richard is not. Danielle is helping the rest of us make sense of it all. Don&apos;t miss this electrifying episode on week three of the 44th General Election.

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Federal Election Week 3: Pundits on a Patio Polling Special

Its week two of the campaign and the pundits are back on the patio, this time at Bill Crumplin&apos;s Knowhere Public House, to break down the shifts and the turns locally and nationally.  Despite an increase in the pace of the campaign, we have not yet seen the Sudbury or Nickel Belt candidates face off - that will come in Week 3. 

Federal Election Week 2: Pundits on a Patio

We are back together in person for the first time since the pandemic lockdown in March 2019 and enjoying the best a summer federal election can offer - a reason to grab drinks with political friends on a local patio!Week 1 of the Federal election in Sudbury and Nickel Belt was a bit of sleepy thing - we look at what the parties need to do to step up the game. Join us each week for Pundits on a Patio, our special series.

Federal Election Week 1: Pundits on a Patio

We&apos;re back for our third season! With federal politics in the air, Danielle Derochie takes the host chair alongside Jeff and Richard to give a comprehensive preview of the upcoming general election. Who is running? How do the national trends impact them? What do they have to do win? We explore these and more. 

Season 3: Federal Election Preview

Mike Morrice exploded into the Green Party&apos;s consciousness in the 2019 election, delivering a fully funded campaign with a determined and dedicated team and increasing the vote share in Kitchener Centre from about 1500 to 15000 votes. He placed the strongest second of any Green in Ontario (leader Annamie Paul received only 4000 votes in 2019). In the midst of a tough transition for the Greens, Mike is running maybe the most effective pre-election non-incumbent campaign across all parties in the entire country. Jeff and Richard explore new leadership, internal squabbles and doing politics differently with Green Candidate Mike Morrice (www.mikemorrice.ca)

Episode 27: The Interview with Mike Morrice, Green Party

Paul Lefebvre, Sudbury&apos;s MP is dealing with some major issues in his last few months as a federal politician. Caught in the crossfire over Laurentian University, while repping his government&apos;s covid response and a massive federal budget, Paul found time to sit down with hosts Jeff MacIntrye and Richard Eberhardt to explore those issues, and pass on some advice to his successor.

Episode 26: The Interview with MP Paul Lefebvre

When the crisis at Laurentian began, Nadia Verrelli was on sabbatical from her position as a professor of Political Science. She&apos;s been watching as the University declared itself insolvent, then along with over a hundred colleagues, blindsided by the elimination of her job and the entire political science program. With the situation still growing in scope and impact, Nadia joins Richard and Jeff to look at the political response and political implications of the gutting of Sudbury&apos;s 3rd largest employer. 

Episode 25: Laurentian as Political Hot Potato

LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY: Surprising everyone including the deans, Laurentian University declared itself insolvent on Feb 1 2021. Since then the communications from the administration have been scant, the community has scrambled to organize, and some 132 lawyers have been involved in proceedings in federal court. This crash course in Insolvency Studies digs through everything we know and don&apos;t know about this situation. IS100: We talk to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates about the financial crisis and how it came to be. IS200: Professor Reuben Roth and student Darius Garneau, who are helping to organize Save Our Sudbury, tell us about the ongoing community response. IS300: Guest host Josh interviews the team and brings us your questions, which we answer for extra credit. 

Episode 24: Insolvency Studies at Laurentian University - 3-part special

US POLITICS: We welcome back our special US correspondent Danielle! On the eve of the second impeachment trial of the 45th President of the United States, we talk about how it will work, what's the current state of play, and how Republicans are dealing with a cancer of crazy in their ranks. 

Episode 23: US Senate Grapples With Crazy

In this episode:SUDBURY COUNCIL: Coming from a bombshell that blew over KED supporters on Council, the hosts talk about an upcoming report which will lay out all the "options" for an event centre including ones on sites other than the Kingsway. What&apos;s happening and our analysis here.FEDERAL POLITICS: While Donald Trump was busy cleaning out the Resolute desk, Conservative Leader Erin O&apos;Toole issued a statement asserting there is "no place for the far right" in his party. Later that week, the Conservative Party caucus voted to expel MP Derek Sloan. Was that all in a good day&apos;s work, or does the O&apos;Toole have more to do to prove to Canadians that the Conservative party is, as he says, a "moderate, pragmatic, mainstream party". We discuss.COVID RESPONSE: Northern Ontario Covid-19 numbers have remained low compared to the south, leading more than a few Northerners and several regional politicians to call for a travel ban. Can we build a Covid wall around the north? Should we?

Episode 22: K.E.D. Options, CPC boots Sloan, Northern Ontario Travel Ban

Election Night, the finale.....maybe...It’s been nearly two months since our US Election Night coverage began, and with the Georgia run-off now complete and two new Democratic Senators preparing to take their seats, the team is breathing a collective sigh of relief that there won’t be another US election for at least two years.Richard and Jeff are joined by Josh and special guest Danielle - our International Affairs correspondent - to unpack this from a Sudbury perspective. The story of the 2020 Presidential Election is quite possibly over after the confirmation of the Electoral College votes, however it’s the next chapter that has everyone on the edge of their seats wondering what happens next.What happens between now and inauguration, will it be the 25th or an impeachment for Trump and where does his final defeat leave the country, and perhaps most importantly how and where does President #46 (or #47) Joe Biden begin to rebuild.

US Election Special - Donald's Done?

Our second season underway, Rachel, Richard, and Jeff mix it up on the hot topics in national, provincial and local politics. In this episode the hosts talk about what to do with the MAGA-level extremists in political movements, about Erin O&apos;Toole&apos;s interest in finding union votes, and what&apos;s happening to the Sudbury economy during Covid. 

Episode 20: O'toole the Unionist, Sudbury's Covid Economy, MAGA go home

Waabindaazijig – For Those Who Are Not Yet BornGo Leafs Go!!! This week features an eye-opening interview with Quinn Meawasige; Ojibwe from Serpent River First Nation, Indigenous Studies Professor, and #1 Toronto Maple Leafs fan. Rachel, Richard, and Jeff raise questions about Indigenous reconciliation, treaty rights, hunting and fishing rights, and land-based education and language, with Quinn responding to each with a mind-blowing history lesson that leads into an understanding of the issue today.First, we tackle the government’s priority of reconciling its relationship with Canada’s Indigenous peoples. Quinn explains his vision for the path forward, one that is centred on honouring the intention of treaties and creating space for Indigenous peoples so that they can be authors of their own narrative. He elaborates on the factors that perpetuate racism, including actions and words that non-Indigenous Canadians can use to break the cycle.Quinn then teaches us about hunting and fishing rights and how they contribute to both food security and food sovereignty in Indigenous communities through activities such as wild food banks and community hunts. As a way of learning from the current conflict in Nova Scotia, he highlights the importance of Northeastern Ontarians consulting with community members and understanding Indigenous peoples’ inherent rights, as opposed to treaty rights.Quinn describes the responsibilities stemming from these inherent rights, which includes those to the Waabindaazijig or those who are not yet born. He explains Indigenous peoples’ relationship to the land to demonstrate how land-based education creates a process for inter-generational healing, as well as the importance of Indigenous languages. Quinn leaves us with the notion that true reconciliation requires integration and nurturing over time.

The Interview: Quinn Meawasige

Anyone who has watched our show knows that Jeff, Richard and Rachel love to talk. However, this week, things are different.In a special episode, the team is joined by Laurentian University student and BLM Sudbury activist Darius Garneau, who talks to us about his own experiences growing up in Sudbury, the BLM movement and how to address systemic racism in our community and across the country.This week we are listening, and we are learning.

Episode 19: Listening ft Darius Garneau

As you may have noticed over the past few weeks, our team has been playing a game of musical hosts (and we’re not just referring to Jeff’s vocalizing), this week two familiar faces are back to make up for lost time and lost opinions.Many things have been happening at the local level over the past few weeks and Rachel and Richard are ready to break down and discuss everything that has been going oThe KED is back in the news and back on hold, and ironically enough, the most pressing question surrounding the KED (and the funding of other large projects) is the question that resulted in a Councillor storming from a meeting in what has become an all to familiar sight, through the nearest available open door. And in speaking of doors, as some of them begin to reopen across the province and in our City, Richard and Rachel dig into how this is going to happen here and what it means for the City’s bottom

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