The Unelectables: Recent Episodes
The Unelectables
By day, Kirk Schmidt and Joey Oberhoffner are mild-mannered geeks. But by night, they are... mild-mannered geeks with a podcast. The Unelectables provides a quick recap of recent political news, as well as deep dives into the “Hows” and “Whys” of politics.
Kirk talks about the polarization of today's politics - why is it this way, was it always this way, and can anything be done? The guys give a shout out to the fantastic folks at AskHerYYC.org, and Joey pleads: Don't Be A Dick.
Kirk and Joey geek out about democratic reform, equalization, respect for voters, referendums, donation limits, spending limits, and a trivia question from Kirk that will BLOW. YOUR. MIND.
Apologies on the audio quality - we love you, Zoom, but it sounds like we're on a 1930's rural trunk phone line. If you listen closely, you can even hear some of Maxime Bernier's policies trying to cut into the call...
Kirk and Joey talk municipal expense reports, Western Alienation, the Conservative Leadership Race, and more in this special 1st Anniversary show!
Kirk and Joey discuss the Federal Election results, Western Alienation, why unquestioning regional loyalty to a political party isn't a good strategy to get what you want, and the Conservative leadership question.
Kirk and Joey discuss the first 9 days of Canada's 43rd Federal Election, the Justin Trudeau Brownface/Blackface revelations, Andrew Scheer's same-sex marriage problem, Maxime Bernier in the debates, campaign war rooms and - just for kicks - some actual POLICY discussion.
Joey and Kirk - from somewhere in the Borg Collective, based on his audio - talk about the deafening "meh" in public polling after the federal Ethics Commissioner's report into SNC-Lavalin, Andrew Scheer's gambit, broadway, what's next for the Alberta Party, and why passing out cash from a brown envelope (allegedly) is probably not a good idea.
Kirk and Joey return to the mic after a busy summer break to talk about Calgary City Council's poor approval ratings, the strategies of the major parties going into the Federal Election this October, and why nobody good really wants to run for the leadership of a political party these days.
Joey and Kirk emerge from their fallout shelter after 30 days of UCP government in Alberta to talk about the provincial cabinet, tough questions the Alberta Party needs to ask itself, Justin Trudeau's terrible spring, and a special appearance by the ghost of Joe Clark's federal PC government.
Kirk and Joey talk about what does and does not constitute a bozo eruption, why it's a bad idea to destroy a campaign sign on video, the RCMP investigation into alleged voter fraud in the UCP leadership race, pots calling kettles black, and they break down the polls as we head into the final weekend of the campaign.
Kirk and Joey (who is, based on the sound quality, talking into a tin can attached to a computer by a string, whilst standing next to an active starship warp core) discuss the first 9 days of the Alberta General Election campaign, GSAs, health policy, education policy, sales tax, federal equalization, bozo eruptions, leadership debates, vote counting procedures, and just about anything else you can think of.
We're not kidding. It's 90 minutes.
Full disclosure: We were going to cut this into 2 episodes, but after Joey's computer died the SECOND TIME during editing, we just decided "to heck with it - it's one loooong episode". Bon appetit!
Kirk and Joey come together via the miracle of the internet to discuss the dropping of the writ, kicking off Alberta's 2019 General Election, as well as controversies that dog the front-running United Conservatives ahead of the April 16th vote.
Kirk and Joey talk about the SNC-Lavalin affair, alleged shenanigans in the UCP Leadership Race, and give grandma's recipe for banana bread! #2truthsandalie
Kirk and Joey break down the news of the past two weeks, and talk about hate groups hijacking party logos, dirty campaign tricks and what can't be done about them, and whether or not the Alberta Party is really a thing.
In Episode 1 of The Unelectables, Kirk and Joey give a recap of the week's news, and talk carbon tax, government announcements during elections, and the U.S. Government Shutdown and what Canada can learn from it.