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Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosted by Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer. With Geoff Meggs. #BCpoli #StrategySuite #MiniBar
Hotel Pacifico is recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
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"Is Culture the new Data?" with Kyla Ronellenfitsch and Gabe De Roche
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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"Nuance & No Nonsense" with Chief Aaron Pete
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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"Chainsaw Politics" with Scott Lunny + Lesli Boldt
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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"Cowbirds and BC's Fair Share" with Ray Castelli + Jess Ketchum
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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"Paying the bond traders" with Kevin Milligan + Larry Neufeld
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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"Budget Drift"
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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"3% or Bust" with Bridgitte Anderson + Michael Gardiner
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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"Hotel Arctico" with Premier Currie Dixon
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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"Deluxe Davos Discussion" with Glen Clark & James Moore + Aileen Machell
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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“Indigenous Street and Resources Road” with Doug Caul
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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"Caring Body of People" with Elenore Sturko
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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"6-7 BC Conservative Leadership Candidates" with Trevor Halford
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Holiday Extravaganza: Clark, Harcourt, Davies, McElroy & Zussman
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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"The Evolution of Eby" with Vaughn Palmer + 12 Substacks of Christmas
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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"I'm not going to be silenced" with John Rustad + Gurpreet Vinning
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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"Pipelines, Politics and the Pacific” with Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta + Dimitri Pantazopoulos
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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"Invest & Build for Good" with Ryan Beedie + Strategy Suite
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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"Defining moments in B.C. politics" with Richard Zussman + Carlie Pochynok
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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"BC NDP Convention" with Raj Sihota + Katie DeRosa and Wolfgang Depner
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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"B.C. does it better than anywhere in the world" with Todd Stone + Maeghan Dewar
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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"Targeting Trump on Tariffs" with Premier Eby + Kory Teneycke
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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"Canadians not travelling to the US" Tamara Vrooman + Bob Kronbauer
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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"Both provinces have a champion" with Cheryl Oates and Erika Barootes + George Abbott
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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"John Horgan: In His Own Words” with Rod Mickleburgh + Maria Dobrinskaya
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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"Mayors of BC, Unite" with Fran Yanor
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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"No Groundswell" with Dimitri Pantazopoulos
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Special Episode: BC Cities and Towns with Richard Zussman
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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"Infiltrating A Beauty Contest" with Judy Darcy
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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“Blindingly Obvious” with Don Wright
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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“Take me to the Greek” with Dimitri Pantazopoulos
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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"Conservative Stereotypes" with Claire Rattée + Nicole Brassard
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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"Evolution of Indigenous Journalism" with Wawmeesh Hamilton + Richard Zussman
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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"Business and Government Parallels" with Glen Clark, BC's 31st Premier
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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"Crack Down On Gender-Based Violence" with Angela Marie MacDougall
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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BC Politics Trivia Duel with Baldrey & McElroy
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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"Hotel Pacifico Rim" with Canada’s Ambassador to Japan Ian McKay + Anita Zaenker
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Emergency Pod Cabinet Shuffle Reaction
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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"Fires, Closures, and Loss" with Kim Haakstad + Jess Ketchum
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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"The Whole Story" with Aaron Gunn
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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"It all fits" with Dallas Smith + Duncan Wlodarczak
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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"The BC NDP has a younger, more dynamic bench" with Adrian Dix
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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"Tough Grandma" Mayor Brenda Locke
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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🔥 Heat and Fire with Sean Holman + Fran Yanor
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Harman Bhangu: The difference between BC Conservatives & national Conservatives
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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What to do with BC natural resources? ft. Stewart Muir
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May 28, 2025 |
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Multicultural Communications & Media with Jatinder Rai
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May 22, 2025 |
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Western Alienation with Cheryl Oates and Erika Barootes
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May 14, 2025 |
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Super Strategy Suite with Bob Dewar, Caroline Elliott and Brittney Kerr
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May 07, 2025 |
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100th Episode Post-Election Special with David Herle
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Battle for BC: Predictions!
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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"Poilievre was channeling Trump" with Don Davies + Caroline Elliott
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Battle for BC: Vancouver and North of Fraser Review
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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"Keep Connor McDavid on the Ice" /w former premier, Gordon Campbell + Marko Dekovic
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Battle for BC: Fraser Valley & Beyond Hope Review
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Election Polling with Greg Lyle + Guest Co-Host Aisha Estey
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Battle for BC: Suburban Battleground Review
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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"When Sh*t Really Hit The Fan" with Matt Stickney
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Battle for BC: Riding x Riding Review
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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"A Chaotic and Dysfunctional System" with Allan Gregg + Caroline Elliott
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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"More to be Desired" with Áʼa꞉líya Warbus
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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"The Tariff War and Budgets" with Trevor Tombe
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Emerging from BC Budget Lockup
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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"Remove the partisan rhetoric" with former BC LG, Janet Austin
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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"Consolidate and Moderate" with Jas Johal
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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"A centrist alternative" with Karin Kirkpatrick
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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"Working people up for grabs" with Sussanne Skidmore
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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"It's the economy stupid" with Laura Jones
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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"Sphere of Influence" with Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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"What the h*ll is a critical mineral anyway" with Michael Goehring
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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"ChatGPT versus doctors" with Terry Lake
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Holiday Party with LG Austin, James Moore, Joy MacPhail, and Richard Zussman
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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"Command performance" with Murray Rankin
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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"Cheaper energy and a new economy for Canada" with Merran Smith
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Housing Gatekeepers with Mayor Eric Woodward
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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"The Steve Martin of Hotel Pacifico": Don Wright, former head of BC public service
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Remembering the Honourable John Horgan
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Aisha Estey, President of the BC Conservative Party
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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BC NDP Campaign Director Marie Della Mattia + Strategy Suite with Don Guy
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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And the winner is ...
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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🎵 Eve of D̶e̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ Election 🗳️
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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T-minus 2 with the 34th premier of BC, Gordon Campbell
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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T-minus 3 with the 31st premier of BC, Glen Clark
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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T-minus 4 ... with new polling!
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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T-minus 8
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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T-minus 9 with Mary Polak
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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T-minus 10
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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T-minus 11
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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T-minus 12
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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T-minus 15 with Richard Zussman
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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T-minus 16
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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T-minus 17 with Don Guy
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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T-minus 18
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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T-minus 22 with special guest Kory Teneycke
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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T-minus 23 with special guest David Herle
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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T-minus 24
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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T-minus 25
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The election is on!
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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BONUS POD: Riding by Riding Review with Richard Zussman
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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John Rustad, Leader of the BC Conservative Party
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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David Eby: 37th Premier of British Columbia
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Hotel Pacifico is going daily during the election!
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Emergency Pod: BC United suspends campaign + BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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"Elites under every cushion" with Katie DeRosa + Bruce Young
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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"Fire Weather" with John Vaillant
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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"Populism overwhelms elite consensus" with Angus Reid
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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"Unaffordable housing killed Halloween" with Minister Ravi Kahlon
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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“Rights exist whether Crown politicians acknowledge them or not” with Adam Olsen
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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"Throwing Darts" with Andrew Weaver + Strategy Suite with Bob Kronbauer
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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"There is a town called Lytton" with Mayor Denise O'Connor
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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"Time stamp this episode" with James Moore
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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"Untold Tales" with Daniel Marshall + Strategy Suite guest Sarah Sidhu
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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"Why are the Conservatives up 20 in Canada and down 20 in the UK" with Andrew Percy + Strategy Suite guest Stepan Vdovine
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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"The math is the math" with Neil Sweeney
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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BC Housing with "Condo King" Bob Rennie + Strategy Suite guest Andrea Reimer
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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"BC is Back" with Carole James
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May 29, 2024 |
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"Populism for all the right reasons" with Andrew Petter
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May 22, 2024 |
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"Tell your gut to shut up" with Dan Arnold
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May 15, 2024 |
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"It's toast" with Eric Denhoff
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May 08, 2024 |
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“You don’t get the whole picture” with Carole Taylor
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May 01, 2024 |
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"Hopeful populism" with James Moore
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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"Wanting power to wanting to help people fight power" with Michael Bryant
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Bringing suburban populism to the people with Mayor Brad West
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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"If you want to build in BC, be in BC" with Susannah Pierce
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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“Assertive, aggressive, but not nuts” with Joy MacPhail
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Christy Clark, 35th Premier of British Columbia
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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"Talk Show Politician" with Greg Lyle
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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"It can't all be polite" with Mike de Jong
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Special LIVE episode of Hotel Pacifico with Civix!
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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"Be the voice of people" with Bhupinder Hundal
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: BC Budget Breakdown
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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BC Crime with Kim Bolan + Throne Speech Reaction
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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"Full-throated, fire-breathing, long-time Conservative" with Kory Teneycke
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Public Policy Counsel with Don Wright
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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BC Budget Warm-Up with Bryan Yu
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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"Road to Recovery" with Marshall Smith, Chief of Staff to Premier Smith
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Hitting the jump shot, energy and reconciliation with Crystal Smith
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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"The political fabric of British Columbia" with Vaughn Palmer
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Glen Clark, 31st Premier of British Columbia
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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"Baldrey's Books" with Keith Baldrey
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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"The Rockies are more than a physical divide" with Rachel Curran
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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"That group is very susceptible right now" with Shachi Kurl
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Free enterprise versus the other guys with Jess Ketchum
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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BC NDP Convention table setting with Raj Sihota
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: John Horgan, 36th Premier of British Columbia
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Political "stock-in-trade" with Bridgitte Anderson
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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"Political Animal" with special guest Kareem Allam
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Inaugural episode with special guest Bob Dewar
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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One Podcast Sitting Inside Another: #HotelPacifico sneak peek on #TheHerleBurly
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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TRAILER: Welcome to Hotel Pacifico
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Oct 16, 2023 |