Episode 8.21 - The Breakdown & The Orchard Crossover!

About this episode

A crossover episode discussing various political issues in Alberta and the future of journalism.

It's a special crossover episode between The Breakdown and Jeremy Appel's "The Orchard"! Originally recorded on May 6, 2026 on substack, we're excited to be able to bring the whole conversation to all of our platforms! In this chat, Nate and Jeremy cover the separatist data breach, the current NDP strategy against Smith and the UCP, the disassembly of democratic protections in Alberta, the future of journalism and... Aaron Sorkin? 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 MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving…

People in this episode

Host: Nate Pike

Guest: Jeremy Appel

Topics covered

• separatist data breach
• NDP strategy
• democratic protections
• future of journalism
• crossover episode

Keywords

• separatist data breach
• NDP
• UCP
• democracy
• journalism
• Aaron Sorkin
• legal defense fund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Breakdown, The Orchard, Sam Mraiche, Vanch, Turkish Tylenot

Places: Alberta

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