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The Alberta NDP and LEAP—from the LEAP perspective
Nov 28, 2025
45m 24s
The 2019 lore that may decide today's NDP leadership race
Oct 19, 2025
1h 05m 14s
Calgary's new police dragnet
Aug 17, 2025
55m 04s
Alberta's measles catastrophe
Jul 23, 2025
45m 38s
At The Bouncy Castle of Madness
Jul 15, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 11/28/25 | The Alberta NDP and LEAP—from the LEAP perspective✨ | Alberta NDPeco-socialism+3 | Martin Lukacs | Breach MediaAlberta NDP+1 | — | Alberta NDPLEAP manifesto+3 | — | 45m 24s | |
| 10/19/25 | ![]() The 2019 lore that may decide today's NDP leadership race | The federal NDP leadership race is on, and with the recently-harrowed federal party's strongest remaining power base right here in Alberta this may be a very Alberta-focused campaign. Former Alberta environment minister Shannon Phillips joins us on the pod to talk about the lore you'll need to understand this race—the lingering resentment over candidate Avi Lewis's attempt to introduce the LEAP manifesto at the 2019 Alberta NDP convention. | 1h 05m 14s | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | ![]() Calgary's new police dragnet | Euan Thomson from drugdatadecoded.ca joins us on the pod once again, this time to tell us about his investigation into the Calgary police's use of facial recognition technology. * Premier's Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala [https://www.theprogressreport.ca/premier-prageru-fundraiser] * 'MAGA performer' booked to perform at the Legislature is a far-right associate of Artur Pawlowski and the Proud Boys [https://www.theprogressreport.ca/_maga_performer_booked_to_perform_at_the_legislature_is_a_far_right_associate] * Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online [https://drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-police-image-recognition-software-identifies-individuals-in-photos-videos-posted-online/] The Progress Report podcast is listener-funded and runs no ads—please consider becoming a patron at www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons [http://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons] | 55m 04s | ||||||
| 7/23/25 | ![]() Alberta's measles catastrophe | In the grip of anti-vax culture and governed by an anti-vax premier, Alberta is now the site of the world's second-worst active measles outbreak, with more total cases than the entire United States of America. Former Alberta NDP health minister Sarah Hoffman joins us on the pod to discuss the causes of the outbreak and what the opposition thinks Alberta should be doing about it. Then, for a palate cleanser, a bit about Hoffman's new hobby as a stand-up comic. For more from The Progress Report, find us at theprogressreport.ca and bsky.app/profile/theprogressreport.ca. The Report is entirely audience-supported; if you'd like to pitch in, subscribe at theprogressreport.ca/patrons | 45m 38s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | ![]() At The Bouncy Castle of Madness | Jeremy recounts the harrowing tale of his visit to a separatist rally on Canada Day in Mirror, Alberta. Check out Jeremy's original article on this event on his blog The Orchard at www.readtheorchard.org/p/canada-day-with-the-separatists. To support the Progress Report podcast and keep us free of advertisements for mattresses and nutritional supplements, head over to theprogressreport.ca/patrons. | 1h 11m 04s | ||||||
| 6/27/25 | ![]() Michael Janz on Edmonton's 2025 elections | Jim and Jeremy interview Michael Janz, councillor for Edmonton's Ward Papastew, about his election campaign, the value of fighting to change public opinion, whether political parties at the muni level are good, and more. Support the Progress Report at theprogressreport.ca/patrons. For more from the Janz campaign, see the councillor's site at michaeljanz.ca. | 50m 37s | ||||||
| 6/21/25 | ![]() Seven Gs | Press Progress's Stephen Magusiak joins Jim and Jeremy to talk about this week's G7 conference—and not about the unimportant parts, like global geopolitics, but about what really matters: what Albertans were doing. Who was organizing around G7 locally and were they successful? The fellas get into it. Support the Progress Report pod by becoming a patron at theprogressreport.ca/patrons :) Stephen writes for Press Progress, which you can find at pressprogress.ca | 42m 15s | ||||||
| 6/11/25 | ![]() Fasting for Gaza | Jim and Jeremy speak with participants in an ongoing 40-day fast for Gaza about the present situation in Palestine, organizing back here in Edmonton, and the difficult task of grappling with power from a disempowered position. Please consider supporting this pod and/or subscribing to the newsletter at https://www.theprogressreport.ca/ | 48m 48s | ||||||
| 4/27/25 | ![]() The end of the Gillenium? | The 20-year president of the Alberta Federation of Labour is up for re-election this Sunday. Jim and Jeremy take a look at the present situation, check out some Gil McGowan campaign literature, and speak to the AFL leadership candidate who didn't ignore our interview request. | 54m 32s | ||||||
| 4/24/25 | ![]() Fed election 2025 feat. Dave Cournoyer and Blake Desjarlais | 2025's federal election is set to up-end politics in Western Canada and yet at the same time the campaign period has been both short and uneventful. So we tapped a couple of smart guys to un-boring it: first Dave Cournoyer, one of Alberta's most knowledgeable political commentators. Then we talk to Blake Desjarlais, one of the rare electeds worthy of our rascal respect. More of Dave's work is available at www.daveberta.ca. | 1h 24m 45s | ||||||
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| 4/14/25 | ![]() Drug poisoning polycrisis & U of C crackdown, feat. Euan Thomson | Through projects including the national business coalition Each+Every and his publication Drug Data Decoded (www.drugdatadecoded.ca), Euan Thomson has put his heart and soul into combatting the ongoing drug poisoning crisis, and he joins us on this episode of the Progress Report to bring everyone up to date with the crisis's current status. But Euan of late has also been an ally to the Palestinian solidarity movement and it's in that capacity that he took a beating from police during last year's violent crackdown on demonstrators at the University of Calgary. In this episode Euan and Jeremy also discuss the crackdown, and why one Calgary Liberal candidate in particular is implicated in the story in a bad way. Full show notes and our other content is available at www.theprogressreport.ca. Jeremy's article for The Maple on the U of C situation, mentioned in the episode: https://www.readthemaple.com/liberal-star-candidate-helped-shut-down-pro-palestine-encampment/ | 1h 13m 10s | ||||||
| 3/21/25 | ![]() The battle for the Valleyview Municipal Library | Journalist Susan Thompson joins us on the pod with the latest from Valleyview, where the local library is under political siege from a batch of odd characters including a UCP VP of comms and a white nationalist who worked for the local MLA. Full show notes at https://www.theprogressreport.ca/pod_the_battle_for_the_valleyview_library Support the Progress Report by donation at https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons Read Susan Thompson on Medium: https://medium.com/@susanvhthompson/valleyview-library-board-rocked-by-controversy-cuts-weekly-staff-budget-c2baab48fde2 | 36m 27s | ||||||
| 3/6/25 | ![]() Analyzing Alberta's 2025 budget with Dr. Wing Li and Chris Gallaway | Dr. Wing Li from Support our Students and Chris Gallaway from Friends of Medicare join us to analyze Alberta's weird, complicated, anti-worker 2025 budget. Full show notes at https://www.theprogressreport.ca/pod-analyzing-the-2025-budget We are grateful for any support you would like to provide to this independent media project. To become a Progress Report patron, head to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons | 48m 43s | ||||||
| 2/24/25 | ![]() The Alberta Worker | Labour journalist Kim Siever (The Alberta Worker) joins Jim and Jeremy on the pod today to chat about the AHS procurement scandal, the province's ongoing education strike, and his experience working the labour beat here in Alberta. Links and full show notes for this episode available at https://www.theprogressreport.ca/kim-siever-alberta-worker | 47m 26s | ||||||
| 2/6/25 | ![]() #DEXIT | After nine years as Progress Alberta's executive director and the editor of the Progress Report, Duncan Kinney is moving on to stabler, more raise-a-family-able things. Join us as we reminisce about some of our greatest hits during Duncan's tenure and talk frankly about the issue of 'activist journalism.' | 49m 19s | ||||||
| 6/14/24 | ![]() The Gang Gets Electoral | Jeremy and Duncan review the state of the ANDP leadership race, offer their predictions, and tell you how they'd fill out their ballots today. | 45m 10s | ||||||
| 5/3/24 | ![]() Housing crisis + UCP power-grab intersect in weeks-long Calgary zoning hearings | Joel Laforest, policy advisor to Calgary councillor Courtney Walcott, joins us on the pod to go over the politicking around the city's efforts to fix its zoning laws, the housing crisis, and how it all relates to the UCP's Bill 18 and Bill 20. | 37m 30s | ||||||
| 3/23/24 | ![]() Sarah Hoffman makes her pitch | In the first of our interviews with Alberta NDP leadership candidates, Duncan chats with Sarah Hoffman. Then, some analysis with Jim. Show notes and more content, including our ANDP leadership tracker, can be found at our website, The Progress Report [https://www.theprogressreport.ca/] | 46m 45s | ||||||
| 2/6/24 | ![]() Kenneyism: Reckoning with what Alberta's ultimate political weirdo has done to us | Jeremy Appel joins the pod to talk about his newly published book, Kenneyism: Jason Kenney's Pursuit of Power. We discuss how Jason Kenney's ghost continues to haunt us still and the effects his time in politics have wrought at the federal and provincial level. | 1h 28m 13s | ||||||
| 11/29/23 | ![]() The desperate crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in Canada | Law professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington joins host Duncan Kinney to discuss how universities and police forces across Canada are cracking down on pro-Palestinian speech and the serious effects these actions are having on Canada's very broken and barely functioning democracy. | 53m 32s | ||||||
| 11/4/23 | ![]() 2023's Hottest Superspreader Event (feat. completely unhinged policy proposals) | The Progress Report podcast is back and fellow Progress Reporters Jeremy Appel and Jim Storrie are around to break down the resolutions and the vibes heading into this weekend's UCP AGM. This is the first AGM with Danielle Smith at the helm and we'll see where her loosey-goosey leadership style plays with an increasingly bug-eyed UCP grassroots. | 1h 04m 27s | ||||||
| 6/2/23 | ![]() Losing is the new winning | After a long hiatus due to moving offices the Progress Report pod is back. Jeremy Appel joins host Duncan Kinney to sift through the wreckage of the Alberta election. They discuss the Alberta NDP's spin on their catastrophic loss as well as what is to be done about the coming UCP cruelty. | 49m 26s | ||||||
| 3/22/23 | ![]() Body cams suck, actually | Police body cameras are sold as a solution that will increase trust, transparency, and accountability with police. Daniella Barreto of Rights Back at You joins host Duncan Kinney to debunk every one of these claims and make the case that police body cameras actually suck ass. | 39m 01s | ||||||
| 3/14/23 | ![]() Ophelia Black in her own words | Ophelia Black is not just a young woman who lives in Calgary who likes to read fantasy romance novels and cross-stitch, she's also proof that safe supply programs can work. When the UCP tried to take away her treatment plan she took the government to court, and won. Black joins Duncan Kinney to talk about her case, the life she's built for herself thanks to her treatment and why the UCP are trying to kill her and other intravenous drug users. | 56m 42s | ||||||
| 3/4/23 | ![]() No Nazis allowed at story time | Canadian Anti-Hate Network writer and research Peter Smith joins host Duncan Kinney to talk about the recent spate of far right protests at all-ages drag reading events and other queer events in Alberta—and the counter-protests that resist them. | 40m 41s | ||||||
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