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Alberta Advantage Podcast

Oct 30, 2018

Paige Gorsak is running for the federal NDP nomination in Edmonton-Strathcona, a seat currently held by the NDP's Linda Duncan (who is not seeking re-election). Kate interviews Paige about her ambitious platform and bold vision for the future, which includes a fossil-fuel phaseout and just transition fund, housing as a...


Oct 20, 2018

We're being told that wheat is legal now ... ? To celebrate the Greatest Grain, Team Advantage dives into Alberta's agrarian history, including the "clearing" of the plains, anti-capitalist ideas and agrarian radicalism, the history of the Canadian Wheat Board, Soviets stealing grain from America, the reorganization...


Oct 16, 2018

Team Advantage submits themselves to a reading of a known piece of socialist propaganda, Tommy Douglas' Mouseland. Will they ever be the same again? If you're in Calgary this Friday, October 19th at 7pm, join us at the Hop In Brew (213 12 Ave SW) to hang out! Team Advantage will be there along with Duncan Kinney of...


Oct 10, 2018

David Gray-Donald (@dgrdon), publisher of Briarpatch magazine, joins Team Advantage to discuss his experience at this past summer's Global Petroleum Show in Calgary. Is the fossil fuel industry planning decarbonization and energy transition? What climate scenarios are they considering? What problems is the industry...


Oct 2, 2018

CW: Kavanaugh stuff. The Calgary Herald will not apologize for Naomi Lakritz's terrible opinions because they "are a platform for free speech." Team Advantage reads the Calgary Herald's September 29, 2018 editorial: The importance of free...