Podcasts by The Strategists

Episode 1048: The only poll that counts is the one two weeks before Election Day from 2023-04-11T04:23:36

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's shifting approaches to the Pawlowski recording and a no-good, very-bad idea to ban polling in the last two weeks of Ontari...

Episode 1047: UCP vs NDP (LIVE) from 2023-04-03T05:00:04

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter present duelling strategies for the upcoming Alberta election in this episode recorded live in Calgary, with Carter creating a strategy for the NDP and Hogan a strate...

Episode 1045: Issue issues from 2023-03-28T04:15:22

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter divide the world of political strategy into three "thrusts" - issues, processes and outrages - and look at the federal budget, the western backlash against TikTok, an...

Episode 1043: Johnston from 2023-03-20T04:23:21

It's the "Strategy Scale!" Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about what kind of week it was for Trudeau, Poilievre, Singh and David Johnston himself - and how they could have turned their general...

Episode 1041: Water's edge from 2023-03-06T05:19:19

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about China's influence on Canadian elections and growing calls for a public inquiry on the same. Is an inquiry inevitable? Are Trudeau, Poilievre and Singh h...

Episode 1039: Budget Games from 2023-03-01T04:51:29

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk discuss Alberta's pre-election budget and what it foreshadows about the provincial election. Will the budget land with Albertans? Have the UCP and NDP flipped si...

Episode 1037: Sign language to sea lions from 2023-02-21T00:41:48

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter are led through a special Family Day version of "Fine, Fabulous or "F--ked". Did the Rouleau Inquiry give Justin Trudeau everything he needed? Will Legault's stance o...

Episode 1036: John Tory from 2023-02-14T05:08:12

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss John Tory's sudden resignation and how politicians approach life-altering/career ending decisions. Why did Tory resign when others might have tried to hold on...

Episode 1034: Meeting the moment from 2023-02-07T05:15:57

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about - among other things - the Liberal climb-downs on MAID and guns, Poilievre's "Canada is broken" narrative and the fine art of political sloganeering. Are t...

Episode 1032: The smell of purpose from 2023-01-30T05:18:12

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Ontario Liberal Party open letter to Mike Schreiner and the one-year anniversary of the convoy protests before turning to a supersized lightening round...

Episode 1031: You're gonna die. Say "hi" to Postmedia when you get there. from 2023-01-25T04:52:44

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the strategy and politics of private vs public health care, Premier Danielle Smith's investigation of herself and the decline of the major media outlet. Is...

Episode 1029: Zain sounds different from 2023-01-16T05:13:19

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's walking back of claims that she called Alberta Crown prosecutors with advice, whether and when we should read into people ...

Episode 983: Battle for the soul of the podcast from 2022-04-19T04:44:27

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter use the Patrick Brown campaign as a launching off point to talk about political process stories, as well as revisit their "political rules for Covid-19" in the light ...

Episode 981: Live in Calgary: The starting pistol for the closing arguments from 2022-04-11T06:11:20

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Alberta UCP's leadership review (and more) in this live show recorded in Calgary, Alberta. Will Jason Kenney's "unity vs division" ballot question work...

Episode 980: Budget Day (PROMO) from 2022-04-08T00:03:28

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the federal budget. But not here - because Thursday episodes of The Strategists are now Patreon exclusive. Will you go to TheStrategistsPatreon.com to sign...

Episode 979: Photo oops from 2022-04-04T04:48:50

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about managing photo ops and gaffes, using Premier Jason Kenney's recent trip to the gas pumps as a launching off point. Do photo ops still matter? What's best p...

Episode 978: Sorry about the first 15 minutes from 2022-04-01T04:27:23

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Liberal climate plan and the upcoming federal budget. Does the plan go too far or not far enough? How dramatic will the budget be? And does anybody kno...

Episode 977: Spring cleaning from 2022-03-29T03:57:36

Grab a mop and a bucket - it's spring cleaning time. Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter run through a grab-bag of political issues - offering whether no cleaning needs to be done, a dusting is required...

Episode 976: Selling out from 2022-03-25T04:32:05

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter unpack the changes to the UCP leadership review and the subsequent fallout (0:05:50) before turning their attention to the Liberal-NDP confidence deal (1:03:48). Has ...

Episode 975: Ersatz Majority from 2022-03-22T04:45:43

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the rumours of a Liberal/NDP deal to maintain the current parliament through 2025 - plus an update on the ever-growing UCP leadership review. Who wins in t...

Episode 974: The Strategists Live Dot Com from 2022-03-22T03:32:16

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter use The Strategists' upcoming live show in Calgary on April 10th as a launching off point to talk about events. How do you decide what to charge? What do you do when ...

Episode 973: Brian Jean Charest from 2022-03-17T04:36:30

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk Brian Jean's by-election win, the effect on Jason Kenney's leadership review and police oversight before turning to the federla Conservative Party candidate's la...

Episode 972: Kenney Island from 2022-03-07T04:59:39

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk Jason Kenney's upcoming leadership review. Has a balanced budget and high price of oil helped Kenney? Is 2900 registrants (and counting) for the vote a worrying ...

Episode 971: Door number eight from 2022-03-01T05:39:56

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk Ukraine, Alberta's Budget, Jean Charest and Patrick Brown - though not necessarily in that order. Zain Velji, as always, picks the questions and keeps everybody ...

Episode 970: Give us five-star reviews from 2022-02-22T05:21:49

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the clearing of Ottawa, the Emergencies Act debate and preview the return of the Alberta Legislature. Can Justin Trudeau "declare victory"? Will a balanced...

Episode 969: Draft Day from 2022-02-18T06:02:06

Corey Hogan and Zain Velji run the "DRAFT FOR DEMOCRACY" to build a superteam out of the actors in the Freedom Convoy saga. Was Trudeau's Emergencies Act declaration good strategy? Have the RCMP ri...

Episode 968: Nothing's fine, nothing's fabulous from 2022-02-08T05:18:24

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss Erin O'Toole's ouster and the ongoing protests in Ottawa through a supersized segment of "Fine, Fabulous or F--ked". What does O'Toole's defeat mean for the C...

Episode 967: Theatre of the absurd from 2022-01-31T05:15:08

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the convoy that has set up shop in Ottawa. How well is everybody handling this volatile situation? Where do we go from here? And have you remembered to boo...

Episode 966: Issues management from 2022-01-24T04:59:44

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter use the situation with Alberta's Minister of Justice calling the Edmonton Chief of Police about a ticket to dive deep into the art of political issues management. Wha...

Episode 965: Six simple rules for managing my teenage pandemic from 2022-01-17T05:33:09

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Erin O'Toole threatening the end of fossil fuels and political responses to the omicron variant. How can leaders navigate the evolving pandemic politics? I...

Episode 964: Trolley Problem from 2022-01-14T05:32:41

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about leadership campaign debts and taxes on the unvaccinated. Will Peter McKay ever pay off the $500,000 he owes for his leadership campaign? Is the proposed "u...

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Episode 934: Better than Stalin from 2021-05-24T03:57:29

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter are subjected to a conversation on Trudeau's Governor General pick before turning to the 99% non-confidence vote teachers gave in Alberta's Minister of Education a...

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Episode 934: A tribute to Charles Grodin from 2021-05-21T04:09:49

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Avi Lewis, Ontario's reopening and Quebec's unilateral constitutional gambit. What will it mean to federal politics if Quebec just declares itself a nat...

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Episode 933: All politics is local from 2021-04-23T04:48:10

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Dairy Queen on Centre Street. Zain Velji, as always, picks the questions and keeps everybody in line.

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Episode 828: Let the f--kery begin from 2020-11-01T18:51:22

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the close-out to the US Presidential Election and the Wildcat Strike by health care workers in Alberta this week. Is there a risk of violence on Electio...

Episode 827: Philosopher King MD LLB from 2020-10-26T04:08:57

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the preliminary BC election results, the federal election that almost happened and violence against Mi'kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia. What have we...

Episode 826: A Star is Born from 2020-10-19T04:59:30

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about controversies in Stikine in the BC election, political nomination contests and the strategic value of recent moves by Alberta's UCP government and membe...

Episode 825: The most important people in British Columbia from 2020-10-14T05:19:48

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the BC election through the lens of the BC leader's debate and the Saskatchewan election through the lens of Zain recording from a Regina hotel - before...

Episode 824: Election 2020 - A Mark Burnett Production from 2020-10-05T04:16:46

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and the Vice Presidential debate. Can getting COVID-19 work to Trump's advantage? Does this change our thinking about ...

You The People: We watched the first US Presidential Debate so you don’t have to from 2020-09-30T04:49:47

Zain Velji, Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan convene immediately after the conclusion of the first US Presidential Debate to give their instant reactions and analysis.

Episode 823: The 750 Dollar Man from 2020-09-28T04:02:30

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the New York Times coverage of Donald Trump's tax returns, the start of the BC election and the federal throne speech. Does the release of Trump's taxes...

Episode 822: Full court press from 2020-09-21T03:54:59

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the death of RBG, get subjected to the infamous political strategy session and then begin a discussion on Alberta's Premier. Will pushing through a Supr...

Episode 821: Paper cut on a gangrene limb from 2020-09-14T04:32:50

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss the wrap-up of the WE Charity, how cabinet retreats work and what to expect from the New Brunswick election. What does wrapping up WE say to Canada? Can we...

Episode 820: Trial balloon by fire from 2020-09-07T03:54:13

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss political trial balloons and give their feedback on political strategy in the return of "Fine, Fabulous or F*ckd". When and why do governments use trial ba...

Episode 819: Debt and taxes from 2020-09-01T04:21:45

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss Alberta's budget and the impending federal speech from the throne. How should the UCP manage Alberta's biggest ever deficit? Should the Alberta NDP be maki...

Episode 818: O’Toole Time from 2020-08-24T06:37:04

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss the election of Erin O'Toole as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Did the delayed results give the CPC a black eye? What does Erin O'Toole do now...

Episode 817: Death by policy from 2020-08-18T04:59:24

EMERGENCY PODCAST: Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss the resignation of Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Did Morneau successfully manage the optics? What should the Prime Minister do to chang...

Episode 816: Just visiting from 2020-08-17T03:52:12

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss whether Mark Carney will be jumping into Canadian politics and what's going on in Alberta education before being subjected to the return of the dreaded "st...

You The People: Born in the USA from 2020-08-14T04:57:43

Zain Velji, Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan discuss Biden choosing Kamala Harris to be his VP pick, the Trump response and the Democratic National Convention, all while Stephen takes on his great...

Episode 815: The Reverse Chicken Little from 2020-08-10T03:31:49

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss Governor General Julie Payette, Chief of Staff Katie Telford's ethics and the politics of being a public health officer. How should the Trudeau government ...

Episode 814: All the Finance Committee's a stage from 2020-08-03T03:20:49

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss the Kielburger, Trudeau and Telford appearances at the Finance Committee before being subjected to the return of "Bold, Brilliant or Boneheaded". Did Trude...

Episode 813: My friend from politics from 2020-07-27T04:39:01

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss the Conservative party leadership race, the Trump campaign and the Liberal response to the WE bit of trouble the Liberals find themselves in. What happens ...

Episode 812: Full page ads from 2020-07-20T03:52:21

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter discuss updates to the WE Charity situation before diving deep into the issue of grassroots advocacy. Is Trudeau better off this week than last week? What kind of ...

Episode 811: A different flavour of ignorance from 2020-07-13T03:52:46

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the continued WE Charity fallout and how COVID-19 should factor into political strategy for Trump and Biden. How much trouble is the Trudeau government ...

Episode 810: Carter gets fired from 2020-07-06T04:01:18

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Trudeau government's "conscious uncoupling" from the WE Charity and give the Alberta government strategy recommendations. Has the WE Charity reached...

Episode 809: Somebody in Alberta wants a sales tax from 2020-07-03T05:12:10

SPECIAL EPISODE. Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter use the occasion of Corey getting surveyed on sales taxes, wage cuts, privatizing health care and health premiums to talk about how and why partie...

Episode 808: Tommy Douglas is Dead from 2020-06-29T03:41:15

Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan talk about election finance laws, the timing of the next federal election and calls for the resignation of Jason Kenney's speechwriter. Are political action commit...

Episode 807: Channel Surfing on a Friday from 2020-06-22T04:22:31

Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan talk about the Trump's Tulsa rally, Erin O'Toole's accusations and Alberta's "Fair Deal Panel" report. How bad was Saturday night for the Trump campaign? Have the ...

Episode 806: Push it Real Good from 2020-06-16T05:03:38

Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan talk about the Conservative Leadership Race, push polls and the appointing of Alberta judges. Is Peter Mackay going to be the next Conservative leader? Are Alberta...

Episode 805: 21 Seconds of Silence from Stephen Carter from 2020-06-08T05:17:15

Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan talk about Trump and Trudeau's reactions to the moment and each other. How long will Trudeau taking a knee be remembered? How do we ensure statements of support be...

Episode 804: Not a moment for small talk from 2020-06-02T04:44:32