SPECIAL EPISODE: First Sitting of the 1026th Session of The Strategists Podcast
Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan convene to elect a new host of The Strategists Podcast.
Episode 1025: Mandatory mail bag
The gang answer your questions in this supersized start to 2023.It's January 2nd, which means Corey Hogan, Stephen Carter and Zain Velji have to answer questions from you,...
Episode 1024: Everylie Everywhere All at Once
The gang assembles to talk about the unbelievable falsifications of US Representative-elect George Santos and what they reveal about vetting and opposition research. Plus,...
Episode 1023: Holiday Spectacular
Like last year's eggnog you just found at the fridge, our annual Holiday Spectacular is a tradition that only gets better with age. Hear Zain, Stephen and Corey talk about the...
Episode 1022: Goats and Dogs
It's the holidays! But not the Holiday Spectacular, that's Thursday. Enjoy our rundown of the value of year-end political rituals plus find the Zodiac-style message Corey hid...
Episode 1021: Non-fungible
The gang discuss Alberta's [attack on long-gun law enforcement/defence of long-gun ownership], Trudeau's response and come up with the best Flair Airlines promotion since a...
Episode 1020: Strategy sprint
The gang are forced to work together to build strategies for Kyrsten Sinema, Danielle Smith, Jagmeet Singh and Justin Trudeau. Quotes from the movie "Dave" guest star.Corey...
Episode 1019: Crickets
Zain returns from New York with a new, exciting, pro-sound effect attitude. Meanwhile: Stephen Carter gives insights on the Sovereignty Act and Corey Hogan remembers the...
Episode 1018: "Risk is rotten"
Zain Velji returns to ask Stephen and Corey how the first 24 hours after the introduction of the Alberta Sovereignty Act are going. Stephen Carter brings out his best "NOT...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Stephen and Corey present Carter and Hogan in "Stephen and Corey Declare Sovereignty”
After a long wait, the Alberta Sovereignty Act is finally out. Is it as destabilizing as feared? Worse? Better? Different worse? Stephen and Corey use Zain's absence to discuss...
Episode 1017: Very normal things
The gang unpack Danielle Smith's prime-time speech, pulling out broader lessons and narrower insights. Zain Velji guest stars as the guy who tried (and failed) to steal another...
Episode 1016: Status Games
Zain Velji triumphantly returns to preview tomorrow's "State of the Province" in Alberta and pass judgment on Trudeau's exchange with China's Xi Jinping. Meanwhile: Corey Hogan...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Stephen and Corey present Carter and Hogan in "Elon's Mulligan”
Stephen and Corey use Zain's absence to talk about their favourite thing: Twitter - a platform on which they are both verified and Zain is not. Doing his best bad Zain...
Episode 1015: Four Seasons Total CMOH
The gang use Twitter chatter that Danielle Smith appointed the wrong Dr. Joffe as Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health to go deep into a hypothetical universe where...
Episode 1014: Late Night with Hardcore Joe
The gang get together late in the night to talk Twitter (Corey's obsession), the US midterms (Carter's obsession) and Carter's most recent massage (Zain's obsession).PATREON...
Episode 1013: American Fairytales
The gang dissect why Chrystia Freeland's advice to manage inflation through cancelling Disney+ landed so poorly before jumping into the US midterm elections - specifically the...
Episode 1012: "Surrey" a.k.a "Carter Faces the Board"
In fall 2022, Stephen Carter ran a campaign in Surrey, British Columbia that resulted in a tough loss. He presents his self-drafted campaign debrief to Zain and Corey, who ask...
Episode 1011: Annual Leadership Spook-tacular
As they do every Hallowe'en eve, the gang talk about how debates are like hockey games, the importance of reading and celebrate the sound board working all the way to the end...
Episode 1010: All the world's a thrust stage
The gang talk about how Danielle Smith lowered the temperature and took control of her party by making Alberta's cabinet the least exclusive club since Columbia House.Corey...
Episode 1009: Remarrying your ex
The gang talk about a rocky start for Danielle Smith, getting ahead of issues you know are coming and then ask what we can learn from the political drama coming out of the...
Episode 1008: Debriefed
Stephen Carter - still on location in beautiful Surrey, British Columbia - and the rest of the gang talk about the days after a campaign and the work that should (and sometimes...
Episode 1007: Pundit as Premier
After a week's absence, Zain Velji returns to check in on the place. Carter left the stove on - metaphorically. Hogan left the actual stove on - probably. An extended-length...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Stephen and Corey present Carter and Hogan in "Ms. Smith goes to Edmonton”
Zain's away but Stephen and Corey couldn't (wouldn't) wait to record after a news-filled day coming out of the Alberta Legislature and the new UCP premier. PATREON EXCLUSIVE....
Episode 1005: Life of the Party
Danielle Smith's campaign closeout and predictions for Thursday's Alberta UCP leadership race lead the show. Then the gang turns their attention to the Quebec election and the...