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The Progress Report#DEXITAfter 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.'2025-02-0649 min
PressProgress SourcesEdmonton Police Versus Duncan KinneyDuncan Kinney is an Edmonton-based journalist and editor of a digital publication focused on Alberta politics called The Progress Report.From scrutinizing police budgets, shining a light on how police handle the city's unhoused population or drug poisoning crisis and exposing partisan connections between senior officers and Alberta's governing United Conservative Party, it's undeniable Kinney plays a role as a critical watchdog of Edmonton Police.But Kinney has also been a thorn in the side of Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee. In recent years, McFee has publicly butted heads with Kinney and Kinney accuses Edmonton...2025-01-0219 min
49th Parahell106: Trials & Denazification (with Duncan Kinney)49th Parahell is back again and so is returning guest Duncan Kinney, host of the Progress Report, to discuss Canadian Nazi monuments, our disturbing and mostly-hidden fascist history, and how he himself has become a part of this story after being charged with vandalizing one of these monuments in Edmonton a few years ago. Support the Duncan Kinney legal defense fund Support the work I do on Patreon Catch TRRS live every day from 12-4est2024-12-0353 min
Lightweights PodcastDWTS CHANDLER KINNEY INTERVIEW! Brandon Armstrong, Weekly Recap, Pretty Little Liars, ZOMBIEDChandler Kinney, celeb on Dancing With The Stars is an actress who stars in Disney's ZOMBIES, Pretty Little Liars Original Sin, and dancing on DWTS with Brandon Armstrong. The two have been at the top of the leaderboard and Chandler sits down for an Interview with Joe Vulpis (THATS ME) on Lightweights Podcast. Talking all about weeks 3 and 4, what she expected from the show, the hit song We Own The Night, celebrity guest judges, showmances, her partner, choreography, acting, disney auditions, pretty little liars ending, and so much much. Dancing with the Stars airs...2024-10-151h 24
Lightweights PodcastBRANDON ARMSTRONG & CHANDLER KINNEY of DANCING WITH THE STARS! Weekly Recap, Wife, and TabloidsBrandon Armstrong is a pro dancer on the massive show Dancing With The Stars. He is partnered this season with Chandler Kinney and has placed at the top of the leader board for the past 2 weeks! This is Brandon's 7th season on the show and speaks about his growth as a pro dancer, partnering with Lindsay Arnold, his co-workers Alan Bersten and Ilona Maher, and how he met his wife Brylee. He also answers your questions!Check out Brandon here: BRANDONARMSTRONG on all socials!Watch the video version here...2024-10-011h 07
Win Make Give with Ben KinneyThe Magic is in the Action - Interview with The Real Jason DuncanOn today's episode, Chad Hyams and Bob Stewart host entrepreneur Jason Duncan to discuss his journey from a corporate employee to a successful business coach. Jason shares insights from his bestselling book, "Exit Without Exiting," detailing how entrepreneurs can exit the daily grind without selling their business. He also opens up about maintaining a successful 29-year marriage amidst entrepreneurship's demands. Tune in for lessons on balancing personal and professional life, cultivating coachability, and the pivotal role of taking action. Discover how to build a sustainable, scalable business while preserving your sanity and personal relationships. Connect w...2024-06-1742 min
The Progress ReportThe Gang Gets ElectoralJeremy and Duncan review the state of the ANDP leadership race, offer their predictions, and tell you how they'd fill out their ballots today.2024-06-1445 min
Harbinger ShowcaseShowcase ep33 (LIVE SHOW #3 w/ Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson & Duncan Kinney)Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode it’s another spectacular edition of the HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event! This edition, vol.3 - Edmonton: Purple City Blues features your friends Big Shiny Takes host Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney live, on Saturday, May 25th at a legacy housing co-operative located near Whyte avenue in a conversation examining the Alberta NDP leadership race, Trans Mountain trauma, municipal politics drama and a spe...2024-06-0458 minHarbinger ShowcaseShowcase ep33 (LIVE SHOW #3 w/ Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson & Duncan Kinney)Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode it’s another spectacular edition of the HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event! This edition, vol.3 - Edmonton: Purple City Blues features your friends Big Shiny Takes host Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney live, on Saturday, May 25th at a legacy housing co-operative located near Whyte avenue in a conversation examining the Alberta NDP leadership race, Trans Mountain trauma, municipal politics drama and a spe...2024-06-0458 min
The Progress ReportSarah Hoffman makes her pitchIn 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 Report2024-03-2346 minThe Progress ReportThe desperate crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in CanadaLaw 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.2023-11-2953 min
The Progress ReportLosing is the new winningAfter 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.2023-06-0349 min
The Progress ReportBody cams suck, actuallyPolice 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.2023-03-2239 min
The Progress ReportOphelia Black in her own wordsOphelia 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.2023-03-1456 min
The Progress ReportNo Nazis allowed at story timeCanadian 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.2023-03-0540 min
The Progress ReportThe gigification of Alberta's paramedicsFreelance investigative journalist and former paramedic Brett McKay joins Duncan Kinney to discuss his recent piece in the Breach which makes the convincing case that the increased use precarious paramedics in Alberta is a part of a deliberate strategy to make it easier for the UCP to privatize ambulance service in Alberta.If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron. Make a one-time donation here. Or e-transfer a donation to info@progressalberta.caLinks: Rise in Alberta’s precarious paramedics a UCP ‘priv...2023-02-2235 min
The Progress ReportAcademic Frozen PeachesShama Rangwala joins Duncan Kinney to discuss the students of Uleth owning Frances Widdowson, the UCP reaction and the historical context of academic free speech and how it's been weaponized by the right.If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron. Make a one-time donation here. Or e-transfer a donation to info@progressalberta.caLinks: Pronouncing un-freedom Free Speech and the University: A Closer Look at the Chicago Principles Controversial academic meets noisy resistance at U of L after school halts planned...2023-02-1449 min
The Progress ReportCuckoo for cryptocurrencyParis Marx of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast joins Duncan Kinney to explore Danielle Smith's obsession with cryptocurrency and taking Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan.2023-01-3047 min
The Progress ReportThe Alberta Model must be destroyedEuan Thompson of Each + Every joins Duncan Kinney to discuss the incredibly evil "Alberta Model" of addressing the drug poisoning crisis and why it must be destroyed.2023-01-2149 min
The Progress ReportAll Hail Queen Danielle and her new shadow courtUniversity of Calgary law professor Martin Olszysnki joins Duncan Kinney to discuss the recently passed Alberta Sovereignty Act and its corrosive effects on democracy, the rule of law and the treaties.2022-12-1350 min
The Progress ReportTrash can DaniFreelance journalist Jeremy Appel joins Duncan Kinney to discuss the assent of Danielle Smith, the origin of the Trash Can Dani nickname and Jason Kenney's legacy.2022-10-1146 min
Built HOWChristana Duncan - Knowing Who You're Working With Jersey native and top producer, Christina Duncan, has sold over 900 homes throughout her career. Christina details the importance of goal setting and staying focused. ---------- Visit www.builthow.com to sign up for our next live or virtual event. Part of the Win Make Give Podcast Network2022-10-0721 min
The Progress ReportThe pushDanielle Paradis of APTN joins host Duncan Kinney to discuss politics and policing, body cams and the context and fallout of the violent push that was caught on camera in Chinatown last week.2022-09-2851 min
The Progress ReportDanielle Smith, wannabe tyrantLaw professor Martin Olszynski joins Duncan Kinney to talk about the unique danger Danielle Smith and her proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act poses to democracy. If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron. Make a one-time donation here. Or e-transfer a donation to info@progressalberta.ca Links: Martin Olszynski's Twitter thread on Danielle Smith, wannabe tyrant 2022-09-1246 minThe Progress ReportUnarmed mental health crisis response saves lives and moneyHost Duncan Kinney sits down with Dr. Jamie Livingston of Saint Mary's University to discuss why UCP's wrongheaded approach to centering police in mental health care and addictions and why we need well-funded, community led, civilian-led, unarmed mental health crisis response programs yesterday. 2022-06-2749 minThe Progress ReportHow Edmonton city council got rolled by the policeRob Houle joins host Duncan Kinney to discuss a month of police politics that saw the police and their business and UCP allies get everything they wanted with the police budget even if it took the likely withholding of vital facts about the Chinatown murder to get it. 2022-06-221h 02The Progress ReportMeet Sarah HoylesJournalist Sarah Hoyles joins Duncan Kinney to talk about how Kenney just won't go away, her dramatic departure from Ryan Jespersen's show and the state of independent media in Alberta. If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron. Make a one-time donation here. Or e-transfer a donation to info@progressalberta.ca Links: @SarahHoyles SarahHoyles.com 2022-06-0248 minThe Progress ReportAlberta's Invisible InstitutionsMegan Linton, the creator and host of the stunning and incredibly well done podcast Invisible Institutions, joins host Duncan Kinney to discuss Alberta's past and present when it comes to eugenics, the Michener Centre and institutionalizing and confining people labelled as having intellectual disabilities. After a short interview with Linton that puts the podcast in context for Alberta listeners the final part of the podcast is a replay of episode five of the first season of Invisible Institutions: Let’s Talk About Sex & Reproductive Justice. If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.the...2022-05-2559 minThe Progress Report#KexitStephen Magusiak of Press Progress and Shama Rangwala, assistant professor at York University, join host Duncan Kinney to discuss Jason Kenney's exit* from Alberta politics.2022-05-2155 minThe Progress ReportPolice "unions" are master fearmongers and they're scaring us to increase police budgetsWriter James Wilt joins host Duncan Kinney to discuss how cop "unions" use fear and a permanent war posture to get what they want—increased police budgets. 2022-05-1352 minThe Progress ReportEverything you wanted to know about pharmacare but were afraid to askChris Parsons of the Nova Scotia Health Coalition (formerly of the Dog Island podcast) joins host Duncan Kinney to walk him through Canada's currently terrible pharmacare system, what is in the works between the Liberals and the NDP and why the struggle for pharmacare is not only winnable but absolutely key to the left staying relevant. 2022-04-2948 minThe Progress ReportPOD: New research on Edmonton SROs sheds more light on a harmful systemBashir Mohamed and Alex Da Costa join host Duncan Kinney to discuss their work on the Edmonton SRO Research Project. Their research shows hows the school resource officer (SRO) program in Edmonton public schools criminalized students, got them expelled and suspended and got them started on the school to prison pipeline. 2022-04-1446 minThe Progress ReportJason Kenney's new radio show is midRory Gillies of the Alberta Advantage joins host Duncan Kinney to break down Jason Kenney's painfully boring new radio show and how modern Canadian conservatism is built on the Back to the Bible Radio Hour with 'Bible' Bill Aberhart and his protege, Ernest Manning. 2022-03-1748 minThe Progress ReportDismissed complaints, "known critics" and secret planesCouncillor Michael Janz joins host Duncan Kinney for a frank and wide-ranging discussion on the subject of policing in Edmonton. They discuss the recently dismissed complaint levelled against Janz by the president of the police association, this business around "known critics" of police, the $4.3 new secret plane replacing the old secret plane and much more. If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron. Links: MichaelJanz.ca/SaferforAll Integrity Commissioner's report regarding the code of conduct complaint filed by Michael Elliott The photo of...2022-03-0446 minThe Progress ReportAlberta's back! on the resource rollercoasterDavid Climenhaga joins host Duncan Kinney to break down what you need to know about the just released Alberta budget. They discuss creeping privatization, alleged labour shortages and most importantly for Kenney's re-election hopes—the massive windfall this government is getting from oil and gas.2022-02-2848 minThe Progress ReportPOD: I ❤️ 🌐 Oil & Gas. Turns out the Canadian oil and gas industry is majority foreign ownedFor all the time and effort Jason Kenney, Postmedia and the oil and gas industry have put in to convincing people that evil foreign funded environmentalists have ulterior motives it turns out that the Canadian oil and gas industry is majority foreign owned. This fact has been discovered by Gordon Laxer and published in a new report titled, Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil captures Canadian energy and climate policy. Host Duncan Kinney sits down with Laxer to discuss his groundbreaking report.2021-12-2054 minThe Progress ReportMeet the Liberal operative who blew up the Green PartyDuncan Kinney sits down with Noah Zatzman, former advisor to former Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul, for a feature interview. Zatzman blew up the Green Party of Canada by posting about how he wanted to unseat two-thirds of the party's sitting MPs for their criticism of Israel. If you like this podcast please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron.2021-11-2645 minThe Progress ReportMunicipal Election Roundtable ExtravaganzaMunicipal election day is almost here. Sprawl Calgary reporter Jeremy Appel joins Duncan and Jim for one final review of the races in Edmonton and Calgary.2021-10-171h 30
Kino LefterBONUS: The Parallax View with Duncan KinneyThis timed Patreon-exclusive episode is now available for free. Enjoy!Future Canadian Senator and host of The Progress Report Duncan Kinney joins me to discuss the 1974 Alan J. Pakula film The Parallax View. Part of the unofficial "Paranoia Trilogy" with All The President's Men and Klute, this film centres on a journalist shaken into action by a whistleblower's death to find the truth about the Parallax Corporation and their involvement in political assassinations. On an unrelated note, Duncan and I discuss the upcoming Alberta Senate election, which is dumb and fake. kinney4senate.ca...2021-10-1755 minThe Progress ReportWhat ever happened to defunding the police?Trent Daley and Duncan Kinney discuss the defund the police sized hole in the discourse around our municipal elections, some of the wackier school board trustee candidates out there and the incredibly disturbing Moleman case.2021-10-1347 min
Big Shiny TakesDavid Staples' 9 Rules for Life (ft. Senator-elect Duncan Kinney)Future Alberta Senator Duncan Kinney (@duncankinney), whom you also may know from fellow Harbinger pod The Progress Report, joins us to talk about the hellish nightmare of Alberta's COVID response. ICUs are overflowing, people are dying, but the Edmonton Journal's David Staples — always with his finger on the pulse — wants to know what this means for Premier Jason Kenney's political fortunes.Staples has devised nine rules for political life, all of which he says Kenney has violated. To hear part two, where we review a similarly-themed column in the Calgary Herald, sign up for...2021-10-091h 08
The BottlemenWhen In Roman ft. Duncan KinneyAlberta Senatorial candidate and host of The Progress Report, Duncan Kinney, joins Dan and Riley to discuss more of the wild and wonderful artefacts of Canada's strange affiliations with right wing diasporas.
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2021-08-2756 minKino LefterPREVIEW - The Parallax View + Alberta Senate Elections with Duncan KinneyFuture Canadian Senator and host of The Progress Report Duncan Kinney joins me to discuss the 1974 Alan J. Pakula film The Parallax View. Part of the unofficial "Paranoia Trilogy" with All The President's Men and Klute, this film centres on a journalist shaken into action by a whistleblower's death to find the truth about the Parallax Corporation and their involvement in political assassinations. This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week. 2021-08-2702 min
Alberta Advantage PodcastFuture Senator-Elect Kinney: Our Red in the Red ChamberAlberta Premier Jason Kenney has decided that Alberta should hold a Senate election— and Progress Alberta's Executive Director, Duncan Kinney, has answered the call. Duncan joins Team Advantage to discuss the rich history of Senatorial activism, declares his support for Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism, and weighs in on the important issues facing Canada's chamber of sober second thought. Follow Duncan @duncankinney and support his campaign at kinney4senate.ca2021-08-1823 minHarbinger ShowcaseDuncan Kinney For "Senate" (Progress Report ep87)On a new Progress Alberta guest host Jim Storrie wonders why (since nobody's actually getting elected to the Senate this year) Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party are holding a Senate "election". And why's Progress Report host Duncan Kinney running for "office"?If you like the show please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron.2021-08-1050 minHarbinger ShowcaseDuncan Kinney For "Senate" (Progress Report ep87)On a new Progress Alberta guest host Jim Storrie wonders why (since nobody's actually getting elected to the Senate this year) Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party are holding a Senate "election". And why's Progress Report host Duncan Kinney running for "office"?If you like the show please support it! Go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron.2021-08-1050 minThe Progress ReportKinney 4 SenateNobody's actually going to get elected to the Senate this year. So why are the UCP holding a Senate 'election'? And why's Duncan Kinney in it? Featuring guest host Producer Jim2021-08-0650 min
The Progress ReportKinney 4 SenateNobody's actually going to get elected to the Senate this year. So why are the UCP holding a Senate 'election'? And why's Duncan Kinney in it? Featuring guest host Producer Jim2021-08-0650 min
Harbinger Society PresentsAlberta: Into the AbyssOn episode 3 of 'The Harbinger Society Presents', Laura Kruse (Jacobin, Kino Lefter), Tyler Ogilvie (The Alberta Advantage) and comedian Mav Adecer brutally assess Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party's 18 months in power and look back on a year from hell in wildrose country. Plus: an introduction to the good work being done at Progress Alberta with Duncan Kinney and an analysis of Grimes' $90,000 FACTOR grant from comedian James Brown.Get involved with Migrante Alberta at https://www.migrantealberta.ca/To find out more about Mav's work check out https://greenuofa.medium.com...2021-07-0353 minThe Progress ReportWinston Churchill was a genocidal mass murdererA statue of Winston Churchill in Edmonton recently got an artistic re-imagining. Nisha Patel and Najib Jutt join host Duncan Kinney to talk about the racist, murderous legacy of Winston Churchill and the British Empire and what it is to be done about the statue, squares and schools named after this mass murderer. 2021-06-2547 minKino Lefter106 - The Emergency Bigfoot Family Episode with Duncan KinneyDuncan Kinney from The Progress Report (a fellow Harbinger Media show) makes his Kino Lefter debut to discuss the new Netflix film Bigfoot Family: a children's animated movie about greenwashing targeted by the Alberta UCP government for its insidious anti-oil propaganda. We examine how the government has been going to war against this evil film, and how IMDb and Facebook users have been reacting. Mentioned on the show:David Staples' urinal moment [SB Nation] ReComradations:Duncan: subscribing to The Progress Report's newsletterEvan: attending a film festival, specifically SXSW Onl...2021-03-221h 22The Progress ReportTechnically speaking, Jason Kenney's 2021 budget "sucks ass"Duncan and Jim were in the budget media embargo and sifted through hundreds of pages of facts and figures, tables and charts, spin and counter-spin and came to this conclusion: the 2021 Alberta budget sucks ass. They break it down and get into the details in the latest Progress Report podcast.2021-03-0255 minThe Progress ReportAloha means hello and goodbyeShannon Phillips, the NDP MLA for Lethbridge West, breaks down Alohagate with us. Producer Jim Storrie joins host Duncan Kinney to wrap up the pod and gets some things off his chest about this scandal.2021-01-0556 minHarbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Alberta: Into the Abyss (The Harbinger Society Presents ep3)Now unlocked for your edification and amusement, presenting episode 3 of the inaugural season of The Harbinger Society Presents!In this conversation Laura Kruse (Jacobin, Kino Lefter), Tyler Ogilvie (The Alberta Advantage) and comedian Mav Adecer brutally assess Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party's 18 months in power and look back on a year from hell in Wildrose Country. Plus: an introduction to the good work being done at Progress Alberta with Duncan Kinney and an analysis of Grimes' $90,000 FACTOR grant from comedian James Brown.This conversation comes courtesy of our pals at Passage. Find t...2020-11-2553 minHarbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Alberta: Into the Abyss (The Harbinger Society Presents ep3)Now unlocked for your edification and amusement, presenting episode 3 of the inaugural season of The Harbinger Society Presents!In this conversation Laura Kruse (Jacobin, Kino Lefter), Tyler Ogilvie (The Alberta Advantage) and comedian Mav Adecer brutally assess Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party's 18 months in power and look back on a year from hell in Wildrose Country. Plus: an introduction to the good work being done at Progress Alberta with Duncan Kinney and an analysis of Grimes' $90,000 FACTOR grant from comedian James Brown.This conversation comes courtesy of our pals at Passage. Find t...2020-11-2553 minThe Progress ReportStranger Danger 2020We have returning champion Laura Kruse on to discuss her latest Red String column. There is a huge effort going on to whitewash a dangerous and extreme right wing conspiracy theory and tens of thousands of well meaning folks are getting sucked in. And it's using child sex trafficking as the entry point. If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron! Further reading: Stranger Danger! Stranger Danger! The Red String: #SaveTheChildren, human trafficking hysteria and the expansion of the pol...2020-09-2243 minThe Progress ReportNo more blank cheques for policeWe are joined by Oumar Salifou of the Is This For Real? podcast to talk about Edmonton Police's militarized hardware show and tell, the media's poor coverage of police and the upcoming Police Act review. If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron! Further reading: Edmonton Police show off their new armoured vehicle, drone fleet, and other militarized hardware Is This For Real? Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu calls push to defund police ‘ridiculous’ 2020-09-1847 minThe Progress ReportThe Other 9/11This is a re-run from September 11, 2019. We speak with Ricardo Acuna and Sandra Azocar, two Chilean refugees, to listen to their stories of the CIA-backed coup that installed brutal Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and overthrew a democratically elected socialist government on September 11, 1973. Listen and subscribe on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts or just subscribe to the RSS feed If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron! Further reading: CIA still refuses to reveal everything it knows about Pinochet coup i...2020-09-1154 minThe Progress ReportWildcatProgress Report host Duncan Kinney appears on the very good podcast 49th Parahell to talk about the NBA wildcat strike and what workers can learn from it, why Chrystia Freeland's Nazi collaborator grandfather matters in 2020, the Conservative Party of Canada's new leader Erin O'Toole and where the conservative movement in Canada is going. 2020-09-0245 min
49th Parahell85: Revenge of the Girlboss (with Duncan Kinney)Progress Alberta's Duncan Kinney joins the show to talk about "Black Ribbon Day" and why talking about Chrystia Freeland's Nazi grandfather is important, new Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole and where the conservative movement is headed, the NBA wildcat strike and more. support the show on Patreon: http"//patreon.com/49thParahell merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/official49thparahell?ref_id=122422020-08-281h 07The Progress ReportHow to change a racist football team nameWe speak with Inuk writer, professor and researcher Norma Dunning about her ultimately successful struggle to have the Edmonton CFL team change its racist and insulting team name. We also discuss Norma's powerful writing on Edmonton's actual historical relationship with the Inuit. Further reading: Edmonton’s historic relationship with the Inuit is one of death, loneliness and despair If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron!2020-08-2452 minThe Progress ReportI Want To Believe 101 (part 2)We continue our conversation with Laura Kruse on conspiracy theories and Alberta. We dive into Laura's story for the Progress Report blog, McKinsey, 🍞📈, the UCP’s incoming evisceration of Alberta’s post-secondary system, and our favourite conspiracy theories. Listen and subscribe on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts or just subscribe to the RSS feed If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron!2020-08-1757 minThe Progress ReportI Want To Believe 101We kick off the inaugural edition of the Red String, a monthly column from Laura Kruse on conspiracy theories and Alberta, with a bit of theory and history on conspiracy theories in Canada. From Freemasons to aliens to Q and everything in between. Also, please read Laura's story on one of our favourite conspiracy theories that isn't a conspiracy theory titled McKinsey, 🍞📈, and the UCP’s incoming evisceration of Alberta’s post-secondary system. If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron! Further r...2020-07-271h 05The Progress ReportWhy Bill 32 is actually good + Down the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator rabbit holeOur guest Abdul Malik makes the case for why the UCP's new union busting bill is actually good. Plus Duncan follows up on his story about the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator war criminal statue by going down the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator rabbit hole. Listen and subscribe on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts or just subscribe to the RSS feed If you like this podcast and you want to support it go to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron! Further reading: Opinion: Alberta labour needs the UCP’s union busting bill Ukraini...2020-07-1158 minThe Progress ReportCalgary/Edmonton Municipal RoundtableThe UCP have dramatically changed the rules around municipal elections in Alberta making it easier for conservatives to win and for big money to sway elections. We dissect the rule changes and the upcoming municipal horse races in Edmonton and Calgary with Romy Garrido. 2020-07-011h 00The Progress ReportAbolish the police (in Calgary, too)We discuss the the organizing and struggle to end police brutality in Calgary and rural Alberta with comedian, public speaker and organizer Adora Nwofor. 2020-06-261h 02The Progress ReportAbolish the policeWhat does society look like when community safety isn't handled by armed cops authorized to kill people? In part two of our conversation on disarming, defunding and dismantling the police with Reakash Walters and Molly Swain, we discuss the abolitionist position.2020-06-161h 05The Progress ReportDefund the policeEdmonton and Calgary spend nine times more on the police than they spend on housing the homeless or social programs. Combined the two cities spend $750 million a year on cops. We talk with Reakash Walters and Molly Swain about how to divest from police and invest in the community. 2020-06-081h 00The Progress ReportHow a young mother and former foster kid is fighting the UCP (and winning)The UCP are trying to snatch away financial, social and education benefits from 2100 former foster kids. It's incredibly cruel and totally needless and A.C. and her lawyer Avnish Nanda have taken the government to court and won to keep these benefits – for now. We talk about this case with Nanda and Jenn Prosser an organizer and campaigner who grew up in foster care and kinship care during the aftermath of Klein's cuts. 2020-06-031h 06The Progress ReportManitok. Meatpacking. Postmedia. ManifestoWe have friend of the pod Jeremy Appel on to talk about how his latest story for the Progress Report, The Manitok Manoeuvre, as well as the Sprawl getting shutout of the media bailout, the Herald caring more about "big beef days" than dead meatpacking workers and the Progress Report's transition to a full-time media organization. Show notes at www.theprogressreport.ca/jeremy_appel_manitok_meatpacking_postmedia_manifesto2020-05-191h 01The Progress ReportAlberta's most expendable workersFilipinos in Alberta are bearing the brunt of COVID-19 in Alberta as outbreaks in meatpacking plants and continuing care facilities hit our province. Around 60-80% of the workers in the Cargill meatpacking plant, the largest workplace outbreak in Canada, are Filipino. And now they're feeling unfairly blamed because of the government's and even Dr. Deena Hinshaw's statements on the matter. We talk about this and the Healthcare for All campaign with Migrante Alberta director Marco Luciano. Full show notes at www.theprogressreport.ca/filipino_community_and_covid_192020-05-0444 min
Alberta Advantage PodcastAIMCo: Vaporizing Billions, Bailing out Oil and GasSupport this podcast The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) vaporized $4 billion last week, and has been bailing out failing oil and gas companies— as these same companies offload environmental liabilities to the public, and throw funding behind conservative political organizations. What's going on? Duncan Kinney of Progress Alberta joins Team Advantage to discuss their recent report, Alberta's Failed Oil and Gas Bailout. Read the report here: https://pressprogress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AIMCO-report.pdf2020-04-3053 minThe Progress ReportAIMCO WTFLearn how Alberta's most incompetent pension fund manager, AIMCo, vapourized $4 billion of pensioner's and Heritage Trust Fund money and how they've shovelled more than $1.1 billion towards likely to fail oil and gas companies with more than $3 billion in environmental liabilities. Our guest this week is Greg Meeker, former chair of the Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund, and one of Alberta's most knowledgeable and outspoken commentators on pensions. 2020-04-2757 minThe Progress ReportEmergency ep: Jason Kenney's 26,000 surprise layoffsJason Kenney just committed the biggest mass layoff in Alberta's history in the middle of a pandemic. It's the kind of cruel and contemptible behaviour we've come to expect. To help us process and understand the fallout from the brutal decision to fire 26,000 education workers we have Edmonton Public School Board trustee Bridget Stirling on the pod.2020-03-3144 minThe Progress ReportGrocery store workers are critical infrastructureThe pandemic has only just begun but the folks working overnight to stock shelves and spending exhausting days on their feet dealing with panicky, frazzled customers are absolutely essential workers. They are keeping our society together. And yet the workers at your local Safeway in Alberta have been fighting for a fair contract for months with an employer that wants to roll back wages and cut benefits for these heroes. To discuss the issues facing unionized grocery store workers in Alberta during this emergency health crisis we talk with Tom Hesse, president of UFCW 401.2020-03-2433 minThe Progress ReportAIMCO and Alberta's orphan well crisisWith the global economy in freefall thanks to the one-two punch of coronavirus and an oil price war we explore a very relevant subject in the months and years to come – AIMCo's investments in oil and gas companies that will likely go bankrupt and drop billions of dollars worth of environmental liabilities on the public. We have Regan Boychuk of the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project on to discuss the subject.2020-03-1858 minThe Progress ReportJason Kenney owes us $2000The UCP government tried to stop us from reporting on their no-good, very bad 2020 budget. They called us an advocacy organization and tried to keep us out of the media lockup. But we didn't back down, we took the government to court and won and now Jason Kenney owes us $2000. We talk with Heidi Besuijen, Progress Alberta's lawyer, about the case and Jim and Duncan break down the worst parts of the 2020 budget. 2020-03-091h 00The Progress ReportReconciliation is dead and Jason Kenney helped kill itHow did reconciliation die? Arresting peaceful land defenders so a corporation could build a pipeline through unceded Indigenous territory at the end of RCMP-held assault rifles didn’t help but Jason Kenney played his part too. He stoked the flames of petronationalism for political gain and continues to use the time-tested settler tactic of divide and conquer. We get into the specifics of Kenney’s reconciliation strategy with Rob Houle. For full show notes visit https://www.theprogressreport.ca/reconciliation_is_dead_and_kenney_helped_kill_it2020-02-2056 minThe Progress ReportThe News BoysWe talk with Scott Schmidt and Jeremy Appel of the Medicine Hat News. We learn how they carved out a space for themselves in the Alberta political discourse as two of the only members of the mainstream media willing to say that THERE! ARE! FOUR! LIGHTS! when it comes to Jason Kenney’s regime. For the full show notes, head to www.theprogressreport.ca/the_news_boys2020-02-181h 23The Progress ReportFree transit for allEverybody's talking about it. It's the latest, best policy idea to come from the left since public healthcare and public education – it's free (and good!) public transit. We don't pay to go to the park, we don't pay to ride elevators, we don't have toll roads – so why do we pay for public transit? We already pay for most of the costs of public transit, "free" transit is just properly funding transit with public money, which we get by taxing the rich. When we eliminate fares for everyone we reduce carbon pollution, traffic and the cost of living not to m...2020-02-1035 minThe Progress ReportFrom Green to orangeProgress Alberta speaks with the only person to provide even a halfway amount of drama in Alberta during the last federal election – Michael Kalmanovitch. He was the Green candidate for Edmonton-Strathcona who, just days before the federal election, threw his support behind NDP candidate Heather McPherson the only non-Conservative elected to parliament in Alberta. We talk about why he did it, what the Greens can learn from this and what's next for the Green part as Liz May steps down. Also, should Progress Report host Duncan Kinney run for leadership of the Greens? Email him at duncank@progressalberta.ca an...2020-02-0327 minThe Progress ReportSo you want to have a general strikeJason Kenney’s brutal class warfare on Albertans on behalf of the rich means people want to fight back. And one of the biggest tools working folks have to fight back is the general strike – but it’s not to be undertaken lightly. We talk to Sam Gindin about the lessons learned from the Days of Action in Ontario in the ‘90s fighting Mike Harris and what folks who are considering a general strike today need to to think about.2020-01-2741 minThe Progress ReportThe Esso cover-upDocuments from the Glenbow Museum Archives show that Imperial Oil, a subsidiary of Exxon, knew about the catastrophic effects of climate change before anyone. Instead of telling the world and transforming their business they suppressed their research, started a climate denial PR war and started building dossiers and surveilling climate activists. We talk to Murtaza Hussain of the Intercept about his story on the Esso cover-up and on Iran and his investigative journalism on the Iran Cables. 2020-01-2137 minThe Progress ReportA giant in every way (the Jason Nixon episode)Stanned by Herald columnists, protected by the old boys' club, and allegely able to disintegrate a grown horse with a single strike: on today's pod Duncan and Mav Adecer delve into the wild history of UCP deputy house leader Jason Nixon. Further reading: "Judge bars media from accessing video of UCP MLA Jason Nixon, siding with party lawyers" Sundre horse shooting trial adjourned Sundre man not guilty of threatening wildlife officer Alberta Conservative house leader fired single mother after she complained of sexual harassment Wildrose MLA Jason Nixon faces expulsion motion from students’ union Mav's fr...2019-12-1044 minThe Progress ReportExclusive: Kenney's corporate tax cuts are much worse than we thoughtWhile Albertans suffer from brutal austerity corporations in Alberta will collectively pocket $4.7 billion dollars from Kenney’s corporate tax cut - at least that’s what the government of Alberta and the media is telling you. But when you dig into what these companies are telling their shareholders you find something else entirely. To help us sort through this we have Angella Macewen, senior economist with the Canadian Union of Public Employees. If you like our podcast and want to support it head to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron! Further readi...2019-12-0541 minThe Progress Report21 The racist Liberal who stole Western CanadaMeet Frank Oliver, the man who tried to block black people from coming to Canada, created modern western Canada by stealing massive amounts of land from Indigenous people and personally profited from the whole thing. If you like our podcast and want to support it head to https://www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons and become a monthly patron :) Further reading: First Nations Land Surrenders on the Prairies Frank Oliver and the Michel Band A tax-eating proposition : the history of the Passpasschase Indian Reserve Details on land surrenders from the Government of Canada No Means No...2019-11-2756 minThe Progress ReportFolks, we got himDon Cherry is finally off the air. We run through some of his greatest hits Rock‘Em Sock‘Em style but instead of brain damage and sweet goals it's racism, misogyny and climate denial. And to help us process the news of this hockey commentator cut down in his prime we turn to comedian Mav Adecer and writer and hockey dad Tej Swatch.2019-11-1636 min
Unpacking the NewsCall it a Coup (ep108 preview w/ Duncan Kinney)On an episode 108 preview, Progress Alberta executive director and host of 'The Progress Report' podcast Duncan Kinney joins the show to ask why Canada's foreign policy establishment is supporting Bolivia's military-led coup against a popularly elected socialist leader. Tune in next week as Duncan and host Andre Goulet unpack Wexit and explore the cruelty of Jason Kenney's 2019 Alberta budget. This conversation was recorded on November 11th, 2019.Support the show at patreon.com/unpackingthenews2019-11-1305 minThe Progress ReportWe remember Canada's anti-fascist veteransThere's a group of Canadian veterans often overlooked on Remembrance Day--the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion who fought the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Kaarina Mikalson of the Canada and the Spanish Civil War Project joins us on the pod to tell us the story of Canada's original anti-fascists. Further reading: Canada and the Spanish Civil War Quill and Quire: Generals die in bed Jim/Jean Watts 2019-11-1126 minThe Progress ReportThe voice Jason Kenney doesn't want you to hearAlberta has deliberately designed its economy to be reliant on oil and gas production--which means the international climate change crisis matters here more than almost anywhere else. But you won't hear much on that subject from Alberta's monolithic, corporate media establishment. On this special episode of the Progress Report, taped live at the University of Calgary on November 4th, we interview climate activist and former Oil Sands Advisory Group member Tzeporah Berman to understand the climate debate beyond the narrow perspective and shallow discourse we get here in Alberta.2019-11-051h 02The Progress ReportEdmonton's Nazi-collaborator statueOutside of the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in north Edmonton is a statue of Roman Shukheyvych--a Nazi collaborator who took part in the mass murder of Jews. Local activist Paula Kirman and host Duncan Kinney discuss Shukheyvych’s historical legacy with Per Anders Rudling, an expert on the Ukrainian far right.2019-10-3029 minThe Progress ReportEmergency Budget PodThe UCP have dropped their first budget and it's the cruel and brutal austerity they promised. Producer Jim steps out from behind the mixing board to join us as we sift through this awful budget to bring you everything you need to know.2019-10-2826 minThe Progress ReportEpisode 3 Bonus Content: Abdul Malik on photojournalism in AlbertaMore from Abdul Malik of Kino Lefter as he and Duncan chat about photojournalism in Canada. Enjoy!2019-08-0117 min
Speaking MunicipallyEdmonton's affordedible housing strategyHere are the relevant links for this episode:Duncan Kinney@duncankinneyProgress AlbertaHolowach TreeA tree in downtown Edmonton needs a little love for its 100th birthdayEdmonton NinjaMeet Quinnja, Edmonton's elite ninjaTaste of EdmontonTaste of Edmonton hopes to reduce waits and waste with mobile ticketsHousing DefinitionsSpectrum of HousingCoE: Glossary of Housing TermsAffordable HousingAffordable Housing StrategyEdmonton Housing Affordability SnapshotEndPoverty Edmonton: Affordable HousingCity Involvement in Affordable HousingHistoryA Place to Call Home: Edmonton's 10 Year Plan to End...2019-07-2631 minThe Progress ReportEpisode 2 - "Kerry Diotte sue us bitch"Is conservative MP Kerry Diotte a racist? You'll have to listen to find out. Bashir Mohamed and Avnish Nanda guest co-host with Duncan Kinney. We also chat about the state of play in Alberta's painfully white media and how bad they are at talking about racism, how white supremacists use free speech arguments with a clueless media and we wonder out loud why conservative MP Michael Cooper just happened to have the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter in his pocket. Further reading Kerry Diotte + racist Twitter search Gypsy immigrants should get a job first. Column by Dio...2019-07-2438 minThe Progress ReportEpisode 1 "Cruel Summer"Shama Rangwala guest co-hosts the first episode of the Progress Report with Duncan Kinney. We discuss the Summer of Repeal/Springtime of Renewal and all of the damage done by the Kenney regime in their short few months in office. We also talk about the twin debacles that are Safe City YEG and Slum Town. Also, why does Licia Corbella hate horses so much? Further reading and listening: Bell: Drug sites no answer, says Alberta addictions boss SafeCity YEG Slum Town Corbella: Rodeo animals love what they do and...2019-07-1639 min
Alberta Advantage PodcastMINI-EP: Reading MouselandTeam 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 Progress Alberta, who will be selling copies of Mouseland for $25.2018-10-1623 min
Alberta Advantage PodcastPublic Cash for Elite Private Schools (???)Team Advantage is joined by Duncan Kinney of Progress Alberta to discuss elite private schools. Elite private schools - those charging more than $10,000 a year in tuition - are raking in more than $27 million a year in public taxpayer subsidies. For more information, visit progressalberta.ca/privateschools and follow #MyClassSizeIs.2018-02-2042 min
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Mystery & ThrillerKilling Mr. Griffin by Lois DuncanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Mr. Griffin Author: Lois Duncan Narrator: Dennis Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Mystery & Thriller Publisher's Summary: They only meant to scare him. Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating his students. Even straight-A student Susan can't believe how mean he is to the charismatic Mark Kinney. So when her crush asks Susan to help a group of students teach...2010-10-0503 min
Download New Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Mystery & ThrillerKilling Mr. Griffin by Lois DuncanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Mr. Griffin Author: Lois Duncan Narrator: Ed Sala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Mystery & Thriller Publisher's Summary: From beloved author Lois Duncan comes a frightening novel about a group of students who set out to teach their malicious teacher a lesson—only to learn that one of them could be a killer.Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating students. Ev...2010-07-2303 min