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UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckBig Changes In Canada You Need To Know! Global Tensions, Political Chaos, and Policy Failures | UnSpun with Jody Vance & George Affleck Ep. 288Welcome to UnSpun - your weekly dive into current events! In this episode, Jody Vance and George Affleck discuss a myriad of pressing topics. This week:In this episode of the Unspun Podcast, hosts Jody Vance and George Affleck dive into a jam-packed 30-minute discussion, covering a wide array of pressing topics. They start with global politics, analyzing the U.S. President's controversial visit to the Middle East, interactions with historically unfriendly nations, and the implications for peace in the region. They then transition to national politics...
2025-05-1535 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckTragic Plane Crash, Trump Tariffs & Vancouver Politics | UnSpun with Jody Vance & George Affleck Ep. 279Welcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode, Jody Vance and George Affleck delve into an array of headline-making topics: 🌐 Tragic Plane Crash: Discuss the recent tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C., and the controversial reaction from President Trump. 🇨🇦 Canadian Politics: Examine Premier David Eby’s plan to counter Trump’s tariffs and the broader implications on Canadian politics. 🌎 Tariff Trouble: Get an in-depth look at the Trump tariffs, their definition, and how they impact both sides of the border. 🏠 Local Updates in Vancouver: Unpac...
2025-01-3034 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckCeasefire, LA Fires, and Vancouver Byelection | Unspun with Jody Vance & George Affleck Ep. 277Welcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode, Jody Vance and George Affleck take on a wide array of pressing topics: 🌍 Ceasefire in Gaza: The delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is explored, touching on humanitarian aid and the international political dynamics involved. 🔥 Fires in LA: The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles are discussed, highlighting the challenges and the misinformation swirling around the disaster. 🏛️ Vancouver Byelection: With Adriane Carr's departure, the upcoming byelection has stirred local political dynamics. Who will step u...
2025-01-1734 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnspun with Jody Vance and George Affleck - Impact of U.S. Elections on Canada, Trump's Strategy, and BC Vote Counting ControversyWelcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode of Unspun, Jody Vance and George Affleck discuss the recent U.S. elections and their potential impact on Canada, including Donald Trump's strategic campaign and its appeal to Americans. They also delve into BC's vote counting issues, reflecting on election rigging claims and the importance of accurate results. The conversation explores how global politics affect local dynamics and touches upon various political figures and their roles. Additionally, they get into the significance of staying engaged in politics...
2024-11-0825 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnspun with Jody Vance and George Affleck - Canada's Political Shifts, Women Leading the Change, and U.S. Election Dynamics Welcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode of Unspun, Jody Vance and George Affleck kick off with a heated discussion about the Vancouver Park Board's new fees, continued incompetence, and suggestions for utilizing local beaches better. They touch on personal frustrations with the online booking system at Kitspool and discuss broader political shifts within B.C., both provincially and federally. The duo also dives into U.S. politics, including predictions for the upcoming presidential election and the significance of Kamala Harris's candidacy. They emphasize...
2024-10-3131 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance & George Affleck: Vancouver City Hall Scuffles, BC Election Insights & USA eh Welcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode of Unspun, Jody Vance and George Affleck dive deep into the chaos enveloping Vancouver politics and some fairly dramatic city council outbursts. Then the not so surprising provincial election outcome and what that might mean in the coming weeks and months and how it compares to the 2017 Election. And will there be a leadership change in federal politics and the Liberals? Our bet is yes … sooner than later. All that and more on episode 270 of Un...
2024-10-2431 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance & George Affleck: Conservative Challenges, Greens' Role, and Debate Recap Welcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode of UnSpun, hosts Jody Vance and George Affleck dive into the current election frenzy, discussing the opening of recent polling, controversies involving political figures like John Rustad, and the impact of derogatory comments made by candidates. They analyze the recent debate highlighting strategies and reactions from notable politicians like David Eby and Sonia Furstenau. The episode explores potential election outcomes, including the possibility of a minority government, and examines the significance of polling data and independent candidates...
2024-10-1021 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance & George Affleck: Conservative Challenges, Greens' Role, and Debate RecapWelcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode of UnSpun, hosts Jody Vance and George Affleck dive into the current election frenzy, discussing the opening of recent polling, controversies involving political figures like John Rustad, and the impact of derogatory comments made by candidates. They analyze the recent debate highlighting strategies and reactions from notable politicians like David Eby and Sonia Furstenau. The episode explores potential election outcomes, including the possibility of a minority government, and examines the significance of polling data and independent candidates...
2024-10-1021 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance & George Affleck: Election Season Chaos, Media Strategies, and Political Mud-SlingingWelcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode of UnSpun, hosts Jody Vance and George Affleck discuss the upcoming political campaign season in British Columbia, highlighting the ongoing debates and strategies of various parties. They delve into a leadership debate moderated by Jody, featuring candidates like Adrian Dix (NDP), Eleanor Sturko (BC Conservatives), and independent Karin Kirkpatrick. The discussion also covers the controversial statements by Conservative leader John Rustad and the NDP's strategic release of opposition research. Jody and George explore the impact of limited...
2024-09-2635 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnspun with Jody Vance and George Affleck: Season 7 PremiereWelcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events.Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more.In the first episode of UnSpun Podcast's seventh season, hosts Jody Vance and George Affleck discuss recent significant developments in British Columbia's provincial politics, including the turmoil in the BC United Party following Kevin Falcon's decision to pull BC United out of the race in the upcoming election, and the surging popularity of the BC Conservative Party under John Rustad....
2024-09-0630 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 262Welcome to UnSpun - your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events.Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more.This week, George and Jody take "spin" literally as they dissect a question many are asking about the mayor of Vancouver, aka Peloton Ken: What was he thinking?Riding in a different direction, George has an opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun this week. Jody and George delve deeper into questions of democracy and journalism, church versus state....
2024-06-2738 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 260Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show.Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more.This week, George and Jody go full Kevin … specifically and metaphorically. From BC United leader Kevin Falcon to other Kevins and other people who, when faced with personal brand and overall brand challenges, must decide if there is anything they can do to turn that brand frown upside down.Of course, if you are a government, or governing body, clearly br...
2024-06-1334 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 259Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, George and Jody take a deep dive into why the City of Vancouver, Park Board or government in general do not seem to get a handle on long-range planning and, in particular, why a pool in Vancouver can be so difficult to maintain. Is it the pool or the pool overlords? I think you know where this will go.
2024-06-0634 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 258Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, George and Jody interrupt regularly scheduled programming for breaking news... that Trumps other news and is surely spinning heads. After that — it’s back to BC-based news, where a new political poll seems like the last poll that shows anything could happen this fall when BCers go to vote for their provincial government. But if you live in Surrey, you real...
2024-05-3144 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 257 Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, some polls are in and if a provincial election were called today, the NDP would likely lose to a centre/centre-right party. But not if there are to two of them (which there are). Jody and George have some inside information on what this means and speculate on whether there will be a coalition of the right-leaning parties. In Surrey...
2024-05-2333 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 256Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more.This week, mergers and acquisitions in business are standard procedure. But in politics, it’s either a sign of desperation or a winning formula for electoral success. What will it be in BCPoli? With a mash up of BC United and BC Conservatives along with a dash of Mayor Brad West, the concoction is either madness or brilliance. Or just a bunch of BS.Me...
2024-05-1734 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 255 Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, Go Canucks Go! There is nothing to unspin there. But over at ICBC, we all get $110 back, but why can’t the good drivers be rewarded more and the bad drivers not rewarded at all. In Vancouver, politics are getting in the way of an upgraded seawall but hey, it involves Park Board, so it’s always about politics. And trouble in Delt...
2024-05-0931 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 254 Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, it’s May and while Star Wars and the 4th might be with you, this planet seems to be spinning a bit out of control. From protests and arrests at a New York university campus to flip flopping on not-so-tough-on-crime polices right here in BC, it makes you wonder who’s in charge anymore? Well we got you covered here at U...
2024-05-0231 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 253 Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, news channels across North America appear to be all Trump all the time. But how does that fit into spin? Well, for Trump it’s likely for … the win. Meanwhile, in BC, the politics of parks, police and pragmatism keep Jody and George on point and on the edge. Seriously — when politics usurps common sense and dollars and cents...
2024-04-2631 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 252 Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, homes for everyone! Well, in theory that is what the federal government is proposing but is realistic and what’s the alternative. In BC drug decriminalization and the safe supply system are creating a whack-a-mole situation for police and local residents and debate is heating up politically in Victoria of their efficacy. But you know … It’s an e...
2024-04-1832 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 251Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, with one of the driest winters on record, BC is faced with a drought and fires this summer, are we prepared? Maybe the BC NDP government will spin their way out of that like they have when it comes to CleanBC-Gate, illicit drug dealers in hospitals, and Surrey Policing. Jody and George bet that Premier Eby wishes he...
2024-04-1127 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 250Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, just when you think it is safe to go outside in Yaletown, the City of Vancouver makes “safe injection” sites mobile. The apocalyptical ice cream truck is coming to a neighbourhood near you. Meanwhile, police boards get an overhaul across BC, but you can’t help but think this is really meant to control what i...
2024-04-0532 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 249Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, around the world in 30 minutes, or, lessons Canada could learn from other countries around the world. Like: Why are there so few visible homeless and drug addicted people in London, England compared to Vancouver, Canada? Why is the King in Morocco so popular?
2024-03-2930 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 248Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, an iconic baseball park in Vancouver is getting a makeover and other good news from the Vancouver Park Board—good news you say? Over in Victoria, it’s only bad news for the ruling NDP as a high profile MLA dumps the party to sit as an independent. All is not well in the backroom. And polling in Canada a...
2024-03-0733 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 247Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, around the world in 30 minutes. From NATO’s approval of Sweden to the USA's lack of support for Ukraine, and then all the back home for spies, lies, and rides. We got it all covered on UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckFind out where to watch and listen at UnSpunPodcast.com
2024-02-2932 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 246Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, the brush with fame and infamy episode. Where a couple of dinners with a Duke and a Duchess have Jody and George spilling the beans on celebrity meals with some royalty. Then it is onto the largesse of government. Is there any other kind these days? Overspending and misguided spending in...
2024-02-2332 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 245Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, sigh, Vancouver Park Board. Jody and George are taking it on the "twitter" chin for being open about their opinions on the competence and quality of Vancouver’s parks. Support for an idea does not necessarily mean support for a person or party. But tell the angry park board supporters that. A recent panel with...
2024-02-1531 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 244Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week, big cuts at a major media outlet have Jody and George asking what the future of radio, tv and all other journalistic mediums is, and is there a place once again for the small independent operator?But while we wait for that, backroom political shenanigans in Surrey, Vancouver, and Victoria show us that there are cracks in the dominant, ruling parties that w...
2024-02-0835 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 243Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics, and much more. This week … an imminent transit strike threatens commuters … and pretty much everyone … in the Lower Mainland. Can anything positive come of a strike apart from higher wages? Jody and George think maybe. And the federal government is giving away land and giving up on some controversial assisted dying legislation. Hot topics for a possible election incoming. And Vancouver Park Board. Oh yes - that ol’ chestnut — will it be ...
2024-02-0130 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 240Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George are back after a holiday season and new year break. Snow job in Surrey over the police issue... or is that just the weather? New taxes from Metro Vancouver, just when you did NOT need them. And homeless camps get shut down while temperatures crash—the ABCs of Vancouver politics. All that and more on UnSpunpodcast.com
2024-01-1233 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 239Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George end the year with a look back and a look forward. From Trump to Trudeau, healthcare to police, parks to people, and the positive versus the negative. It’s 30 minutes you must not miss at UnSpunpodcast.comHappy New Year, everyone!
2023-12-2131 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 238Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George dig into the politics of the Vancouver Park Board and the historic decision by the City of Vancouver to ask the Province of BC to dismantle the elected board. Will the province comply or leave Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim hanging and hung out to dry? Maybe. But the only question that should be asked is: Will Vancouver have better parks and recreation...
2023-12-1530 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 237Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George are 100% focused on the big news in Vancouver where the mayor announced a process to dismantle the elected park board, the only elected park board in Canada. This decision spiralled into some internal politics of the ruling ABC party in Vancouver, along with the formation of the pro-park board movement and the potential ramifications this will all have in the next election...
2023-12-0830 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 236Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George gear up for Christmas where only in Vancouver the gift that keeps on giving in politics is related bike lanes and Christmas trains. Never you mind, there’s always budget reviews to keep you enthralled, even if one of them is months behind and too little too late. And finally, is it over for Prime Minister Trudeau? George makes one of his de...
2023-11-3028 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 235Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George wonder if the people of Vancouver will receive an “emotional rescue” after they read the details of Vancouver’s annual budget, which includes an almost 10% increase in spending and no restraint of any kind. Whyyyyyy? But one thing is for sure: Surrey will literally have to take a Vancouver-style budget to the bank when they see real policing costs, representing 23% of a $2 billio...
2023-11-2329 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 234Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George dig into why politicians think they can play both sides of an issue. From wars on the other side of the globe to events in our backyard, as the saying goes, they can’t have their cake and eat it too. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, election 2026 seems to already be underway, with local political antics becoming a supercharged spin—and UnSpun loves a good...
2023-11-1632 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 233Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George celebrate (?) the one-year anniversary of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party’s sweeping victory. The reviews are in, and so far they seem to be on track, but is that mostly related to a train ride in Stanley Park? Heck, even if Ken Sim or any other mayor in the region wanted to claim victory for achievements, the BC Pr...
2023-11-0938 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 232Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George go geopolitical but then bring it back home for some good ol’ fashioned locally focused political madness. From the BC Government overruling and overriding local government decision-making to big issues on Little Mountain and unruly planning at Britannia Community Centre, Unspun’s got it covered. Tune for that and more on UnSpunpodcast.comNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us o...
2023-11-0236 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 231Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George talk leadership — there are good leaders and then there are … welllllll. Speaking of that, the BC Conservative leader is taking a stand against AirBNB rules in BC. Jody and George have differing views on this one. Awkward? Maybe. Translink is in a cash crunch. Who will pay? Well now it’s time to get serious about funding and the role of government. And finally, payback of SER...
2023-10-2633 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 230Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George go from the ABCs and PSLs to the SPS’s and STRs. Newsworthy acronyms, to be sure. Whether it’s Surrey policing or London Drugs shopping, no letters are left unturned in the quest to unravel and unspin the news of the day. So tune in and get the 911 and more on UnSpunpodcast.com
2023-10-1933 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 229Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George can’t help but express their sadness and concern for the geopolitical crisis we are in. And while it’s challenging to focus on our domestic issues in comparison, the success of any good democracy is acceptance of credible criticism and we have some that is for sure — cops in Surrey, BC Ferry staffing, and the non housing announcement at the housing announcement in Vancouver. All th...
2023-10-1234 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 228Welcome to UnSpun, your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George speak about speakers and speaking about how the whole issue really speaks to the issue of … oh … politics. In Manitoba, new leadership might be a red flag for politicians who are choosing populism over pragmatism. Read the room, guys. The world is changing. Keep up. And in Vancouver, it’s three years before the next election, but signs of politicking have already begun. I gues...
2023-10-0534 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 227Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George get into the power of bad press and why some politicians handle it and others get buried by it. In BC the annual convention of BC municipalities is over … and and and … well not a lot. No goodies from the Premier. No big controversies. And in Vancouver — view cones. Say what? Ya, somehow it’s part of the housing solution. Ok. Sure. All that and more on...
2023-09-2831 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 226Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George dig deep into the pressing issues of foreign interference from India, nationwide protests against the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, and the possible return of COVID-19 anti-vax healthcare workers. From uncovering hidden truths and sparking thought-provoking discussions, join Jody and George on UnSpunpodcast.comNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us on your favourite...
2023-09-2237 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 225Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. Jody and George are back after their summer hiatus. And what a summer it has been. Federal, provincial and municipal issues — so much to unpack on UnSpun. From Prime Minister Trudeau’s crashing polling numbers to the rise of BC Conservatives. From horrible knife attacks in Vancouver to continued political posturing in Surrey over their police services. Never a dull moment and UnSpunpodcast.com is here for it. Need to f...
2023-09-1426 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 224Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George dissect how successfully the provincial government laid the groundwork through strategic communications — aka SPIN — prior to announcing and mandating that Surrey must move away from the RCMP and to their own police force. Clearly, some people are not happy, most notably the mayor of Surrey. And in Vancouver, the independent Park Board have their work cut out for them, removing/moving/chan...
2023-07-2028 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 223Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George make it clear that what is going on between Surrey Municipality and the provincial government regarding Surrey Police Services vs the RCMP is simply a big sh%t show. How will this all end? We may know soon, and there are predictions to be heard. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, the housing supply might get a big boost with a new zoning policy...
2023-07-1332 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 222Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George talk about enlightening Twitter thread, a series of tweets that exposed the insane bureaucracy involved in getting building permits in Vancouver. Speaking of Threads, Facebook (aka Meta) has released its Twitter competitor — called Threads — and George “Underscore” got his name without the underscore … but otherwise, does it really matter? In Port Coquitlam, they are having a three-day cleaning blitz. Why can’t other citi...
2023-07-0631 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 221Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George dig deep into the City of Vancouver's upcoming budget planning and have an early prediction of results for election 2026! And the budget is only the start - class action lawsuits, anger in Chinatown, and bureaucracy run amok. Fun times in the city. Over in Victoria, free air conditioners and successful by-elections have the NDP sitting pretty, so the ball is over...
2023-06-2936 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 220Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George put the Barney into local politics — yes, Barney …The Purple Dinosaur, but don’t let that scare you, because Surrey is officially a showdown city with the Mayor and the provincial Solicitor General at odds over the future of policing; and finally — is Canada getting too USAish? Maybe.All that and more, or UnSpunpodcast.comNeed to find the...
2023-06-2232 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 219Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George zip through a whole bunch of topics, including … zippering, but before you try to cut them off, let’s find out why things are getting ugly in Surrey, why a politician needs a fake Twitter account, and why is it so hard to help keep Vancouver clean; and finally, wedge issues in Ottawa … and seriously, will Trump ever go to jail?A...
2023-06-1535 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 218Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George get into whether or not putting a bunch of local mayors on a luxury yacht for all the world to see is the wisest political move; Park Board — oh Vancouver Park Board — bike lane freedom, but what’s the deal with pool dictatorships; and fires, feuds and freaks (and this is not BC we are talking about).All that and mo...
2023-06-0834 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 217Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George check off a few things from their to-done list. Drinking in parks…or not, housing supply and the province’s game of chicken, and spies amongst us (George has a few stories).All that and more, or UnSpunpodcast.comNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us on your favourite audio channel.-Need to reach out, email info@unspunpodcast.com...
2023-06-0131 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 216Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.We are back after a three-week hiatus, and this week, Jody and George question the reasoning behind Surrey’s stubbornness to not accept or even seriously review the province’s recommendations related to the Surrey Police. Sticking with Surrey, some doctors there are saying they are being silenced, but the province says no way — which is it? Meanwhile, in Vancouver, no fun city continues. Whomp whomp! And in...
2023-05-2533 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 215Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, from tax returns and credit ratings to the future of policing and rejuvenating Vancouver’s historic Chinatown, UnSpun hits it from coast to coast and corner to corner. Tune in and top up on politics from Ottawa to the DTES on Unspunpodcast.comNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us on your favourite audio channel....
2023-04-2736 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 214Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, it was 4/20 again — seriously — is this “protest” in a Vancouver city park about cannabis really necessary anymore or is it all smoke, no fire? And while we have you … in the park … if you plan to take a dip in a pool, make sure you are properly dressed. Yup, Vancouver gets all prudish about swimwear — it’s 4/20 one day and 1820 the other. And while we await the weather for swim...
2023-04-2031 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 213Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, what’s in a name … or a logo, for that matter? Well, everything, if you are the BC Liberals who are now BC United and the reviews are already coming in…oggy oggy oggy! Meanwhile — crime watch from coast to coast, and how politicians are weighing in or out. And finally — party city Vancouver. What’s that? All that and more on Unspunpodcas...
2023-04-1333 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 212Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, big moves on Vancouver’s downtown eastside as tents were finally removed from the sidewalks of the city. The decision by Vancouver City Council came after fires and violence threatened not only those camping there but the residents in the surrounding buildings. In Surrey and Vancouver, big budgets are in the news again. For Surrey, it’s because they await the decision by the province about the futu...
2023-04-1336 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 212Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, big moves on Vancouver’s downtown eastside as tents were finally removed from the sidewalks of the city. The decision by Vancouver City Council came after fires and violence threatened not only those camping there but the residents in the surrounding buildings. In Surrey and Vancouver, big budgets are in the news again. For Surrey, it’s because they await the decision by the province about the...
2023-04-0736 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 211Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George go big or go home on the latest decision by the City of Vancouver related to the plans for Broadway in the city. The staff wanted to slow down. Council said no! While we are on Council in Vancouver, what is art? Do unsolicited sculptures of spiders count? Vancouver likely will be wrestling this arachnoid art piece to the death. And...
2023-03-3033 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 210Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George go around the world in 30 minutes. But whether it’s China and Russia or Canada and the USA or Vancouver and Ottawa, a concerning theme is developing and unravelling, which makes it our duty to unspin the story on BC’s longest-running political podcasts. There - we said. We are old. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, former Mayor Kennedy Stewart wins some and lose...
2023-03-2329 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 209Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George get into the spies that love us and what impact they may or may not be having on local, provincial and federal elections; most recently, a story about the 2022 election in Vancouver is particularly concerning. Speaking of Vancouver, why is Mayor Sim in Texas promoting BC? Tell us what the taxpayer ROI is on that junket. And an emotional and personal...
2023-03-1734 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 208Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, and federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George look at the larger importance of why postponing Drag Storytime in Nelson is more than a fight over dresses and wigs. Pay Transparency introduced in Victoria, Living Wage cut in Vancouver and new business tax opportunities — how these decisions can be good and bad for small business owners. And finally — hate in politics — maybe it’s time to find the love.All...
2023-03-0931 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 207Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George get into the fact the taxman cometh at all levels of government and at a time when we can all least afford it. Have you looked at the price of butter, eggs and other staples? Meanwhile, China takes a beating in Ottawa for money laundering, political interference, and TikTok. And finally — real-world propaganda. Sometimes it’s obvious — sometimes, not so much.All...
2023-03-0234 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 206Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George blow up the two billion dollar — yes two billion — budget in Vancouver. But hey — what’s another 10% tax increase amongst friends? Ugh. At least the streets and parks will be cleaner, and the city will be safer — right? That said — it’s not as bad as Surrey — with its 17% tax increase. Yikes. And over in Victoria — one NDP MLA has had enough. Politics is just n...
2023-02-2333 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 205Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George give some long-awaited kudos to Vancouver Park Board for making the tough and politically charged decision to remove a massive and expensive temporary bike lane in Stanley Park and instead choose a process and good design for the future. The way it should have been done in the first place. At City Hall in Vancouver, a cup fee-free city and some long-awaited...
2023-02-1633 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 204Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George take a healthy look at healthcare and the new funding from the federal government. Is it a drop in the bucket, or is the bucket just leaky? Then in Vancouver, recession woes begin, but there is hope … at least Park Board seems functional. And finally, Vancouver’s Top 50 list — we the people?All that and more on Unspun Podcast.Need...
2023-02-0930 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 203Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week, Jody and George review Mayor Ken Sim’s first-ever state of the city address to Vancouver’s Board of Trade. How’d he do? Will he regret some of what he said? What can taxpayers and businesses expect over the next four years? Meanwhile, in Surrey, what does the future hold for policing? George has a prediction. Wanna take a bet? And over in Victoria, Premie...
2023-01-2531 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 202Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week it is Episode 202 — Season 5! Jody and George ask why hundreds of thousands of dollars every year is spent on “micro-cleaning” (what’s that exactly?) on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, yet things seem to get worse year after year. Then over at Park Board, cleaning up takes on a different meaning when the mess of bureaucracy and politics is what needs a make-over. And finally, tensions and pressu...
2023-01-1932 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 201Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week it is Episode 201 — Season 5! Jody and George get into the awkward discovery of classified documents at US President Joe Biden’s home. I mean, really!? What the hell? And then we bring it home — with a focus on whether or not we will ever ever ever solve the mental health care crisis, homelessness and housing for everyone. The good news - the Park Board in Vancou...
2023-01-1231 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 200Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics and much more.This week it is Episode 200! Jody and George talk about what it’s been like hosting a podcast for four years and how there were never any stories to focus on. It’s been a busy four years in local, provincial and national politics. Then … it is back to business on housing, cops, and so much more—the fastest 30 minutes in Pod-Land. Oh — and PS — we are taking a bre...
2022-12-1532 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 199Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George talk about the freedom to drink and drive in Vancouver’s parks — in a good way and certainly not at the same time. The Vancouver Police might be getting body-cams, or will they? Can they? Who will push back? And Premier David Eby does his first cabinet shuffle. Who are the winners and who are the losers, and what does that all mean...
2022-12-0831 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 198Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George give a bit of Christmas cheer but not too much because you know what they say in Vancouver when it snows, it … it … it … rains, terrible drivers and chaos on our roads. What to do? Stay off the roads, people. Meanwhile, over at the City of Vancouver, it is budget time, and big bucks may flow unless Mayor CPA, Ken Sim, can figure...
2022-12-0131 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 197Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George dig into Vancouver’s park board as we see the barge on the beach sale off (in pieces) into the sunset along with some pretty terrible decisions by the previous administration — we hope; meanwhile, skyrocketing policing costs are all the rage in BC but will that solve the many problems communities have with crime, homelessness, drug addiction and more? Probably not, and fina...
2022-11-2430 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 196Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George shorten the usual 100 days of judgment for a new leader down to 10 for Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim. Ugh. Cops in Surrey — it looks like they may end up with two police forces. The rumour of the death of Twitter is perhaps greatly exaggerated. And, Retired Florida Man runs for President.All that and more on Unspun Podcast.Need to...
2022-11-1832 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 195Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George start with a quick analysis of the surprising results of the US Midterm elections and how that might play out for some hot-button issues down south. Then it’s back home to talk about the swearing-in of Vancouver’s new mayor and some … shall we say ... concerning optics that George noted at the event. And finally … the Vancouver Police Department’s leaked report abo...
2022-11-0930 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 194Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George are steamed about the second cancellation of the beloved Christmas train at Stanley Park. The decision is the last time the current Vancouver Park Board gets at messing up the parks in the city, and change, hopefully, is coming with a new and different elected board. Meanwhile, chaos across the region with fireworks-mad teenagers once again raises the question of CCTV and...
2022-11-0432 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 193Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George take a closer look at the municipal election results and whether sunny days are ahead, especially in Vancouver. And with the NDP’s new leader in place, what happens to the party’s two support bases now that they seem to be divided — environmentalists versus unionists (BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcom is rubbing his hands together at this potential in-fighting at NDP HQ). A...
2022-10-2833 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 192Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George have a special post-municipal election edition!All that and more on UnSpun PodcastNeed to find the audio version, go to unspunpodcast.com or search for us on your favourite audio channel.-Need to reach out, email info@unspunpodcast.com-Stay updated!Jody Vance https://twitter...
2022-10-1630 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 191Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George are all in for election day this weekend. Who will be your next mayor and council in your community? Vancouver is shaping up for change, and so is Surrey. But what about other places like New Westminster and Victoria? It’s going to be an interesting day. Don’t forget to vote. Tune in Sunday for a special edition post-election.All...
2022-10-1430 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 190Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George are on fire. It is only one week to go to municipal elections, and anything could happen in Vancouver, Surrey and some other tight communities (White Rock, we are watching you). How did we get here, and what are some of the key things influencing the decision of who to vote for on Election Day? Endorsements? Ballot information? Over-the-top promises? No matter...
2022-10-0735 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 189Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, early voting starts Saturday, October 1, for BC’s municipal elections, and Jody and George have some tips to consider before heading to the voting booth. They also get into the details of each Vancouver party’s platform. Over at the provincial level, NDP leadership hopeful David Eby presents his aggressive plans for housing in BC, which includes overriding municipal powers, and yet not a peep from...
2022-09-3031 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 188Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Trudeau-mania part 2 — or Queen-Gate — but seriously, what’s wrong with celebrating a life — even if it’s the Queen of Canada? Meanwhile, over in the colonies — random testing and ArriveCan are ending, and many people are happy while others continue with their conspiracies. But stop with your online hate at Jody — please and thanks. And finally, tick … tick … tick — it is almost municipal election time across BC. The ads a...
2022-09-2330 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 187Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, it’s go time with less than one month to go for municipal elections, and Jody and George get into the juicy backroom shenanigans of Vancouver and Surrey politics as well as some disturbing news from Brad West, the acclaimed mayor of PoCo. Meanwhile, the anointment, pretty much, of a new federal Conservative Party leader has media sitting up to see how much they will be...
2022-09-1633 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 186Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George start with the passing of the Queen. But what does this all mean for the future? How will King Charles III manage his communications, and will there be spin? Then it’s back home, where local polls show that Vancouver’s Mayor Kennedy Stewart remains the front runner to be re-elected, and his competitors are making little ground to change that. Rent cont...
2022-09-0932 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 185Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George talk about the madness that is Vancouver politics. Party jumping, issue flipping, and general negative vibes all around. But who doesn’t love it. And it’s time to dig in with Election Day looming. Beyond the borders of the city, politicians feel threatened, and ARE threatened, just ask Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister. And the end of Covid …wait … the end of Covid?
2022-09-0231 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 184Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George go big or go home with the announcement by Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum that if he is re-elected in October he will build a 60,000 seat stadium. Spin, bravado, whatever you call it, it has people talking; then it’s a tour of some other municipalities like Delta and Burnaby and how they find ways to stand out; but in the end, it’s Va...
2022-08-2631 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 183Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George get explicit with their words. But that seems to be going around in politics these days. Then it’s on to rumours of Vancouver’s oldest political party announcing a new leader to replace the recently departed John Coupar. That is really going to mess up the plans of some of the mayoral candidates who thought the NPA vote would go to them...
2022-08-1928 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 182Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George do a summer speed version of UnSpun and look specifically at the news in Vancouver, where politics is never boring. The departure of a high-profile mayoral candidate, the end of an era for the city’s longest-standing political party, how all this might impact the outcome in October and what is really going on with the police presence on the Downtown Eastside as...
2022-08-1118 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 181Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George take a look at the latest poll in Vancouver that has pretty much every candidate in a dead heat for mayor. So good news Vancouver — chaos continues. That said — this could end up with a very interesting mix where the next mayor of Vancouver has absolutely no power — even better news. Right? Of course not to disappoint, Park Board continues on its merry...
2022-08-0534 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 180Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George talk flip-flopping leadership in Vancouver, what does a leader need to do to inspire and why are NIMBYs sooooo NIMBY? Meanwhile, crime is on the rise, grass is not getting cut and housing continues to be the hot button political issue. All that and whole bunch more on the latest UnSpunPodcast.Need to find the audio version, go...
2022-07-2931 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 179Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George can handle the truth and some criticism but can Vancouver’s Park Board — seems not; the power of oil and anti-oil in a civic election — the room is divided but should it be; BC is getting a new Premier but should it be more of a challenge than David Eby is having — probably; and what are you willing to pay for a rock con...
2022-07-2232 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 178Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George get their super soakers firing at the Vancouver Park Board for their consistent ability to always make the wrong decision for the people (and kids) of Vancouver; meanwhile, campaigning for the next civic election is heating up across BC so who will be the next mayors and councillors in your town — we have some math for you to help you choose; and fi...
2022-07-1533 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 177Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George look at the impact of cancelling the highly controversial, very unpopular rebuild of the Royal BC Museum and how the flip-flopping BC Premier might fair in the future of politics; then so much to talk about in Vancouver. A breakdown of the real impact of those who voted in support and those who voted against the massive Broadway Plan. It is an...
2022-06-2431 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 176Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George talk about Covid literally hitting close to home and what travel might be like in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the Cullen Commission on money laundering was released and the spin on this is — well — the whole g’danged system failed us all; and finally — Vancouver is a mess, literally, but who will have the guts to clean it up this coming election — take a clo...
2022-06-1631 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 175Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George weather the storm whether they like it or not. In Vancouver, the Mayor rehashes some old policies like they are new policies, which is the the ultimate cynical election spin; then — that’s not a knife, this is a knife — the silliest twitter troll wars erupt so it must be an election year but the whole thing has one local influencer leaving the so...
2022-06-1031 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 174Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George debunk the decriminalization of drugs in BC and ponder whether gun control announcements were more about PR than actual policy-making; then it’s a look into how Vancouver and Surrey remain the hotspots for local politics with the fall election just around the corner; and in Vancouver, specifically, George has a solution to the Broadway Plan that may just work for everyone. Ha...
2022-06-0230 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 173Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.This week, Jody and George get all hissy-torical when they dig into the decision by the BC NDP to spend $700 million plus on a new Royal BC Museum that nobody was asking for, saw coming or, apparently, even support. With zero transparency, the NDP find themselves digging a hole that could fit a few woolly mammoths.Prime Minister Trudeau’s security detail pulled the plug on...
2022-05-2733 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 172Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George are dumbfounded … that’s right … by the shear political nightmare, the BC NDP have created for themselves with the rebuild of Victoria’s Royal BC Museum. $700 million-plus — come on. Of course, this gold-plated decision is political gold for Kevin Falcon, leader of the opposition. Craig James, former B.C. legislature clerk, guilty of fraud, breach of trust wraps up a story UnSp...
2022-05-1932 min
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George AffleckUnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 171Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more. This week, Jody and George welcome you to our new home at unspunpodcast.com and it’s right into the hot topics of the week where we have the latest spin/no spin on the fourth dose to prevent covid19 and why science still matters; then we go local — civic election finances and the doomed Broadway Plan in Vancouver. And finally — teen crime is on the ri...
2022-05-1333 min