Real Sensical Politics

Real Sensical Politics

Matthew Bissett and John Vandenbeld

Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode Mar 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
52%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Tired of misinformation online, and extremely biased opinions? Looking for a real and common sense breakdown of Canadian politics? Get informed as we take you through current political and economic events and what they mean to you. With over 40 years of combined political and communications experience in both volunteer and professional capacities, we provide valuable perspective on the why, who, and how's of the events around us. With perspectives from both the right and the left side of the political spectrum, we discuss and debate real issues in a balanced and fair approach.

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Recent Episodes

S1E20 Will the NDP Take a Leap With High Oil and 3 By-Elections?

Mar 28, 2026 58m

With the federal NDP leadership race set to conclude thisweekend, John and I take a look at the candidates and make predictions. We also take about what and why of the price ofoil before concluding…

S1E19 Alberta Standing Orders, Referenda and Budget Ink

Mar 06, 2026 1h 10m

Usually we wouldn't release two shows so close together, but our last episode on federal issues and this one regarding Alberta topics are too timely to wait.A listener asked for some analysis on the…

S1E18 Spectrums, Parties, Floor Crossings, and Defence Procurement

Mar 02, 2026 57m

John and I discuss an overview of the political spectrum and what you find on each side as well as how parties in Canada fall onto that. John also describes a better way other than spectrums to…

S1E17 Poilievre Leadership Review and International Happenings

Jan 23, 2026 56m

As conservative leader Pierre Poilievre prepares to face a leadership review the last week of January, we John and I talk a bit about what percentage of confidence is required to maintain effective…

S1E16 Do You Recall Alberta's 2025?

Jan 06, 2026 1h 7m

It’s been a few weeks since we were able to launch an episode. With all of the Christmas celebrations and some illness thrown in, we just couldn’t get together and putone together.But we are back and…

S1E15 Canada's 2025 Fall Budget

Nov 24, 2025 45m

Canada's budget passed recently, and at a much later time in the year than normal. Join us as we converse the main points of the budget. As with everything, there was a lot of politics involved in…

S1E14 Answering Listener Questions 1

Nov 10, 2025 1h 25m

We received a number of questions over the past while, and we spend this whole episode going through them and answering them one by one. Some of the question topics include: - clarification on public…

S1E13 Inflation and Public Sector Unions

Nov 03, 2025 1h 45m

As with all things, we look to take a balanced and fair look at any issue in exploring both sides. This episode is no different as we take on the heavy task of analyzing the public sector unrest here…

S1E12 Continuing Discussion on the 2025 Municipal Elections

Oct 17, 2025 51m

With our first run on Municipal Elections quickly jumping to our 2nd most listened to episode, we decided to add some further discussion to the mix. In this episode we discuss some of the logistics…

S1E11 2025 Municipal Elections

Sep 22, 2025 43m

In this episode we discuss the upcoming municipal elections here in Alberta and some of the major hot button issues. We also touch on some of the topics that you should discuss with the candidates…

S1E10 Prime Minister Carney's First 4 Months

Sep 15, 2025 45m

John and I discuss the Prime Minister's first four months in office as we head into the fall sitting of parliament. There have certainly been some highlights both good and bad.UPDATE: We recorded…

S1E9 Politics in Energy and Climate Change

Sep 01, 2025 41m

Do you know how much Canada spent on climate change initiatives? What did we achieve with it? It could have been so much more. Join us as we revisit a couple forms of energy that deserve a little…

S1E8 Discussing Different Forms of Energy

Aug 25, 2025 48m

We start a two part discussion around different forms of energy and the slow conversion to greener forms of energy. Why does green energy cost more? What is the hold-up if there is such urgency? As…

S1E7 AB Party News and Separation Myths

Aug 18, 2025 36m

With news now coming in that MLAs Pete Guthrie and Scott Sinclair have entered into formal talks to reignite the Alberta Party, we discuss where that could go in the current political climate here in…

S1E6 Canadian Constitutional Reform

Aug 11, 2025 31m

As part of our series on the Alberta Next Panel, and largely within that context, we discuss constitutional reform in Canada. Why it is so difficult for changes to be made, especially for changes…

S1E5 AB Tax Collection and Equalization

Aug 04, 2025 37m

While Alberta currently collects its own corporate income taxes, personal income tax (PIT) is collected through Revenue Canada. The Alberta Next Panel asks the question of whether Alberta should…

S1E4 RCMP or AB Provincial Police Service

Jul 28, 2025 33m

In continuing with our series on the Alberta Next Panel topics, we discuss the age old conversation of whether Alberta should have its own police service. Where did this conversation start? Why are…

S1E3 CPP vs APP

Jul 21, 2025 30m

We return with our series on the Alberta Next Panel and lead into it with some follow-up conversation around Premier Smith and how she became the leader.Afterwards, we discuss the Canadian Pension…

S1E2 Alberta Conservatism and Separation

Jul 14, 2025 40m

In this episode we discuss the history of conservatism here in Alberta and where it comes from.  Ever wonder why talk of Alberta seperation is a thing? We dive into where it's roots come from and the…

S1E1 The Launch

Jul 01, 2025 1h 37m

It's our first show! Thank you for taking an interest in the podcast. In this episode we explore Canadian identity. Where we came from, Truth and Reconciliation, the 2025 Canadian Federal Election,…

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