Hotel Pacifico

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy.

🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 4 of 18)

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Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy.

🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 3 of 18)

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy.

🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 2 of 18)

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy.

🏨🌄  Day 1 of 18: The election is on!

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄  Global BC Legislative reporter Richard Zussman joins Mike and Geoff to look at the most interesting ridings in the political battleground for the upcoming BC election.  Richard has ranked the ridings 1-93 on his X (Twitter) feed. They start with a review of riding battles involving newly-minted independent MLAs and candidates, then break down the ridings from northern BC to the southern Interior, from North Shore to the Fraser Valley, and finally they take the ferry to the Island and look at ridings on both sides of the Malahat.  In the mini-bar, Richard reveals the riding battle he finds most intriguing.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄  Mike and Kate interview BC Conservative leader John Rustad, the third of three provincial leaders contesting the upcoming BC election to visit Hotel Pacifico in recent weeks.  “Shot out of a cannon” as leader in March 2023, the Conservative leader has been riding an upward trajectory in the polls. Rustad discusses involuntary care, the state of BC’s finances, the carbon tax, and DRIPA, among other issues.  Mike & Kate also probe Rustad on his parrot, Biardi, and how he plans to feather him into the campaign.

Geoff joins Mike & Kate in the #StrategySuite. The trio discuss the policy shifts undertaken by Premier Eby and the NDP over the past week on involuntary care and the carbon tax, and the message those shifts send to voters on the eve of the election. They also discuss plans for Hotel Pacifico’s daily election coverage that will start Monday, September 23rd .

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄  The Honourable David Eby, the 37th Premier of British Columbia, checks in to Hotel Pacifico to discuss the pending provincial election with Kate, Geoff, and Mike.  The discussion includes the Premier’s elevator pitch to BC voters, the competition for erstwhile BC United voters, his learnings after almost two years as premier, and a tour around some of the top issues in the election battleground.

In the strategy suite, our hosts discuss the ongoing fallout of BC United’s exit from the campaign, which candidates are going where, and the evolution of the Conservatives into a contender – are they disciplined and successful, or successful without being disciplined?  Plus, discussion of John Rustad’s parrot!

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄  We’ve got a fantastic show today. That’s because it’s a special Air Quotes Media crossover with Hotel Pacifico and The Herle Burly with David Herle!

Air Quotes Media is chuffed to announce that Hotel Pacifico is going daily during the entire election period. 18 episodes, Monday to Friday, released at 9 am, Pacific Time. All the latest developments, analysis, polling and advertising reviews … delivered every morning, like coffee and a croissant-like object, fresh to your hotel room door.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico holds an emergency podcast as BC United suspends its campaign. Mike is joined by long-time BC Liberal Kim Haakstad (former deputy chief of staff to Christy Clark) to discuss BC United leader Kevin Falcon’s unprecedented decision to suspend the party’s campaign.   Reaction to the joint news conference held by BC Conservative leader John Rustad and Falcon.

Then the regular podcast includes Mike’s 1:1 interview with BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau where she discusses her personal backstory, outlines the party’s approach and priorities, where the party is at with candidate nominations, election strategy, ridings to watch, and what she considers to be success at 10pm on election night.

In the strategy suite (recorded August 27), Mike is joined by guests Andrea Reimer (former Vancouver City Councillor) and Jordan Bateman (VP of the ICBA and former head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in BC).  Mike, Andrea, and Jordan discuss the Province’s budget situation, reflections on the Sonia Furstenau interview and where the Greens fit into the provincial election landscape, and recent polling from the BC Chamber of Commerce on the state of the race.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS. 

🏨🌄 Mike is 'home alone' at Hotel Pacifico this week, and interviews Katie DeRosa, provincial affairs reporter for CBC. Katie provides a behind-the-scenes tour of the Press Gallery, discusses her background in journalism, today’s media landscape, and her plans for provincial election coverage.  

In the strategy suite, Mike is joined by veteran politico Bruce Young, who has headed Justin Trudeau’s campaigns in BC and worked in the PMO under Paul Martin.  Mike and Bruce discuss the latest polls, the candidate nomination sausage factory, and where ‘liberal’ BC Liberal voters are going to land during the election.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.