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The Forgotten Corner is a weekly podcast recorded in Medicine Hat, the 65,000-citizen hub of southeast Alberta, where people often wonder, “When will everyone just do what we want to do?”Scott Schmi... more
FAQs about The Forgotten Corner:How many episodes does The Forgotten Corner have?The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.
September 10, 2020Episode 14: Unseparating Church and State, with Rev. Dave PollardRev. Dave Pollard, a born-and-raised Albertan, has been the minister at Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church for the past four-and-a-half years, and has been an outspoken member of the city’s small but not insignificant progressive community the entire time....more1hPlay
September 03, 2020Just Us 6: More than a gameThe Forgotten Corner’s official stance on the business behind professional sports would not be a favourable one, and the idea of idolizing celebrity would not do much better....more51minPlay
August 27, 2020Episode 13: Sounding the SOS, with Barb SilvaThe Forgotten Corner welcomes Barb to the show this week to discuss the United Conservative’s so-called plan for a safe return to schools, which will occur province-wide on Aug. 31. Barb takes listeners through her life growing up in Canada with her father, a political refugee of Augusto Pinochet’s Chile, and her personal journey through becoming an engineer, then teacher, then mother of three, before taking aim at the current provincial government and the Alberta Teachers Association regarding their lacklustre efforts for the betterment of the province’s education system, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic....more1h 6minPlay
August 20, 2020Episode 12: Out of time and Energi, with Markham HislopMarkham joins The Forgotten Corner this week to discuss how he came to run an Alberta energy-centric media outlet from Vancouver Island, his recently drafted Energy Declaration and why he thinks you need to sign it, and, of course, some of the ways in which the Alberta government is blowing a crucial opportunity at a crucial time....more1h 7minPlay
August 13, 2020Just Us 5: So much for the tolerant leftWe are joined again by best friend and honourary member of the show Roberta Lexier to talk about the superficial politics of civility that pop up periodically in the public discourse. The impetus for this discussion is, of course, the "Fuck you Kenney" mug, which conservatives claimed was practically an act of violence....more46minPlay
August 06, 2020Just Us 4: Shut up and workIn a last-minute episode of Just Us, we take a look at Alberta’s Bill 32, which promises to “restore balance in the workplace” by drastically weakening unions, limiting their ability to strike, eliminating the majority of overtime pay, dropping minimum wage for persons with disabilities and much much more....more49minPlay
July 30, 2020Episode 11: In the line of fire, with Jillian RattiThe Forgotten Corner once again welcomes Dr. Ratti to the show this week as she takes listeners through her latest run-in with the health minister, who felt compelled to discuss her Twitter account during question period at the legislature....more57minPlay
July 23, 2020Episode 10: Life from the back, with Jessica LittlewoodIn this wide-ranging discussion, we spoke to Jessica about her upbringing as a Jehovah's Witness and how that informed her politics before talking about what it's like to be a private member in a first-time majority government, her accomplishments, regrets, Bill 32 and how the NDP has been handling its time in opposition against a UCP government hell-bent on dismantling the public sector....more1h 3minPlay
July 16, 2020Just Us 3: Working for the weekendDr. Roberta Lexier is back on the show this week for another Just Us episode where we imagine a better future — one where every human is provided the basic essentials for survival, and where working ourselves into early graves for the profits of another is not how we spend decade after decade of our existence....more49minPlay
July 09, 2020Episode 9: Strange talesElizabeth Strange joins the Forgotten Corner this week to take listeners through her life growing up in mostly-conservative Medicine Hat and what prompted her to pursue her degrees in law, her move to the U.K. and foray into the political world, and then her move home to put her name on the federal ballot...more1h 1minPlay
FAQs about The Forgotten Corner:How many episodes does The Forgotten Corner have?The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.