The Underside

The Underside

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The Underside episodes

  • Thesis - Episode 14

    In this week's episode of The Underside, join us as we discuss and establish a thesis for the show!


    Also featured is some thoughts on our "favourite" Fraser Institute all-star Jack Mintz, a digression on whether right-wing populism is caused only by economic anxiety (spoiler alert: it's not), and some mildly doomer-esque thoughts on the future of our planet in the face of climate change.

    1 hr 35 min
  • Private Parking - Episode 13

    In our first episode with The Underside's third host, Ruan, we dig into the hairbrained idea of privatizing all city parks, talk about Edmonton's very own "roller-skating guitar guy," touch on millennial loneliness, and discuss the connection between South American birds of prey and CIA terror operations.


     

    1 hr 4 min
  • Doomer Groomers - Episode 12

    Marc & Sean explore the sinister reach of "Canada Action" into the hearts and minds of our youth, Shandro's journey into his next fit of insanity, and analyze how it is that the UCP continues to persist even as they tear themselves apart from the inside.

    1 hr 18 min
  • Making the Non-Renewable New Again - Ep. 11

    After much anticipation, our analysis of the oil price crash, the world mid-COVID, and some hilarious statements from the head of ATCO Gas. If you're into Albertan politics for the pettiness, the short-sightedness, and the ignorance, this one is for you!


    Disclaimer: Due to technical difficulties, this episode took a bit more to get going; our conversation about the civil unrest spreading across the continent will be upcoming.

    1 hr 29 min
  • The Real Slim Shandy - Episode 10

    Answer the phone, or don't; the Health Minister will find you anyway.


    Let's chat about the ongoing clown car that is our own Ministry of Health, the power of Russian lozenges, our Premier's academic medical bona fides, and other key issues of our time.

    (Don't worry; the oil crash convo is incoming.)

    We also got ourselves a logo; we're almost a professional act now.

    1 hr 16 min
  • Shandemic Rising - Episode 9

    Being the Minister of Health during a pandemic must be really difficult, so difficult you might just confront your neighbour on their front yard to yell at them over a meme.


    That's the show; let's talk about Health Minister Tyler Shandro's bizarre eruption over a meme, and how he totally does not have a conflict of interest in his wife's company "Vital Partners." We also go over another UCP minister's brush with the ethics commissioner; it's a double packed corruption jamboree!

    1 hr 12 min
  • Orphans & Ceremony - Episode 7

    Since we've had nothing but two months of wonderful, uplifting news from around the globe, we wanted to take some time to revisit the important issue of orphan wells, plus the troubled past and inner workings of the Alberta Energy Regulator. We also engage in a partial reading of the epic 2020 Speech from the Throne, and Marc discusses the oddity that is Ottawa.


    (Oil prices? COVID19? What?)

    1 hr 19 min

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Revel in catastrophe with Marc, Sean, and Ruan as they explore the bizarre colonial experiment that is Albertan politics. From Wexit to pipelines, environmental devastation to economic disaster, the province named for a forgettable royal has it all!