Another New Podcast - S+S Are Back!

Or is it S+S is back?

Whatever it is, the Stephen + Steven podcast is back after a long hiatus. We try to catch up on what's going on - Trudeau's persistence in the polls, social conservatives on the boil, the Omar Khadr settlement (again). We were so busy the hour went by and we didn't even get to Trump being busy making America something again. Something for next week.

Here it is on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/stephen-steven-talk-politics/id1115988749?mt=2

Here it is on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven/stephen-steven-august-7-2017-aac-for-audio-podcasting

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New Podcast!

The audio archive of my appearance last night on #TheViewUpHere is now available.

I talk about "The Rule of Law" as the basis for a free and democratic society, but how neo-conservatives in Canada and the USA fight, resist and wilfully ignore the law in implementing their agenda through government. I call it "Law & Order Without The Law Part".

I run through the defeat in the courts of various key platform pieces of Harper and Trump's legislation for unconstitutionality, the attacks on judges and courts, and conservatives' claims that they report to a "higher power" than the courts and the law - the people.

Finally, I'll unpack the Omar Khadr case from capture to $10.5 million settlement, looking at it as a study in governments' willingness to ignore, sidestep and deny various basic human and international legal rights in the pursuit of ideology, and why it puts democracy and everyone's rights and freedoms at risk.

Have a listen.

S+S Podcast: Minimum Wage, Canadian Values & Lobsters Down Your Pants

The new Stephen + Steven podcast is now available on Soundcloud and iTunes.

This week we talk about a $15 minimum wage, reminisce about our own first jobs (Steven's involved painting fish and mine had me chasing a man with a lobster down his pants), and discuss what 'Canadian values' mean.

If that doesn't pique your interest, I don't know what will.

Radio Appearance on "The View Up Here"

I was delighted to be asked back (for a 5th time) to @CanadianGlen's "The View Up Here" to talk about the future of the political Right in Canada and the US. Has the Right in both countries selectively bred the moderates out of their conservative parties leaving only the extremists and nuts?

Can they get back to the centre or are they now captive of the Alt-Right and its media machine of the Breitbarts, Alex Jones, Hannity and Fox News? Is Trump the fever that will finally break the Republicans from their Tea Party delirium? How long will the ghost of Harper and the Reform party keep Canadian Conservatives in the wilderness?

http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/9/283/show_9283237_2016_09_08_03_39_39.mp3

New S+S podcast on iTunes - Brexit, referendums and the madness of crowds.

Join Steven Kerzner and me as we pick through the rubble of the #Brexit vote in the UK, and reflect on the wisdom of giving weighty and complex issues to the people via a referendum.

iTunes version: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/brexit-why-democracy-can-no/id1115988749?i=1000371602205&mt=2

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven/the-brexit-and-why-democracy-can-no-longer-be-trusted-to-ignorant-voters

Now on iTunes - the Stephen+Steven Podcast

You asked for it. Some of you positively whined for it. Okay - here it is. Our popular Canadian current events podcast is now on iTunes, available for listening or download and treasuring for ever.

All our past podcasts are available in the archive and new ones are published as soon as they come out, so subscribe and never miss another one.

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/stephen-steven-talk-politics/id1115988749?mt=2

New Stephen + Steven Podcast

The newest installment of my podcast with Steven Kerzner (aka: Ed the Sock's human alter ego). This week we conduct a post-mortem on the Ghomeshi trial - what the verdict means, when and if a vigorous defence crosses the line, and how "not guilty" is different than "innocent."

Plus, following the Rob Ford funeral, what is the future of Ford Nation and the Ford political dynasty? In our estimation, not much.

Have a listen as the book is closed on these two chapters.

https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven/stephen-steven-ghomeshi-verdict-marie-henien-rob-fords-legacy

New Stephen+Steven Podcast - Week of Sept. 28th

The new Stephen/Steven podcast is up - finally. We talk about candidate flubs, Steven's toilet, raunchy bar events with your Peterborough Conservative candidate and Steven J. Kerzner goes off on Naomi Klein.

This weeks podcast: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven/stephen-steven-talk-politics-1

The whole archive: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven

More Political Podcasts from Stephen+Steven

Thanks everyone for listening over the past few weeks. We have been overwhelmed by the numbers (over 50,000 listeners a week).

Here is last week's podcast - Peeing in mugs, offensive prank calls and other things you apparently learn in Candidate School. Plus, why the 2015 Twitter Election is shaping up unlike any other.

https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven/stephen-steven-week-3september-10-2015

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The Steven & Stephen Show

Just started a new project with Steven Kerzner, also known as the famous Ed the Sock's human alter ego. Steven and I have been circling each other for a couple of years - meeting each other at events, having a laugh over lunch. We've been saying we should do something together. I'm flattered because I'm a big fan and watched him on CITY TV and elsewhere for years. Ed's "Fromage" music video special was always a favourite.

Yesterday we taped our first half hour podcast about politics. Steven and I are both avid political observers and what you get is us just chatting and hopefully having fun and cracking wise. We're going to do it once a week through the election and maybe beyond. Here's our first podcast on why Conservatives aren't funny.

https://soundcloud.com/stephen-steven/stephensteven-august-28-2015