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Unmaking Saskatchewan

Unmaking Saskatchewan

Harbinger Media Network

Unmaking Saskatchewan is a proudly anticapitalist and anticolonial podcast series on how the province of Saskatchewan was made - and how it can be unmade. This series examines how this province's history impacts its present, and how we might be able to change its future.
Hosted by alex birrell (@abirlios), a queer settler, sometimes journalist, writer, and anti-capitalist from southern Saskatchewan.
Support the show and find transcripts at https://www.patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan.

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In 1982 Saskatchewan elected the second Conservative government in the province's history. By the time the dust settled nine years later the province is $12 billion in debt, 12 members of the Devine government are convicted of fraud, and the Progressive Conservatives cease to exist as a political force in Saskatchewan ever again. Alex talks with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Saskatchewan director Simon Enoch about the Devine era and its legacy, which haunts the province to this day.
Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan.

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From the anti-trans "parents' rights" bill to the rise of the Sask United Party, the province is moving aggressively to the right. People are increasingly using the term fascism to describe what they're seeing. But fascism is a specific type of right wing politics, and it's not a term to be used lightly. So Alex dug in to the political philosophy of fascism to figure out whether the fash in Sask are really ascendant.
Sources:
The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

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Evangelical Christians have impacted the social and political fabric of Saskatchewan for over a century, from fur-trade era missionaries to the temperance movement to the anti-trans "parent's rights" legislation. At the same time, the movement in Canada has tended towards moderation in comparison to their counterparts in the U.S. This episode examines the history of evangelicals in Saskatchewan and Canada and how the rise of Trump and the COVID era has put new energy into Canada's Christian right.
Sources:
This U.S.-based ‘hate group’ is using a shadowy network of lawyers and doctors to infiltrate Canada

How Canadian evangelicalism is reinventing purity culture as ‘pro-women’

Canada’s marginal ‘Christian right’

Trinity Western loses fight for Christian law school as court rules limits on religious freedom 'reasonable'

Exorcism at Sask. children's Bible camp could be criminal, say experts
Fact Sheet: Public Opinion on Abortion

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In the 1990s Saskatchewan was in almost as dire a position as it had been during the Great Depression. The province was on the verge of bankruptcy, people were leaving in droves, the PC party was collapsing under the weight of the fraud scandal, the Liberals were in freefall, and the NDP, led by Roy Romanow, was slashing services to the bone. The collapse of the PCs and Liberals, coupled with the NDP’s hard right turn away from everything it had ever claimed to stand for created the conditions for the rise of the party we live under today. First in a three-part series on the Saskatchewan Party.

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Unmaking Saskatchewan - John Gormley is a Hack (w/ Jeremy Davis)
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11/23/23 • 74 min

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Unmaking Saskatchewan - Inside Saskatchewan's Evangelical Movement (w/ Dallas Verity)
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01/02/24 • 44 min

The evangelical movement is becoming increasingly salient in Saskatchewan politics, most recently with the passage of the anti-trans "parents' rights" legislation passed in fall 2023, legislation that had substantial backing from evangelical churches and organizations. Alex talks with Dallas Verity, a Regina resident who was raised in the church and worked as a youth pastor before leaving the church after coming to question its reactionary doctrines.
Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan.

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Unmaking Saskatchewan - Medicare's Lost Battle

Medicare's Lost Battle

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08/31/23 • 38 min

In 1944 the CCF was elected on a platform of implementing medicare. It would take 18 years for that promise to be realized...but the dream realized was a shadow of what had been proposed. How did we get here, what was the vision, and what did we lose?
Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan.

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Unmaking Saskatchewan - The Saskatchewan United Party

The Saskatchewan United Party

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12/07/23 • 59 min

The Sask United Party was registered as a political party in Saskatchewan in November 2022 and since then they've espoused a deeply fascist politic. SUP leader, Nadine Wilson, left the Sask Party caucus in September 2021 after lying about being vaccinated. The party ran its first candidate, oil executive and Evangelical Christian Jon Hromek, in the Lumsden Morse byelection in August 2023. On this episode Alex digs into Wilson and Hromek and unpacks the party's constitution, platform, and propaganda.
Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan.

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(Warning: This episode contains strong language) Colter Wall is one of Saskatchewan's most popular musicians. But what is Brad Wall's son actually singing about? Jeremy Davis joins Alex to talk about pan-hickism, murder ballads, and whether Swift Current is a small town, as Colter often claims (spoiler: it's not).
You can support the show (and find transcripts for episodes) on Patreon at patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan
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Unmaking Saskatchewan - Medicare Before Tommy Douglas

Medicare Before Tommy Douglas

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03/13/23 • 33 min

For better or for worse, Tommy Douglas is the figure most closely associated with Medicare in Canada. But long before the CCF was first elected in 1944, Saskatchewan people were organizing and strategizing to ensure their communities had access to doctors, nurses, hospitals, and infectious disease treatment. This episode looks at the evolution of public healthcare in the province between 1872 and 1944.
Follow Sara on Twitter at @sbirlios.
Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/unmakingsaskatchewan
Sources:
Boychuk, Gerard Explaining Public Health Insurance in the United States and Canada
Countess of Aberdeen What is the use of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada?
Daschuk, James Clearing the Plains
Houston, C. Stuart Steps on the road to medicare: why Saskatchewan led the way
Houston, C. Stuart Leading the way: A Matter of Life and Breath. The 75 Year History of the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League and the Saskatchewan Lung Association
Middleton, F.C. Evolution of Tuberculosis Control in Saskatchewan
Ostry, Alec National History of Medicine: The Foundations of National Public Health Insurance
Rands, Stan Privilege and Policy: A History of Community Clinics in Saskatchewan
Shandel, Tom Bitter Medicine, Part One: The Birth of Medicare
Taylor, Malcom G. Health insurance and Canadian public policy: the seven decisions that created the Canadian health insurance system and their outcomes
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How many episodes does Unmaking Saskatchewan have?

Unmaking Saskatchewan currently has 24 episodes available.

What topics does Unmaking Saskatchewan cover?

The podcast is about News, News Commentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Unmaking Saskatchewan?

The episode title 'The Church Must Gather: Anticipating the Rise of the Canadian Christian Right' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Unmaking Saskatchewan?

The average episode length on Unmaking Saskatchewan is 48 minutes.

How often are episodes of Unmaking Saskatchewan released?

Episodes of Unmaking Saskatchewan are typically released every 28 days, 14 hours.

When was the first episode of Unmaking Saskatchewan?

The first episode of Unmaking Saskatchewan was released on Apr 11, 2022.

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