# Playbook Canada A podcast by Politico. Each week, POLITICO’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric bring to life the stories that are driving the news in Ottawa and beyond — drawing on their deep reporting from Parliament Hill and across the provinces to reveal the characters and conflicts that are shaping Canada’s future. Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/POLL2782060508 ## Latest episodes - [Danielle Smith on the ropes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/83abae80c757) (2026-10-22, 31 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5059551174.mp3 - [Bonus Episode: In depth with Avi Lewis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/724b60525f21) (2026-10-17, 45 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7918531495.mp3 - [We need to talk about Alberta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/4bf0107d1e4c) (2026-10-15, 36 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7324325279.mp3 - [Inside Canada’s EU glow-up](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/3fd3744bd88f) (2026-10-08, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5325274284.mp3 - [PQ flirts with a majority in Quebec election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/8db2688e744f) (2026-10-01, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL9396604160.mp3 - [Opportunity knocks. Eby answers | Plus, Dan Albas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/74ca1f235978) (2026-09-24, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7800538810.mp3 - [Canada has its Europe moment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/920c535eef1f) (2026-09-17, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3380568306.mp3 - [The U.S. strikes back, Canada holds its fire | David Cohen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/20b852a14cd6) (2026-09-10, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL9473523474.mp3 - [Damien Kurek on why Alberta feels unheard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/659cf6e072d2) (2026-09-03, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL4385344164.mp3 - [Carney and the politics of concessions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/52fd5da6ece7) (2026-08-20, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2840674328.mp3 - [Ian Brodie on the right, and very wrong, way to engage Alberta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/5a0cbbd4482b) (2026-08-13, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1816750749.mp3 - [Separatism becomes Alberta's forever wedge | Jason Kenney](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/e1546307cb4e) (2026-08-06, 37 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1324564096.mp3 - [Alberta debates, investment waits | Deborah Yedlin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/d46dfeba46fd) (2026-07-30, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7198978128.mp3 - [Danielle Smith, national unity champion? | Jenni Byrne talks Alberta separatism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/0f3ced334027) (2026-07-23, 30 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2333613485.mp3 - [Don’t say, “We gave you a pipeline” | Martha Hall Findlay on separatism in Alberta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/429b0b870f8c) (2026-07-16, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL4184309261.mp3 - [Yahoo, Canada! | Stampede politics, plus 200 seconds with Corey Hogan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/b7bdca312dca) (2026-07-09, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7435857099.mp3 - [Patriotism gets a Canadian reset | POLITICO’s pollster brings the numbers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/8ff97918b19c) (2026-07-02, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7935142870.mp3 - [Jeremy Hansen on moon joy and cancel culture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/59500c2672d1) (2026-06-25, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL4899368144.mp3 - [Carney rode the wave Trump never saw coming | Melissa Lantsman talks Jays](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/049ef15c2f83) (2026-06-18, 30 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1987862997.mp3 - [Poilievre called Canada broken. Now he’s selling hope | John Concannon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/0a7b0c559193) (2026-06-11, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1939855152.mp3 - [Recession obsession | Plus, an insider’s guide to Ottawa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/0b85d83d2c38) (2026-06-04, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5844212181.mp3 - [Special edition: AI can boost Canada’s struggling economy | Google economist Fabien Curto Millet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/6ed5a11352d5) (2026-06-03, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7169898332.mp3 - [Goodbye Steven Guilbeault, hello razor-thin majority | A Politico Paris Pod](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/ac03012e5427) (2026-05-28, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL9766572761.mp3 - [Little irritants, big deadline | Erin O'Toole](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/1f59caf89b30) (2026-05-21, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2564541677.mp3 - [A deal for Alberta | Cabinet shuffle whispers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/fe25622aebf3) (2026-05-14, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7237396211.mp3 - [Inside the trade talk collapse | Susan Holt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/d2209348eb7f) (2026-05-07, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL6689861090.mp3?updated=1778114040 - [Is Carney eyeing Rideau Hall for his official residence? | Soraya Martinez Ferrada](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/963af99fcb43) (2026-04-30, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7090277490.mp3?updated=1777507918 - [Special Edition: François-Philippe Champagne, beyond 200 seconds on uncertainty and the economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/7a6ffb29b494) (2026-04-29, 14 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2378292518.mp3?updated=1777422527 - [Is YouTube the new question period? | David Herle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/eca98ba49137) (2026-04-23, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5957922658.mp3?updated=1776901325 - [Canada’s Conservatives and the search for meaning | Danielle Martin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/692d5dc59a1b) (2026-04-16, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3818251511.mp3?updated=1776296016 - [Carney’s big tent gets bigger | Philippe J. Fournier & Brian Gallant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/baa2750bca6c) (2026-04-09, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL8284206405.mp3?updated=1775695851 - [Champagne problem | Sarah Chown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/869b96df1339) (2026-04-02, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2288256577.mp3?updated=1775135180 - [Sell baby, sell: Inside Canada’s energy pitch | Heather McPherson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/3ddf0d4250d2) (2026-03-26, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1391679410.mp3?updated=1774495363 - [Is Trump making China great again?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/3b705d2ba09f) (2026-03-19, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3062929632.mp3?updated=1773873705 - [How close is Carney to a majority?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/1f62ab20a1ab) (2026-03-12, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL6155766959.mp3?updated=1773269794 - [Carney walks the Iran tightrope | Richard Madan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/975f77aa7a4d) (2026-03-05, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL9990789224.mp3?updated=1772675153 - [Carney’s big trip, Gould’s tight ship | Karina Gould](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/05884c4a14d6) (2026-02-26, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL4898820458.mp3?updated=1772071646 - [Cross-borders and floor crossers | Scott Aitchison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/64bf509b0afe) (2026-02-19, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2295519887.mp3?updated=1771466952 - [200 seconds with Canada's No. 1 sports fan | Adam van Koeverden](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/dab36f6d0c5c) (2026-02-12, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3863561295.mp3?updated=1770862189 - [Liberals flex, Conservatives reflect | Rachel Curran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/ef2b3e159fa1) (2026-02-05, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL6719208482.mp3?updated=1770254936 - [Election vibe check | Steven MacKinnon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/0dfcd43dcc28) (2026-01-29, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7839970089.mp3?updated=1769651756 - [Carney’s global test | Philippe J. Fournier](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/7c0ece3f3bf0) (2026-01-22, 28 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL8456832744.mp3?updated=1769042746 - [Carney looks east, Trump looks north | Paul Wells](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/d528beccbe0c) (2026-01-15, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2432883004.mp3?updated=1768445439 - [Pipelines 'north, south, east and west' | Danielle Smith](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/850c774918b6) (2025-12-18, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7093145621.mp3?updated=1766031698 - [Trump’s man in Ottawa takes questions | Pete Hoekstra](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/7d26fc925f52) (2025-12-11, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2402201183.mp3?updated=1765421802 - [Marc Miller tests Carney’s rules | R.J. Simpson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/a5151c27728c) (2025-12-04, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL8019938327.mp3?updated=1764823961 - [Will Ottawa and Alberta call a truce? | Ryan Jespersen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/e692c8203d51) (2025-11-27, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL9410206660.mp3?updated=1764205756 - [Carney abroad, Trump on the back foot | Jamil Jivani](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/7f685fb0abc5) (2025-11-20, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL6426763323.mp3?updated=1763610648 - [Carney’s hinge moment | Elizabeth May](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/d6ff80120621) (2025-11-13, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1128409558.mp3?updated=1763005715 - [Budget, betrayal and bird flu | François-Philippe Champagne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1848760192/2ef0f53b889c) (2025-11-06, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL4091591163.mp3?updated=1762401016 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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