The Briefing Note Podcast

<p>The Briefing Note Podcast explains politics and pop culture and features conversations politicians and newsmakers with Madame Premier’s Sarah Elder.</p>

Rownena Santos, City of Brampton Councillor

Please note this is a previously unreleased episode recorded in July 2024.

05-23
49:57

Chantal Huinick, City of Waterloo Regional Councillor

Please note this is a previously unreleased epsiode from 2024.

05-20
44:21

Stephanie Clements, President of the Calgary Public School Teachers Association

Please note this episode was recorded in August 2024.

05-16
34:00

Trisha Estabrooks for the NDP in Edmonton Centre

In todays episode of The Briefing Note, I chat with federal NDP candidate Trisha Estabrooks, the former CBC journalist and chair of the Edmonton Public School Board about her bid to be the next MP for Edmonton Centre.

04-15
35:30

Rachel Loewen Walker for the NDP in Saskatoon West

In this election episode of The Briefing Note I'm chatting with Rachel Loewen Walker who is running for the NDP in the riding of Saskatoon West. Rachel and I talk about running in a contested nomination (spoiler - she's been running for over a year) and what she's hearing from voters. The second half of the podcast focuses on the invisibility of women and focus on women in the overall Canadian election campaign and kind of wraps up with me asking the very significant question of if each polit...

04-09
52:31

Trudeau's visit to Canadian Tire makes me sad

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03-18
05:32

Jeromy Farkas wants to be the mayor of Calgary

The Briefing Note's first crossover podcast! My podcast co-host Jeromy Faraks, from our pod Off The Rails, and I started recording late last year and today he's launching his campaign to become the next mayor of Calgary this coming fall. Learn about why he's running, my attempt to get him to answer a yes or no question on photo radar and more in this episode.

02-26
34:43

Bonnie Crombie live from the campaign bus!

Bonnie Crombie joined The Briefing Note live from a very bumpy campaign bus as she spends the last two days of the campaign trying to sway voters away from Doug Ford and Marit Stiles to make her the next premier of Ontario. You can hear her pitch to voters who might still be on the fence about who to support and more now in the newest episode of The Briefing Note with Madame Premier's Sarah Elder.

02-25
27:26

Chrystia Freeland for Canada

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

02-13
42:56

Karina Gould is ready to fight

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

01-23
41:43

Can we not do this please?

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

01-22
02:54

Why Canada needs the CBC with Canadian Heritage Parliamentary Secretary Taleeb Noormohamed

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

01-10
36:46

My conversation with "Chrystia" author Catherine Tsalikis

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

01-09
34:43

Justin Trudeau is finally out but who is in?

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

01-06
12:36

Minister Patty Hajdu unplugged

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

12-19
48:39

The glass cliff & why Justin Trudeau shouldn't resign

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

12-18
03:36

Is the Canada Post strike finally ending? I hope so.

The Briefing Note with Sarah Elder from Madame Premier on politics, culture in Canada and beyond. Thanks for listening! I'd be so appreciative if you could leave a rating and review here or wherever you get your podcasts. And join the community and conversation on Madame Premier's Instagram.

12-15
10:19

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