The Breakdown With Nate Pike
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For almost two years, Recovery and Rehabilitation Advocate Guy Felicella has been the subject of an online campaign surrounding a criminal case from three decades ago. It started with some very heavy handed questions from a National Post opinion writer and has only escalataed in that time.
In this Breakdown exclusive, we sit down with Guy for a sit down where he tells his side of the story for the first time from start to finish.
Bu...
On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests!
We're proud to present "Part 6" of that show now with not only a conversation with Forever Canadian's Communications Director Serena Mah, but also the announcement that came from The Breakdown at the end of the night!
A former journalist with two...
On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests!
We're proud to present "Part 5" of that show now with a conversation with Public Interest Alberta Executive Director, Bradley Lafortune!
As a long standing politico in Alberta and now leader of an advocacy organization, Bradley has a unique persp...
On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests!
We're proud to present "Part 4" of that show now with a conversation with NDP MLA Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse!
As the first First Nations Woman to be elected to the Alberta Legislature, Jodi has had a front row seat to a seismic and historic period i...
On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests!
We're proud to present "Part 3" of that show now with a conversation with Deputy Leader of the NDP Rakhi Pancholi!
Rakhi was literally on the front row as the UCP had the curtain pulled back on the fix being in on their referendum question as the...
On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests!
We're proud to present "Part 2" of that show which is a conversation on the risks that Danielle Smith's 10 referendum questions expose Albertans to in regards to foreign interference with decorated international intelligence expert Dr Patrick Len...
Here we go! On July 25th, The Breakdown brought our show up to Edmonton to be in front of a live audience of almost 200 people and we were able to put together a 3 hour show filled with amazing guests!
We're proud to present "Part 1" of that show which includes the introduction for the night and a conversation with renowned political scientist Dr Jared Wesley!
To get tickets to our August 29th live show in Calgary, visit www.thebrea...
It's another live episode with an open mic/speakers corner!
And this time around the audience made it clear that it wanted to get into th latest on separatism, the disastrous AISH/ADAP rollout and what the NDP can or should be doing to break through!
To get tickets to our August 29th live show in Calgary, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca !
If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit aga...
It's a special mini episode! There's long been a public perception that Danielle Smith's radio program, "Your Province, Your Premier" comes at not cost to taxpayers.
But...
Recent documents obtained by The Breakdown demonstrate that not only is the program not free, it's costing Alberta taxpayers almost $10,000 a month! We break it all down in this special mini deep dive!
To get tickets to our July 25th live show in Edmonton, visit...
It's another "Speakers Corner" and this week the comments and the questions were all about the nature of democracy!
But not before we get started with some pancake talk!
To get tickets to our July 25th live show in Edmonton, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca!
If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as...
What is going on with all of the infrastructure projects coming out of Stampede?
With two (not really) pipeline announcements and an AI data center with its own power plant and a natural gas processing plant nearby, there's a lot to unpack! Especially when the province's version of how the data center and its power plant will be affecting Alberta's water and electricity! All of this and a run down on the latest in the voter list l...
With Treaty Chiefs having voted unanimously in a non-confidence vote in Danielle SMith's UCP, separatism on the rise and over racism towards First Nations only growing more bold, what can be done?
We're extremely excited to present this conversation with First Nations Scholar and Associate Professor from the University of Alberta Dr. Matthew Wildcat, which not only gets into what First Nations can do to better address some of these ...
It's time to re-up this very, very special episode!
Originally from June of 2025, this episode seems to have only become more relevant as Alberta has escalated tensions towards Treaty Chiefs and the province has been set careening to a separatism referendum by Danielle Smith and the UCP.
With relations between the government of Alberta and First Nations at an arguable low with Treaty Chiefs expressing deep frustration and hurt from ...
Time for another Alberta Politics Roundup!
We start with a bit of a follow up worm last weeks show before we get into yet another EMS policy shift from the UCP, a deep dive into the by-election candidates in Calgary, Smith's latest performance on Your Province, Your Premier before we end up with what could be another development in the "Corrupt Care" scandal!
Plus we reveal another panelist for our July 25th live show in Edmonton!
To ...
It's another Breakdown open mic night and we're talking healthcare, crisis comms, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas and a whole lot more!
To get tickets to our July 25th live show in Edmonton, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca!
If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministe...
It's another Alberta Politics roundup, and between the last week's events and the absolutely bonkers layers surrounding them...
Well, it's a pretty bonkers episode.
Dani's war with First Nations heats up, there's some new developments for the referendum and also the "Corrupt Care" scandal. Plus it seems like a lot of the senior leadership in Smith's government are letting the mask slide because we saw a lot of open racism from multip...
It's another open mic night at The Breakdown! We start with Nate answering as many of the chat questions as we can before we get into a very deep conversation on th enrapture and history of AISH/ADAP with caller Cassandra!
To get tickets to our July 25th live show in Edmonton, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca!
If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the ...
It's another live Alberta Politics Roundup and it's a big one!
This week we're taking a look at the shut down of the disastrous EMS rebranding, unpacking what's happening with health inspectors, breaking down why the "Water Not Coal" petition likely won't see a ballot box for at least 2-3 years before we runravel the tangeled web over at The Western Standard!
To get tickets to our July 25th live show in Edmonton, visit www.thebreakdo...
It's our first open mic!
To get tickets to our July 25th live show in Edmonton, visit www.thebreakdownablive.ca!
If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government...
You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca!
As a...
We're back with another roundup of the last week in Alberta Politics! We start with some of the major developments in the former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopolous ongoing lawsuit and the implications now that two podcasters have been found to have engaged in criminal contempt of court!
From there we take a look at the defunding of rural women's shelters and the latest in the UCP's gerrymandering of Alberta before we take a look at a di...
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