The Herle Burly

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Our guest today is a long-time friend of the pod, back for his third appearance, Andrew MacDougall!

Andrew is the former Director of Communications for Prime Minister Harper. Now he lives in London, England where he’s a Director at Trafalgar Strategy, and writes about politics and current affairs, an...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

This pod is a real treat for all you data nerds. With us today is pollster, data scientist, former Herle protégé and proud daughter of Humboldt, Saskatchewan … Kyla Ronellenfitsch!

I mean, what can I tell you about Kyla the overachiever? She started her career with me at the Gandalf Group – I think s...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Greetings you curious, you courageous Herle Burly-ites. The Honourable Tim Houston, 30th Premier of Nova Scotia is here!

Premier Houston was first elected to the House of Assembly, representing Pictou East, in 2013 after a successful career in business. He was elected leader of the PC Party of Nova S...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

You highly engaged politicos probably know that The Herle Burly’s first cousin, once removed, is Hotel Pacifico – your 5-star podcast destination for all things in B.C. politics – and part of the Air Quotes Media universe.

Today, we’re bringing the 2 pods together – a little like a 60-minute shotgun ...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

I’ll just say it: We’d be hard pressed to find a more relevant or newsworthy topic than what we’re going to talk about today. Israel. Hamas. And the war in Gaza. The rise of antisemitism. The protests on college campuses all over North America.

With me to do that is Israeli Ambassador to Canada, Iddo...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

One of my favourite things about this gig, is the panel conversations we put together here on the pod. I think they’re unique conversations, with a level of experience and depth of thinking all-too rare these days in media.

This series is one of my favourites… The Chiefs are back! Making their 5th ap...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Joining me on the pod, are all the policy chops you could ever want. Our own Herle Burly Budget Lock-up! THE policy panel is here making their 4th appearance on the show: Dr. Jennifer Robson, Sean Speer and Tyler Meredith.

I’ll just remind you of their bona fides…

Jennifer has held senior ro...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

You know what makes me happy, you curious, you courageous, Herle Burly-ites? Ist “R” is Rum. 2nd “R” is Riders. The 3rd “R” is newer, but just as meaningful to me. It’s having a Returning Guest here on The Herle Burly.

Armine Yalnizyan is here on the pod for a second time! Armine is a leading voice o...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! We’ve got a Finance Minister in the house. The Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance for Ontario, is our guest today.

He earned his Masters of Business Administration from McGill University, and Masters of Political Science from U ...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Greetings, all you intrepid Herle Burly-ites! Great day on the pod because we’ve got a Premier in the house! And not just a run of the mill, pick-any-one-of-10 Provincial Premiers … but one whose voice represents a part of the country I’ve long wanted to learn more about myself.

Premier R.J. Simpson ...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Welcome back, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites.

André Pratte is here! What a career Monsieur Pratte has had. A journalist for almost 40 years, rising to Editor-in-Chief of La Presse in Montreal. Author of several books on history, media and politics. He was appointed to The Senate by Prim...

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Alright, you curious, you courageous, Herle Burly-ites … it’s going to be a helluva conversation with a man who was one of the preeminent politicians of his time.

Gary Doer, the 20th Premier of Manitoba, joins us today!

Mr. Doer spent exactly a decade holding that office, leading his NDP Par...

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We’ve struck a brand-new panel for today’s pod that is going to be a rich conversation. 3 Presidents from 3 Canadian Universities are joining me to have a high-level conversation about: the purpose of a University.

From there, we’ll flow into issues of: Funding and accessibility … How the curriculum ...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Alright, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites. After a 3 year interregnum, my friend, former colleague, and noted Canadian economist Don Drummond joins us for a second time on The Herle Burly.

The Right Honourable Paul Martin called Don “One of the most principled and imaginative public serva...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Today on the pod, the return of a Herle Burly O.G. When we first had an inkling about what this podcast was going to be in 2017, we launched with our first guest ever, David Axelrod. 

Our second guest ever? Well, it was this man who was kind enough to take our call and say, “Yeah, what the fuck. Let’...

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Alright Herle Burly-ites, a pod subject today I’ve wanted to dig into for quite a while now. It both fascinates and troubles the hell out of me. We’re going to explore the current state of the U.S. Republican Party and how Donald Trump – walking straight off celebrity television — could affect such a complete...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites, we have an official “friend of the pod” on the show today. John Stackhouse is here, making his 4th appearance on The Herle Burly. 

He’s a bestselling author. One of Canada’s leading voices on innovation and economic disruption. A former Editor-...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Alright Herle Burly-ites, we’ve got a Minister in the House today! It’s the 2nd time he’s been on the pod in just over 6 months:  The Honourable Marc Miller is our guest.

Near the end of July, he came on here to talk about his work as Minister of Crown and Indigenous Relations. Two days later the Pri...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.

Today on the pod, a guest who makes me feel like we’re doing something right around here at Air Quotes Media. Or, at least, not altogether wrong. That’s because she keeps coming back to the show, pretty much every time we ask her. 5 times now! And that makes her the all-time record holder for appearances … ta...