Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosted by Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer. With Geoff Meggs. #BCpoli #StrategySuite #MiniBar Hotel Pacifico is recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
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Listeners, today is a difficult day. It is with a heavy heart that today we learned of the passing of a true public servant, the 36th premier of British Columbia, the Honourable John Horgan. On behalf of Air Quotes Media, our condolences go out to the Horgan family, and to all Canadians and British Columbians touched by his public service. Hotel Pa…
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Aisha Estey, President of the BC Conservative Party
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Thank you for joinin…
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BC NDP Campaign Director Marie Della Mattia + Strategy Suite with Don Guy
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Thank you for joinin…
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🎵 Eve of D̶e̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ Election 🗳️
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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T-minus 2 with the 34th premier of BC, Gordon Campbell
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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T-minus 3 with the 31st premier of BC, Glen Clark
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews …
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T-minus 22 with special guest Kory Teneycke
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T-minus 23 with special guest David Herle
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews …
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Plus "Milking the Data" brought to you by BC Dairy. 🏨🌄 Day 1 of 18: The election is on! So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights an…
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BONUS POD: Riding by Riding Review with Richard Zussman
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 Global BC Legislative reporter Richard Zussman joins Mike and Geoff to look at the most interesting ridings in the political battleground for the upcoming BC election. Richard has ranked the ridings 1-93 on his X (Twitter) feed. Th…
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John Rustad, Leader of the BC Conservative Party
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 Mike and Kate interview BC Conservative leader John Rustad, the third of three provincial leaders contesting the upcoming BC election to visit Hotel Pacifico in recent weeks. “Shot out of a cannon” as leader in March 2023, the Cons…
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David Eby: 37th Premier of British Columbia
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 The Honourable David Eby, the 37th Premier of British Columbia, checks in to Hotel Pacifico to discuss the pending provincial election with Kate, Geoff, and Mike. The discussion includes the Premier’s elevator pitch to BC voters, t…
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BREAKING NEWS: Hotel Pacifico is going daily during the election!
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 We’ve got a fantastic show today. That’s because it’s a special Air Quotes Media crossover with Hotel Pacifico and The Herle Burly with David Herle! Air Quotes Media is chuffed to announce that Hotel Pacifico is going daily during …
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Emergency Pod: BC United suspends campaign + BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico holds an emergency podcast as BC United suspends its campaign. Mike is joined by long-time BC Liberal Kim Haakstad (former deputy chief of staff to Christy Clark) to discuss BC United leader Kevin Falcon’s …
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"Elites under every cushion" with Katie DeRosa + Bruce Young
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS. 🏨🌄 Mike is 'home alone' at Hotel Pacifico this week, and interviews Katie DeRosa, provincial affairs reporter for CBC. Katie provides a behind-the-scenes tour of the Press Gallery, discusses her background in journalism, today’s media landscape, and her p…
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS. 🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes award-winning, Vancouver-based author John Vaillant whose book, Fire Weather: the Making of a Beast, is a bestseller that follows the aftermath of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. #FireWeather has sparked an important …
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"Populism overwhelms elite consensus" with Angus Reid
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS. 🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes polling legend Angus Reid, founder of the Angus Reid Institute! We'll discuss the evolution of polling, how Canadian society has changed, and the probability of NDP re-election in BC. In the strategy suite, Mike, Kate …
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"Unaffordable housing killed Halloween" with Minister Ravi Kahlon
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes BC's Housing Minister, the Honourable Ravi Kahlon! Mike and Kate talk with the Minister about the coming election, housing issues, and his reflections as a two-time Olympic athlete. Then in the Str…
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“Rights exist whether Crown politicians acknowledge them or not” with Adam Olsen
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes BC Green Party MLA Adam Olsen. Kate & Geoff interview Olsen, who announced recently he was retiring from provincial politics. He is one of three First Nations MLAs in the BC Legislature, and shares…
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"Throwing Darts" with Andrew Weaver + Strategy Suite with Bob Kronbauer
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes a guest who needs no introduction to British Columbia politics... Andrew Weaver! Dr. Weaver was Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA (2013-2020) and leader of the BC Green Party, lifting John Horgan’s NDP minor…
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"There is a town called Lytton" with Mayor Denise O'Connor
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"Time stamp this episode" with James Moore
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"Untold Tales" with Daniel Marshall + Strategy Suite guest Sarah Sidhu
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"Why are the Conservatives up 20 in Canada and down 20 in the UK" with Andrew Percy + Strategy Suite guest Stepan Vdovine
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"The math is the math" with Neil Sweeney
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BC Housing with "Condo King" Bob Rennie + Strategy Suite guest Andrea Reimer
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite wi…
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"Populism for all the right reasons" with Andrew Petter
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"Tell your gut to shut up" with Dan Arnold
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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite wi…
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“You don’t get the whole picture” with Carole Taylor
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"Hopeful populism" with James Moore
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"Wanting power to wanting to help people fight power" with Michael Bryant
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Bringing suburban populism to the people with Mayor Brad West
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"If you want to build in BC, be in BC" with Susannah Pierce
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“Assertive, aggressive, but not nuts” with Joy MacPhail
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Christy Clark, 35th Premier of British Columbia
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