On The Record, Off Script - Atlantic Canada | Politics | Democracy

This week we share the recording from a discussion with two former members of the NDP caucus, who have written books on their experience in Atlantic Canada's first NDP government. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've got some news to share with our listeners. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the discussion period from a conversation Springtide hosted in the middle of the last Nova Scotia election campaign. In Special Ep #6, you heard the opening remarks from the panelists in this conversation. In this episode, you'll hear their discussion with one another on the future of parliamentary democracy in Canada. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we explore the issue former MLAs told us they heard more about than anything else from their constituents. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we share tape from a discussion Springtide hosted in the middle of the 2013 Nova Scotia election campaign. We invited current and former politicians spanning the political spectrum to talk about the future of political parties in Canada. Each speaker has challenged the conventional approach to party politics in Canada. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Off Script, we talk to former MLAs about their experience with their own parties. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's flu season, and the Off Script team was not spared. A short message about another Springtide project you should be aware of, and a plan to be back to the regular show by next week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Could New Year’s resolutions for better civic administration from 1921 still apply in 2017? In this week’s episode, you be the judge. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s episode : we look back on Kevin Page’s speech from the 2016 Better Politics Awards in Halifax. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we talk about the days and weeks immediately following a new MLA’s election and ask the question: how do you learn to be an MLA? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s episode : an update on our production schedule, and a story about learning how the legislature works by protesting what happens inside. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do a lawyer, a baptist minister, a farmer and a nurse have in common? At one point, they've all walked into the legislature to serve as MLAs. In episode two of Off Script, hear the stories that turned regular citizens into lawmakers, and the challenges they faced along the way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What's it like traveling across Canada to talk to former MPs about their life in politics? In last week's podcast, you heard from Alison Loat, one of the co-authors of the book "Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out on Canada's Failing Democracy". In this special episode, we’re sharing an extended version of the interview we did with Alison for that episode, where we explore the impact that book has had on Canadian Politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do former MPs have to say about the health of Canadian democracy? Not much good news, accoriding to Michael MacMillan. In last week's podcast, you heard from Michael MacMillan, one of the co-authors of the book "Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out on Canada's Failing Democracy". In this special episode of the podcast, you'll hear a keynote address that Michael gave when he visited Halifax two years ago for the Springtide Better Politics Awards. You can order the book here: http://amzn.to/2fvHBu2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The first full episode of the Off Script podcast is here. It plots the path for where this podcast is taking you, and gives you a peak at some of the key findings from the MLA Exit Interviews. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, we were planning on releasing the first full episode of the podcast. But, our hearts and minds are somewhere else today, and we suspect yours are too. We’ll pick up where we left off this time next week, and this week we'll share some of the writings of Parker J. Palmer, on healing the heart of democracy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clarrie MacKinnon recounts the kinds of things he would end up doing when government services fell short of his constituents needs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s story, former cabinet minister, and Truro-Bible Hill MLA, Eleanor Norrie, remembers what she describes as the all-too-frequent experience of showing up as a woman when the people she was scheduled to meet were waiting for a man. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Off Script Podcast will officially launch soon. Until then, here's our first 'prepisode' - short anecdotes and stories that kept us laughing, captivated, and in suspense during the interviews, meant to keep you doing the same until we launch full episodes in the coming weeks. This week's story comes from former MLA and deputy speaker, Francene Cosman, where she describes her most harrowing day in the speaker's chair. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve collected over 75 hours of recorded content, from interviews with more than forty former MLAs. This fall, we’ll begin releasing a weekly audio-documentary podcast. Each week we’ll unpack one small piece of politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.