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The Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show July 22nd, 2022

By Vanessa Van De Nes

Posted Jul 22, 2022 03:55:26 PM.

Hour 1:

Don Desserud, Department of Political Science, University of Prince Edward Island, joins Todd for a political chat. Erica More, chapter director of Nova Scotia Shelter Movers, discusses lack of affordable housing in N.S. keeps survivors of domestic violence in shelters longer. David Gosine shares why he travelled to Montreal to get vaccinated against monkeypox. Kelsey Lane, Senior Climate Policy Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre, discusses how Ottawa is earmarking 255 million dollars for renewable energy projects in Nova Scotia.

Listen to Hour 1 of The Todd Veinotte Show here:

Hour 2:

It's the Friday Free For All. Todd takes your calls!

Listen to Hour 2 of the Todd Veinotte Show here:

Hour 3:

Sylvain Charlebois, director of the agri-food and analytics lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, joins Todd for lunch to chat about inflation and food prices. U.S. politics chat with Mark Brewer, University of Maine Political Science professor. Weekly chat Tim Powers, Summa Strategies, Abacus Data. Sports with Cecil Wright.

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