December 23, 2025
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Canadaland Politics
#162 The Year of the Elbows
Consider this your 2025 political yearbook.
Aviva Lessard
Senior Producer
Noor Azrieh
Host/Producer
Sam Konnert
Producer/Host
max collins
Director of Audio
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

Noor Azrieh and Sam Konnert look back on the moments that defined Canadian politics this year. We revisit viral clips, media meltdowns, Question Period fever dreams, floor crossers, immigration fights, Alberta separatism, national projects (that may or may not exist yet), and the growing sense that everything is moving very fast… but also somehow not at all.

Plus: pop stars, masked singers, elbow-themed merch, biological clocks (obviously).

Host(s): Noor Azrieh & Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

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