Queen City Improvement Bureau Podcast
1) Oct 17 2024 - First One In, First One Out
Former mayoral candidate Brandon Abtosway visits the sub-basement to talk about why he ran, why he dropped out, what he learned. Plus, Skuare is coming to downtown. What's up with that? Music by Guide...Show More
2) Oct 03 2024 - Pledge Allegiance To Humanity
A candidate has dropped out of the mayoral race and we honour their now-defunct campaign in song / butcher Tracy Chapman's Fast Cars. Plus, council is cramming some massively important decisions into ...Show More
3) Sep 06 2024 - Queen City Infrastructure Dance Party
Aidan couldn't make it to the meeting so instead of the usual nonsense, I held a dance party where I played tracks from the Infrastructure Playlist (first conceived & compiled by Elan Morgan). The pod...Show More
4) Aug 29 2024 - When Will Administration Address This?
Krystal Lewis of Progress Regina fame visits the subbasement to talk about progressive organizing around the municipal election, the current city council record and Hampton Hub. In the second half, we...Show More
5) Aug 15 2024 - New Councillor Survival Guide Part 1
Outgoing Ward 1 councillor Cheryl Stadnichuk shares her tips and tricks for new councillors. Plus, we talk about the latest evolution of the Indoor Aquatic Facility. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire)...Show More
6) Jun 15 2023 - Growth Pays For Whatnow?
Journalist Alex Birrell visits the subbasement to discuss his piece in Sask Dispatch, "Sexism & Sandra Masters’ City". We also discuss housing and the collapse of Regina's suburban sprawl Ponzi scheme...Show More
7) Feb 02 2023 – It's Happening!
We had a lot of topics on the agenda but the whole thing ended up being about the Catalyst Committee’s arena proposal and downtown. We brainstorm arena names then talk about "elite projection", the ho...Show More
8) Jan 26 2023 – Creative Cussing
Activist extraordinaire, community organizer & Twitter trash-talker, Kale MacClellan, visits the bureau to talk about the homelessness crisis and the city’s various responses to it. Also, we create a ...Show More
9) Jan 12 2023 - FORWARD! To the Future!
We look back at some of the big stories from 2022 including some unfinished business around the re-car-ification of FW Hill Mall. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJT...Show More
10) Dec 15 2022 - City Budget And Giant Crabs
A discussion of the 2023 to 2024 budget process (that I'm pretty sure we refer to as the 2022 to 2023 budget process throughout … that's A Mistake!) and the results of the Catalyst Committee survey. ...Show More