{"podcast":{"title":"Playbook Canada","slug":"playbook-canada-7556041","podcast_index_feed_id":7556041,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/POLL2782060508","website_url":"https://www.politico.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a2ec221c-b0f3-11f0-adc3-83ec25e01ea8/image/f9c305562ea1cc27782ed6dbd48eb76c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"POLITICO","episode_count":39,"summary":"Each week, POLITICO’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric bring to life the stories that are driving the news in Ottawa and beyond — drawing on their deep reporting from Parliament Hill and across the provinces to reveal the characters and conflicts that are shaping Canada’s future.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:19:09.015268+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041"},"episode":{"title":"Danielle Smith, national unity champion? | Jenni Byrne talks Alberta separatism","slug":"danielle-smith-national-unity-champion-jenni-byrne-talks-alberta-separatism","published_at":"2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041/danielle-smith-national-unity-champion-jenni-byrne-talks-alberta-separatism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2333613485.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2333613485.mp3","summary":"Canada's premiers gather in Charlottetown just as President Trump threatens new 50 per cent tariffs. They say they're united, but Doug Ford is pushing for retaliation, and Danielle Smith and Scott Moe are not interested. Our summer series on Alberta separatism continues with long-time Conservative strategist Jenni Byrne, who says the referendum vote could clear 30 per cent at the ballot box and calls Danielle Smith the politician who's done the most for national unity. Her advice for Carney and the Liberals on Alberta: drop the condescension, or sit this one out.","meta_description":"Canada's premiers gather in Charlottetown just as President Trump threatens new 50 per cent tariffs. They say they're united, but Doug Ford is pushing for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1750,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/playbook-canada-7556041/episodes/danielle-smith-national-unity-champion-jenni-byrne-talks-alberta-separatism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041/danielle-smith-national-unity-champion-jenni-byrne-talks-alberta-separatism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}