Geoff Sharpe (co-founder of thecable.com and host of the 'Cable Street' podcast) phones-in from his home in Budapest to celebrate (Liz) May Day in a conversation with host Andre Goulet connecting the perplexing political success of Doug Ford with the illiberal democracy of Viktor Orban's Hungary.
Plus: Prince Edward Island elects Canada's first Green opposition and a rousing round of the popular traditional May Day game 'Righteous or Regrettable'.
Audio on this episode includes:
* Doug Ford on climate change, CP24 (2019)
* Evangelicals- 'The Evening Descends' (2007, Dead Oceans)
* Elizabeth May at the Ottawa Press Gallery gala (2015)
* Elizabeth May at the Jody Wilson-Raybould Justice Committee hearings (2019)
* Theme to 'Welcome Back Kotter' (1975)
* Wild Palms soundtrack- 'Harry Goes to the Hospital' (1990)
* Stephen Harper on populism, Fox News Business (2018)
Theme music, Timewalker's 'Mt. Fuji', courtesy of Creative Commons
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