Western Standard Shows
The official podcast for the Western Standard The Western Standard is an independent source of news and commentary fighting for a strong and free Western Canada, committed to the truth even when it hurts, and forever pledged to refuse government funding. Hosted by Cory Morgan covering news of the week along with analysis from guests.
The official podcast for the Western Standard The Western Standard is an independent source of news and commentary fighting for a strong and free Western Canada, committed to the truth even when it hurts, and forever pledged to refuse government funding. Hosted by Cory Morgan covering news of the week along with analysis from guests.
Episodes

Monday Apr 27, 2026
Monday Apr 27, 2026
Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan and Dave Naylor, joined by B.C. reporter Alex Zoltan, break down David Eby’s deepening DRIPA crisis in British Columbia, Doug Ford’s botched gravy plane fiasco in Ontario, and the growing debate over Ottawa leaning on permanent residents to fill the ranks of Canada’s Armed Forces.

Monday Apr 27, 2026
Monday Apr 27, 2026
Cory talks about how the government program to bring high-speed internet to rural homes costs as much as $30,000 per household.

Sunday Apr 19, 2026
MARTY UP NORTH: Liberal majority and a stay on Alberta independence?
Sunday Apr 19, 2026
Sunday Apr 19, 2026
Marty Up North breaks down the Ontario and Quebec byelections, where the Liberals secured a majority, and what comes next for Mark Carney. He also looks at Ottawa dropping the federal gasoline tax while Edmonton keeps its own, plus the latest from the Liberal convention in Winnipeg.
The show also covers the independence movement update, Danielle Smith’s Bill 30 to fast-track major project approvals, and RBC’s warning that $1 trillion in capital has left Canada over the last decade.

Sunday Apr 19, 2026
HANNAFORD: Putting the oil storage squeeze on Iran's revolutionary guard
Sunday Apr 19, 2026
Sunday Apr 19, 2026
If Joseph Varner is right, the most important battlefield in the current confrontation with Iran may not be in the air or at sea — but in oil storage tanks.
On this week’s episode of Hannaford, the former defence policy adviser and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute laid out a stark timeline. Iran, he argues, may soon face a logistical crisis that could prove more decisive than any missile strike.

Saturday Apr 18, 2026
THE PIPELINE: Can Poilievre survive?
Saturday Apr 18, 2026
Saturday Apr 18, 2026
Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan and Dave Naylor take on the Carney's successful scheme to get to a majority, the growing questions surrounding Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, and dig into the legal battle facing the independence movement - the courts and the chiefs.

Saturday Apr 18, 2026
CORY MORGAN SHOW: Premier Smith must schedule an independence referendum
Saturday Apr 18, 2026
Saturday Apr 18, 2026
Cory talks about how the independence movement is too far along as are the opponents. The issue must be resolved through an open vote now.








