Coastal Front

About Coastal Front

Coastal Front is a Vancouver-based media company providing in-depth reporting and opinion, with a strong focus on government accountability at all levels in Canada. As part of our work, the Coastal Front podcast, hosted by Andrew Johns, features conversations on business, politics, and community, exploring the stories shaping our city, province, and country.

Publisher

Andrew Johns

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Mar 2019

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

319 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   NEWS READ: REDACTED: BC Ferries' new-ship costs are blacked out, even in the filing the regulator will use to cap fare increases

   The independent regulator approved four new ferries, now under contract to a Chinese shipyard, with every project dollar figure redacted. And public money keeps flowing. Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/redacted-bc-ferries-new-ship-costs PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   NEWS READ: One project, two official numbers: BC's Massey cost trackers still show the old estimate.

   For 22 months the province's official status reports kept listing $4.15 billion — including one produced after the $8.5-billion update. Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/one-project-two-official-numbers PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

3. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Has BC Hit the Point of No Return? An Economist Weighs In

   BC is spending about $1 billion a month more than it brings in. Revenue went up $800 million, and the deficit still got worse. So where is YOUR money going? Economist David Williams, VP of Economics at the Business Council of BC, sits down with Andrew Johns on Coastal Front for a candid, numbers-first conversation about BC's spending problem, Canada's lost decade, and why blaming Trump misses the point. Track the BC NDP's debt in real time: https://bcndpdebtclock.ca Follow Coastal Front on X: https://x.com/CoastalFrontBC Subscribe for more straight talk on BC politics and the economy.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

996,367

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

76

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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