Non-Partisan Hacks
Hosted by Joel Grenz and Sean Wood and Joel and Sean · Joel Grenz and Sean Wood
5.0from 4 ratings
- 32
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Non-Partisan Hacks
Hosted by two Parksville city councillors, Nonpartisan Hacks brings you behind the scenes of how government really works — without the spin, the shouting, or the partisanship. We dive into the practical, the absurd, and the oddly inspiring world of local government, while mixing in the occasional provincial and federal twist. Expect real talk about decision-making, budgets, bylaws, and political hot potatoes (with a helping of humour and honesty).
- Publisher
- Joel Grenz and Sean Wood
- Category
- government · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 May 2025
- Latest episode
- 15 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 32 episodes have a transcript.
15 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chair and Chief Councillor John Jack
3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
On the Rails with Thomas Bevan of Island Corridor Foundation
25 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Scared to Live, Not Scared to Die: Shayla Day on Addiction and Recovery
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Chair and Chief Councillor John Jack
Published 15 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Our community is markedly different than those of the coastal First Nations group, which are ardently opposed to energy projects and that sort of thing, right? And that's okay, but we're different. And I think sometimes that nuance, that basic nuance is lost, that First Nations communities do not see themselves as a monolith. And so the difference between new channels culture on the West Coast and Coast Salish culture on the East Coast and Kwakwaka'wakw culture in the North of Vancouver Island, those are all different. And there's differences within each of the communities within those culture groups. […]
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- John Jack
- Thomas Bevan
- Shayla Day
- Marianne Alto
- Marianne Meed Ward
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Joel Grenz and Sean Wood and Joel and Sean host the show. Published by Joel Grenz and Sean Wood.
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