“Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly, Hotel Pacifico, and Culture Lab – that chronicles the 2026 Ontario Liberal Party leadership campaign to decide who will take on Doug Ford and Marit Stiles in the next provincial election. Your hosts are 3 backroom Liberal Party operatives: Tyler Meredith, Kyla Ronellenfitsch, and Andrew Bevan.
Hosts Tyler Meredith, Kyla Ronellenfitsch, and Andrew Bevan explore the critical membership numbers shaping the 2026 Ontario Liberal Party leadership race.
4 Oct 2026
"Race to Replace" returns: Why You, and Not Them?
Hosts Tyler Meredith, Kyla Ronellenfitsch, and Andrew Bevan explore the 2026 Ontario Liberal Party leadership race to determine who challenges Doug Ford and Marit Stiles.
12 Mar 2025
The End
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb. “Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar. *...
5 Mar 2025
The Final Countdown
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb. “Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar. *...
26 Feb 2025
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (post debate pod)
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb. “Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar. *...
19 Feb 2025
Money, Money, Money
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb. “Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar. *...
12 Feb 2025
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay(lis)
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb. “Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar. *...
5 Feb 2025
Corrina, Corrina
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb. “Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar. *...
30 Jan 2025
The Lady In Red
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb.“Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar.***Th...
22 Jan 2025
Start Me Up
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Airbnb.“Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar.***Th...
16 Jan 2025
9 Red Trial Balloons
Race to Replace was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.“Race to Replace” is an 8-week limited pod series from Air Quotes Media – creators of Curse of Politics, The Herle Burly and Hotel Pacifico – that chronicles the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign to decide who becomes Canada's next Prime Minister (if only for a day). Your hosts are 3 former key Trudeau staffers: Tyler Meredith, Dan Arnold, and Vandana Fatima Kattar.Thank you for joining us...
13 Jan 2025
Introducing: Race to Replace
On a cold Monday morning, January 6th 2025, facing deadly poll numbers and even deadlier attacks within his own caucus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would resign as Liberal leader and Prime Minister of Canada.It kicked off an 8-week leadership race to replace him.Who’s our next Prime Minister? For a day. For a week. For however long until the new boss takes on the surging Conservative Boss.A helluva big job. And a short time to get there.“Race to Replace” is the limited pod seri...
Inside a recent episode
Oof: Inside the Membership Numbers
Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's also, as I said last week, A function of how much they've spent and therefore how much they have available in this last six weeks. But it's going to be really crucial to figure out, especially on the original membership, the existing membership before the new signups are taken into account, how that persuasion is going to take place, especially in those writings where the membership counts are very low. Well, and on that point of membership counts being low, so I think we should spend a minute on the point system because that obviously is how you ultimately win this thing. It isn't a one-member, one-vote system exactly in the sense that there may be, as Kyla, you mentioned, ridings that have over 1,000 members. […]
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