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Samantha Beynon joins Aaron Pete to discuss Indigenous stories, reconciliation, language, family, elders, and children’s books, and how food, culture, and storytelling can bring people together in a divided time. She is a PhD student and the author of Hamburger Soup and Looking for Luŋa Moon. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Dave Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber, joins Aaron Pete to discuss financial literacy, inflation, rising costs, saving money, entrepreneurship, taxes, and how Canadians can survive the cost of living crisis. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Chief Aaron Pete breaks down why life in Canada still feels unaffordable even as inflation cools. This episode explores housing shortages, rent, mortgage pressure, grocery prices, corporate concentration, immigration, global shocks, and the deeper trust problem behind the cost of living crisis. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Indigenous rapper Kiva Morgan Hall joins Aaron Pete to discuss healing through hip hop, sobriety, rez life, youth mentorship, and resilience. They explore what it means to come from the rez, the realities many Indigenous communities still face, and how music can become medicine for the next generation. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

UFC Fighter Aiemann Zahabi returns to the show with Aaron Pete to reflect on his rise in the UFC, what this White House card opportunity means, and how he is preparing for the biggest fight of his career against Sean O’Malley. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Trevor Halford, interim leader of the BC Conservatives, joins Aaron Pete for a conversation on the province’s downgraded credit rating, the 2026 BC budget, small business pressure, DRIPA, Indigenous reconciliation, internal Conservative Party tensions, and what kind of vision British Columbians are looking for next.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Chief Aaron Pete breaks down the 2026 BC provincial budget, the NDP’s case for it, the conservative critique, reactions from business groups, and why trust, affordability, and fiscal discipline are now at the centre of the conversation. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

BC Green leader Emily Lowan joins Chief Aaron Pete to debate eco-socialism, wealth taxes, capitalism, government spending, inflation, and the future of British Columbia politics. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Chief Aaron Pete breaks down the Musqueam–Canada framework, clarifies what was signed (and what it isn’t), steelmans the toughest public concerns, unpacks the political responses, and shares his take on the deal.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Chief Aaron Pete sits down with Khelsilem to break down the Cowichan decision—why it’s ultimately a property-rights case tied to Aboriginal title, what it does (and doesn’t) mean for private homeowners, how Premier David Eby and the BC Conservatives have responded, and what a more mature, public-facing path forward on reconciliation could look like. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Marten Yousuff joins Chief Pete to discuss declining trust in universities, rising self-censorship, institutional neutrality, and whether debate—not protest—is the antidote to Canada’s polarization crisis. Marten Yousuff is Associate Vice President at the University of British Columbia and the leader behind UBC Debates. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Chief Aaron Pete breaks down how milk pricing works, why dairy is protected, who benefits, who pays, and how trade deals like USMCA are forcing hard questions about affordability, fairness, and competition. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Canada’s MAID program has grown to 16,499 deaths in 2024 — over 5% of all deaths nationwide. Chief Pete breaks down what MAID is and isn’t, how Canada got here legally and politically, how Track 1 and Track 2 actually function, and why the hardest question isn’t legality — it’s choice under constraint. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

Is Chinese foreign interference shaping Canada’s politics? Journalist Sam Cooper joins Aaron Pete to unpack alleged election influence, the “Vancouver Model,” and how billions in suspected laundered funds were alleged to have moved through B.C. casinos—including discussion of the Mark Carney questions now circulating in Canadian politics and the Michael Ma controversy. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca

David breaks down whether Canada is headed for a spring election, where Mark Carney sits in the polls, how Pierre Poilievre is resonating with voters, and how younger Canadians’ housing frustration is deepening generational fault lines—alongside Chief Aaron Pete. Send us Fan Mail Support the show nuancedmedia.ca