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The Speakeasy Podcast

The Speakeasy Podcast

By: Daniel Hearn
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The Speakeasy Podcast dives deep into the systems shaping life in Saskatchewan — from housing and health care to justice and harm reduction. Through honest conversations with lived experience leaders, service providers, and policy thinkers, we explore what’s broken, what’s working, and what’s possible.

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  • System Taps: How Public Policy Creates Poverty w/ Colleen Christopherson-Cote

    System Taps: How Public Policy Creates Poverty w/ Colleen Christopherson-Cote
    Jul 16 2025

    Colleen Christopherson-Cote joins Dan and Donna for a compelling conversation about the systems we take for granted—and how they’re actually designed to fail people. From health care to justice, education to social services, Colleen exposes how public policy choices—not personal failings—are driving poverty, homelessness, and burnout across Saskatchewan.

    🔥 Key topics include:
    • What “system taps” are—and why the bathtub metaphor matters
    • Why centralized intake and discharge policies keep failing
    • The real reason service providers burn out
    • Why education policy belongs in the homelessness conversation
    • How we can move from short-term fixes to lasting, systemic solutions

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