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Ryan Jespersen Show

1,367 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratings

Ryan Jespersen talks news, politics, and pop culture. He's one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People and one of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40 on Avenue Magazine’s inaugural list, Ryan has established himself as a next-generation mover and shaker in Alberta’s capital city.

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Today’s Show: Canadian beef and pork ban lifted, Bills 20 and 21, shipping Alberta bitumen, and Bill C-69

November 06, 2019 20:17 - 1 hour - 69 MB

On today’s show, China has lifted its ban on Canadian beef and pork. Charlie Christie, chair of Alberta Beef Producers tells us more. We get reactions to Bills 20 and 21 from Al Kemmere, President of Rural Municipalities of Alberta and Barry Morishita, President of Alberta Urban Municipalities Association. Dr. Warren Mabee, Director of the Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy talks about the logistics of shipping Alberta bitumen through Thunder Bay. Lastly, Bill C-69 may not...

Bill C-69 may not stop pipelines after all

November 06, 2019 19:05 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

Guest David Wright, Law Professor at the University of Calgary

Proposal to ship Alberta bitumen through Thunder Bay

November 06, 2019 19:02 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Guest Dr. Warren Mabee, Director of the Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy

Refugee advocates challenging the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement

November 06, 2019 18:53 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Guest Raj Sharma, Calgary immigration lawyer

Reaction to Bills 20 and 21

November 06, 2019 18:50 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

Guest Al Kemmere, President of Rural Municipalities of Alberta and Barry Morishita, President of Alberta Urban Municipalities Association

China lifts ban on Canadian beef and pork exports

November 06, 2019 18:34 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Guest Charlie Christie, Chair of Alberta Beef Producers and rancher near Trochu, AB 

No Stone Left Alone

November 05, 2019 19:55 - 9 minutes - 8.62 MB

Randall Purvis, No Stone Left Alone

Albert's historical resources board disappears

November 05, 2019 19:51 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

Josh Traptow, Calgary Heritage Authority

Western Alienation

November 05, 2019 19:27 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

Brad Wall, Former Premier of Saskatchewan

Arctic grayling conservation crew

November 05, 2019 19:23 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

Ken Monk Jim O'Neil

Water woes continue: An investigative report

November 05, 2019 19:15 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MB

Kevin Maimann, Star Edmonton

Polling shows evidence of western alienation

November 05, 2019 19:09 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Kyle Braid, IPSOS

Rebuilding Fort Mac, and other massive tasks in Alberta

November 04, 2019 20:03 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Brad Ferguson, former CEO, EEDC

Friends of Foes: Alberta and Quebec

November 04, 2019 19:51 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

Ameya Charnalia, journalist/teacher

What's up with Wexit?

November 04, 2019 19:46 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB

Omar Mosleh, Journalist, Star Edmonton

UCP Tax Hikes: How will premier Kenney defend these?

November 04, 2019 19:26 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MB

Franco Terrazanno, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Political perspective check: What storylines jump out?

November 04, 2019 19:19 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MB

Stephen Carter, Political Strategist

The practicality of a northern sea route and deepwater port - Danielle Smith

November 01, 2019 18:07 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

Kells Boland manages the Whitehorse Office, of Calgary based PROLOG Canada Inc., a management and economics consultancy specializing in northern infrastructure planning across the Canadian North and Alaska. 

Andrew Scheer’s fate with Danielle Smith

November 01, 2019 17:53 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

Matt Gurney, columnist and editor for The National Post

Oilers anthem singer ditching his whiskers

November 01, 2019 17:40 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MB

Robert Clark - Oilers anthem singer

Santa Anonymous shaking things up

November 01, 2019 17:26 - 6 minutes - 6.42 MB

Lana Nordlund - Executive Director, Santas Anonymous

Alberta budget hurting film industry

November 01, 2019 17:23 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

Kelly Wolfert - Filmmaker, Levin Creative

Why AI is the future of business

November 01, 2019 16:41 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

Dr. Joseph Doucet- Dean, U of A School of Business Cory Janssen - Founder, AltaML

Scary Stories

October 31, 2019 19:11 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MB

Elyesse Gnauck, Host of The Real Scary Podcast

Alberta's AG Producers battling mother nature

October 31, 2019 19:03 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MB

Jeff Nonay, Lakeside Dairy

EIA becomes world's first drone delivery site

October 31, 2019 18:55 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Traci Bednarnd, VP, EIA

BC ditches daylight savingtime

October 31, 2019 18:50 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

Richard Zussman, Glolbal BC

California Wildfire Evacuees

October 31, 2019 18:14 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MB

Melisa Murillo, Lives in Winnetka, California(San Fernado Valley - basically the burbs of LA Jessie Bruce, Corus Radio 

Prairie Sky Gondola Update

October 30, 2019 18:39 - 7 minutes - 7.3 MB

Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, President, Prairie Sky Gondola

Big Brother Big Sister

October 30, 2019 18:34 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Sarah Chan, Current member Shilah Kucey, Youth/Little Sister Amy Jeske, Individual to speak to benefits of mentoring bgcbigs.ca

Digesting Politics in Alberta

October 30, 2019 18:31 - 16 minutes - 15 MB

Emma May, Entrepreneur, former Prentice staffer

Window Washer Update

October 30, 2019 18:27 - 7 minutes - 6.96 MB

Breanna Karstens-Smith, Anchors Global News Edmonton

Vivian Krause Debunked?

October 30, 2019 18:18 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB

Sandy Garossino,Columnist, National Observer

Alberta Tech Entrepreneurs respond to AB budget

October 29, 2019 18:21 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Sam Jenkins, Punch Card Systems PJ Barclay, DriveABLE Tom Ogaranko, TrustBIX

Quantum

October 29, 2019 17:33 - 10 minutes - 9.4 MB

Gabriel Hanna, associate professor, department of chemistry, University of Alberta

How to build relationship for keeps

October 29, 2019 17:18 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Mike Mack, author

The Alberta Budget: What does big business think?

October 29, 2019 16:17 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

John Liston, President/CEO, Alberta Enterprise Group 

How Indigenous-based solutions are building a bridge to reconciliation

October 28, 2019 20:31 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB

Hunter Cardinal, actor & Indigenous myth-architect & co-founder/Director of Story, Naheyawin Jacquelyn Cardinal, co-founder and managing director, Naheyawin & co-president and director, Social Awareness Group In studio.

The importance of perspective in literature

October 28, 2019 20:29 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MB

Wayne Arthurson, acclaimed Edmonton crime fiction writer & author, The Red Chesterfield

How Alberta bull trout went from a pest to threatened species

October 28, 2019 20:14 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Dr. John Post, professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary

New seclusion room guidelines: How will it affect parents?

October 28, 2019 20:13 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

Bruce Uditsky, CEO Emeritus, Inclusion Alberta & parent of a son with developmental disabilities, whom some schools might have thought needed to be secluded.

Today's Show: Alberta budget reaction, Iveson & Notley

October 25, 2019 19:11 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

On today's show we dissect Alberta's first United Conservative Party budget with Mayor Don Iveson, Official Opposition leader Rachel Notley & the president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta. Our political Friday Round Table discusses the federal election with Ken Kobly, Jenny Adams & Jason Rockwell.

Post election/budget Friday Round Table

October 25, 2019 18:17 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB

Ken Kobly, President & CEO, Alberta Chambers of Commerce Jenny Adams, owner, The Adams Agency Jason Rockwell, social justice advocate

Provincial budget: What does the official opposition think?

October 25, 2019 17:37 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

Rachel Notley, leader, Official Opposition

Near-all NDP Edmonton elects near-all conservative federal representation–why?

October 25, 2019 16:43 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global National

Provincial budget: How will it affect rural municipalities?

October 25, 2019 16:16 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB

Al Kemmere, president, Rural Municipalities of Alberta

Provincial budget: How will it affect education?

October 25, 2019 15:50 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

Jason Schilling, president, Alberta Teachers’ Association

Provincial budget: How will it affect Edmonton?

October 25, 2019 15:47 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

Mayor Don Iveson

What would the Alberta Party’s shadow budget look like?

October 24, 2019 17:36 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MB

Kara Levis, lead, Alberta Party Shadow Budget

Producer Morgan Black heading to Global Edmonton

October 24, 2019 16:47 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MB

Ryan reveals Producer Morgan Black is moving over to Global Edmonton to take on the role of Community Reporter

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