Ryan Jespersen Show
1,367 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsRyan 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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Episodes
Municipal perspective: New provincial budget & no federal seat
October 24, 2019 16:40 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBCouncillor Ben Henderson, Ward 8
Today's Show: Alberta separation, NDP & CPC MPs
October 23, 2019 19:15 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBOn today's show we chat with three of the Alberta MPs heading to Ottawa: Matt Jeneroux, Tim Uppal & Heather McPherson, the only non-conservative MP in two provinces. Later, Dr. Duane Bratt joins us to chat about the Alberta separation movement...and why it's heating up following the federal election.
Decision Canada: CPC candidate defeats Sohi
October 23, 2019 17:14 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBTim Uppal, Conservative Party of Canada member-elect for Edmonton Mill Woods & former MP for Edmonton-Sherwood Park & former Minister of State for Democratic Reform
Decision Canada: Member elect is orange in a sea of blue
October 23, 2019 16:38 - 7 minutes - 6.64 MBHeather McPherson, NDP member-elect, Edmonton-Strathcona
Decision Canada: Conservative MP returns to parliament among strong CPC support
October 23, 2019 16:36 - 8 minutes - 8.05 MBMatt Jeneroux, MP, Edmonton Riverbend & Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Communities & affairs
What’s “fair” for Alberta?
October 23, 2019 16:29 - 17 minutes - 16 MBRyan takes calls from listeners getting their take on what's next for Alberta
Better together? Why the separation movement in Alberta is heating up
October 23, 2019 16:20 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBDr. Duane Bratt, professor, political science & chair, department of Economics, Justice and Policy Studies, Mount Royal University
Decision Canada: Atlantic outcome
October 22, 2019 18:03 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with guest Ross Lord, Global National Atlantic Correspondent
Decision Canada: Prairie outcome
October 22, 2019 18:02 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBGuest Richard Cloutier, co-host, the News on 680 CJOB
Decision Canada: Ontario outcome
October 22, 2019 18:00 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with Billy Kelly, host of The Bill Kelly Show
Decision Canada: B.C. outcome
October 22, 2019 17:52 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with guest Charles Adler, host of Charles Adler Tonight
Reactions to the election results
October 22, 2019 17:24 - 39 minutes - 36 MBDecision Canada: Breaking down the winning platform
October 22, 2019 16:58 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with guest Jared Wesley, associate professor, director of Master's Programs, Political Science, University of Alberta
Decision Canada: And the winner is…
October 22, 2019 16:52 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen
Decision Canada: Exploring the future of TMX
October 21, 2019 18:02 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with guest Dave Yager, Energy policy analyst, oil & gas writer, and author of the book, From Miracle to Menace: Alberta, A Carbon Story
Decision Canada: Heading to the polls? Here's how to be an informed voter
October 21, 2019 17:57 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with host Vicky Varga, Digital Initiatives Manager, Edmonton Public Library
Decision Canada: Breaking down the campaigns
October 21, 2019 17:52 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBDecision Canada: Highs and lows of the election campaign
October 21, 2019 17:45 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with Robin Gill, Global National BC correspondent & anchor
Decision Canada: A final look at the polls
October 21, 2019 17:43 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen with guest Gregory Jack, Vice President of IPSOS
Decision Canada: Election day is here—is your mind made up?
October 21, 2019 17:41 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBHosts Danielle Smith and Ryan Jespersen
Friday Round Table: Final campaign days
October 18, 2019 18:12 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBGil McGowan, president, Alberta Federation of Labour Dr. Muna Saleh, assistant professor, Faculty of Education, Concordia University Donal O’Beirne, former conservative riding association executive & president, shadow theatre Kristin Raworth, engaged citizen Dwayne Chomyn, labour and employment lawyer
Nailing it: Home improvement Q & A
October 18, 2019 17:23 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBBryan Baeumler, host, Island of Bryan, HGTV
Cheers & sneers: Greta Thunberg visits Edmonton
October 18, 2019 16:18 - 5 minutes - 5.08 MBMax Fawcett, journalist
Everything you need to know about personal finance
October 18, 2019 16:16 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBKevin Cork, CFP, FundEX Investments Inc.
Decision Canada: What’s a coalition government and is it a possibility?
October 18, 2019 15:46 - 14 minutes - 13 MBDr. Richard Johnston, Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representations, Department of Political Science, The University of British Columbia
Today's Show: Cannabis legalization, Unrealized Edmonton & Green Party candidate drops out
October 17, 2019 18:26 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOn today's show we mark the one year anniversary of legal cannabis in Canada. Later, we take a peek into the Edmonton that wasn't, as we explore Unrealized infrastructure. Then, we speak with an Edmonton Strathcona Green Party candidate who dropped out in hopes of helping the NDP.
Sturgeon County company reinvents the wheel
October 17, 2019 17:49 - 8 minutes - 7.77 MBAlan Champagne, CEO, Eco-Flex
Will Alberta welcome Greta?
October 17, 2019 17:44 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBRyan and Producer Morgan discuss the upcoming Edmonton climate change protest that Greta Thunberg will march in
Decision Canada: Why an Edmonton Green Party candidate is now endorsing the NDP
October 17, 2019 17:04 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBMichael Kalmanovitch, former Green candidate, Edmonton Strathcona
The Edmonton that wasn’t: Exploring Unrealized infrastructure
October 17, 2019 16:46 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBMax Amerongen, board member, MADE
High expectations: One year since cannabis legalization
October 17, 2019 16:12 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBMark Hope, CEO, Shays Roots Cannabis Clinic Grant Sanderson, director, cannabis operations, Nova Cannabis Deepak Anand, CEO, Materia Ventures
Today's Show: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, seclusion rooms & election campaigns
October 16, 2019 18:40 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBOn today's show, we talk to renowned climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe. Later, we discuss seclusion rooms in Alberta schools with American clinical child psychologist Dr. Ross Greene. Finally, we ask: Where does the federal election campaign go next? Greg Lyle with Innovative Research Group has the answer.
Decision Canada: Where does the federal election campaign go next?
October 16, 2019 18:03 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBGreg Lyle, owner, Innovative Research Group
Why wind power is coming to Alberta
October 16, 2019 17:42 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBBill Christensen, vice president, Major Projects, BHE Canada
Decision Canada: Where does Canada go if we toss our carbon tax?
October 16, 2019 17:11 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBDr. Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist, director of the Climate Center, & associate in the Public Health program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University
Decision Canada: Does "strategic voting" do more harm than good?
October 16, 2019 16:45 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBDr. Jared Wesley, associate professor, director of Master's Programs, Political Science, University of Alberta
The war on who? Questions raised about government's "energy war room"
October 16, 2019 16:14 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBSean Holman, journalism professor, Mount Royal University
Expert: Seclusion rooms don't work...so why is Alberta using them?
October 16, 2019 15:47 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBDr. Ross Greene, American clinical child psychologist & author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found and Raising Human Beings
Today's Show: Opioids, election polls & travelling across Syria
October 15, 2019 18:48 - 29 minutes - 27 MBOn today's show we discuss why the opioid crisis hasn't made major waves in the federal election. We speak with Global News reporter Stewart Bell, who traveled across northeast Syria, interviewing captured Canadian ISIS suspects, meeting Kurdish fighters and officials, and touring the former ISIS capital, Raqqa. Finally, we give you a polling update as the NDP surge in the polls, while other parties take a step back.
How a "scientific goldmine" was found in Alberta
October 15, 2019 18:03 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBDr. Philip Currie, professor, faculty of science, University of Alberta & Canada Research Chair in Dinosaur Paleobiology
Why hasn’t Canada charged any of the captured ISIS suspects?
October 15, 2019 17:39 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBStewart Bell, national online investigative journalist, Global News
NDP sees support jump; Liberals take the loss: Poll
October 15, 2019 17:34 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBSean Simpson, vice president, Ipsos Reid
How vaping affects your physical and mental health
October 15, 2019 16:53 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBDr. Scott Patten, Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Left behind: leaders talking about opioids?
October 15, 2019 16:12 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBDonald MacPherson, director, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Today's Show: Turkey and politics, federal polling & the blanket exercise
October 11, 2019 18:27 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBOn today's show we talk politics and polling ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend. Later we invite you to a dynamic Friday Round Table with Jarrett Campbell, vice president of Sparrow Capital, Terry O’Flynn, president of Prism Flow Products & chair of the Alberta Enterprise Group and Alyson Hodson, president & CEO of Zag Creative. Finally, learn more about Alberta's Métis population and our shared history.
Decision Canada Friday Round Table
October 11, 2019 18:11 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBJarrett Campbell, vice president, Sparrow Capital Terry O’Flynn, president, Prism Flow Products & chair, Alberta Enterprise Group Alyson Hodson, president & CEO, Zag Creative & Director of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Board
How far should a parent go to secure the best future for their child?
October 11, 2019 17:17 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBGreg Palast, author, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy & Puffin Foundation fellow in investigative reporting
Trump administration abandons Syrian Kurds: What impact does it have on Canada?
October 11, 2019 17:04 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBMichael Nesbitt, fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Understanding Canadian History: The significance of the blanket exercise
October 11, 2019 16:42 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBSharon Morin, program manager, Musée Héritage Museum Josh Morin, Michif Cultural Connections
What changed in the polls?
October 11, 2019 16:07 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBDarrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs