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
Investing for recovery
July 28, 2020 17:05 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBKevin Cork, Certified Financial Planner, The Absolute Group
Documents show doubts on Alberta’s plans to close & deregulate parks
July 28, 2020 16:40 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MBGrace Wark, Conservation Specialist, Alberta Wilderness Association
Camrose County might have to raise property taxes by 50%
July 28, 2020 16:13 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBCindy Trautman, Reeve, Camrose County, Division 2 Councillor
Today's Show: Minister Deb Schulte, Canada's Inuit population & a Spruce Grove Councillor is calling for a no confidence vote
July 27, 2020 19:18 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBOn today's show, the federal government has rolled out more programs to combat COVID-19. We talk to federal seniors Minister Deb Schulte about that, and we ask her about her support for the prime minister. Natan Obed joins us to talk about education around Canada's Inuit population. And, Spruce Grove city councillor Erin Stevenson on why she wants a no confidence vote for Alberta's municipal affairs minister.
Edmonton Kickstarter aims to fight against porch pirates
July 27, 2020 17:40 - 9 minutes - 9 MBDr. Lauren Sulz, Snare Parcel Protection, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education – Secondary Education Dept., University of Alberta
Spruce Grove councilor wants a no confidence vote in Municipal Affairs Minister
July 27, 2020 17:17 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBErin Stevenson, Spruce Grove City Councillor
The truth about supervised consumption services
July 27, 2020 16:53 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBRyan discusses Premier Jason Kenney's most recent comments on supervised consumption services and gives his thoughts
Edmonton’s football team dropping "Eskimos"
July 27, 2020 16:12 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBNatan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Federal government announces funding for pandemic health needs and long-term care
July 27, 2020 15:42 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBHonourable Deb Schulte, Minister of Seniors, MP for King-Vaughan
Today's show: YEG mandatory masks, a fair deal for Alberta, in defence of WE & the Friday Round Table
July 24, 2020 18:50 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBOn today's show, where does city councillor Bev Esllinger sit with City of Edmonton's decision on mandatory masks? Plus, Max Fawcett and Dr. Trevor Tombe hash out what a fair deal for Alberta would look like. We talk to Maclean's magazine editor-at-large Scott Gilmore in defence of the WE Charity. Michael Brechtel, Doug McLean and Chantell Ghosh join the Friday Round Table.
Branding & Marketing Friday Round Table
July 24, 2020 18:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBMichael Brechtel, Partner, Berlin Communications Doug McLean, Marketing strategy and sport management professional Chantell Ghosh, Executive Director, Citadel Theatre, Board Chair, Edmonton Economic Development
In defence of WE
July 24, 2020 17:16 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBScott Gilmore, Editor-At-Large, Maclean’s Magazine
Canada’s top soldier has resigned
July 24, 2020 16:41 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBAmanda Connolly, Political reporter, Global News
Should the feds create program to acknowledge Alberta’s contributions?
July 24, 2020 16:17 - 17 minutes - 16 MBMax Fawcett, Freelance writer, Former editor of Alberta Oil Magazine Dr. Trevor Tombe, Associate professor of economics, University of Calgary, Research Fellow, School of Public Policy
Edmonton is making masks mandatory in city-owned facilities and on public transit
July 24, 2020 15:46 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBBev Esslinger, Edmonton City Councillor, Ward 2 Stuart Houston, Mayor of Spruce Grove
Today's show: looking closer at ARCHES, MP Garnett Genuis & MP Heather McPherson and why COVID-19 has hit women in the labour force hard
July 23, 2020 19:30 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBOn today's show, we follow up on the troubling story involving ARCHES out of Lethbridge. Executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coaliton, Donald MacPherson is our guest. Plus, a great conversation on the WE Charity Scandal and Canada-China relations with opposition MPs. We chat with Conservative MP Garnett Genuis and NDP MP Heather McPherson. And, why are women disproportionately affected in the work place by COVID-19? We ask deputy chief economist with RBC, Dawn Desjardins.
COVID-19 threatens decades of women’s labour force gains
July 23, 2020 17:31 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MBDawn Desjardins, Deputy Chief Economist, RBC
WE Charity scandal & Canada-China relations
July 23, 2020 17:05 - 17 minutes - 16 MBHeather McPherson, NDP MP, Edmonton Strathcona Garnett Genuis, Conservative MP, Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan
AUMA calls Bill 29 a rejection of the principles of local democracy
July 23, 2020 16:52 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBBarry Morishita, President, Alberta Urban Municipalities Association & Mayor of Brooks
A Lethbridge safe consumption site has lost its government funding
July 23, 2020 16:17 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBDonald MacPherson, Executive Director, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
The WE Charity scandal keeps growing
July 23, 2020 15:41 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBAndrew Russell, Investigative Journalist, Global News
Today's show: The Edmonton Football Team, Alberta students are heading back into the classroom & Alberta's history of misogyny
July 22, 2020 19:32 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBOn today's show, we check in with a number of different perspectives on the Edmonton Football Club name change. Including current and past presidents and CEOs, colour analyst Dave Campbell and Edmonton-based Inuk writer Dr. Norma Dunning. Plus, we talk to Trisha Estabrooks, the chair of the Edmonton Public School Board, about the announcement that kids are going back to school this fall. And, Emma May, a lawyer, entrepreneur and former senior staffer in former premier Jim Prentice's office sh...
Unravelling Alberta’s history of misogyny
July 22, 2020 17:52 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBEmma May, Lawyer, Entrepreneur & Former senior staffer in Premier Jim Prentice’s office
New study projects world population will peak by 2064
July 22, 2020 17:36 - 8 minutes - 7.67 MBDr. Christopher Murray, Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Professor & Chair of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington
Alberta doctors to hold confidence vote on health minister
July 22, 2020 17:17 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBDr. Christine Molnar, president, Alberta Medical Association
Alberta students are headed back to the classroom
July 22, 2020 16:44 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBTrisha Estabrooks, chair, Edmonton Public School Board
The Edmonton Football team has dropped “Eskimos” from their team name
July 22, 2020 16:23 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBChris Presson, President & CEO, Edmonton Eskimos Dave Campbell, Colour Analyst, Edmonton Football, Producer, Inside Sports with Reid Wilkins Len Rhodes, Board Chair, Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis, Former President & CEO of the Edmonton Football Team Dr. Norma Dunning, Edmonton-based Inuk writer, Professor, University of Alberta
Today's show: a potential COVID-19 vaccine, two leaders in the civil rights movement have died & the psychology behind refusing to wear a mask
July 21, 2020 18:51 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBOn today's show, early encouraging results out of a potential coronavirus vaccine out of the U.K. We talk to virologist Dr. Lorne Tyrrell from the University of Alberta. Plus, Dr. Justin Rose with Rhodes College joins us on the heels of the passing of two civil rights giants. And, we talk to counselling psychologist Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee on the psychology behind anti-maskers.
Five Canadian security contracts were awarded to a controversial tech company connected to the Chinese Communist Party
July 21, 2020 17:38 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBCol. Retired Dr. Ross Fetterly, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Edmonton lawyer resigns from the Board of the Health Quality Council of Alberta because of Bill 30
July 21, 2020 17:19 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBUbaka Ogbogu, Associate Professor, Katz Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Alberta
The U.S. lost two civil rights giants in one day, how will their legacy live on?
July 21, 2020 16:45 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBDr. Justin Rose, Associate Professor & Chair, Political Science, Rhodes College, Author of The Drum Major Instinct: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Theory of Political Service
The psychology behind why some people refuse to wear a mask
July 21, 2020 16:20 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBDr. Taslim Alani-Verjee, Clinical & Counselling Psychologist, Founder & Director of the Silm Centre for Mental Health
Early results of U.K. coronavirus vaccine showing promising results
July 21, 2020 15:53 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBDr. Lorne Tyrrell, Founding director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology
Today's show: The Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta, Cybersecurity during COVID-19 & the fight to end diabetes
July 20, 2020 19:30 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBOn today's show, a new interim leader for the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta. We talk to Paul Hinman about where he sees that party going. Plus, Ryan Vestby, the CEO of Compuvision, on cybersecurity during COVID-19. And, Edmontonians are rallying to raise $22M to end diabetes. We talk to the organizers.
Cybersecurity during COVID-19
July 20, 2020 18:55 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBRyan Vestby, CEO, Compuvision
Three are dead after a sightseeing bus rollover at the Columbia icefield
July 20, 2020 18:52 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MBAdam Toy, Digital Journalist, Global Calgary
The Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta names interim leader
July 20, 2020 18:47 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBPaul Hinman, Interim leader, Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta
Heading to 2022: the fight to end diabetes
July 20, 2020 18:45 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBDr. James Shapiro, Professor of Surgery & Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta Mark Bosworth, Co-chair of the DRIFCan supported HEADing to 2022 campaign team
Today's show: A busy news week for Lethbridge, changes to the AER & the Friday Round Table
July 17, 2020 19:24 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBOn today's show, we check in with Global Lethbridge reporter Quinn Campbell on a couple of high-profile stories out of that city including $1.5M missing from a supervised consumption site. Katie Morrison with CPAWS and Global News investigative journalist Mike De Souza join us to take a look at the Alberta Energy Regulator. And, a group chat Friday Round Table with Jarrett Campbell, Jenny Adams and Harman Kandola.
The Group Text Round Table
July 17, 2020 18:25 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBJarrett Campbell, Development consultant, Aspen Advisory Jenny Adams, Founder & Owner, The Adams Agency Harman Kandola, Edmonton lawyer, VP for Alberta, World Sikh Organization of Canada
Reports say the Edmonton Eskimos are looking to change the teams name
July 17, 2020 17:03 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBMatt McPhee, Former VP, Corporate Sponsorships, Edmonton Eskimos, Managing Partner, Westlink Consultants
Bitcoin scam forces Twitter to limit the ability of some high profile accounts
July 17, 2020 16:37 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAdam O’Brien, CEO, Bitcoin Solutions
Oilpatch lobbied the AER for COVID-19 relief
July 17, 2020 16:07 - 9 minutes - 9.16 MBMike De Souza, investigative journalist, Global News
The Alberta Energy Regulator’s permitting process isn’t as rigorous as previously thought
July 17, 2020 15:51 - 8 minutes - 7.54 MBKatie Morrison, Conservation Director, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Southern Alberta Chapter
A Lethbridge safe consumption site lost government funding & discrimination at nearby Hutterite colony
July 17, 2020 15:37 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBQuinn Campbell, Digital Journalist, Global Lethbridge
Today's Show: YEG allegedly defrauded , research into support for political parties & CERB is affecting businesses
July 16, 2020 18:41 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBOn today's show, the City of Edmonton has allegedly been defrauded out of $1.6M. We talk to CFO Mary Persson, and find out how this happened and how the city is making sure it doesn't happen again. Plus, we ask political science professor Dr. Jared Wesley, what do we know about Albertans political leanings at the root? And, we talk to economist Dr. Mikal Skuterud from the University of Waterloo about CERB, and how some people are saying it's the reason they aren't going back to work.
What’s been happening at the Alberta legislature?
July 16, 2020 17:38 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBTom Vernon, Provincial Affairs Reporter, Global Edmonton
Businesses are having trouble rehiring staff because of CERB
July 16, 2020 17:13 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBDr. Mikal Skuterud, Economics professor, University of Waterloo
Research looks at the support for federal parties in Alberta in the 2019 federal election
July 16, 2020 16:07 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBDr. Jared Wesley, Lead Researcher, Common Ground, Political Science Professor, University of Alberta
City of Edmonton allegedly defrauded out of approx. $1.6M
July 16, 2020 15:38 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBMary Persson, CFO, Deputy City Manager of Financial and Corporate Services, City of Edmonton