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
Edmonton restaurants close because of COVID-19
June 22, 2020 15:41 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBChris Decock, president, GRETA Bar
Federal government changes to the CEBA loan program for small businesses
June 19, 2020 18:39 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MBGuest James Cumming, MP for Edmonton Centre
What does Ward 5 needs after Saturday’s storm?
June 19, 2020 18:38 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBGuest George Chahal, City Councillor for Ward 5
"COVID-19 Highlights Weaknesses in Canada’s System for New Medicines"
June 19, 2020 17:07 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBGuest John Adams, one of the authors of the paper, cofounder and CEO of Canadian PKU and Allied Disorders Inc. and volunteer board chair of Best Medicines Coalition
MLA Drew Barnes says Fair Deal panel findings don’t go far enough
June 19, 2020 16:44 - 17 minutes - 16 MBGuest Drew Barnes, Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA and Fair Deal panel member
Minister of Justice & Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer
June 19, 2020 16:42 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBGuest Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice & Solicitor General
India-China border tensions
June 18, 2020 18:22 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBGuest Ferry de Kerckhove, former Canadian ambassador to Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, and fellow with the Canadas Global Affairs Institute
"YHWH and the Sacred Secret" - Quadriplegic Scholar, says, ‘There is a God’ in new book
June 18, 2020 17:36 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBGuest: Author Monte Perepelkin
Is equalization able to adapt to the fiscal changes among provinces post-recession?
June 18, 2020 17:11 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBBen Eisen, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Challenges of social distancing now that provinces are opening up
June 18, 2020 17:09 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBGuest Jack Jedwab, president of the Association for Canadian Studies and chair of the COVID-19 Social Impacts Network
New evidence of the Nova Scotia killer raises questions
June 18, 2020 17:07 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBGuest Paul Palango, author and journalist
Premier Kenney comments on the Fair Deal Panel
June 18, 2020 17:05 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBGuest Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney
Is Defunding the Police Really The Right Solution?
June 17, 2020 18:17 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBGuest Amity Shlaes, noted historian and author of "Great Society: A New History"
Students for Canada: Letter to Trudeau
June 17, 2020 17:34 - 6 minutes - 6.11 MBGuest Cody Battershill, founder and spokesperson for CanadaAction.ca
Calgary council votes to build the Green Line LRT
June 17, 2020 17:29 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBGuest Neil McKendrick, retired former manager of transit planning at Calgary Transit
"The Lockdown Contrarians Were Right"
June 17, 2020 17:23 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBGuest Gwyn Morgan, retired founding CEO of Encana Corporation and a regular contributor to C2C Journal and the Financial Post
$1.7-billion federal assistance program helping clean up inactive oil and gas wells
June 17, 2020 17:20 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBGuest Elizabeth Aquin, Interim President & CEO of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada
Racism in Canada
June 17, 2020 17:18 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBGuest Kaycee Madu, MLA for Edmonton-South West and Minister of Municipal Affairs
What is mass temperature screening & will it affect your return to work?
June 17, 2020 15:39 - 17 minutes - 16 MBPaul Poscente, president & CEO, Backwoods Energy Services
Today’s Show: UN Security Council seat, equalization, cancel culture, US politics, and long-tern care
June 16, 2020 18:52 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuests: Brian Lilley, Political columnist for the Toronto Sun, Bill Bewick, Executive Director of Fairness Alberta, Jonathan Kay, Canadian Editor of Quillette, Wendy Schiller, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Brown University, and Colin Busby, research director with the Institute for Research on Public Policy
Facing up to Canada’s Long-Term Care Policy Crisis
June 16, 2020 18:28 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBGuest Colin Busby, research director with the Institute for Research on Public Policy
The latest in US politics
June 16, 2020 18:23 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBGuest Wendy Schiller, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Brown University
Cancel culture in journalism
June 16, 2020 17:16 - 22 minutes - 21 MBGuest Jonathan Kay, Canadian Editor of Quillette
Eight Ways to Improve Equalization
June 16, 2020 16:56 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBGuest Bill Bewick, Executive Director of Fairness Alberta
Canada’s push for a temporary United Nations Security Council seat
June 16, 2020 16:47 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBGuest Brian Lilley, Political columnist for the Toronto Sun
Are alcohol & cannabis sales really on the rise during COVID-19 pandemic?
June 16, 2020 16:19 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBDr. Samantha Wells, Senior Director and Senior Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Today’s Show: Green Line LRT, RSP’s, adult literacy, police brutality, and Prairie Sky Gondola
June 15, 2020 19:54 - 1 hour - 108 MBGuests: Peter McCaffrey, President of the Alberta Institute, Jackie Seely, Program Director for Newell Further Education, Patricia Barkaskas, Métis lawyer, professor of law at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia and the Academic Director of the UBC Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, President and CEO of Prairie Sky Gondola, and Miranda Rosin, MLA of Banff/Kananaskis
Feasibility of train linking Calgary airport to downtown, and Banff
June 15, 2020 18:14 - 4 minutes - 4.45 MBGuest Miranda Rosin, MLA of Banff/Kananaskis
Concept of the Prairie Sky Gondola
June 15, 2020 18:13 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBGuest Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, President and CEO of Prairie Sky Gondola
History between First Nations and the police in Canada
June 15, 2020 17:32 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBGuest Patricia Barkaskas, Métis lawyer and professor of law at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia and the Academic Director of the UBC Indigenous Community Legal Clinic located Vancouver
Adult Literacy supports in Alberta
June 15, 2020 17:30 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBGuest Jackie Seely, Program Director for Newell Further Education in the County of Newell
RSPs can help struggling businesses today
June 15, 2020 17:28 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBGuest Craig Skauge, President of Calgary-based Olympia Trust
Calgary Council to vote on the future of the Green Line LRT
June 15, 2020 16:12 - 21 minutes - 20 MBGuest Peter McCaffrey, President of the Alberta Institute
CFIB says 1 in 10 businesses may never recover from COVID-19
June 15, 2020 15:58 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBDan Kelly, president, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Today's show: dashcam footage shows violent takedown of First Nations chief, Alberta's oil & gas industry & the Friday Round Table
June 12, 2020 18:42 - 31 minutes - 29 MBOn today's show, Black Lives Matter activist Adora Nwofor & Vancouver criminal lawyer, Kyla Lee react to the dashcam footage showing a violent take down and arrest of Chief Allan Adam. Plus, Max Fawcett on Alberta energy. And, you don't want to miss our condo talk Friday Round Table.
Friday remote Round Table
June 12, 2020 18:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBShelly MacMillan, President, Condo Owners Council of Alberta Sheila Meagher, Long-time condo owner, condo owner advocate Todd Shipley, Partner, RMRF LLP
Dashcam footage shows violent arrest of Alberta First Nations chief
June 12, 2020 17:05 - 7 minutes - 7.28 MBKyla Lee, criminal defence lawyer
Why does the Alberta government keep doing things that hurt the oil and gas industry?
June 12, 2020 16:55 - 11 minutes - 11 MBMax Fawcett, Freelance Writer, former editor of Alberta Oil magazine
Alberta's top Mountie doesn't believe there's a problem of systemic racism in policing in Canada
June 12, 2020 16:42 - 16 minutes - 15 MBAdora Nwofor, Black Lives Matter activist, & comedian
Experts say while Alberta reopens, COVID-19 cases will go up
June 12, 2020 16:19 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBDr. Stephanie Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta
Edmonton family raises money for ALS with The Awesome Lemonade Stand
June 12, 2020 15:50 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBKris & Claire Andreychuk
Living in Colour: Being Black in Canada
June 12, 2020 15:47 - 7 minutes - 6.96 MBFarah Nasser, host, Living in Colour, & anchor, Global News Toronto
Today's show: penalties for fraudulent CERB applications, insight into incels & Drex and Jespersen throw down
June 11, 2020 19:06 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBOn today's show, we talk to Global News chief political correspondent David Akin on the CERB and the Conservative leadership race. Plus, we talk to tax lawyer Vern Krishna about what happened to those who took CERB when they shouldn't have. We learn more about incels from the Organization for the Prevention of Violence. And, are Drex and Jespersen really fighting?
CERB & the latest on the CPC leadership race
June 11, 2020 17:51 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBDavid Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News
Federal government looks to pass CERB bills on fraud fines & jail time
June 11, 2020 17:07 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBVern Krishna, Tax law professor, University of Ottawa, tax lawyer, Toronto’s TaxChambers LLP
Alberta organization releases report on the Involuntary Celibate movement
June 11, 2020 16:50 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBDr. John McCoy, Executive Director, Organization for the Prevention of Violence, Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta
Alberta announces plans to get students back in the classroom by the fall
June 11, 2020 16:19 - 16 minutes - 15 MBTrisha Estabrooks, Chair, Edmonton Public School Board
YWCAs of Alberta ask the province to make COVID-19 recovery plan inclusive
June 11, 2020 15:47 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBKatherine O’Neill, CEO, YWCA Edmonton
Today's show: what does defund the police mean? Condo conversations with lawyer Robert Noce and COVID-19 tests producing false negatives
June 10, 2020 19:25 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBOn today's show, when you hear "defund the police," what does that actually mean? We get into it with Alex Vitale, who literally the wrote the book on it. Plus, condo conversations continue with lawyer Robert Noce, what you need to know. And, is it true coronaviurs testing isn't all that accurate? Investigative reporter Brian Hill joins us.