Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith

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Danielle Smith episodes

  • PC Leadership Rule Changes, Trudeau and China, Let Them Eat Dirt, Calgary's Bylaw Survey and Your Reaction

    Show Set Up

    Delegate Rules: What are the rules to run for the PC Leadership Guest:Stephen Carter, former political strategist and senior adviser

    China: What does Trudeau need to get done in China Guest:Gordon Houlden, Director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta

    Let Them Eat Dirt: Get over the wipes and sanitizer - why kids are supposed to be dirty Guest: Brett Finlay, Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories, and the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. Author of Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Your Child from an Oversanitized World

    Bylaw Survey: The bylaws that keep us from killing out neighbours - bylaws on noise, grass, bylaws and general nuisances. The city wants your feedback in a survey Guest:Calgary's Chief Bylaw officer Alvin Murray

    2 hr 8 min
  • Show Set Up, BluEarth Renewables Continued, The Fight for Free Speech at University, Eyewitness Account on Energy East, An Update on Danielle's Foray into Gardening

    Show Set Up and Protestors shutting down Energy East Hearings in Montreal

    BluEarth Renewables Finding out more about wind power contracts, BluEarth Renewables and whether secrecy is needed Guest:David Gray, Cofounder and Director of Energy Research at AIM Energy Guest: Don MacIntyre, MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

    University Free Speech: A win for free speech - the University of Chicago strikes back against trigger warnings and "safe spaces" Guest:Azhar Majeed, Director of Policy Reform Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

    Energy East: Tantrums work - Energy East is shut down for the day because of protestors Guest: Kelly Greig, Reporter with Global News in Montreal 

    Spruce It Up Update: Am I reaping what I sowed? An update on my garden and tips for yours from our Gardening Expert Meryl Coombs Guest: Meryl Coombs, Owner of ‘Spruce It Up Garden’ centers and host of ‘Let’s talk Gardening.”

    2 hr 5 min
  • Stephen Harper Steps Down, The Ban on the Burkini Ban, Would you Give CPR to a Stranger, Unauthorized Biography of Rod Sykes, San Antonio Mental Health Team, A Pro-Trump Podcaster

    Show Set Up/Stephen Harper Steps Down

    Burkini: The conversation the battle of the burkini has started. Where is the line? And Do we want a line? Guest: Mariam Ibrahim, Writer and Public Commentator

    CPR Study: Would you give CPR to a stranger? What if they smelled bad? What about family? A new study shows many of us aren't willing to get involved because we're squeamish Guest: Katie Dainty, Assistant Professor, Instistutino of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation at the University of Toronto

    Rod Sykes Bio: The story behind the unauthorized biography of Former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes Guest: Andy Marshall, Former Journalist and former Staffer of Rod Sykes. Author of "Thin Power: How former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes stamped his brand on the city... And scored some sacred cows"

    Mental Health and Policing: We've tracked down the famed mental health unit with the San Antonio Police Department. This is how policing works with mental health victims.

    Trump Podcaster: Warning "explicit" content - the podcaster who has experienced the online bias against Trump supporters. Guest: Mark Hammond, Host of the number #1 AltRight Podcast in America Called MAGAPod 

    2 hr 3 min
  • A Pompous Sounding Notley Speaks to Unifor, BluEarth Renewables, Case Against Homework, What is Means to Be a "Man"

    Show set up/Notley at Unifor: Danielle Smith plays a clip of the Premier at a Unifor conference talking up her party and she ain't humble about it

    BluEarth Renewables Part 1: 500 schools are locked into a PPA with BluEarth Renewables FOR 25 YEARS!!!! Guest:George Clark, Founder of Albertans First and the newly formed Alberta Ratepayers Association.  

    BluEarth Renewables Part 2: Getting down to the truth of the BluEarth Reneables Deal Guest: Grant Arnold, President and CEO of BluEarth Renewables

    Homework: A teacher's letter that's gone viral has many asking - do kids need homework? Guest:Mark Ramsankar, President of the Alberta Teachers Association

    Openline

    2 hr
  • Calgary Police on Tickets by Courier, Reaction to Province's Fiscal Update, Municipal Powers will Cost Us More, Economist Jack Mintz on Q1 and BC Climate Plan, Economist Mike Moffatt on Globalization,

    Show set up/ Calgary Police: Calgary Police on the cost of couriering tickets

       Guest:Superintendent Guy Slater with the Calgary Police Service

    Calgary Chamber on Fiscal Update: What do businesses on the ground really think of where our economy is going? Guest: Adam Legge, CEO of the Calgary Chamber of

    Non-Profts Struggling: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Calgary on their financial predicament Guest:Karen Orser, President & CEO of Big Brothers and Sisters of

    Municipal Powers: The Manning Centre gets some push back over their report on municipal powers. Will new powers cost us more? Guest: Dan Osborn, Author of the report "Modernizing Alberta's Municipal Governments" put out by the Manning Centre

    Economist Jack Mintz: Reaction to the Q1 fiscal update and BC's Climate Change Plan which no one is happy with Guest: Jack Mintz, Economist, President’s Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary  

    Economist Mike Moffatt: The financial sector and innovation don't usually belong in the same sentence but Economist Mike Moffatt is working on that Guest: Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor - Ivey Business School 

    Unite Alberta Sham: Something smells fishy with how the Unite Alberta campaign has been set up for Jason Kenney Guest:Duncan Kinney, Executive Director of Progress Alberta

    1 hr 59 min
  • Calgary Police on Tickets by Courier, Reaction to Province's Fiscal Update, Municipal Powers will Cost Us More, Economist Jack Mintz on Q1 and BC Climate Plan, Economist Mike Moffatt on Globalization,

    Show set up/ Calgary Police: Calgary Police on the cost of couriering tickets

       Guest:Superintendent Guy Slater with the Calgary Police Service

    Calgary Chamber on Fiscal Update: What do businesses on the ground really think of where our economy is going? Guest: Adam Legge, CEO of the Calgary Chamber of

    Non-Profts Struggling: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Calgary on their financial predicament Guest:Karen Orser, President & CEO of Big Brothers and Sisters of

    Municipal Powers: The Manning Centre gets some push back over their report on municipal powers. Will new powers cost us more? Guest: Dan Osborn, Author of the report "Modernizing Alberta's Municipal Governments" put out by the Manning Centre

    Economist Jack Mintz: Reaction to the Q1 fiscal update and BC's Climate Change Plan which no one is happy with Guest: Jack Mintz, Economist, President’s Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary  

    Economist Mike Moffatt: The financial sector and innovation don't usually belong in the same sentence but Economist Mike Moffatt is working on that Guest: Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor - Ivey Business School 

    Unite Alberta Sham: Something smells fishy with how the Unite Alberta campaign has been set up for Jason Kenney Guest:Duncan Kinney, Executive Director of Progress Alberta

    1 hr 59 min

About Danielle Smith

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Danielle Smith's background as former leader of the Wildrose Party makes her ideally suited to deliver this unique show that is much more than just politics.