Mess Hall Podcast

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena have a guest! We chat with Vanda about Fudgesicles, Chapman's Super Fudge Ice Milk, Fudge Smoothies, and Creamsicle ice cream. Our bonus items are Snicker's peanut brownie bites and X-Freeze Tic Tacs. 

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This episode is brought to you by Park Power, your friendly, local utilities provider in Alberta.

Offering Internet, Electricity, and Natural Gas with low rates, awesome service, and profit-sharing with local charities.

In Alberta, you get to choose who to buy your internet, electricity, and natural gas from. If you choose Park Power, you are choosing a positive local business. Plus, Park Power shares it's profits with local not-for-profits that are working to make a difference for their communities.

Shopping local is very important to Park Power’s owner, Kris Kasawski, and we love local here at the Alberta Podcast Network, so it’s a great fit.

Learn more at parkpower.ca

This episode of The Mess Hall Podcast is brought to you by the Calgary Foundation, proudly supporting community needs for 65 years.

Everyone wants to feel a sense of belonging. Now, more than ever, we are united by a desire to take action and help others by creating a community built on kindness and compassion.

From small, creative projects to larger, citizen-led initiatives, the Calgary Foundation provides grassroots grants to encourage and support people who want to create and strengthen bonds between neighbours and communities.

If you’ve got an idea to improve, enhance, or revitalize your community or neighbourhood, visit CALGARYFOUNDATION.ORG to find out more about the Foundation’s grant opportunities, and visit the Calgary Foundation’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channel.

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try 5 types of freezies and the bonus item is crunchy chilli condiment. 

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This episode is brought to you by Park Power, your friendly, local utilities provider in Alberta.

Offering Internet, Electricity, and Natural Gas with low rates, awesome service, and profit-sharing with local charities.

In Alberta, you get to choose who to buy your internet, electricity, and natural gas from. If you choose Park Power, you are choosing a positive local business. Plus, Park Power shares it's profits with local not-for-profits that are working to make a difference for their communities.

Shopping local is very important to Park Power’s owner, Kris Kasawski, and we love local here at the Alberta Podcast Network, so it’s a great fit.

Learn more at parkpower.ca

With warmer weather comes yardwork. And lots of it. Prune your trees and shrubs, clean your eavestroughs, replace those drafty windows you noticed over the winter. 

Or, you can call Rümi to take care of all your outdoor and indoor spring home maintenance while you fire up the BBQ and relax. 

Visit Rumi.ca or call 1-844-777-7864 and let Rümi’s trusted local experts take care of your yard, so all you have to do is enjoy it. 

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try farmer's market goodies: chilli sticks, salsa, pineapple daiquiri, and a candied fig bar.  The bonus item is sweet potato tortilla chips.  

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Built to Help Albertans

At ATB, we make banking work for you. With expert and practical advice in everyday banking, and investment planning expertise and management services with ATB Wealth, you can be confident that you’re making smart choices when it comes to your money. We have a history of doing what’s right for our clients, especially when times are tough—because ATB was Built to help Albertans. For more information visit ATB.com.

This episode of The Mess Hall Podcast is brought to you by the Calgary Foundation, proudly supporting community needs for 65 years.

Everyone wants to feel a sense of belonging. Now, more than ever, we are united by a desire to take action and help others by creating a community built on kindness and compassion.

From small, creative projects to larger, citizen-led initiatives, the Calgary Foundation provides grassroots grants to encourage and support people who want to create and strengthen bonds between neighbours and communities.

If you’ve got an idea to improve, enhance, or revitalize your community or neighbourhood, visit CALGARYFOUNDATION.ORG to find out more about the Foundation’s grant opportunities, and visit the Calgary Foundation’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channel.

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try chocolate bars: birthday cake Kit Kat, pigs 'n taters, goji berry, and salted diablo.  Our bonus item is candy coated marshmallows. 

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This episode of The Mess Hall Podcast is brought to you by the Calgary Foundation, proudly supporting community needs for 65 years.

Everyone wants to feel a sense of belonging. Now, more than ever, we are united by a desire to take action and help others by creating a community built on kindness and compassion.

From small, creative projects to larger, citizen-led initiatives, the Calgary Foundation provides grassroots grants to encourage and support people who want to create and strengthen bonds between neighbours and communities.

If you’ve got an idea to improve, enhance, or revitalize your community or neighbourhood, visit CALGARYFOUNDATION.ORG to find out more about the Foundation’s grant opportunities, and visit the Calgary Foundation’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channel.

With Pod Power, our sponsors are making it possible for us to amplify the voices of Albertans and Alberta podcasters. This episode, Edmonton Community Foundation is helping us give a Pod Power shout out to:

IS THIS FOR REAL? 

Is This For Real? is a podcast about various facets of Black life in Edmonton. 

In the first season of the show, “Breaking the Blue Wall,” host Oumar Salifou explore anti-Black racism and policing, and tell stories about policing in schools, accountability in Alberta's policing system, and the impacts of police violence on Black Edmontonians.

You can listen to the podcast and read more about each episode at isthisforreal.ca. You can also support the work of these podcasters and future seasons on Patreon. 

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena mixed up food: Fruity Pebbles bar, Baconator Pringles, Blueberry Pancake Cap'N Crunch, and a variety of Lay's. 

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We want to tell you about ATB's new podcast - The Future Of. Join Todd Hirsch, ATB’s Vice President and Chief Economist, as he connects with special guests who offer unique and useful perspectives about the future. Explore how our economy and communities can not only brace for change, but embrace the opportunity it creates. From the future of women in business to the changing nature of work itself, The Future Of helps us understand what’s coming, and what we need to do today to get the tomorrow we want.

Featuring two episodes each month, plus bonus episodes, The Future Of includes interviews with top community and business leaders from Alberta and around the world. 

Subscribe to The Future Of in the Apple Store, Google Play, Spotify and everywhere podcasts are found, and connect to ask your questions about the future by emailing [email protected].

With warmer weather comes yardwork. And lots of it. Prune your trees and shrubs, clean your eavestroughs, replace those drafty windows you noticed over the winter. 

Or, you can call Rümi to take care of all your outdoor and indoor spring home maintenance while you fire up the BBQ and relax. 

Visit Rumi.ca or call 1-844-777-7864 and let Rümi’s trusted local experts take care of your yard, so all you have to do is enjoy it. 

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try peanut products: Reese peanut butter, burnt peanuts, Cracker Jack, and peanut butter whisky. Our bonus item is Flipz pretzels with a white fudge coating.  

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This episode is brought to you by Park Power, your friendly, local utilities provider in Alberta.

Offering Internet, Electricity, and Natural Gas with low rates, awesome service, and profit-sharing with local charities.

In Alberta, you get to choose who to buy your internet, electricity, and natural gas from. If you choose Park Power, you are choosing a positive local business. Plus, Park Power shares it's profits with local not-for-profits that are working to make a difference for their communities.

Shopping local is very important to Park Power’s owner, Kris Kasawski, and we love local here at the Alberta Podcast Network, so it’s a great fit.

Learn more at parkpower.ca

With Pod Power, our sponsors are making it possible for us to amplify the voices of Albertans and Alberta podcasters. This episode, Edmonton Community Foundation is helping us give a Pod Power shout out to: 

BOOK WOMEN

Book Women is a podcast about editing, publishing, and writing Indigenous stories. 

Three Métis librarians representing nations from across the homeland aim to inspire Indigenous peoples to share their stories in whatever form that they enjoy. 

Guests include Indigenous storytellers from diverse mediums, like podcasting, burlesque, books, comics, social media, films, music, and everything in between. 

You can listen and find out more at bookwomenpodcast.ca

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try citrus flavoured food: yuzu Japanese cheesecake, margarita fudge, jalapeño lemonade, and a key lime pie Kit Kat.  The bonus item is a fudge Mars bar.  

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We want to tell you about ATB's new podcast - The Future Of. Join Todd Hirsch, ATB’s Vice President and Chief Economist, as he connects with special guests who offer unique and useful perspectives about the future. Explore how our economy and communities can not only brace for change, but embrace the opportunity it creates. From the future of women in business to the changing nature of work itself, The Future Of helps us understand what’s coming, and what we need to do today to get the tomorrow we want.

Featuring two episodes each month, plus bonus episodes, The Future Of includes interviews with top community and business leaders from Alberta and around the world. 

Subscribe to The Future Of in the Apple Store, Google Play, Spotify and everywhere podcasts are found, and connect to ask your questions about the future by emailing [email protected].

This episode is brought to you by Park Power, your friendly, local utilities provider in Alberta.

Offering Internet, Electricity, and Natural Gas with low rates, awesome service, and profit-sharing with local charities.

In Alberta, you get to choose who to buy your internet, electricity, and natural gas from. If you choose Park Power, you are choosing a positive local business. Plus, Park Power shares it's profits with local not-for-profits that are working to make a difference for their communities.

Shopping local is very important to Park Power’s owner, Kris Kasawski, and we love local here at the Alberta Podcast Network, so it’s a great fit.

Learn more at parkpower.ca

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try pop products: Dr. Pepper cotton candy, cherry 7UP, Lymonade Sprite, and a rootbeer crunch white chocolate bar.  The bonus item is blueberry yuzu sorbet.  

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With warmer weather comes yardwork. And lots of it. Prune your trees and shrubs, clean your eavestroughs, replace those drafty windows you noticed over the winter. 

Or, you can call Rümi to take care of all your outdoor and indoor spring home maintenance while you fire up the BBQ and relax. 

Visit Rumi.ca or call 1-844-777-7864 and let Rümi’s trusted local experts take care of your yard, so all you have to do is enjoy it. 

This episode is brought to you by the Calgary Foundation, proudly supporting community needs for 65 years.

Empathy. Kindness. Generosity. We are united in our desire to give, to inspire hope and transform the lives of people who are struggling in turbulent times, and the Calgary Foundation is here to help.

From mental health programs, to environmental causes, the Community

Knowledge Centre website features profiles of charitable organizations, all searchable by area of interest. Be inspired by compelling stories. Be informed of innovative work. Be responsive to the needs.

To connect to hundreds of outstanding charitable organizations serving our community, visit ckc.calgaryfoundation.org. To learn more about the Calgary Foundation, visit calgaryfoundation.org.

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try products made from fruit we do not often see: huckleberry candy, chokecherry wine, jackfruit chips, and elderberry energy tea.  Our bonus item is warmed vanilla Moon Pie. 

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We want to tell you about ATB's new podcast - The Future Of. Join Todd Hirsch, ATB’s Vice President and Chief Economist, as he connects with special guests who offer unique and useful perspectives about the future. Explore how our economy and communities can not only brace for change, but embrace the opportunity it creates. From the future of women in business to the changing nature of work itself, The Future Of helps us understand what’s coming, and what we need to do today to get the tomorrow we want.

Featuring two episodes each month, plus bonus episodes, The Future Of includes interviews with top community and business leaders from Alberta and around the world. 

Subscribe to The Future Of in the Apple Store, Google Play, Spotify and everywhere podcasts are found, and connect to ask your questions about the future by emailing [email protected].

This episode is brought to you by Park Power, your friendly, local utilities provider in Alberta.

Offering Internet, Electricity, and Natural Gas with low rates, awesome service, and profit-sharing with local charities.

In Alberta, you get to choose who to buy your internet, electricity, and natural gas from. If you choose Park Power, you are choosing a positive local business. Plus, Park Power shares it's profits with local not-for-profits that are working to make a difference for their communities.

Shopping local is very important to Park Power’s owner, Kris Kasawski, and we love local here at the Alberta Podcast Network, so it’s a great fit.

Learn more at parkpower.ca

Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the Alberta Podcast Network, Locally grown. Community supported.

Avery and Lena try four types of Aero bars: golden, Black Forest cake, tiramisu, and chocolate mousse.  Our bonus item brings us back to '90s lunches: Duncaroos.  

Follow us and send a message at:

Twitter @themesshallpod

Facebook @messhallpodcas

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With warmer weather comes yardwork. And lots of it. Prune your trees and shrubs, clean your eavestroughs, replace those drafty windows you noticed over the winter. 

Or, you can call Rümi to take care of all your outdoor and indoor spring home maintenance while you fire up the BBQ and relax. 

Visit Rumi.ca or call 1-844-777-7864 and let Rümi’s trusted local experts take care of your yard, so all you have to do is enjoy it. 

With Pod Power, our sponsors are making it possible for us to amplify the voices of Albertans and Alberta podcasters. This episode, Edmonton Community Foundation is helping us give a Pod Power shout out to:

YOURFOREST

YourForest is a podcast about the natural world.

Hear stories about the environment, renewable resources, conservation, forestry, hunting, fishing, and more. This is a podcast for those who cannot live without the joys and wonders of all wild things.

Find YourForest wherever you get your podcasts, or at yourforestpodcast.com