National Talky League

This week on the National Talky League, we're under the shadow of a hard day of bad news with the Las Vegas shootings and the death of Tom Petty.

Roger and Dave struggle on and bring you insight and conversation in spite of it all.

Strong Opinions, Loosely Held, Widely Shared.

We talk

- Roger Clears His Throat about US Gun Control, and whether Canadians fundamentally feel different about guns or not.

- Jagmeet Singh and the "youngification" of Canadian politicians.

- Photo radar and it's abuse in Calgary

- Dave recommends Big Mouth in Watcha Watching? and we discuss ending points for long running series.

This week on the National Talky League:

LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT.

Roger pontificates on #takeaknee, a new style of modern protest, and we discuss patriotism in Canada, what does it look like?

- More on the Flames response to the stadium debate.

- Should Calgary make Amazon welcome?

- Class struggle in the modern day.

WHATCHA WATCHING?

Roger gives his take on the Wonder Woman movie and Elizabeth Moss's performance in Handmaid's Tale.

Dave talks about the new Kingsmen movie and the new Ninjago movie while dispensing great advice on how to movies should be critiqued.

Robert Avis from Verge Permaculture joins us for an overtime interview. This guy does amazing things with plants, engineering yards to be thriving ecologies unto themselves.

But he leads us down a few very interesting roads and makes us question what science is telling us - or isn't telling us - in a fun and provocative way.

Rob's Reading List:

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" - Nassim Taleb

The End of Food: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Food Supply-And What You Can Do About It - Thomas Pawlick

Pandora's Seed: Why the Hunter-Gatherer Holds the Key to Our Survival - Spencer Wells

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It - Gary Taubes

This week on the National Talky League,

Roger still wants somebody who thinks the city should fork out money for the new arena to explain why that's good for the city. Also, is it dirty pool that the Flames are now meddling in the municipal election? How has the incumbent mayor handled the latest volley?

Dave offers a pro tip on making inconsequential choices quickly and easily.

We're trying something new. In this episode, you'll hear Senior league member Eric shares a question about Star Wars vs Star Trek. We'd like to include your recorded questions in future episodes of the NTL as well.

Another OVERTIME edition of the National Talky League. This week, we talk with Dave Ware, Lego Artist, founder of Innovative Play by Dave Ware, improvisor, and Co-commissioner of the NTL. In order to keep the flow of things, we enlisted the help of NTL regular Keith Andrews.

Dave takes us through the world of Lego Serious Play, a teaching and facilitation tool for groups, businesses, and such, and explains how the brick aspect changes how people view meetings, and how it open up conversations.

Dave's website is www.innovativeplay.com

Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens can be found here.

In this episode of the National Talky League, we're chock full to the brim of our licorice All Sorts with talky.

We talk about Innovation in Calgary, and Circle the Wagons.

A lengthy discussion of the hatred we have for wasps pops up. What are wasps good for, anyway?

Dave drools over the best chicken sandwich he's had in ages.

Somebody wrote that sitting in a circle is disrespectful to aboriginal people.

Roger Clears His Throat about Jennifer Bush's tirade at a Jagmeet Singh rally.

We answer listener questions and discuss the upcoming civic election.

And her (adorable) side of the story:

Dave talks bad Netflix films and (re)watching shows with spoilers.

and new Johanes!!!

Everyone is back in the line-up, September is in swing, and the NTL is in full force. In this edition:

Roger clears his throat about the "All-In" state of the political landscape of Alberta, and the small business tax situation.

We talk about the necessary evil that is tipping after Cafe Linnea in Edmonton abandoned their plan to be a tip-free jurisdiction.

Dave shares the story of his camping trip, including the KOA, waterparks, and the Golden Corral.

Dave found a sign that could confuse alcoholic dog owners.

The dog toy/sex toy controversy raises it's ribbed head once again.

Dave hit the road for some family holiday. He checks in with a dispatch from BC. We tapped Keith Andrews (previous guest) from the Art and Possibility podcast. Keith is a big MMA fan and we've been looking forward to having him on for reaction to the big fight.

Roger clears his throat with the John A MacDonald school name fiasco and wonders how far we should be willing to extend the argument. Should Louis Riel (murderer) have his name removed from schools?

There's also some discussion - NO SPOILERS - about the Game of Thrones finale.

SHOW NOTES:

Justin Trudeau's soft words for Fidel Castro upon the dictator's death. His dad and Fidel were good pals.

The gloves Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor wore were 8oz gloves; double the weight of the MMA gloves McGregor typically wears.

The time Holly Holm KO'd Ronda Rousey

Keith Callbeck is a minimalist. He documents his minimalist life experience and shares his insights on his website ilikehelping.com.

Minimalism came to greater prominence through a documentary put out by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus. They are the two behind www.theminimalist.com

So what is minimalism? What is it supposed to do for me?

This interview explores those questions and more.

Topics or themes mentioned in this interview include

Slow living

Marie Kondo's Book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing"

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Strong Opinions, Loosely Held, Widely Shared. This is the National Talky League.

This week Roger Clears His Throat about the Conservative Party's refusal to simply call out Rebel Media for its stance on Charlotteville.

Dave looks at starting a new series and what it takes to grab your attention in Watcha Watching.

The guys talk hot peppers and the Scoville Unit chart, and you'll hear more on the Bolivian Rainbow Pepper than you ever cared to.

We also talk about the concept of a Top XX list, and why they're annoying.

More list talk as we look at Canada's #1 ranking on the "least worst" charts.

More Bond talk.

More Talky than you can shake a stick at, and you really shouldn't be shaking that thing around, you could hurt someone!