0:22 | Premier Danielle Smith wins a seat in the Alberta Legislature with a by-election win in Brooks-Medicine Hat. Further south, forecasts for a "red wave" through the US midterm elections failed to materialize, but some Republicans still saw big wins. Ryan opens the show with a few key storylines we're following.

3:24 | Environmental activist Tzeporah Berman steps out of meetings at COP27 to join Real Talk live from Egypt. She tells us about her call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and assesses global response to climate change-related disasters around the world. We talk forestry, mining, water, animal agriculture, and more. 

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33:21 | In politics, a win is a win is a win. Did Danielle Smith win by *enough* in the Brooks-Medicine Hat to quiet her critics? Does securing less vote percentage than the UCP candidate in 2019 serve as a warning to Alberta's premier? Ryan runs through what pundits and the general public is saying the morning after the by-election. 

41:15 | Municipal politicians are closest to their constituents by far. They're most often the ones fielding complaints at the gas pump or the grocery store. We ask our Alberta Municipalities Real Talk Round Table panelists Mayor Cathy Heron (St. Albert), Mayor Tanya Thorn (Okotoks), and Councillor Dylan Bressey (Grande Prairie) for their initial impressions on Premier Smith's by-election win, then expand the conversation to cover the urban/rural relationship. What do rural communities need most? How do they get it? Heck, what even is a "rural" community? Our live chat was humming through this one! 

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