24:07 | Directors Robert Watt and Georgina Liberty share about the new Commissioner of Indigenous Languages Office designed to help First Nations, Inuit and Métis reclaim their traditional names on passports and other government ID. 

59:33 | Chef Andrew George Jr. explains how food is vital in promoting cultural understanding and the ways he learned about it from his Wet'suwet'en Nation family members. 

1:23:07 | Alberta Legal Aid Lawyer Jessica Buffalo outlines how Indigenous Courts can better work and heal alongside First Nations, Inuit and Métis people who enter the criminal justice system. 

1:52:54 | Plus, we start the week with Positive Reflections presented by the good folks at Kuby Energy!

Ryan rolls out the best rants of the week, as submitted to [email protected]. Buckle up for another edition of Trash Talk, presented by Local Waste.

15:30 | Canada Research Chair for Internet Law, Dr. Michael Geist dissects the Broadcasting Act Bill C-10 

38:00 | Urban Planner Ashley Salvador, City Planner Brent Toderian, Halifax Parking Services Manager Victoria Horne discuss how parking is a powerful driver of the design, form, and function of neighbourhoods. 

2:07:34 | Trash Talk

15:03 | Pride Toronto's Sherwin Modeste discusses the indefinite ban on uniformed police at the city's Pride events and how healing is necessary before officers can be involved again. 

33:06 | Openly gay Calgary Constable Tad Milmine shares how Pride police bans impact him while he also appreciates that trust needs to be built between the LGBTQ2S+ community and law enforcement. 

51:55 | Canadian Veterinary Medical Association's Dr. James Fairles explains the mental health challenges veterinarians face on the job and why #EarstoVets in the USA is supportive for all animal health professionals.

1:30:17 | Former Chief of Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council, Sophie Pierre shares why the First Nation decided to transform the Kootenay Indian Residential School into St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino.

9:37 | Ryan unpacks the speech Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq gave in the House of Commons about Canadian inaction on Indigenous issues and lack of inclusion on the Hill, saying “people like me don’t belong here in the federal institution”. 

35:58 | #MyJasper Memories | How to hit the river ways on whitewater rafts in the Rocky Mountains (your dog can come too). https://www.jasper.travel/realtalk

40:47 | Economics professor Dr. Trevor Trombe explains why his 2019 Alberta Views article "Misplaced Anger Western Alienation and the Battle over Equalization" is still relevant today. He outlines why the federal program supports decentralization and empowers provincial governing.

1:25:30 | Katie German with the Toronto non-profit, Food Share explains why publishing wages/salaries is vital to address inequalities in the Canadian workforce. The organization is calling on CharityVillage to #ShowTheSalary on all job postings on their website—an issue across all job sites.

Colombia Calling podcast host and South America-based foreign correspondent Richard McColl discusses the current political unrest in Colombia and why it's persisting. 

Dr. Pamela Roach unpacks her Canadian Medical Association Journal article about the draft Alberta curriculum. The piece, "The Potential Health and Social Effects of Alberta’s Draft K-6 Curriculum" outlines how the proposed education guide furthers racism. 

Victoria, BC-based family physician Dr. Kathy Dabrus addressing misconceptions around COVID-19 vaccinations, the safety of combining vaccines and other FAQs.

Plus, we start the week with Positive Reflections presented by the good folks at Kuby Energy!

12:54 - Richard McColl on Colombia unrest

Ryan rolls out the best rants of the week, as submitted to [email protected]. Buckle up for another edition of Trash Talk, presented by Local Waste.

Alberta "rural resentment" is detailed by Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities' Acting Director, Dr. Clark Banack. The Camrose-based political scientist shares how he visited 16 non-urban communities to speak with Albertans who are increasingly feeling left behind economically and culturally and are eager to overturn the status quo. 

The many implications of the recently announced 1.3 billion billion dollar plan for a landmark, net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton are discussed by Federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan Jr., Enoch Cree Nation's Chief Billy Morin and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson.

Plus, it's Friday—which means it's time for another edition of Trash Talk presented by Local Waste!

7:27 - Dr. Clark Banack on rural resentment

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs' Adir Krafman and Jewish Federation of Edmonton CEO Stacey Leavitt-Wright offer their perspectives on Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health Associate Director Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle discusses the issues related to Indigenous health including the history of Residential Schools, culture, language, land-based learning and climate action.

Forbes' Policy Editor Avik Roy and Bitcoin Well CEO Adam O'Brien chat about the global implications of El Salvador adopting bitcoin as legal tender.

3:04 - Jewish views on Palestinian/Israeli Conflict

Annamie Paul discusses taking over the helm of the federal Green Party after 13 years of Elizabeth May's leadership and what she anticipates the political future will hold. 

#MyJasper Memories | Reminiscing about the many charming patios in the town of Jasper, at the Lodge and on the ski slopes, where beverages of choice can be savoured. https://www.jasper.travel/realtalk

The new Sustainable and Transition Finance Professor Dr. Yrjo Koskinen at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business chats about the future of finance and if climate change objectives can actually be met.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, provides her perspective on protecting and advancing human rights in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories.

11:19 - Annamie Paul