It’s many things to many people. A rodeo, a midway or maybe even a headache... but would you call it a music festival? On this week’s episode we tease out the identity of the Calgary Stampede, and its outsized impact on music in this city.

This city loves to queue up for hype. Take the recent opening of a popular American doughnut chain as an example. Get in line, because we’re getting to the bottom of this phenomenon.

World leaders are in our backyard for a few days this month trying to solve big global problems. But what about the bears? We've got you covered for this year’s G7 summit.

The summer forecast is HOT, the air conditioning frenzy has begun and one tenant advocacy group wants landlords on the hook for keeping their homes from becoming a sauna.

It's almost closing time at the Danish Canadian Club. To help the club stay alive, its members are joining the Austrians in early June. We hear why they're making the change, and how Roots Collective is keeping people grounded in their cultures.

For the first time, the Calgary Marathon is spread out over two days because running is now wildly popular here. Join Jenny Howe as she tests out her shin splints and gets into the buzz behind the boom.

Karla Marx is a fixture on the local drag and comedy scene and a character created by Victoria Bucholtz. She joins host Jenny Howe to talk about her new comedy album Fruity and why she'll defend Alberta until her bedazzled heels come off.

We talk to a professional house flipper about the art of the flip and get a forecast from a local real estate agent about if our hot market for flipping might be cooling.

Where will Calgary plant nearly a million trees? We put that question to the city’s top tree guy, and also ask if communities with historically fewer trees will get finally get spruced up.

It’s federal election season and if we look at past voting trends in Alberta we see a lot of blue. The CBC’s Rob Brown breaks down how our province became known as a conservative stronghold, and political scientist Lisa Young zooms in on Calgary ahead of Monday’s vote.