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Former Deputy PM Anne McLellan, former Alberta NDP Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and CPC strategist Ken Boessenkool examine the entrails of the federal election - and confront the threat of Alberta separatism 

Award-winning spoken word poet Nonso Morah on growing up Nigerian-Canadian in rurban Alberta - and on what it means to be an Albertan in Canada today

Once, Thomas Lukaszuk was the Conservative deputy premier of Alberta. Today, he's leading the campaign to keep Alberta in Confederation. So is his anti-separation petition a great way to drum up Canadian patriotism? Or is he playing right into the separatists' hands? Thomas sits down with Alberta Senator Paula Simons to explain his strategy - and his passion for the country that granted his own refugee family asylum.   

Born in Toronto. Raised in Khartoum. Launched in Lethbridge. Calgary-based stand-up Faris Hyttia has a life story, and a comic sensibility, like no other. His parents sent him from Sudan to Alberta to become an engineer. But fate had other, funnier, ideas. More of his comedy can be seen here:  Homesick Just for Laughs: Dog People vs Cat People Telus Storyhive: Send Help Instagram & TikTok: @farrooossi More information: https://linktr.ee/farrooossi  Recordings of Faris' shows were provided by the comic himself and OK Dope Productions. 

Acclaimed Metis scientist David Wishart, a pioneer in the study of metabolomics, and Debby Waldman, an award-winning Jewish-American children's author and journalist, talk about the alchemy that brought them together, and made and kept them Albertans. To read more about Debby's latest work, see her substack here: https://debbywaldman.substack.com/ And to learn more about the Gerhard Herzberg award and David's research, see this link: David Wishart - Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering - NSERC    

Pilar Martinez, outgoing CEO of the Edmonton Public Library, on the role of libraries in the age of AI and book bans. 

Everything you ever wanted to know about equalization, as Sen. Paula Simons hosts an expert town hall.

Sen. Paula Simons sits down with the history-making new mayors of Edmonton and Calgary.

Senator Simons speaks with Edmonton rapper and poet Cadence Weapon.

They said he’d never amount to anything. Indigenous MD Alika Lafontaine on beating odds and labels.

Political scientist Yasmeen Abu-Laban on multiculturalism’s forgotten Alberta roots.

Sen. Paula Simons continues the conversation with an expert panel on equalization, its past and future.

Journalist Tomi Ajele on Afros in Alberta, BLM, and true meaning of the Calgary Flames.

Barry Morishita, mayor of Alberta’s most multicultural city: Brooks.

Natalie Pon, on one Chinese-Albertan’s Covid-19 epiphany.