Episodes

  • How NHL playoff beards may have started in ... tennis?!

    How NHL playoff beards may have started in ... tennis?!
    May 16 2025
    University of Alberta anthropologist Andre Costopoulos explores the origin of the face scruff ... and is fascinated to learn what kids do in Calgary when it's playoff time here.
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    12 mins
  • Alberta Whisky Cake lives - thanks to a welder and mechanic

    Alberta Whisky Cake lives - thanks to a welder and mechanic
    May 16 2025
    Brothers Ryan and Jager McGonigal have brought back their late mom's beloved Alberta Whisky Cake. It's a testament and tribute to their Alberta roots, their family's strength - and their mother's passion.
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    12 mins
  • How NDAs silence victims - and reach far beyond sports controversies

    How NDAs silence victims - and reach far beyond sports controversies
    May 12 2025
    Dr. Julie Macfarlane, member of the Order of Canada, Emerita Distinguished university professor at University of Windsor and co-founder of Can't Buy My Silence, explains why it's likely in your lifetime you'll encounter a non-disclosure agreement - and how you may be helping fund them through taxpayer dollars.
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    13 mins
  • So, you want to become an American? Slow and expensive process

    So, you want to become an American? Slow and expensive process
    May 8 2025
    Ashwin Sharma, an immigration lawyer practising in Jacksonville, Florida, who is a Canadian who moved to the US for law school and stayed, explains why research is key. (And just wait until he explains why it's a 17-year wait for some. Yes, 17 years.)
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    14 mins
  • Could Alberta function as an independent economy? No.

    Could Alberta function as an independent economy? No.
    May 7 2025
    Moshe Lander, economist at Concordia University: "The one basic common denominator is you can't do it alone ... The idea we would have a referendum, to ask people what they think, you can't ask the question in a concise enough manner to get all of that nuance that would take a full year to explain, so what are we doing in the first place even asking people when they don't fully understand the consequences of what they're being asked."
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    12 mins
  • Armed with personal history of PTSD, researcher speaks on Lapu Lapu

    Armed with personal history of PTSD, researcher speaks on Lapu Lapu
    May 2 2025
    Walter Callaghan is a PhD candidate in medical anthropology at the University of Toronto. His doctoral research has focused on how people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) understand, explain, and make meaning of their experiences, paying close attention to how society and culture impact mental health. He was drawn to this research as a result of his own experiences as a PTSD survivor directly connected to his previous service as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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    12 mins
  • Corey Hogan: Red-y to be Calgary's only Liberal MP

    Corey Hogan: Red-y to be Calgary's only Liberal MP
    May 1 2025
    While polls predicted the Liberals could steal a few seats in Calgary in the 2025 federal election, ultimately it was only the riding of Calgary Confederation that didn't elect a Conservative MP. Corey Hogan, former vice-president of communications and outreach at the University of Calgary and podcaster with The Strategists, is now Calgary's lone Liberal MP. He's "hungry" to find out what comes next ...
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    10 mins
  • Dow pauses work on $11.6B Alberta net-zero petrochemical site

    Dow pauses work on $11.6B Alberta net-zero petrochemical site
    Apr 25 2025
    Moshe Lander, economist from Concordia University, on the economic uncertainty at play.
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    10 mins