Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

4:14 | Ryan and the team get into the news of the day including the NFL star Tom Brady announcing his retirement and the continuing Canada/US border blockade in Coutts, Alta.

17:32 | Moms Stop the Ha…

3:19 | Ryan recaps the first annual Real Talk Pond Hockey Classic which raised $50,000 and also included the saving of a life. Registered nurse Noelle Appleby explains how some quick thinking and CPR…

Ryan gets into it with emails for Real Talkers about what's bugging them—politics or otherwise.

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1:17 | Home reno guru and tv personality, Bryan Baeumler talks about pursuing the trades after getting a poll sci degree, how he built his career, and the ways the pandemic impacted his flip of an ab…

14:10 | Decent Work and Health Network's Dr. Gaibrie Stephen unpacks how without paid sick leave many workers are forced to choose between protecting public health by staying home and going to work s…

3:11 | Ryan and the team discuss baseball star Barry Bonds' unsuccessful final bid to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, plus what doping means in sport and athletes' legacies.

20:20 | McGil…

3:27 | Liberal MP George Chahal addresses the intimidation tactics used by protestors who came to his family home over the weekend, plus his election in Calgary Skyview, and paying a $500 fine for re…

3:41 | Ryan gets the show rolling with his take on the #TruckersForFreedom protest driving across the country challenging the vaccine mandates in Canada. 

15:56 | More than 30% of Alberta teachers ar…

Ryan lets off a whole bunch of steam with emails from Real Talkers on what's grinding their gears.

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16:52 | We look back at the career of Canadian politics trailblazer, Alexa McDonough. Author of Alexa!: Changing the Face of Canadian Politics, Stephen Kimber shares on the legacy of the Canadian pol…

3:33 | Edmonton Public Schools board chairperson Trisha Estabrooks on the rising number of classes going online across the city and province as students and staff deal with the Omicron variant.

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2:12 | Ryan wonders if the heated "pissy" exchange between NHL reporter Jim Matheson and Oilers' player Leon Draisaitl is a reflection of what everyone is feeling—fed up with winter and the pandemic.…

2:08 | Ryan clocks the troubling circumstances around Alberta’s Justice Minister Kaycee Madu calling the Edmonton Police Service’s Chief after the UCP MLA received a ticket for distracted driving in …

13:51 | Alberta-based physicians Dr. Neeja Bakshi and Dr. Shazma Mithani discuss the Omicron wave, why they don't refer to the variant as "mild", and how it's resulting in dire outcomes in hospitals …

5:54 | Newsweek deputy opinion editor, Batya Ungar-Sargon on her new book, Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. She explains why she believes liberal elites are impacting mainstream new…

6:55 | Social justice advocate Matthew Behrens on the reduced sentence for abuse survivor Helen Naslund, who's been serving an 18-year sentence for killing her abusive husband.

30:06 | Eat Your Words…

1:58 | Political analyst Supriya Dwivedi unpacks Quebec Premier François Legault's vague plan to impose a health tax on Quebecers who refuse to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

18:40 | The…

11:49 | VICE journalist Anya Zoledziowski and the Clinical Department Head for Emergency Medicine for the Calgary Zone, Dr. Eddy Lang discuss the growing frustration and exhaustion with the pandemic …

13:46 | Alberta Teachers’ Association president Jason Schilling on students and teachers returning to in-person learning on Monday, January 10 before all schools across the province receive rapid tes…