Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

20:16 | MIT data scientist Dr. Sinan Aral discusses how social media disrupts elections, the economy, even dating, and how we can adapt. 

41:47 | Post-COVID-19 economic recovery round table with Cana…

13:42 | Environmental reporter Emily Atkin discusses the implications of oil company executives saying the quiet parts out loud and the impact it's having on the climate change conversation. 

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12:41 | Canada Wildfire director, Dr. Mike Flannigan discusses the changing fire season in Canada and why the increase of blazes in 2021 informs the new evolving normal. 

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15:28 | University of Iowa Law professor Greg Shill unpacks his Atlantic article, How Vehicular Intimidation Became the Norm. 

1:21:13 | Freelance journalist focused on Latin America Joshua Collins d…

14:04 | Cardus' Brian Dijkema and the Centre for Inquiry Canada's Leslie Rosenblood discuss how houses of worship are exempt from paying taxes. The discussion explores pros and cons of the how church…

13:44 | Journalist Anna Mckenzie unpacks her Indiginews article on what non-Indigenous people can do, right now to support Indigenous people grieving the ever-mounting number of mass and unmarked gra…

13:30 | Journalist Fatima Syed discusses her new piece in Chatelaine, As A Muslim, I Face Islamophobia. As An Immigrant, I’ve Failed Indigenous People. 

39:12 | Environmental activist Captain Paul Wa…

6:41 | Genetic Counsellor Alessandra Cumming explains the complexities of genetic testing and the role her profession plays. 

43:40 | Question of the Week Results

56:47 | Addressing the lack of openl…

0:00 | Ryan reflects on "who we are" as residents of Canada while the number of unmarked and mass graves at former Indian Residential Schools mount, and attacks on racialized women escalate across th…

4:28 | Conversion therapy survivor Matt Ashcroft shares about the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation and the banning of the practice this week with Bill C…

8:36 | Insider Journalist Cheryl Teh explains the "lying flat" movement emerging in China where youth are giving up on the rat race and staging a quiet rebellion against the 9-9-6 work culture.

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Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of Alberta CEO Rod Miller on the importance and productivity benefits in the workplace when employees get allyship and inclusion training.

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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 p…

15:30 | Canada Research Chair for Internet Law, Dr. Michael Geist dissects the Broadcasting Act Bill C-10 
and botched work on it as Speaker Anthony Rota found that the committee “exceeded its author…

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…

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…

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 Ca…