Episode Details

Seven years ago, Jespo publicly banned John Carpay from appearing on his terrestrial radio show after the two locked horns over COVID restrictions. This episode, Jespersen and Carpay reconvene in our feature interview (3:00) presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. The two look back on that polarizing pandemic and debate some of Canada's most controversial legislation including the so-called Peterson's Law protecting free speech for professionals and the UCP's Bill 25 removing "bias and ideology" from classrooms.

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43:30 | Janet Brown's newest poll shows some of the wealthiest Albertans most want to separate from Canada, and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is losing ground to premier Danielle Smith. The renowned pollster and political commentator takes us into the numbers.

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1:22:40 | Congratulations to the Canmore Eagles - 2026 AJHL Champions! Real Talker Dawn checks in from Canmore in this edition of Alberta Wins presented by Play Alberta. 

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1:25:20 | Jespo shares some intel on a favourite hiking destination and we dig deeper into a potential Alberta NDP rebrand. 

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