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Alberta Unbound

In this podcast, Paula Simons, an Independent senator from Alberta, sets out to debate and deconstruct some of the myths that define and bind her province.

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S1 Episode 1: Who Are You Calling An Albertan?

S1 Episode 1: Who Are You Calling An Albertan?

What does it mean to be an Albertan? When you think of a “typical” Albertan, do you imagine a rancher? A rigger? A cowbo... Read more

5 May 2020

20mins

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S1 Episode 2: We Must Get Over Ourselves

S1 Episode 2: We Must Get Over Ourselves

There are so many divides in Alberta: rural and urban, north and south, right and left, Indigneous and settler, myth and... Read more

5 May 2020

16mins

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S1 Episode 3: Alien Nation

S1 Episode 3: Alien Nation

Alberta alienation seems as old as Alberta itself. It has become a touchstone and a trope of Canadian politics. But what... Read more

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S1 Episode 4: Reclaiming our Stories

S1 Episode 4: Reclaiming our Stories

Who gets to tell the story of Alberta? What are the stories Albertans tell themselves – and what are the stories that ge... Read more

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S1 Episode 5: The Alberta We Want

S1 Episode 5: The Alberta We Want

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S2 Episode 1: Defying Prophecies

S2 Episode 1: Defying Prophecies

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

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S2 Episode 2: Giving Social Credit

S2 Episode 2: Giving Social Credit

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

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S2 Episode 3: Afros In Tha Cities

S2 Episode 3: Afros In Tha Cities

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

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S2 Episode 4: A Hundred Hellos

S2 Episode 4: A Hundred Hellos

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

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S2 Episode 5: The Other Side Of Gold Mountain

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