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Gretzky Should "Just Own" Trump Friendship

November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"We have politicians making medical decisions with no medical training. It's horrifying." Dr. Glynnis Lieb and @theannamurphy.bsky.social sound the alarm as the Alberta government invokes the notwithstanding clause to protect its transgender bills.

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111925BILL9

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November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Nobody (including Pierre Poilievre) wants an election. @maxfawcett.bsky.social explains why Monday's budget vote wasn't exactly a "nailbiter". Were you hoping for another election this winter?

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111825Max

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111825 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"(Gretzky) still doesn't get it. If he and Trump are friends, just say that. Stop giving these weaselly answers. Just own it."

Do you agree with @supriya.bsky.social?

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111725Supriya

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111725 #RealTalkRJ #Trump

youtu.be/m-wuODzt0mU?...

“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers

November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Donald Trump is sewering his biggest (former) fan - Marjorie "Traitor" Greene - as she continues to push for the release of the Epstein files. @supriya.bsky.social says MTG's evolution is a good thing. Do you buy it?

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111725Supriya

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111725 #RealTalkRJ #Trump #MTG

November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Albertans are getting screwed.

A quarter-billion in unpaid property taxes. Countless billions more in environmental liabilities. And an energy regulator that can't be trusted.

@thenarwhal.ca's @drewanderson.bsky.social tells us what he's dug up...

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111425Drew

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November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM

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Phillip Meintzer

@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social

Great coverage of Alberta's unpaid oil & gas liability problem and the Mature Asset Strategy on today's Real Talk episode - “Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s... @ryanjespersen.bsky.social @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers

November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM

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Drew Anderson

@drewanderson.bsky.social

Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...

“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers

November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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Mark Dorin

@markdorin.bsky.social

Highly informed @drewanderson.bsky.social of the @narwhal.bsky.social was on RealTalk hosted by @ryanjespersen.bsky.social this morning. Discussed are news stories by Drew on the current sad state of conventional oil and gas in Alberta

Must watch interview!

www.youtube.com/live/2u2sR4K...

Nenshi: NDP "Ready" for Early Election

November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

[email protected] says Premier Danielle Smith is "failing" & "up for a coup".

The @albertandp.ca leader tells #RealTalkRJ why his party is gearing up for an election that's not yet been announced.

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111325Nenshi

🎧: rtrj.info/111325 #abpoli #ableg

youtu.be/BW73lECK_m8?...

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November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Ryan Jespersen

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Do minimum wage earners in Alberta deserve a raise? @albertandp.ca leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social says a bump up to $18/hour is long overdue. Do you agree or disagree?

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111325Nenshi

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111325 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"I don't blame them for saying, 'Why would I do that?' They need to learn from history. If we don't do it...who's going to?"

Lt.-Col. (Ret.) Laurie Hawn on Canadian Forces recruitment woes...

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111125LestWeForget

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111125 #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #RealTalkRJ

November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Canada's military has long been neglected.

Lt.-Col. (Ret.) & former MP Laurie Hawn digs into defence spending in #Budget2025, the Trump factor, and #mentalhealth supports...

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111125LestWe...

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111125 #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #cdnpoli

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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Lest we forget. At 99 years of age, D-Day veteran Marty Jones remembers...

www.youtube.com/live/1ioKjRC...

"Forgiveness and Grace" - WWII Veteran Marty Jones

Is Carbon Capture All It's Cracked Up To Be?

November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Mark Carney calls pipeline talk "so boring" in front of a Toronto audience, triggering most of Alberta. @supriya.bsky.social says there's a different (and positive) way to interpret the PM's comment. What do you make of it?

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111025Supriya

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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

YOUCAN Youth Services is doing such important work helping young people out of harm's way and onto paths of economic independence. I'm honoured to host their annual Celebration of Success.

Please support YOUCAN's capital campaign to raise $2.5M to transform their new #yegdt location: youcan.ca #yeg

November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"By continuing to live their lives, it's a resistance to what's being carried out."

Alberta's Dr. Ian MacNairn checks in with #RealTalkRJ from the ER at Al-Aqsa Hospital in #Gaza.

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/110725Gaza

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/110725 #yeg

November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

WHISKY LOVERS: pick up a bottle of limited edition Whisky Rose to help raise $25,000 for YWCA Edmonton's Rose Campaign! $100/bottle at Hansen Distillery -- 17412 111 Avenue in #yeg. 100% of proceeds go to the YWCA!

#RealTalkRJ is proud to support this campaign: ywcaofedmonton.org/events/rose-... 🥃🌹

November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Free transit. A rent freeze. Universal child care. City-owned grocery stores. Zain Velji and and Puneeta McBryan on the strategy behind Zohran Mamdani's historic rise as NYC's next mayor, and whether or not it would work in Canada...

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/110625

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/110625 #RealTalkRJ

November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

How did "the banker" do on his first federal budget? @edmontonchamber.bsky.social's Heather Thomson, BILD Edmonton Metro's Kalen Anderson, and Qualico's Mike Saunders dig into the details on #RealTalkRJ.

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/110525Budget...

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/110525 #cdnpoli #yeg

November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"If they put me on a stretching rack, I wouldn't apologize." Ontario Premier Doug Ford and PM Mark Carney don't exactly see eye to eye on dealing with POTUS...

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/110425NeverA...

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November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM

Ryan Jespersen

@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

Physicist & engineer @davidkeith.bsky.social heard CCS Knowledge Centre's James Fann was joining us on the next episode of #RealTalkRJ, so he preloaded a question on carbon capture & storage.

Thoughts?

KEITH: rtrj.info/103125RTRT

FANN: rtrj.info/110325CCS

youtu.be/kP6DTV6KHEo?... #CCS