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Ryan Jespersen
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Host of #RealTalkRJ. Emcee. Keynote speaker.

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"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.

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November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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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?

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November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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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?

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November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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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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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?

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November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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"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...

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November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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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?

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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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
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"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.

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November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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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
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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...

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November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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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.

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November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"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...

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November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Canada needs to catch up! @energyvsclimate.bsky.social hosts @davidkeith.bsky.social, @shastingssimon.bsky.social, & Ed Whittingham lay out how we're lagging behind in matters of energy, environment, and the economy...

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November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Will opposition parties force a Christmas election, or will PM Mark Carney's minority government garner enough budget support to survive? @supriya.bsky.social and I discuss...

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/110325Supriya

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November 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Does Premier Danielle Smith plan on normalizing use of the notwithstanding clause in Alberta? Strategist Sharan Kaur gets into the "grey areas" of strikes and suspending rights...

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October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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With the relationship between teachers & government badly damaged, will Alberta be able to recruit 3,000 new hires? Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides talks to #RealTalkRJ about the risk of invoking the notwithstanding clause...

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October 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Premier Danielle Smith goes with the nuclear option in ending Alberta's teachers' strike. Political scientist Dr. @duanebratt.bsky.social says teachers are under attack, and the worst could be yet to come...

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October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Thousands of Alberta separatists rally at the Legislature grounds, and I'll be honest - I don't love it.

@supriya.bsky.social asks me to "Albertasplain" what's going on...

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October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"The government has failed to signal that they even respect education."

@cherylanneo.bsky.social, Erika Barootes, and I discuss what's next for Alberta's teachers. Do you support the government ordering them back to work?

📺 FULL: rtrj.info/102425RTRT

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October 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Alberta's independent schools have become "a lightning rod" through the teachers' strike, says John Jagersma.

The AISCA executive director says defunding private schools would cost Alberta more, not less. Thoughts?

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October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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What qualifies as a "nation-building" project, anyway?

@supriya.bsky.social and I debate the merits of Premier Danielle Smith's ask for a new pipeline to the West Coast. Where do you stand on it?

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October 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Are Mark Carney's elbows down, or is he taking a page out of Gordie Howe and Mark Messier's playbooks?

We talk US trade, India, and China with @politico.com's Nick Taylor-Vaisey on #RealTalkRJ.

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October 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Are Canada's elbows down on the India file?

Supriya Dwivedi says Canadians are right to be skeptical...

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October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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How long is this teachers' strike going to last? Is there a double standard between public and private schools? Will the government ultimately order teachers back to work? We ask Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides.

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October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM