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.
Episodes
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Former Deputy PM Anne McLellan, former Alberta NDP Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and CPC strategist Ken Boessenkool examine the entrails of the federal election - and confront the threat of Alberta separatism
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Chief Conroy Sewepagaham of the Little Red River Cree Nation talks about “making noise up north” as he works to lead his community through recovery from not one, but two, devastating wildfires.
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Bloomberg’s White House correspondent Josh Wingrove reports in from the front lines of Trump’s trade war.
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Activist and author Jesse Lipscombe on Alberta’s Black history, the power of radical patience, and building coalitions of resistance.
Link to Return to Amber Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsRkZz1KJB0
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Political pundit Graham Thomson on why and where Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Pierre Poilievre are all playing up their Alberta roots.
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Dishing the dirt on soil health and regenerative agriculture with Kimberly Cornish, Shorty Fensky and Yamily Zavala.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
How Narwhal editor Emma Gilchrist’s childhood in oil and gas country shaped her commitment to environmental journalism.
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
The Hon. Ron Ghitter was an architect of Alberta’s first human rights legislation. Now, undaunted at 89, he’s fighting to protect it.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Right wing trolls have dubbed Dr. Kristopher Wells Canada’s most dangerous Senator. Now meet the real Kris Wells, Alberta’s “proudest” new Senate representative.
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Join Independent Senator Paula Simons of Alberta and Senator Ratna Omidvar of Ontario as they co-host the final roundtable on municipal issues, inspired by Senator Simons' Senate inquiry into the role of municipalities in Canada today. They are joined by Mayor Dawn Arnold, Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick; Dr. Kennedy Stewart, professor at Simon Fraser University, the former mayor of Vancouver and a former NDP MP; Lewis Cardinal, Project Manager at Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Centre in Edmonton; Edmonton City Councillor Keren Tang; and Mary Rowe, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute.