Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

9:50 | Ryan and team discuss the plans of Alberta's Premier to drop health precautions and the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) in the coming week. 18:54 | Emma May shares about launching a GoFundMe campaign "Canadians Care About Our Health Workers" to show gratitude and support for the doctors, nurses, and other health care providers who tirelessly show up for patients during the on-going pandemic.   41:41 | A candid conversation about eating disorders on our Real Talk Round Table with Logan Locke, Raffela Mancuso, and Karly Watson. Each share about their lived experience with eating disorders, and how the condition can impact people of any gender, race, weight, and age.   1:50:56 | #TrashTalk | Ryan reads revved up emails from Real Talkers (and himself) about what is really ticking them off this week. Presented by Local Environmental   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-uX-Ikpxk

2:07 | City of Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi reflects on his 100 days in office, the challenges he's faced and what his team is working on, including the potential need to address the Province cancelling the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP).   20:12 | City of Calgary Mayor Dr. Jyoti Gondek discusses the deal between the City of Calgary and the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation falling through, declaring a climate emergency, her major concerns around Sean Chu remaining on City Council, protests outside her home and at the Coutts border crossing—all in her first 100 days in the mayor's chair.   47:00 | Fashion psychologist Dr. Dawnn Karen discusses the representation of Black people in and by the fashion industry, as beauty standards tend to be eurocentric.

11:44 | Former Conservative MP Joan Crockatt, public policy expert Melissa Caouette, and National Observer columnist Max Fawcett discuss the reasons for the Conservative Party calling a leadership vote on Erin O'Toole today and what the possible outcomes could be. 47:32 | Dr. Manali Mukherjee shares about not only researching Long COVID but also living with it. She's joined by Tara Madden, who was recently been assessed with the condition, to talk about the symptoms, impacts on sufferers' lives, and where to find hope. 1:22:25 | #MyJasper Memories | Ryan gives a "heads-up" that Valentine's Day is a little more than a week away with suggestions for romantic getaways only possible in Jasper National Park. Presented by Jasper Tourism.

4:14 | Ryan and the team get into the news of the day including the NFL star Tom Brady announcing his retirement and the continuing Canada/US border blockade in Coutts, Alta. 17:32 | Moms Stop the Harm's Kym Porter and their lawyer Avnish Nanda on Alberta’s top court keeping the provincial policy that personal ID must be shown to get into supervised consumption sites, the lives it will cost, and how the Canadian government could intervene. 42:38 | Mental health advocate Amber Cannon on her interactions with Calgary Police while in mental health crisis and how new diversion pilot program could positively and negatively impact vulnerable Calgarians. 1:14:10 | #QuestionoftheWeek | Ryan reviews Real Talkers input on the most recent survey—this one all about sleep, how many Zzzzz are needed, and if naps are part of the equation. Presented by Y Station.

3:19 | Ryan recaps the first annual Real Talk Pond Hockey Classic which raised $50,000 and also included the saving of a life. Registered nurse Noelle Appleby explains how some quick thinking and CPR skills helped keep one of the tournament's participants alive after they collapsed on the ice. 23:32 | Ryan reviews what happened over the weekend across the country as "Freedom Convoys" wreaked havoc on Parliament Hill, cities across Canada, and at the border crossing in southern Alberta. 41:19 | Calls for help during a mental health crisis are now being diverted away from police in Toronto, Calgary, and Red Deer. Ryan finds out how and why from Toronto's Manager of Policing Reform Mohammed Shuriye, Superintendent Asif Rashid with Calgary Police, and the City of Red Deer's Jeremy Bouw. 1:11:56 | #PositiveReflections | Ryan visits with Big Brothers Big Sisters' Danisha Bhaloo-Shivji and a Big Brother mentor, Aaron Hoyland about the value mentorship can bring to children and adults alike. Presented by Kuby Energy.

Ryan gets into it with emails for Real Talkers about what's bugging them—politics or otherwise. Presented by Local Environmental.

1:17 | Home reno guru and tv personality, Bryan Baeumler talks about pursuing the trades after getting a poll sci degree, how he built his career, and the ways the pandemic impacted his flip of an abandoned hotel in the Bahamas. 27:46 | Ryan and the team talk about the Edmonton Oilers signing troubled player Evander Kane, plus the trucker convoy arriving in Ottawa this weekend. 51:10 | Emergency physician Dr. Courtney Howard and the International Development critic for the federal NDP, MP Heather McPherson, on the need to get vaccines to everyone across the globe and what Canada's role is in that task.  1:29:38 | #TrashTalk - Ryan gets into it with emails for Real Talkers about what's bugging them—politics or otherwise. Presented by Local Environmental

14:10 | Decent Work and Health Network's Dr. Gaibrie Stephen unpacks how without paid sick leave many workers are forced to choose between protecting public health by staying home and going to work sick to support themselves and their families. 43:08 | Ryan welcomes members of the "former mayors club" to Real Talk. Calgary's 36th mayor Naheed Nenshi, the second woman to be Red Deer's mayor Tara Veer, and Lethbridge's mayor from 2013-2021, Chris Spearman, discussed the province's emergency services, health care, protests, and retirement.

3:11 | Ryan and the team discuss baseball star Barry Bonds' unsuccessful final bid to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, plus what doping means in sport and athletes' legacies. 20:20 | McGill University's Dr. Maria Popova unpacks the rising Russia-Ukraine tensions, what the West can and should do about it and where Canada factors in. 39:59 | Long-haul truck driver Mike Duggan on the trucking industry, what vaccine mandates in the US/Canada as well as the Trucker Convoy means for the industry. Plus a few parking tips. 1:17:55 | #MyJasper Memories | Ryan makes us all hungry and thirsty for the Jasper Beer & Spirits Festival which is part beer/spirit fest, intriguing story-time seminars, and part wilderness adventure, at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Presented by Tourism Jasper

3:27 | Liberal MP George Chahal addresses the intimidation tactics used by protestors who came to his family home over the weekend, plus his election in Calgary Skyview, and paying a $500 fine for removing another candidate's flyer tapped to the door of a home on the campaign trail. 19:09 | The new CEO and president for the Elks, Victor Cui on why he's signed on to lead the Edmonton's CFL team, what he hopes to accomplish, and why the fans are a big part of it. 41:50 | Dr. Jane Schulz,  Suzanne Pescod, and Alberta Womens’ Health Foundation's Teagan Gahler unpack a new report, Findings the Fractures, detailing the health care gaps experienced by women which have been exposed by pandemic.