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The podcast companion to The Calgary Journal, made up of approximately 200 student reporters from year one to four of Mount Royal University's journalism program based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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The Calgary Journal is a vibrant team of next generation journalists. Based out of the Mount Royal University Journalism program, we aim to tell the untold stories of what is current, trending, and happening locally. We’re playful, investigative and always accurate in our writing. Follow us on social media @CalgaryJournal.
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Buck "Hollywood" LeDuke has watched over 5000 movies, dropped out of film school, and attended multiple film festivals a year. This is a movie review, comedy, and journal of the long days night into film!
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We're a catalyst for Calgarians having conversations about Canada. We are part of a group of similar clubs across Canada, all with the same objective: to encourage and foster patriotism, Canadian unity and Canadian identity. Learn more about the club at www.CanadianClubCalgary.ca, in addition to following us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), and LinkedIn.
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Welcome to the Calgary Journal Podcast. I’m your host Scott Rowan. According to a study by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union (CFNU), 36 percent of registered nurses screened positive for depression, and 26 percent of registered nurses suffer from anxiety. Clinical burnout, PTSD, and panic disorder are other reported illnesses. Given the stres…
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To kick off the 2023–2024 speaker season, the Canadian Club of Calgary is proud to share Darrel Janz, news broadcaster and "Heart of Calgary" awardee. He is sharing his 60 years in journalism, from coverage of the trouble days of the October Crisis, covering the 1988 Olympic Games in our city and touching anecdotes on travelling to Bosnia and Croat…
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This episode follows student journalists, Gurleen Jassal and Hannah Papke, as they discuss with James Gamage about the Social Impact Lab and how their business is making day-to-day more affordable for Calgarians. This story also follows the Good Neighbour store in downtown Calgary where their pay-what-you-can business model is on full display in th…
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There is no shortage of news about problems — social problems, political problems, climate problems. But what about the solutions?We believe the solution side of the equation is just as important as the problem. In the Journal’s ongoing podcast series, we take a vexxing problem each episode and talk to experts who are solving that problem.…
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There is no shortage of news about problems — social problems, political problems, climate problems. But what about the solutions? We believe the solution side of the equation is just as important as the problem. In the Journal’s ongoing podcast series, we take a vexxing problem each episode and talk to experts who are solving that problem.…
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The second episode features a 'brothers' panel, we are joined by four MRU students: Abdulmuiz Abdullahi, Fawaz Saleem, Mohammed Mahdi Mir, and Abdullah Ibn Ozair. As well as a cybersecurity expert and recent convert to Islam: Dario. They shed light on their experiences, and what it's like to be muslim in Calgary (and abroad) during ramadan.…
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"Not even water?" is the question Muslim-Canadians hear most often during the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month in the lunar calendar and consists of 30 days in which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. But this is a very surface level understanding of what Ramadan really is, so we started this podcast to give people a slightly dee…
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The Green Podcast focuses on environmental concerns with host Cassie Hearn and features expert guests who will talk about their experience tackling climate change. This episode features Calgary adventure bloggers Annalise and Cailynn Klingbeil. The sisters co-write a blog called Go Outside, giving Calgarians advice on how to fully embrace outdoor a…
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The Green Podcast focuses on environmental concerns with host Cassie Hearn and features expert guests who will talk about their experience tackling climate change. This episode features Green Calgary coordinators Grace Wark and Mafe Barrera, who will be discussing living a zero-waste lifestyle. With Waste Reduction Week in Canada having occurred fr…
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In Episode 3 of Clubs of MRU, Podcast Editor Sam Chipera took a look into a club of support and nurturing, to see how some clubs goals are to just make university life a lot smoother for our students.Sam sat down with the MRU branch of Best Buddies, a club that supports those who may be struggling and pairs them up with a ‘buddy’ to help create a s…
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Welcome to the Calgary Journal Podcast’s new podcast series: Clubs of MRU. Sam Chipera, the Podcast Editor for the Calgary Journal, dives into Mount Royal Universities clubs to discover their passions, impacts and latest developments.In Episode 1 of the series, Sam sat down with the vice-president of MRU’s Women’s Rugby team and learned how this cl…
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In Episode 2 of Clubs of MRU, Podcast Editor Sam Chipera virtually spoke with one of Mount Royal Universities most populous clubs, to learn just how high-volume clubs such as this one, operate with their own passions during COVID-19.To tell you more, MRU Club N3rd’s executive, Maria Mikova, spoke about how the club fosters a warm and friendly atmos…
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With Episode 4 of Clubs of MRU, Podcast Editor Sam Chipera spoke with a club of mystery to see how some people came together under the guise of conspiracy theories.Sam spoke virtually with Cougars Unsolved, a club that looks into the mysteries of the world. Whether it’s through entertainment or investigation, this club is focused on what hidden sec…
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Calgary’s municipal election is now behind us and the mayor and council are getting up to speed in their roles.Podcast editor and host Sam Chipera spoke with Rachel Timmermans, SAMRU’s external vice president, and Duane Bratt, a Mount Royal University political science professor about the results and what they mean.Bratt says that the new governmen…
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Joining our club for the first speaker of 2021 was the Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney. He shared his thoughts about the three black swan events of the past year -- Covid-19, oil pricing collapses, and more -- in his topic "Alberta - State of the Province." With all events that we host, we open the speaker to questions from our membership. This se…
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Joining our club for the last speaker of 2020 were Linda Coady (Executive Director at the Pembina Institute) and Gord Lambert (Suncor Sustainability Executive in Residence at the Ivey Business School of Western University). They discussed the topic of "How does Alberta fit into the changing global conversation on climate and energy issues?" With al…
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This is Episode 3 of Calgary Journal Recap, where host Dean Cordero takes you through the Journal’s hottest stories of the last few weeks.This episode, we meet book club owner Sue-Shane Tsomondo, discuss a recent spike in opioid overdoses over a COVID-dominant year, and talk to counsellor Gio Delcecore. Calgary Journal Recap is produced by Dean Cor…
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This is Episode 2 of Calgary Journal Recap, where host Dean Cordero takes you through the Journal’s hottest stories of the last couple weeks.This episode, we look at Calgary’s Little Free Libraries program, meet urban developer Jack Olson of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, and get to know bridal designer Morgan Rochon of Rochon Designs.Calgary …
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Joining us as our November speaker was LCol Jaime Phillips. LCol Phillips was 24 when she went to Afghanistan in 2007 where she became the first female Artillery Troop Commander in Kandahar as part of Task Force 1-07 of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). For our discussion with her we've moved her presentation to our youtube accoun…
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Buck sits down to recap the movies he saw at CEFF, The Delegation and Caught In the Net. He also review the new Blumhouse Craft movie, and we have a vault episode with Chadley on short films of Richard Linklater!By Movie Epidemic
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Another important episode from our daily october videos. You could have seen them last month at youtube.com/movieepidemic We finally bring you the sequel to out classic episode Halloween/ Halloween/Halloween with more Halloween movies. Buck hits some classics like Hocus Pocus, The Craft and Idle Hands, and we talk about the new Netflix film Rebecca…
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Another fat stack episode from our daily october videos. You could have seen them last month at youtube.com/movieepidemic But if you waited, we cover the new Blair Witch movie, two more Welcome to the Blumhouse releases, a Netflix original about vampires as gentrification. We also cover the Get Out clone Antebellum and a new Jim CUmmings movie The …
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All episodes can be exclusively found at youtube.com/movieepidemic This is a five friday month so we are blessing the timeline with another Trek Film. This is part 6 and we won't be talking about another film for quite some time. Visit our Website: http://movieepidemic.com/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieEpidemic…
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Another jammed packed episode that you can watch individually on youtube.com/movieepidemic! Buck watches the Freddy vs Jason of J horr with Sadako vs Kayako. he also watched last years Sadako movie! We also cover critic brain worms and the new Grudge movie. Throwback with Svengali, and finish up the japanese Ju-on movies with Ju-on 3 and 4. We also…
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This is Episode 1 of Calgary Journal Recap, where host Dean Cordero takes you through the Journal’s hottest stories of the last couple weeks.This episode, we look at male victims being left out of the domestic violence conversation, decolonizing mental health, and meet musician Kate Melvina and her band Tendavillage.Calgary Journal Recap is produce…
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Labelling his speech "Act Like an Owner: A Citizen's Guide to the Struggle for Our Future," noted public speaker and author Ruben Nelson illustrated how we as Albertans have the ability to act as owners and shareholders of Alberta’s resource wealth. His valuable experience as a futurist through decades of research will surely offer a vast amount of…
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Join the Canadian Club of Calgary for our inaugural lecture of the 2020-2021 season with Dr. Ted Morton, who delivered remarks on the subject of "Alberta at the Cross-roads: the Status Quo Must Go." In this episode, Dr. Morton delivers remarks about the future of Canada, his newly published book Moment of Truth: How to Think About Alberta’s Future …
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Every single day on youtube.com/movieepidemic we are releasing a horror review, this is a 2 hour collection of the week of Monday Oct. 5 to Sunday Oct. 11. In this large episode we cover The Blair Witch Project and it's sequel of sorts Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Buck also covers the all 3 American Grudge movies, and the American Ring and The R…
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Wonderful recap of the Calgary International Film Festival. I saw 6 films, most of them Canadian Horror flicks. That included Bright Hill Road shot in my Grandfathers hometown, Come True shot in Edmonton, Violation. We also talk Viggo Mortensen directorial debut Falling. Aubrey Plaza in a new thriller Black Bear! Finally we talk about the documenta…
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We've got preview week on the pod today. Two films playing at the Calgary International Film Festival, Death of Nintendo and Jasmine Road! We also have another movie making the festival circuit called Body Swap, and finally a little canadian documentary now on Amazon Prime called Never Be Done!By Movie Epidemic
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