Listening in to the thinkers working and speaking at the University of Alberta. There’s no shortage of great minds to pick with 400 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in 18 faculties across five campuses.
Latest episodes
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45 min
Invisibility of Black authors in Canadian literature
Picking the brains of University of Alberta’s Modern Languages and Cultural Studies professor and researcher Dr. Sylvia Ijeoma Madueke about the visible absence of Black Canadians…
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58 min
Immigration on Alberta’s Referendum + Literature research with a disability lens
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58 min
Greenwashing in Animal Agriculture + Collaboration when designing tech
Picking the brains of North American Association for Critical Animal Studies co-founder, Dr. Vasile Stănescu about greenwashing in the animal agriculture industry. Also, Art & Des…
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58 min
Data centres through Indigenous voices
Picking the brains of Honor the Earth Executive Director, Krystal Two Bulls, Chief of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Sheldon Sunshine, lawyer Francco De Luca who works with Sturgeon La…
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51 min
Unfulfilled promises of Edmonton pits
Picking the brains of former Downtown Business Association Director Puneeta McBryan, City Councillor Ashley Salvador and Omada Commercial's Eric Slatter about pits in Edmonton. Mod…
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58 min
Big Tech, bigger questions in Alberta
Picking the brains of Keepers Of The Water Executive Director Jesse Cardinal, Geophysicist and Host of The Gravity Well podcast Jenny Yeremiy, along with Olds Resident and Olds Tra…
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55 min
The eras of a forced Holodomor cover up
Picking the brains of Dr. Henry Prown, Dr. Ruslan Siromskyi and Anneliese Schenk-Dayabout the massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933.*The online colloquium was…
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50 min
The Future of Alberta’s NDP under Nenshi [PART 2]
Picking the brains of Mikayla Resists, Des Bissonnette, Youssef Deyaband Annie McKitrick on if the current NDP leader, Naheed Nenshi, can truly meet the moment in Alberta and provi…
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46 min
The Future of Alberta’s NDP under Nenshi [PART 1]
Picking the brains of Mikayla Resists, Des Bissonnette, Youssef Deyaband Annie McKitrick on if the current NDP leader, Naheed Nenshi, can truly meet the moment in Alberta and provi…
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54 min
When provinces go rogue on healthcare
Picking the brains of Chris Gallaway, Dr. Ryan Herriot, Andrew Longhurst andDr. Yassen Tcholakov on Canadian healthcare.*The virtual discussion was hosted by PressProgress, a non-p…
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58 min
Protecting civil liberties within Canadian borders
Picking the brain of international law professor John Packer on the urgent threat of foreign states within Canadian borders.*John Packer spoke at an event organized by the John Hum…
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49 min
Decarbonizing air travel by 2050
Picking the brain of Airbus' National Sustainability Officer Logan Jones and Alberta Innovates' Chioma Onyedikachi Okoro about the challenges of sustainability in the aviation indu…
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42 min
On the rights of Indigenous People (& Canada’s role)
Picking the brain of Indigenous rights expert Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot on the rights of Indigenous People, UNDRIP and the responsibilities of Canada and its residents. Dr. Lightfoot sp…
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39 min
Preserving Queer History (& Edmonton's role in it)
Picking the brain of Edmonton historian Ron Byers on why it's vital to keep queer legacies alive and build on them in Edmonton and beyond.*He spoke at a 2026 Pride Month event at t…
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58 min
Urbanism in times of war & crisis
Picking the brain of Canadian-Danish urban designer, Mikael Colville-Andersen on how natural disasters, recession, war and even pandemics alter how we build cities.
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45 min
Back when weather forecasting was sexy
Picking the brain of Western University History professor, Alan MacEachern in the first decades of the Meteorological Service of Canada—when what seemed like science fiction became…
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51 min
Métis family roots in art and architecture
Picking the brains of Member of the Order of Canada, visual artist Christi Belcourt and architect, Tiffany Shaw about how their Métis heritage and culture inform their work.
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46 min
How we form memories
Picking the brains of U of A Psychology department associate professor, Peggy St. Jacques on how we form memories and recall them.
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53 min
Avoiding the AI push in classrooms + Animals in wartime
Picking the brains of MacEwan University sessional instructor Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson on what she’s doing instead of policing and punishing the use of AI in her classroom. Plus, S…
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41 min
Switching to an Alberta police service to reform the force
Picking the brains of University of British Columbia law professor and member of the Canadian-Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission, Emma Cunliffe. Listen as she works through funda…