The world has learned a lot about consumption throughout the pandemic. Before the call to mask and glove up outside our homes, we were making progress in minimizing single-use plastics, and the decline in air travel remarkably cleared the skies in some smog-ridden areas.
While podcasting itself is fairly eco-friendly, there are also many podcasts that focus on sustainable living and environmental awareness (check out the Podcast Brunch Club's Mother Earth playlist for some great convos on that front). And as you inventory your household's own impacts on the planet, take along this week's batch of brand new listens from the team at APN.
The “subscribe” button on any of the Listen Notes playlists will let you grab a playlist for your podcatcher. Sample the shows below, or check out the full week’s roundup on Spotify.
SOCIETY & CULTURE
Eat More Barbecue chats with the yet-to-be-opened Transit Smokehouse & BBQ in Edmonton’s historic Transit Hotel. It’s A Conspiracy! has an all-Muppet happy hour for your GenX reminiscing pleasure. Mess Hall Podcast goes bananas for apples. Speaking Municipally looks at an about-face on transit fares and the ethics of political visits to homeless shelters.
SPORTS
For Kicks covers Canada's friendly matches against Wales and England, and players who look like sure-bets for the Olympic roster. Loyal Company of the River Valley offers thoughts on the short-lived idea of the European Super League, and continues its series of club profiles with a preview of Winnipeg’s Valour FC.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Glass Bookshop Radio hosts poet and professor Dallas Hunt with Emily Riddle for a conversation about Hunt’s new poetry collection, CREELAND. I Have Some Notes jots down thoughts on Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. Kyle and Dave vs The Machine take in the 1971 classic The French Connection. The Read-Along moves along to Chapter 3 of Premee Mohamed’s Beneath the Rising. Putting It Together chats about the Sondheim-scored film Stavisky with William C. White. My View Finder talks with photographer Angela Boehm on compassionate documentation. Serving up a special parent+progeny crossover this week, The Breakfast Dish hosts Karen and Elizabeth of That’s a Thing?!.
LIFE & WORK
Ed - Conversations About the Teaching Life drops a convo with MLA Sarah Hoffman on the controversy swirling around the UCP’s proposed school curriculum. Kenny and Qashus do a deep dive to talk about the beginnings and mission of The 2nd Floor with the Alberta Business Review. ATB’s The Future Of podcast looks at strategies for adapting to unwanted change with Jennifer Buchanan.
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