Thanksgiving weekend can be a lovely time in Alberta. Gatherings with abundant tables, rich colours of foliage and foggy sunrises, knobby decorative gourds everywhere. It's a sensory feast as much as the one that's centred around a turkey. Of course there's hockey and football, too.
As you sit at your table with family — chosen or otherwise — it's nice to pause and reflect on what this place has to offer. And if you worry about what's in store for the future, download this week's playlist, mute all notifications, and remember that to every thing, there is a season. And all seasons turn. Happy Thanksgiving, friends.
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The Well Endowed Podcast talks with FRAMS — a.k.a. The Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society — about their work with RAM and plans for the coming year.
Bloom looks at Onlea, a digital education outfit, whose roots are in Dino 101, the U of A’s first MOOC.
Speaking Municipally talks to Bashir Mohamed about the Edmonton Police Service’s controversial use of DNA phenotyping, before rounding up a bunch of city hall news.
Let's Find Out releases the recording from the Sept. 29 live event at the Aviary, which gathered questions for the upcoming season focused on Edmonton's park and natural areas. If you listen closely, you may hear some familiar APN voices who were in the audience, too.
The 2nd Floor dropped Part 2 of Kenny’s conversation with Jeff Mellis from the Exercise Therapy Association on putting the personal in personal training.
Unprofessional Development sits down with Scott Hershovitz, a philosopher who believes anyone can be a philosopher, especially kids.
Andrew, Charlie, and Greg talk about the Freemasons, Planned Obsolescence, and fun facts about Tibet on this week’s It's a Conspiracy!.
Season 3 of Scamtime is here: Karen reels in the story of how pro football player Manti Te'o was catfished, and Stephanie points at the recent scandal concerning the American National Ballet.
Three Kitchens gathers for gazpacho and introduces a special Speakeasy shorts series, which will showcase recipes for cocktails.
In A&E:
I Love This, You Should Too kicked off a Halloween special series with the first of eight episodes on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Kyle and Dave vs The Machine joins in the scary season theme with a look at Friday the 13th Part III.
Janet and Lucia are joined by Marita on Repodcasting to recast the Nicolas Cage/Hayden Christensen 2014 mess, Outcast.
The Read-Along turns the page to Chapter 3 of Questland by Carrie Vaughn.
There are seven transitions in Merrily We Roll Along, and Colm Molloy returns to discuss how they serve the narrative of the show on Putting It Together. Plus, a special Sondheim Adjacent episode with the production team of Side by Side by Sondheim, which is running at the Triad Theater in New York.
A new yarn on Makeshift Stories: After winning a dream vacation, the winner finds themselves at an exclusive luxury resort with an odd and unsettlingly familiar name in “The Grand Erewhon Palace.”
The Quantum Kickflip crew began their second season with a new cast of characters, a new dimension to explore, and a new GM guiding a new adventure. So much newness!
And in SPORTS:
This week Ty and Currah recap the CFL’s Week 17 and look ahead to the long weekend matchups on 2 and Out CFL Podcast.
Get Checkered returns from a short break to debrief on the Singapore Grand Prix and analyze Formula 1’s cost cap drama.
Loyal Company of the River Valley covers the week that was in the Canadian Premier League, and looks ahead to the imminent playoff season.
Another CFL family member drops in to The Turf District this week: Liz, a new Edmonton Elks season seat-holder, talks about the club setting a home loss record this year.
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