Santa's coming to town — The Latest on APN - Dec. 10-23

The holiday season slammed us this year; cars wouldn't start, shops were packed, and everyone seemed to frantically prep for their first real Christmas parties since 2019. Messi even narrowly led Argentina to a World Cup title, so it's truly been an intense time all around.

With stockings and mistletoe ready, we await Santa's visit, along with our last playlist of 2022. Enjoy, be merry, and we'll see you on the flipside in January! 

The “subscribe” button on the Listen Notes playlist below will let you grab APN’s most recent episodes for your podcatcher.

  • Aubrianna Snow learns about the tremendous community impact of Douglas Mitchell on The Well Endowed Podcast.

  • Bloom sits down with author and strategist Shawn Kanungo to discuss his book The Bold Ones.

  • Kenny and Qashus also chatted with Shawn Kanungo, and offered a special interview with Bean Gill, founder of the ReYu Paralysis Centre, on The 2nd Floor.

  • Edmonton’s four-year budget has been approved, and with that, the team at Speaking Municipally looks at the Edmonton mayor’s “spending like drunken sailors” hot mic moment and breaks down all the decisions that were made. Plus, the annual Jeopardy quiz is back, pitting three city councillors agains each other in a game of trivia.

  • Let’s Do Coffee talks with Mikayla Balfour, a third-year NAIT student and founder of GRIT Snow, an outerwear line for female skiers and snowboarders.

  • Andrew, Charlie, and Greg offer a festive mid-season rundown and an “Is this Kosher?” pop quiz on It's a Conspiracy!.

  • Season 3 of Scamtime is off to a rolling start with a listener clue about the recent updates on Frank Abagnale Jr. of Catch Me If You Can fame.

  • Lena, Avery, and guests try a variety of unconventionally flavoured candy canes on Mess Hall Podcast.

  • It’s a busy season in Three Kitchens land, with explorations on lemon curd, modernist trifle, leftover turkey soup (Asian style), and Speakeasy shorts on Blue Lagoon Fizz and Plum Gin Fizz.

  • Shane plays a game of Two Liars and a Teacher and chats with instructional coach Mia Young on Unprofessional Development.

IN A&E:

  • The writing room at I Have Some Notes takes on re-scripting Last Night in Soho as they send off 2022.

  • I Love This, You Should Too posts a holiday Star Wars special, and follow up with a revisiting of The Christmas Story.

  • Kyle and Dave vs The Machine visits The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and travels back to the ‘50s with My Favourite Year.

  • APN’s program director Fawnda sits down with Lucia on Repodcasting to re-work the casting — and some of the glaring mental health issues — of the legendary rom-com Sleepless in Seattle.

  • Crow Reads speaks with author Leslie Greentree about character-driven stories, how short story and novel writing are shaped, and Greentree’s new collection, Not The Apocalypse I was Hoping For.

  • The Read-Along soldiers on through Chapters 13 and 14 of Carrie Vaughn’s Questland.

  • Shannon Dohar returns to Putting It Together to try to make sense of the start of Act 2 of Merrily We Roll Along, and Michael Price drops in to discuss Jason Alexander and the song “It’s A Hit!”.

  • Johannes suffers from agoraphobia, so he tries out a special therapy called “remoting” which allows one to rent a different body for venturing out on a new yarn from Makeshift Stories.

  • What should be a straightforward trip to Popularia takes an unexpected turn, and our heroes find themselves lost without logic binders on the latest adventure in Quantum Kickflip.

in SPORTS:

  • Ty and Currah look back on the 2022 season for the CFL on this year’s final episode of 2 and Out CFL Podcast.

  • The Loyal Company of the River Valley crew have hung up their cleats for good, along with FC Edmonton. Nathan and Adam share favourite memories of the team’s successes on their farewell episode.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

All of this is possible because of our sponsors and partners in the Alberta community.

Park Power is a provider of natural gas and electricity in Alberta that shares its profits with awesome local non-profits. It's a great follow on Instagram!
ECF helps the community give, grow, and transform. Find out how. And don't miss The Well Endowed Podcast.
Even though you’re a busy business owner, with more meetings than hours in a day, you are calm and collected because your Group Benefit Plan is taken care of by Alberta Blue
Cross.
Edmonton is full of passionate people dedicated to building a vibrant community. This podcast from the Edmonton Community Foundation explores their impact. 
The team at connectFirst Credit Union has built a new, brighter way to bank that won't make you choose between the digital experience you want and access to humans who care about you.
Satisfy your curiosity and save time with Taproot Edmonton. Subscribe to roundups of local information on various topics, and read original stories.
Taproot's Bloom podcast covers stories from local innovators tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges in Edmonton and beyond. 
Pod Power is APN's new partner program where our advertising partners can choose to donate their ad spots to amplify Albertan voices.
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Twinkle all the way — The latest on APN - Dec. 3-9

They may be the longest and darkest of the year, but December's evenings are awash with all sorts of twinkly goodness — from light installations to freshly fallen snow, the season's sparkle helps us cope with even the most frigid temperatures.

We like taking long walks in the neighbourhood these nights, along with a good playlist and a warm cup of candy cane mocha (or mulled glühwein — it all looks the same in a travel mug). Check out the latest episodes, and welcome the weekend with your pals on APN.  

The “subscribe” button on the Listen Notes playlist below will let you grab APN’s most recent episodes for your podcatcher.

  • After catching up on Plug and Play Alberta and other accelerators, Faaiza Ramji and Karen Unland spitball a new accelerator for consumer packaged goods on this week’s Bloom.

  • Speaking Municipally looks at City Manager Andre Corbould’s recent claim that the majority of Edmontonians are not on board with climate change funding, and at the EPS’s plan to reduce its deficit.

  • Let’s Find Out takes on Shelley Jodoin-Chouinard’s question: What is Edmonton’s smallest park?

  • Kenny and Qashus sit down with author and globally recognized innovation strategist Shawn Kanungo on The 2nd Floor to discuss his recent book, The Bold Ones.

  • Erick Estrada, executive director of the Alberta Avenue Business Association and co-founder of FlamingSoft Inc., is this week’s interview on Let’s Do Coffee.

  • Andrew, Charlie, and Greg get into whether or not we only used the rumoured 10% of our brains, and the other Queen of Canada on It’s A Conspiracy!

  • Lucia from Repodcasting joins Lena and Avery on Mess Hall Podcast to taste products that are flavoured like other products; Cinnamon Toast Crunch cake and and Nutter Butter popcorn are among the treats therein.

  • Shane and Mealy look at engineering with a special guest on Unprofessional Development.

  • This week on Three Kitchens, we're cooking up plum cake with streusel, a family recipe from Erin's Oma — plus a Speakeasy short on the oh-so-refreshing Cool as a Cucumber cocktail.

In A&E:

  • The fellas take on what’s arguably the most replayed and re-sung kids’ film of all time — this week it’s Frozen on I Have Some Notes.

  • I Love This, You Should Too watches the Netflix Christmas movie Falling For Christmas, and comes away with more questions than answers.

  • Kyle and Dave vs The Machine settle in for a cold winter’s night with 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman.

  • The Read-Along turns the page to Chapter 13 of Questland by Carrie Vaughn.

  • Kyle chats with Jim Walton, the original Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along, on Putting It Together.

  • In “Ocean Drift,” a genetically modified orangutan and its human companion flee to a self-declared independent micro-nation on the latest Makeshift Stories.

SPORTS

  • Currah and Ty recap the latest happenings in the CFL off-season on 2 and Out CFL Podcast.

  • Get Checkered flashes back to George Russell’s first Formula 1 win in Sao Paulo in a recap episode.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

All of this is possible because of our sponsors and partners in the Alberta community.

Park Power is a provider of natural gas and electricity in Alberta that shares its profits with awesome local non-profits. It's a great follow on Instagram!
ECF helps the community give, grow, and transform. Find out how. And don't miss The Well Endowed Podcast.
Even though you’re a busy business owner, with more meetings than hours in a day, you are calm and collected because your Group Benefit Plan is taken care of by Alberta Blue
Cross.
Edmonton is full of passionate people dedicated to building a vibrant community. This podcast from the Edmonton Community Foundation explores their impact. 
The team at connectFirst Credit Union has built a new, brighter way to bank that won't make you choose between the digital experience you want and access to humans who care about you.
Satisfy your curiosity and save time with Taproot Edmonton. Subscribe to roundups of local information on various topics, and read original stories.
Taproot's Bloom podcast covers stories from local innovators tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges in Edmonton and beyond. 
Pod Power is APN's new partner program where our advertising partners can choose to donate their ad spots to amplify Albertan voices.
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Advent calendars abound - The Latest on APN - Nov. 26-Dec. 2

Lo, in came December and along with it, the perennial season of advent calendars. Unlike those of our childhoods — where daily drops of cardboard-infused chocolate lay behind charmless, perforated doors — now even the most Grinch-ish among us can find a bespoke, meticulously curated calendar of whatever grown-up pleasure strikes their fancy: One can find a December's worth of Alberta craft beer, gourmet cheese, crystals and gemstones, short stories, dog treats, even socks — all inspiringly packaged, too.  

With the deep freeze and dark hours setting in early, it's important to give yourself a wee treat each day. Pair with APN's playlist of new episodes, and you'll have more than a daily dose of goodness for the whole week. 

The “subscribe” button on the Listen Notes playlist below will let you grab APN’s most recent episodes for your podcatcher.

  • Speaking Municipally looks at expanding emergency shelter space, a decision affecting the new Boyle Street Community Services building, and the latest on Edmonton’s budget.

  • The latest episode of The Well Endowed Podcast has Emily Rendell-Watson speaking with Lloyd Cardinal, co-chair of EndPovertyEdmonton’s Indigenous Circle, about the Vital Signs report on racism in Edmonton and the importance of reflecting diversity in data.

  • Bloom hears from Abby Aiyeleye of Clavis Studio, which has created an all-in-one business and design platform for interior designers and decorators.

  • Modern Manhood’s series on men’s movements soldiers forth into the early 2000s and the emergence of pro-feminism.

  • Unprofessional Development shares some thoughts about common assessments and why they should or shouldn’t be used in the classroom.

  • Qashus and Kenny sit down with Charles Kyme, business professor at the University of Alberta, to discuss how to land a job after completing a degree on The 2nd Floor.

  • Karen meditates on imposter guru T. Lobsang Rampa, and Stephanie offers updates on some of her previous scams, including the Gucci Billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes, and Anna Sorokin on Scamtime.

  • On a nostalgic note, the team at Three Kitchens chats with chef Kiki Coll about vintage American recipes — in case you're wondering, yes, there are jellied delights in store. Bonus: A new Speakeasy short on a delightful Korean cocktail called frozen yogurt soju.

  • Loyal Company of the River Valley discusses the Canadian Premier League's decision to take FC Edmonton off life support, and examines the first-round losses of the Canadian men's team at the FIFA World Cup.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Bollywood is For Lovers celebrates the work of iconic masala director Manmohan Desai with two of his films, made 20 years apart: Coolie and Bluff Master.

  • Samantha and Indy take in all 3+ hours of Akira Kurosawa’s seminal classic Seven Samurai, and drop a special bonus episode of favourite Christmas songs on I Love This, You Should Too.

  • Kyle and Dave vs The Machine discusses Ingmar Bergman’s semi-autobiographical and award-winning film Fanny and Alexander.

  • In a bittersweet episode of Repodcasting, the gals celebrate the five-year anniversary of the show as Janet bids farewell to the co-host chair — meanwhile, they recast the 2021 Netflix holiday jaunt A Castle for Christmas. Never fear, fans, Lucia will continue with a cast of guest co-hosts in 2023.

  • The Read-Along moves along to Chapter 11 of Carrie Vaughn’s Questland.

  • Kyle continues his interviews with the original cast of Merrily We Roll Along with Ann Morrison, the first Mary Flynn, on Putting It Together plus a bonus Sondheim Adjacent episode with author Ted Chapin discussing his book Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies.

  • Quantum Kickflip airs its first-ever live episode as the Weird Gravity crew engages in a thrilling chase across the multiverse, recorded at the Slugblaster launch party earlier this month.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

All of this is possible because of our sponsors and partners in the Alberta community.

Park Power is a provider of natural gas and electricity in Alberta that shares its profits with awesome local non-profits. It's a great follow on Instagram!
ECF helps the community give, grow, and transform. Find out how. And don't miss The Well Endowed Podcast.
Even though you’re a busy business owner, with more meetings than hours in a day, you are calm and collected because your Group Benefit Plan is taken care of by Alberta Blue
Cross.
Edmonton is full of passionate people dedicated to building a vibrant community. This podcast from the Edmonton Community Foundation explores their impact. 
The team at connectFirst Credit Union has built a new, brighter way to bank that won't make you choose between the digital experience you want and access to humans who care about you.
Satisfy your curiosity and save time with Taproot Edmonton. Subscribe to roundups of local information on various topics, and read original stories.
Taproot's Bloom podcast covers stories from local innovators tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges in Edmonton and beyond. 
Pod Power is APN's new partner program where our advertising partners can choose to donate their ad spots to amplify Albertan voices.
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